I told you guys - T-Pain doesn't use AutoTune

Bastitch · 25th May 2007

Straight from the horse's mouth:

Quote:

HHDX: Your use of the vocoder makes you stand out in the game – was that something that you came along by chance or was it just a decision on your part?
T-Pain: Honestly, I came across it by chance. It just happened. I didn’t plan on that making me into the person that I am. I wasn’t trying to do it, at first. I was just really into making music. So, the using of the vocoder had just came about out of nowhere, but I’m glad that it’s worked for me.

T-Pain: Musical Bartender | Features > HipHopDX.com

mindseye · 25th May 2007

Does anyone know his vocal chain??

**TonyBelmont** · 25th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bastitch

Straight from the horse's mouth:

T-Pain: Musical Bartender | Features > HipHopDX.com

He uses autotune.... PERIOD.

He probably doesn't even know what they are using on his voice.

filterayok · 25th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyBelmont

He uses autotune.... PERIOD.

He probably doesn't even know what they are using on his voice.

exactly, he probably knows its autotune, but didnt bother to correct the guy who asked the question, cuz it was obvious what he was talking about

azwun25 · 25th May 2007

its definitely autotune....so many artists that are out should have to pay royalties to Antares..Autotune is the main vocalist on too many tracks

AkaiXLuser · 26th May 2007

what autotune is exactly. obviously just from the name i get the basic idea but could someone give me a little more detail...like exactly what would t pain be auto tuning his voice to. how does it work

d.dot · 26th May 2007

I was like, "Do they want it to sound like that?" Still like the song though.

InsaneMixaken · 26th May 2007

haha man I was with him a few weeks back in Bakersfield Ca he told me he did....I use auto tune and melodyne together for a real close sound

psycho_monkey · 26th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by AkaiXLuser

what autotune is exactly. obviously just from the name i get the basic idea but could someone give me a little more detail...like exactly what would t pain be auto tuning his voice to. how does it work

oh come on...you may be a newbie to gearslutz, but are you a newbie to Google too?

In music more than anywhere, you have to do your own legwork...and the antares site would explain it a whole lot better than anyone will do in a quick paragraph here.

sethdk · 26th May 2007

new artist on Konvict, Ray Lavender, uses auto-tune on his "my girl got a girlfriend" song as well. Only song out of the 5 i have heard that uses it though. Alot of folks thought he was T Pain at first.

parkay909 · 27th May 2007

HAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHA! HA! Ever wonder why when you turn the tracking to heavy on auto-tune it produces the exact same effect t-pain has on his voice? hmmmmmm

HIGHENDONLY · 27th May 2007

I love auto tune it makes me in tune..Do you think their will ever be a auto-tone, id like to see em start changing the tones as well. So than you wont even need a good or bad singer. Us engineer's can be doing the vocals as well.. Auto-tone hahaha

MorganStudios · 27th May 2007

proof he does use it

'SPRUNG' GIVES T-PAIN A BOOST

WhyBe · 28th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bastitch

Straight from the horse's mouth:

T-Pain: Musical Bartender | Features > HipHopDX.com

Well, it damn sure ain't a vocoder. If it's not Autotune, then it's some variant of Autotune.

It's my experience that most people don't even know the difference between a vocoder, talkbox, and pitch correction. tutt
The vocoder seems to get credit for all of the unique vocal effects.

parkay909 · 29th May 2007

And yet you raarely see a vocoder in the studio...

**TonyBelmont** · 29th May 2007

Can we all stop worrying about what T Pain uses... It's Auto-Tune.

tutt

HIGHENDONLY · 29th May 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyBelmont

Can we all stop worrying about what T Pain uses... It's Auto-Tune.

tutt

Tony i'm confused what is T-pain using.

