RJA 2b

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The topic I have chosen is the use of auto-tune a benefit or a handicap? I choose this because I am very passionate about this subject. My personal belief is that if you need the handicap of a computer to help you sing then you need to practice more. I believe that I can take my bias out of this and look at the other side. I want to figure out why this is used and the debate between musicians and producers on this subject. Why some people like it and others don't. I have a very strong hate for auto-tune and I am very interested in researching the other view of this subject.

I don't know much about how auto-tune actually works, but now what it does. A computer will change incorrect pitches to fit the correct key of the song. This technology can fix even the worst of mistakes, making talent and hard work mean almost nothing. I'm not sure on this, but I think that we have the technology for people to use auto-tune even during live shows now. I watched a documentary called, "The Day the Music Died" and it had a brief spot on how it works and the process of it. It also touches on the subject of record labels which I thought was really interesting. While some artist use it as a handicap others like T-Paine use it as a instrument of technology. This is mainly used in pop and hip-hop songs, so classical music is not affected by this.

What I don't know, as I stated before, is how exactly the computer can determine when a pitch is sang wrong in a certain key. I am really interested in how the whole process works. I also want to find out how the use of auto-tune is used in live shows works and if it is not used, how the singer makes up for a lack of talent. I want to find out the views of the people that are for the use of this program, the view of the record label and the view of the performer. I also want to know what the fans of the auto-tune pop performers think, or what they are not thinking. Do they hear the auto-tune? Do they know what auto-tune is? Do they even care?