ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Auto-tune

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Auto-tune is a noun meaning (music) An audio processor that corrects the pitch of a recorded track, also used to distort vocals in electronic music.

Meaning

(music) An audio processor that corrects the pitch of a recorded track, also used to distort vocals in electronic music.

More Meanings

  1. (transitive) To tune (an engine, industrial process, etc.) automatically.
  2. (music, transitive) To correct the pitch of a vocal or instrumental performance.

Example Sentences

The singing is sometimes pure and sometimes processed into exaggeratedly AutoTuned “Alvin and the Chipmunks” automation.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include compression, autocorrect, hyperinstrument, autocorrection, transposer, synthesizer.

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