Lip-synching is considered a part of miming. It can be used to make it appear as though actors have substantial singing ability (e.g., The Partridge Family television show), to simulate a vocal effect that can be achieved only in the recording studio, e.g. Cher's Believe, which used an Auto-Tune effects processing on her voice;.

T-Pain, Cher, heck, most of the new artists these days use auto-tune, some over use it. With technology it isn't so much of a question of, 'do we need to do it?' And more of 'why aren't we doing it!?'

Well, if you're looking for an easy way to add auto-tune to your vocal tracks, or your voice in recordings, and are looking to spend the fantastic price of FREE then check out this video! You will learn what programs you will need to download (Audacity, Audacity VST, ect.) and then how to set your auto-tune in the Audacity interface. I had the same problem. It took me some time to figure it out, but I did. I'm running Audacity 2.0.5.

First, you have to make sure to get the 32-bit version of gsnap, NOT the 64-bit (this is because audacity is a 32-bit program and cannot use 64-bit plugins). Make sure any previous GSnap.dll files are deleted out of the plug-ins folder. Then once audacity is running, you have to click on 'Edit,' and select 'Preferences.' In this menu, select the 'Effects' section.

Make sure 'VST' is selected (it should be), and then select 'Rescan VST effects next time Audacity is started.' Audacity does NOT automatically load new VST plugins on startup, so this will make it refresh the plugins it is using. Then click 'ok' and restart Audacity.

Once Audacity is restarted, it will display a pop-up asking you what plugins to install. Make sure the 'Gsnap' and 'vst-bridge' options are selected, then click 'ok.' You should now see the 'GVST: Gsnap.'

Option in the effect menu (in the section below the 'Wahwah.' I hope this helps someone!:) Reply. Solution in second video doesn't always work either. Here's the fix: One possible problem for some: Audacity used to come in separate 32bit & 64bit versions.

And even if you installed the 64bit version of Audacity and the 64bit version of GSnap, it still doesn't work because those earlier versions of 64bit Audacity seem to be incompatible with the GSnap plugin no matter what version you use.:( This is what FINALLY worked for me (using 64bit Win7): Download the latest version of Audacity, which in my case was 2.1.1. It apparently no longer comes in separate 32 & 64 bit versions, so if you have a copy of the installer for old 64bit version to edit REALLY BIG files, put it someplace safe. 1) Uninstall your older version of Audacity. Be sure to get all files. 2) Install Audacity v2.1.1 or higher (2.1.0 may work too. Didn't try.) 3) Run Audacity so it sets itself up.

Note under 'Effects', GSnap is not there (it normally appears in the lower half of filters.) Close the program. 4) Do as the 2nd video says. Download the 32bit version of GSnap (Audacity doesn't come in a 64bit version any more. No idea why) and extract the files to your Audacity 'plugins' folder. 5) (I don't know if this next step is necessary, but I did it before I checked to see if GSnap installed) Install the VST Enabler plugin mentioned in the 1st video.

6) Launch Audacity again. Note GSnap is probably STILL not there on the 'Effects' menu.

At the top of that menu you'll see 'Manage'. You will see a list of all available plugins, both Installed and not. 7) Scroll down till you see 'GSnap'. It should say 'New' while the others all say 'Enabled'. Click 'GSnap' to highlight it and click the 'Enable' button below the menu.

'GSnap' should change to 'Enabled' and appear on the list of Effects. Done!:) (Note: If you can't get 'GSnap' to stay 'Enabled' (keeps switching back to 'New'), you probably have the wrong version of the plugin (probably trying to use the 64bit plugin in 32bit Audacity.) Reply.

— Thugnificent,, 'Bitches to Rags' Auto-Tune is a pitch correction software suite offered by Antares Audio Technologies. While neither the only software of its kind on the market nor the first method of pitch correction, its high flexibility and ease of use quickly shot it to such prominence that it may qualify as a. Auto-Tune was conceived in the mid-nineties not by an audio engineer, but a seismic analyst working for Exxon named Andy Hildebrand. When asked at a party if he could use his software to modify a singer's pitch, he developed Auto-Tune. The first version of the software was released in 1997. Auto-Tune was originally intended as a way to correct notes sung flat or sharp by less than a semi-tone, but it was discovered to create a robotic sound when driven much further and combined with abrupt pitch shifts.

