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Just a note before we begin: This isnt a cataloguing of every song ever to use Auto-Tune.
But where necessary, weve noted milestones in Auto-Tunes proliferation and eventual domination in the pop landscape.
1995:Why dont you make a box that will let me sing in tune?
at a National Association of Music Merchants conference.
When applied to audio recording, the model can also detect sonic pitch as well.
At that years NAMM conference, the crowd goes wild.
People were literally grabbing it out of my hands … it was instantly a massive hit, Hildebrand claimed.
She liked it immediately.
People are often afraid of things that sound new.
If youve assigned it a key, youve got music.
Just wanted something to make me different.
Auto-Tune was the one.
The song eventually spends five weeks on top of theBillboardHot 100, cementing Auto-Tunes still-reigning presence in modern pop.
At an album listening event, herefersto Auto-Tune as the funnest thing to use.
Elsewhere,Saturday Night Livesteps into the Auto-Tune-parodying arenawith the sketch Blizzard Man.
Guess hes not a fan of Bartender.
March 2009:Rule of thumb: If the Black Eyed Peas are doing it, its becoming uncool.
June 2009:The highest-profile stance against Auto-Tune to date arrives in the form of D.O.A.
(Death of Auto-Tune), the first single from Jay-Zs maybe-Auto-Tune-couldve-actually-improved-itThe Blueprint 3.
Later in the year, Jaywould tell MTV Newsthat a Wendys commercial (sure!)
served as inspiration for the songs thematic concerns.
In terms of list placement, its sandwiched between the pesticide DDT and the cancer-causing substance Red Dye No.
Seems like a level-headed equivalency to strike.
He was remarkably ineffectual.
Sorry, folks: Auto-Tune is here to stay.
