Nothing can kill a good melody like being out of tune. Experienced songwriters and performers know this, and that’s why Antares, a Santa Cruz-based company, created their popular Auto-Tune software.

If you ask me, Auto-Tune has been overused and abused for years. But I do think it has a place in some instances, and the HeadRush VX5 now brings Auto-Tune to live performances at the tap of a toe. It ...

It happened exactly 36 seconds into the song—a glimpse of the shape of pop to come, a feel of the fabric of the future we now inhabit. The phrase “I can’t break through” turned crystalline, like the ...

If all you want from a vocal pedal is the classic T-Pain style heavy Auto-Tune sound, then look no further than the VX5. Sadly, however, this device cannot compete as an all-in-one live vocal solution ...

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 ...

If you haven’t been listening to pop radio in the past few months, you’ve missed the rise of two seemingly opposing trends. In a medium in which mediocre singing has never been a bar to entry, a lot ...

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 ...

The following sentence might come as a huge shock to teens and Millennials, so stop tweeting for a second, kids, and get prepared for a totally outlandish statement. Here it is: Once upon a time, pop ...