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The Digital Revolution and Auto-Tune
By 1998, the music landscape experienced a revolutionary change with the introduction of Auto-Tune, initially popularized by Cher’s hit “Believe.” Auto-Tune is a plugin integrated into digital audio workstations (DAWs) like Pro Tools, Logic, or Ableton. It allows for precise pitch correction, effectively tuning vocals to the correct key, often to an extreme degree that produces a “synthetic” sound reminiscent of a keyboard.