Filed under: Audio, Fun, Features, Macintosh
How to Auto-Tune yourself in GarageBand
by Jay Hathaway Sep 18th 2009 at 8:00AM
Even though Auto-tune - that funky robot effect that ruled the radio for a big chunk of 2008 - has been officially declared dead by no less a rap superstar than Jay-Z himself, people still went nuts for T-Pain's Auto-tune app on the iPhone. You don't have to have an iPhone (or pay hundreds of dollars for official Antares Auto-tune software) to get that T-Pain sound, though. In fact, you can do it with an app that comes preloaded on the average Mac: Garageband. Check out the gallery for a step-by-step guide to bringing the T-Pain.
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numerwan said 9:23AM on 9-18-2009
OOORRRRRRR, you can NOT auto-tune and just let that crap die...
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Elliot said 10:24AM on 9-18-2009
Neat. Never realised this feature existed in garageband.
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Tired_ said 10:42AM on 9-18-2009
Uh, where's the article? A picture is not worth a thousand words on EDGE.
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Evenio said 8:13PM on 9-18-2009
Anyone remember waaaay back when Auto-tune was used to just correct bad notes in a vocal track, and not to erase all evidence that the singer may have been human? Yeah, I'm having trouble remembering, too.
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216 said 9:36PM on 9-18-2009
woooooow im mad this actually works
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David S. (@seemsArtless) said 12:08AM on 9-19-2009
Come on, you can't mention Auto Tuning without linking to the Vimeo video: http://vimeo.com/3718294
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andy said 1:00AM on 9-19-2009
Or this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFIYn515tyg&feature=player_embedded
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