Original author(s) | Andy Hildebrand, CEO, Antares Audio Technologies |
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Initial release | September 19, 1997; 21 years ago[1][2] |
Stable release | |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows and Mac OS |
Type | Pitch correction |
License | Proprietary |
Website | www.antarestech.com/product/auto-tune-pro/ |
'Believe', by Cher, was one of the first mainstream songs to employ Auto-Tune software to jump directly from one pitch to another one, without using a more natural curve for the transition, producing a 'robot-like voice'. Even today, the vocal effect is called the 'Cher effect'.[19] | |
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In the manual accompanying Auto-Tune's fifth-release version, the zero speed setting is described as 'the Cher Effect.'