There are few musical technologies that are as ubiquitous, maligned and misunderstood as Antares’ Auto-Tune. What was conceived in 1997 as a discrete tool for cleaning up vocals and optimizing the ...

In the new Netflix series, This Is Pop, T-Pain claims that Usher told him that his auto-tuned songs "f----- up music for real singers" Nicholas Rice is a Senior News Editor, Weekends for PEOPLE ...

Linda Diaz and Arthur Buckner uncover how Auto-Tune became THE in-demand tool for studios. Thanks to artists like T-Pain, Cher, and Kanye West, Auto-Tune went from being an industry secret to an ...

As he was interviewing artists and inventors for a six-part docuseries on the intersection of technology and music, Mark Ronson noticed a recurring theme of visionary artists taking technological ...

T-Pain put the world in the producer's chair by introducing Auto-Tune to the masses and now he wants to pull back the music industry's curtain even more. As the 37-year-old rapper gets comfortable in ...

Typically, the music-streaming public remains at arm’s length when it comes to tricks and tips that artists use in the recording studio — it’s too nerdy, too complicated, and only useful to obsessives ...

T-Pain is opening up about how his iconic Auto-Tune music led to a dark time in his life. "Usher was my friend," T-Pain explained in the series. "I really respect Usher. And he was like, 'Man. I'm ...