The first (successful) usage of this style was on the 1998 number one single 'Believe', but because this method was kept as a trade secret at the time, it took a couple years for other artists such as to discover it. The act of distorting vocals for a robotic effect is not new in and of itself, having been used since the 1970s with the, but this was mostly relegated to funk and electronica, both niche markets. Using Auto-Tune for a similar effect didn't become prominent until the arrival of in 2005. Unlike other artists that relegated it to subtle uses or genres aiming for a digitalized sound, T-Pain used it obviously and flagrantly on nearly all of his releases. His huge success led to a within pop, R&B, and hip hop.

Within a very short period, Auto-Tune distortion became the norm rather than the exception. 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).

Auto-Tune is such a source of that in many circles, it's actually used as a general insult against singers regardless of context. Still, with the majority of the best-selling singles and albums utilizing the method, it's unlikely to fade away any time soon. See also the, the other major controversy within the music industry. Please remember that and not to use this as a page. • used autotuned backing vocals on the song 'Headphones' (from The Long Fall Back to Earth). • Quietdrive's cover of Cyndi Lauper's 'Time after Time' uses it subtly but noticeably, as does Ashley Tisdale's version.

• • Used twice on their album Amnesiac. In 'Packt Like Sardines in a Crushd Tin Box', Auto-Tune set to extreme settings was used to distort the vocals into a vaguely unsettling robotic melody (the lyrics don't help), and on 'Pulk/Pull Revolving Doors', Thom spoke the lyrics instead of singing them and then ran them through Auto-Tune, producing crazy pitch-shifts that fit well with the already very music. • On 'TKOL RMX 1234567,' two songs feature Auto-Tune; like on Amnesiac, it's used for artistic purposes. 'Codex (Illum Sphere RMX)' and 'Little By Little (Caribou RMX)' use it to alter the melody of the original song into an entirely new one. • 'Kid A' (the song, not the album) features an Auto-Tune or vocoder effect that distorts the vocal part and makes it entirely incomprehensible. This was done because, while the lyrics on the face of it are simply enigmatic and rather unsettling, they reportedly represent something truly horrific to, and he wanted to separate himself from it.

He's never confirmed what exactly that horrific thing is, but considering the pied piper imagery and the disturbing lyrical outtakes that can be found on the Radiohead website, it looks rather like it's about rape or pedophilia. Other theories include mind control and the first human clone. The song was written while Yorke was • The song 'Bastard Wants To Hit Me'.

It is also used more seriously (ha) on most of their following album, The Else. • 'Bastard Wants to Hit Me' is more of a stealth parody. As for its use on The Else, it surprisingly was NOT used on 'I'm Impressed'.

Says the vocals are strange in that song, due to the fact that demo for that song ended up on the final product, with the demo itself being captured on a very lo-fi mp3 file. • frequently employs Auto-Tune or other forms of pitch correction to make his voice sound better in studio. It's most noticeable on 'It Just Comes Natural', where he flubs a note on the line 'tumbleweeds roll' and not even the Auto-Tune covers it up. He also used it for deliberate effect on his recording of Rodney Crowell's 'Stars on the Water', and his final live album, The Cowboy Rides Away: Live from AT&T Stadium, had it used to egregious effect. • The pop mix of 'The Way You Love Me' by has Auto-Tuned backing vocals. • The end of 'Stuck Like Glue' by has Jennifer Nettles singing Auto-Tuned backing vocals. • 'Merry Go Round' by the JaneDear girls.

• 'Top Down' by Fast Ryde. The label sent out an alternate mix without it. • The opening to 'Keep Your Distance' by Patty Loveless ('If I cross your path again'), and oddly, nowhere else in the song.

• Joe Nichols uses it for the entirety of his album Old Things New, causing him to sound unnaturally cold and tinny, particularly on 'Gimmie That Girl'. • frequently have their voices corrected with Auto-Tune, especially on songs where Brian Kelley shares the lead vocal due to him having a weaker voice than usual lead singer Tyler Hubbard.

