So I did my Multimodal project on Auto-Tune with my group. My group did a cover of Bruno Mars's "Just the Way You Are", then applied Auto-Tune to it and analyzed the differences in the sounds. Of course, Auto-Tune just made it sound more robotic but altered the pitch of our voice to hit the right notes. We weren't the greatest or most experienced users of Auto-Tune, so we weren't able to alter the settings so that the program tuned our voices smoothly. This is why it sounds like a robot. Rather than a gradual change of notes, it is a sharp distinct change, making it obvious that Auto-Tune was used.
Now, while examining the effects of Auto-Tune, we found it did several things. First, it corrected the pitch of our voices to the notes in the scale that were closest to the ones we sang. So, technically, it improved our singing. On the other hand, the program made us sound like a robot, with distinct, sharp changes in notes rather than the smooth change as a singer exhibits. This took away the feeling of emotion in the song. The song sounds better and is easier to listen to, but the emotional effects brought about from the natural voice were no longer there. This caused the music simply to sound good to the listener rather than to bring out any emotion in the listener. Isn't the point of music to bring out emotion in the listeners? If someone were singing a song specifically for you, wouldn't you rather have someone sing their best with emotion and a few off-key notes than a technically perfect song but that sounds like a robot?
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