History Main / AutoTune

* ''WesternAnimation/{{TheLoudHouseMovie}}'': Very noticeable autotune in the singing, particularly with Lincoln.

->''"That's Auto-Tune, son! It lets you sing... even if you can't sing!''"''

With the wide adoption of Auto-Tune, the technique quickly became a source of controversy both within and in discussion about the music industry. The major criticism is how the program strips all the personality and subtle harmonics from a performer's voice, leaving those who utilize it sounding near-identical with each other. This ties in with the criticism that it is inherently lazy and dishonest: because the software ensures perfect pitch, the actual capabilities of the singer are a moot point. These arguments exclude artists who use it primarily to distort their voices into the aforementioned robotic sound, but ''they'' catch their own flak for their (perceived) [[FollowTheLeader unoriginality]]. Auto-Tune is such a source of InternetBackdraft that in many circles, it's actually used as a general insult against singers regardless of context.

* The titular character in ''WesternAnimation/FreaknikTheMusical'', played by the master of autotune himself TPain, both speaks and sings with autotune jacked UpToEleven.

* Brian the robot's voice in British commercials for Confused dot com.[[note]]Replacing the cartoon ads based on the song "YMCA", to the disappointment of many.[[/note]]

* Brian the robot's voice in British commercials for Confused dot com[[note]] Replacing the cartoon ads based on the song "YMCA", to the disappointment of many[[/note]]

* One trailer for ''WesternAnimation/MrPeabodyAndSherman'' mentions that Peabody invented auto-tune, among other things.
* Though not explicitely mentioned, WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyEquestriaGirlsRainbowRocks definitely references this. The villains of the movie are a trio of {{Enthralling Siren}}s who use their beautiful CompellingVoice to sow discord among the student body. In the final battle against them, [[spoiler:the heroes shatter their magical amulets. The sirens are visibly horrified by this, and when they try to sing again, they sound horribly off-key and are booed offstage. Their amulets were not just the source of their powers, they were their auto-tune!]]
* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio 2}}'', Nigel shows off his ability to mimic auto-tune.
** Interestingly, the original ''WesternAnimation/{{Rio}}'' used Auto-Tune for its original purpose--correcting pitch. You can faintly hear it on Raphael's one sung line in the grand finale--evidently, George Lopez can't carry a tune.
* Guy Diamond from ''WesternAnimation/{{Trolls}}'' can Auto-Tune his voice at will, and does this randomly when he talks.

* The main characters discover a crystal in ''Film/LandOfTheLost'' that essentially does this to the voice of whomever touches it, netting a comment from Rick Marshall that you'd normally need to pay money for this kind of effect.

* PlayedForLaughs on a ''Series/{{Jeopardy}}'' category [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Te4E1cx2J44 from June 2010]]. You haven't lived until you've heard Alex Trebek sing "Go Down, Moses" with the help of Auto-Tune.
* Also PlayedForLaughs on a sketch on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' with host Kristin Wiig; an infomercial advertising a CD for socialites and by socialites entitled "Classy Sexy Elegnace" ([[TyopOnTheCover yeah, that's what it's called]]). Everything on that album is [[StylisticSuck haphazardly produced]], by their HUSBANDS, no less, (Except for one song in which [[ItMakesSenseinContext her husband Craig T. Nelson]] hires a black producer who "pretends to like her music..."), which results in HEAVY use of the Auto-Tune. The real payoff moment comes near the end, when all three women are singing one song using EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AUTO-TUNE SETTINGS (in different keys and modes). The result is hilariously [[SensoryAbuse scary]]. Hell, EVEN THE ENDING ANNOUNCEMENT is auto-tuned!

* Music/SelfInsert is an experimental hip-hop group that uses autotune as a way of identifying with machines, something outside of themselves. Sebastian Hedge stated in an interview that he "wanted to channel thoughts about music from a detached standpoint, like talking into a microphone" and make that into the art.

* Music/SelfInsert is an experimental hip-hop group that uses autotune as a way of identifying with machines, something outside of themselves. Sebastian Hedge stated in an interview that he "wanted to channel thoughts about music from a detached standpoint, like talking into a microphone" and make that into the art.

->''"That's Auto-Tune, son! It lets you sing... '''''even if you can't sing!'''''"''

->''"That's Auto-Tune, son! It lets you sing... ''even if you can't sing!''"''

* Music/{{Vaniru}} heavily uses it for effect.

* Just about all Nu Italo does this. E.g.: Eiffel 65 -- "Blue"; Kim Lukas -- "All I Really Want"; Sarina Paris -- "Just About Enough". It's a defining feature (and, depending on [[http://techno.org/electronic-music-guide/ who you ask]], not necessarily bad.)
* ATC's "Around the World (La La La La La)" didn't originally use Auto-Tune, but Auburn's "La La La", which samples that song, uses it to excess.
* Oscillator X, particularly "Party People All Night Long", "Dynamo", and "Safety Net".
* Genki Rockets, the band of Tetsuya Mizuguchi, creator of ''VideoGame/{{Lumines}}'', ''VideoGame/{{Rez}}'', and ''VideoGame/ChildOfEden''. Most notably in "Breeze".