The remix of 'Cruise' featuring drowns the whole song in it, and 'May We All' also applies it liberally to duet partner 's voice. • As with Fast Ryde above, 's 2014 single 'Looking for That Girl' was originally recorded with Auto-Tune, but an alternate mix was also sent out with it removed. • The verses of 'Drink to That All Night' by Jerrod Niemann.

• 's 2017 single 'Life's About to Get Good' really does a number on her voice. • is what you get when you apply Auto-Tune to the Cascada 'hands-up' style. • themselves use it in 'Evacuate the Dancefloor' and many others on the album of that name and Original Me. • Caramell of ' fame. • • The album Discovery. Although, to be fair, Guy and Thomas also employed other voice processing tactics such as vocoders and talkboxes. • Since the entire point of the band is to sound like robots,.

The band themselves were once asked what they thought about Auto-Tune, and Thomas Bangalter compared the opposition to it to a near-panic in France when they were children, where some musicians attempted to ban synthesizers. • Electric Valentine, especially 'Automatic' and 'Chasing the Sun'. They also frequently use vocoders.

Averted by their live performances. • heavily uses it for effect. • Not even the Eurobeat genre is safe: • April's 'Hanami' and 'The Magic I Feel'. • David Dima's Eurobeat remake of 's 'Save A Prayer'. • Jay Lehr's 'Little Little Star'. • Lilly — 'You Got the Power' and 'Back into the 80s', a rare use of Auto-Tune by Hi-NRG Attack. • Hot Chip uses this occasionally, although they mostly avoid it.

• Kandystand's 'Black Pearl' and 'Disco Queen' blatantly feature Auto-Tune. • 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, 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,, and. Most notably in 'Breeze'. •, especially in 'Saviour'. • uses Melodyne, a program similar to Auto-Tune, with the result (especially on his older songs) sounding like GLaDOS from. • and Necro Facility's 'Lightbringer' uses a T-Pain-like vocoder on the verse vocals.

• Groove Coverage used it in the chorus of, and a few other songs. • Not necessarily Auto-Tune, but Assemblage 23's 'Automaton' uses a robotic vocoder, which is fairly uncommon for him. • Little Boots in 'Remedy'. Most of her other songs avoid it or use it more subtly.

• 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'.

• mind.in.a.box's 'Unknown' uses it alongside other vocoder effects that make the male singer's vox. Also used in 'Second Reality'. • 'Mayhem of Life' by Oscalator and Rogard.

• Unusual for, Midnight Resistance used it in 'Wastelands'. • Most of 's songs use a vocoder, but the chorus of just goes for straight Auto-Tune. • Nearly every song by Robin Fox, with the exception of. : Alright, alright, I know, you think you're so hot, question is: •, though: Kanye actually first used Auto-Tune in his 2004 debut album to modify John Legend's voice on a track.

• 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.) • Other than, a few rappers have used this as a one-time thing (either to try something different or an attempt to get on the pop charts), examples being 'Lollipop' by (which had West on the remix) and 'Sexual Eruption' by ( ). • Hip-hop/R&B artist is the, though arguably different than most usages since he uses it blatantly to sound like a robot and not just to make it sound like he can sing.

He stated that and instead start using different vocal effects called the 'T-Pain Effect.' • uses this for rather than the program the real Hawking uses to speak. This is because if you've ever heard Stephen Hawking speak, you know you can't rap with that program. • Many songs from Disko Warp Records, including their remix of Melody & Mezzo's 'I Wanna Be Your Star'. • 's Some Nights album. Between the gratutitous, overall of Auto-Tune, the resulting was no surprise.

• makes creative use of vocal processing, both in her solo work and with. Averted by her breakout solo hit, which used a keyboard vocoder instead of Auto-Tune. • Rediscover is a case of a band with terminal Vocoderitis; seriously, they can't go through at least one song without the thing.

• uses Auto-Tune in the songs 'Wolves' and 'Beth/Rest'. Taking it even further, 'Woods' is nothing but Auto-Tuned vocals, layered one on top of another. • uses it on '. • uses it extensively on The Age of Adz, although mainly for aesthetic purposes. • Ark Music Factory's entire output applies heavy doses of Auto-Tune.

