Autotuning or autotuning is used by singers to correct “mistakes” or wrong notes in a singer’s voice or even musical instruments when recorded. When used correctly, it can take a recording of a person’s voice who can’t sing and fine-tune it so it sounds like they can actually sing. It can not only be used to change notes, tune and tune, it can also be used to extend notes and distort the voice. Its use has been criticized by many people in the music industry. A lot of people think autofit is only used in rap for artists like T-Pain and Lil Wayne, but it’s actually used in many genres of music (sometimes you might not even notice it!) Other famous people examples Who have used auto-tuning include Britney Spears, Shania Twain, Akon, Cher, Tim McGraw, Kanye West, Madonna, Janet Jackson, Daft Punk and hundreds more.
Auto tuning can be really good for creating a different sounding song, however songs that haven’t been tuned correctly can sound terrible. It’s also important to remember that while a very bad singer may automatically tune to perfection after hours of careful work, it doesn’t always sound good, depending on the quality of the singer to begin with. If you have someone yelling into a microphone that makes your ears bleed, there’s a small chance you can edit the voice to sound good. A great example that comes to mind here is Katie Price!
Don’t be put off by the fact that auto tuning seems to be difficult because many famous singers use it, it’s not as difficult as you think. One of the most searched for tutorials is how to sound like T-pain, and guess what? He doesn’t use a big fancy studio, he uses a MacBook Pro and Logic and sometimes even Garage Band! Then it is possible!
Ok, enough about everyone else, let’s focus on you now. When you have your recording, be it vocal, instrumental or a combination of both, you need to find out the key of the song (if you don’t already know it) for effective use of auto tune, otherwise it will sound wrong. and you don’t want that! (Quick note: Automatic tuning is called pitch correction in Logic. Just to avoid future confusion!) To do this, it’s very simple; all you have to do is click the blank insert slot, click pitch, then pitch shift, and choose stereo or mono. Then a box should appear. In the box, select the scale (minor and major are the most popular scales to use for pop songs). After that, choose the route note.
To make your voice sound like T-Pain, turn up the reply so it’s very fast. This will result in your voice going over multiple notes at once and making you sound like T-Pain. After that bring the pitch correction to the top of the signal chain, to do this hold down the command and drag it up. If it’s after the reverb and echo, you might hear some annoying noise, but that can be easily resolved by dragging it in front of the reverb and echo.
You can also automate auto tuning (choose when it’s on and off). To do this, select show automation, switch from volume to pitch correction, and then go to response. If you want to isolate a part of your song and free it from auto tuning, draw two points on the timeline and drag one up so they form a vertical line. After that, click on a third point and drag the line down to connect with the third point.
Congratulations, you just auto-tuned to a song!
If you don’t find that Logic’s built-in pitch correction works for you, or if you want to try something a little more advanced, you can always try the Antares plugin. It is available for use in most audio programs (Logic, Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Garage Band, etc.). There is a free demo available on their website that lasts for ten days, so again, if the built-in auto tuning isn’t you, then get the demo! Just google “auto tune” and you will see the link!
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