For example, if you’re supposed to hit a C note and instead hit C#, Auto-tune will bring you back down to C (or if you sing a B note, it’ll bring you up to C). The way Auto-tuneworks is if you’re singing off key by one or two notes (on either side), it’ll bring you back in key. Which brings me to my next point: Auto-tune won’t work if you’re singing completely off key. Meek justified it as saying something like he’s a fan of Future, which is a major face palm cause Future is actually singing (okay not really but enough to make the autotune do its thing). I remember hearing a Meek Mill song where he had his audio engineer apply Auto-tune to his raps and as you can imagine it sounded terrible. I’m not sure how some rappers have this idea that if they’re rappin’ like “talk rappin” with zero melody that Auto-tune is going to make them sound like Drake.
If you’re straight rapping, Auto-tune isn’t going to make you sound like you’re singing. This is mostly for rappers and people who can’t sing (or at least don’t know they can’t sing).
So to clear the air, I’m going to tell you what Auto-tune can’t do for you and explain why.
Autotune Demystified: How Pitch Correction Software Actually WorksĮver since we included pitch correction into our mixing and mastering services I’ve noticed a few artists have some unrealistic expectations for what Auto-tune can do for them.