The most infamous of these is. • In the aftermath of the 2010 disaster in Haiti, many pop stars released a cover of USA For Africa's Anvilicious yet still well-made and popular collaborative hit, 'We Are The World'. Unfortunately, since they were primarily modern pop artists, they couldn't record it without. • The single ' is the. The song opened the floodgates and made EDM the reigning genre for 17 years (and counting).

• Parodied by 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. • either caused or inspired the trend of electronically making your voice robotic (along with Cher) with her album Blackout, specifically the song 'Piece Of Me'. : 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 with Brit Brit Spears for a new song called “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. Uses it in synth pop/rock. • used an Auto-Tuner for her debut album Superficial.

Activation Code For Poker Academy Pro Download more. • Darkchild's remix of 's 'If You Had My Love'. •, on almost anything studio recorded since around 2008.

It has become harder to tell him and his Gakupo apart due to this - a properly Auto-Tuned Gakupo sounds nigh-indistinguishable from post 2008 Gackt. • Kelly Rose (the American one, not the New Zealand one)'s 'Stupid Memory' and 'Head Turn'. Also, the other KR's 'Outta Sight'. In 'Tik Tok', even the rap/spoken words are Auto-Tuned. Let's face it, most of her work is vocodered. •, in portions of 'Monster' and 'So Happy I Could Die' and 'Poker Face' • Justified in that she uses it to create weird vocal effects rather than to cover up bad singing.

• in 'Party in the USA'. • The is Fragments of Life by one hit wonder Roy Vedas. • With her album, She Wolf, especially the eponymous single, even has acquired vocoderitis,. • Jordin Sparks, notably in 'S.O.S.

(Let the Music Play)' and parts of 'One Step at a Time'. • uses it in some of her songs, given the fact that she shared the same producer as. • uses it sometimes. Very apparent on 'Haven't Met You Yet' and his cover of 'All I Want for Christmas is You.'

• uses for the distortion effect on on their song 'Turn Me On'. Ditto for the chorus of Minaj's 'Starships'. • and indeed most of the dance music Minaj is increasingly making • 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. • Played straight in 'S&M' • The Madonna cover group Mad'House, especially on 'Holiday'. • Many acts in modern.

Notable examples include and (who happen to share the same producer). • 's 'I Will Never Let You Down'. • Used for distortion effect in 's song 'Digital Getdown'. Especially justified since the song was about cybersex and invokes the dial-up tone. • Liberally used in 'Never Alone' by BarlowGirl.

• Nick Festari never utilized Auto-Tune in his productions with Hi-NRG Attack, but his solo album This is Me. Slower and Faster has it all over the place. • most notably uses it in 'Domino'. • 'If I' by Fiori. • The 2007 album It Won't Be Soon Before Long. Maroon 5 in general.

'She Will Be Loved' marked a point where Auto-Tune was used so excessively to create perfect pitch that it's often the song that initiates casual music listeners to be able to detect its use in other songs. • Among the strangest examples of this was 's largely forgotten experimental album Trans. On several of the tracks (including a remake of 'Mr. Soul'), the vocals were 'sung' using a Vocoder. According to Young, the album was in part inspired by the difficulty which his son Ben had trying to communicate; Ben has severe cerebral palsy and used the Vocoder to speak. Others feel that it was also meant as a reaction to the rather jangly synthpop coming out at the time, however. Regardless of the intended message, the album was a flop, though some critics saw it as a bold effort.

A recent review suggested that Neil had been paying attention to as well. • Used for hauntingly beautiful effect on Safety Suit's album closer 'Life Left to Go', a song about trying to keep a friend from committing suicide. • 'Only God Knows Why'. Joked in one of their articles that Kid should receive a for abusing the effect in the song.

• It's subtle in, but most prominent in 'The City is Yours'. • 'Don't Copy That 2', the sequel to 'Don't Copy That Floppy', uses Auto-Tune on B Sheba's vocals during the bridge.