* Music/OwlCity uses Melodyne, a program similar to Auto-Tune, with the result (especially on his older songs) sounding like [=GLaDOS=] from VideoGame/{{Portal}}.
* Music/{{Covenant}} and Necro Facility's "Lightbringer" uses a T-Pain-like vocoder on the verse vocals.
* Dune -- [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pzzz7xcCyo "Dark Side of the Moon"]].
* Groove Coverage used it in the chorus of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k6A6VZ3KWE "A Million Tears"]], and a few other songs.
* Not necessarily Auto-Tune, but Assemblage 23's "Automaton" uses a robotic vocoder, which is fairly uncommon for him.

* Inna uses it in "Wow", "Club Rocker", "More Than Friends", and many other songs on ''I am the Club Rocker'' and ''Party Never Ends''.
* Cylab, in the bridge section of "Greys".

* Unusual for {{darkwave}}, Midnight Resistance used it in "Wastelands".
* Most of Music/WoodenToaster's songs use a vocoder, but the chorus of [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUptKs5Fccw "Tough Luck"]] just goes for straight Auto-Tune.

** You can hear it a bit when will.i.am sings "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cyVzjoj96vs What I Am]]" on ''Series/SesameStreet''.

** Kanye has also used Auto-Tune for rapping (like on T.I. and Jay-Z's "Swagga Like Us") and in combination with distortion and other processing for more dramatic effects (like the coda to his song "Runaway", where he sounds like a guitar solo.)

** Parodied by [[Series/HarryHillsTVBurp Harry Hill]] who "performed" the song with a Cher-styled ventriloquist doll. When it got to the bit in the song which is clearly studio-enhanced, he did the classic ventriloquist's trick of seemingly drinking a glass of water while the doll "sang" on, in lyp-sync to the song.

-->'''[[http://dlisted.com/2015/04/09/open-post-hosted-by-these-two-messes-shooting-a-video-together/ Michael K.]]''': Because the music industry is run by the Illuminati and they get off on hearing our blood-curdled screams as our eardrums melt, they paired Music/IggyAzalea with Brit Brit Spears for a new song called [[strike:“Pretty Messy”]] “Pretty Girls.” The song hasn’t been released yet, but I’m guessing it’ll sort of sound like an auto-tuned chipmunk exorcism in a warehouse full of ponies Riverdancing on Casio keyboards.

* {{Music/Rihanna}} uses this in a few songs, notably "Disturbia" and her T.I. collaboration "Live Your Life". Justified in these two; in "Disturbia" it is used to create distortion to aid the dark atmosphere and vibe of the song, and in "Live Your Life" it's used only on the chorus, and there's a slight surprise when it's not used on her verse.

* Many acts in modern JapanesePopMusic. Notable examples include Music/{{Perfume}} and Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu (who happen to share the same producer).

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkWdCU6m71A A version of]] "Dragon Soul" from ''Anime/DragonBallZKai'' has some rather noticeable spots where Auto-Tune is applied to Creator/SeanSchemmel's voice.

* On ''WebVideo/NoPixel'', Outto-Tune Tyrone, or OTT, had an auto-tuner installed into his vocal chords, and talks/sings in a constant Auto-Tune.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkWdCU6m71A A version of]] "Dragon Soul" from ''Anime/DragonBallKai'' has some rather noticeable spots where Auto-Tune is applied to Creator/SeanSchemmel's voice.

* Practically a trademark of Joey Moi's production style when working with CountryMusic artists. It's most noticeable with Music/FloridaGeorgiaLine, but he has also done it on songs by Music/JakeOwen, Chris Lane, and Dallas Smith. The remix of Florida Georgia Line's "Cruise" featuring Music/{{Nelly}} drowns the whole song in it, and "May We All" also applies it liberally to duet partner Music/TimMcGraw's voice.

* All the songs from ''[[WesternAnimation/TotalDrama Total Drama World Tour]]''. Oddly, two of the songs you can download on their website right now lack the Auto-Tune, and everyone is ridiculously off-key.

** Farrah Abraham's album "My Teenage Dream Ended" is an unusual case. She decided to produce a form of audiobook, by reading extracts from her autobiography of the same name, and having a music producer autotune them and build pop-dance songs around them. The album is distinctively unmusical, and though poorly received by its intended pop audience, is considered an unintentional masterpiece by fans of avant-garde music.

* In ''WebVideo/FriendshipIsWitchcraft'', Sweetie Belle has distinct RoboSpeak which is created by running all her lines through auto-tune with a limited number of pitches.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR6qkN5plVIThe background jingle]] in the Loquendo [[SyntheticVoiceActor text-to-speech]] demo has this.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GR6qkN5plVIThe background jingle]] in the Loquendo text-to-speech demo has this.

* The background jingle in the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2gGGOoqgR8k Loquendo text-to-speech demo]] may count.