• uses this by necessity, since TV production schedules don't allow them to do the number of takes that regular musicians would. • fan-made remix of ' auto-tunes 's voice, which, considering Newman isn't much of a singer to begin with, works surprisingly well, • 's opening jingle uses it. Examples of Auto-Tune as a topic of discussion and within contexts other than music include. • One trailer for mentions that Peabody invented auto-tune, among other things. • Though not explicitely mentioned, definitely references this. The villains of the movie are a trio of who use their beautiful to sow discord among the student body. In the final battle against them, 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, Nigel shows off his ability to mimic auto-tune. • Interestingly, the original 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. • on a category.

You haven't lived until you've heard Alex Trebek sing 'Go Down, Moses' with the help of Auto-Tune. • Also on a sketch on with host Kristin Wiig; an infomercial advertising a CD for socialites and by socialites entitled 'Classy Sexy Elegnace' ().

Everything on that album is, by their HUSBANDS, no less, (Except for one song in which 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. Hell, EVEN THE ENDING ANNOUNCEMENT is auto-tuned!

• The episode 'The Studio Job' has Hardison attempt to pass Eliot off as a country music star by providing a real-time auto-tune effect for him. He's horrified when he realizes it's not working, but it's okay: it turns out that Eliot doesn't need it. • On, Tracy is trying not to be seen acting badly at work while he's being filmed for his wife's reality show, which Liz uses to her advantage. Tracy then finds a loophole and starts singing everything to the tune of 's 'Uptown Girl', because the show can't afford the licensing rights. Liz counters with Auto-Tune to make the melody incomprehensible. Liz: (flatly, into the Auto-Tuner) 'Liz Lemon One, doo doo doo doo.' That was me, singing ' 'Here Comes the Sun' for free.

• The storm surrounding its use during the auditions phase may be what finally kills the UK version of. • A subject of much contention on message boards devoted to the TV series.

Was even lampshaded in the first episode of Season 2. • In, after Phil gives an impromptu humiliating speech at Claire's political debate, the speech goes viral. At least one user uses Auto-Tune to create a out of it. • Used in-universe on an episode of. The Three Tenners want to record a song but one of them can't sing. • features the kids using it for a performance of Carol of the Bells, in a scene that completely plays up how hideously unnatural it sounds.

• released a song called 'D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)' as a criticism of the method. After half the hip-hop community went up in arms over him performing the song live with T-Pain, he elaborated that the message was to leave the Auto-Tuning to people who actually use it for an artistic effect, as opposed to just for cleaning up sloppy vocal tracks.

This group includes T-Pain and Kanye, and apparently to a lesser extent. Whether his own blatant use of Auto-Tune on various tracks, including all of the sung parts on 'Young Forever', counts as hypocrisy shall be left as an exercise for the reader. • Korean rapper deals a to this, and to. • and the other songs Auto-Tune and set to music various related phrases said by scientists.

Some of them are good, others less so. • Hip-hop group B.O.B.' S aptly-named 'Autotune', which is a to artists who use it as a cheap cop-out to make up for their lack of vocal talent. • Mentioned in a neutral context by an alternative rocker Zakhar May in 'Main Problem of Music in Russia', the point being that even if an artist has a subpar voice, ther's always Auto-Tune and that it's not an excuse for producing crap records.

• 3 has this (in real-time) for vocalists as an optional feature. • with 'Still Alive' ( ) and 'Want You Gone' ( ), since it's meant to sound like a computer is singing it. Not Auto-Tune, per se. There are lots of tutorials on the Internet showing the procedure Valve likely used for the GLaDOS voice effect (it comes VERY close, even with other voice actors). • The same applies to 's 2011 reworking of 'Deeper Understanding', much for the same reason. • has Zimos, a pimp who after getting a tracheotomy had Auto-Tune installed in his voice box. In addition to the effect, it tunes his voice randomly.

• has Josey Jones, the Funk Zombie who speaks much likes Zimos. When Juliet first hears him however, she thinks he's imitating Stephen Hawking. • features auto-tune in the second verse of Act 1 BGM. Justified as it's paying tribute to and trying to match the pitch of the melody.