ILLSON · 29th May 2007

haha for real people.. if you've ever used autotune, you'd know its autotune that's used on his vocals..

and if that isnt proof enough, i myself have worked with him.. its autotune.. and i know other engineers who worked with him and my dude mixed his whole album.. auto tune all the way

DozerMayne · 3rd October 2007

He uses autotune. And believe me I know alot about Vocal Effects Processing.
Yall is really gonna be wondering what Im using pretty soon.
I got this new effect for vocals coming soon.
You will hear about it. haha

guess what I use.
MySpace.com - Dozer Mayne - Michigan - Rap / Crunk / R&B - www.myspace.com/dagspotsoldier
Peep "Since You Left"
especially check out my song "Missing You"
the backing vocal sounds something like a talkbox, but it isnt.
Top secret plugin chain process.
Haha kind of.
You can learn how in my video tutorial CD I have made.
Check my myspace
Deuce.

rickrock305 · 3rd October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by HIGHENDONLY

Tony i'm confused what is T-pain using.

definitely a vocoder, couldn't be auto tune

superjc · 3rd October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by HIGHENDONLY

I love auto tune it makes me in tune..Do you think their will ever be a auto-tone, id like to see em start changing the tones as well. So than you wont even need a good or bad singer. Us engineer's can be doing the vocals as well.. Auto-tone hahaha

Antares AVOX bundle. Google it, they're way ahead of you

Apex · 3rd October 2007

Uhh he uses autotune, how do I know? I can get the same exact effect on my voice and I dont even sing.

PettyCash · 3rd October 2007

This thread is fruity...... All it consists of is just crazy pitch bending of the vocals. You dont even need antares to do it. Yea most ppl use auto tune to get the effect, but its not the only thing or only way. There arent a lot of outstanding singers these days anyway, if you ask me auto-tune is a blessing. The day we start seeing more amazing singers immerge from the shadows is the day we will be done with Auto-tune discussions.

Dante310 · 3rd October 2007

its 100% auto-tune. you can hear the autotune on a lot of mainstream r&b albums where they aren't even going for that effect, auto tune has a very particular sound to it once you learn it, so i dont get how people could even be questioning what t-pain uses when he uses it so heavily.

never listen to producers or artists when they say what they use in interviews or endorsements. i dont know if its because they're paranoid about safeguarding their secrets or they just don't know half the time, but just because some dude says he uses sonar or some plugin in an interview definitely does not mean he uses it in real life.

the one thing all these successful guys do use is work ethic...unfortunately that doesn't come in a box for $250.

bitBroker · 3rd October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyBelmont

He uses autotune.... PERIOD.

He probably doesn't even know what they are using on his voice.

I was gonna say the same thing. People get these 2 things confused all the time because they have a similar robotic sound. It's an tuner simple and plain. People act like he's the first to do it too! lol!

Igotsoul4u · 3rd October 2007

yeah, but his engineer uses autotune. most of the artists i work with dont realize i tune them.

esb13 · 3rd October 2007

ok, this post is way too long. i can tell you that T-pain, aka teddy penderassdoun aka teddy versetti aka blah blah blah recorded the majority of "Epiphany" his last album thru an 87 to a neve 1073 then to a neve 33609 and straight smack into auto-tune directly to track. nuff said. now discuss Chris Brown or go paint your nails.

**TonyBelmont** · 3rd October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by DozerMayne

He uses autotune. And believe me I know alot about Vocal Effects Processing.
Yall is really gonna be wondering what Im using pretty soon.
I got this new effect for vocals coming soon.
You will hear about it. haha

guess what I use.
MySpace.com - Dozer Mayne - Michigan - Rap / Crunk / R&B - www.myspace.com/dagspotsoldier
Peep "Since You Left"
especially check out my song "Missing You"
the backing vocal sounds something like a talkbox, but it isnt.
Top secret plugin chain process.
Haha kind of.
You can learn how in my video tutorial CD I have made.
Check my myspace
Deuce.

Why did you bring this thread back?

**TonyBelmont** · 3rd October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by esb13

ok, this post is way too long. i can tell you that T-pain, aka teddy penderassdoun aka teddy versetti aka blah blah blah recorded the majority of "Epiphany" his last album thru an 87 to a neve 1073 then to a neve 33609 and straight smack into auto-tune directly to track. nuff said. now discuss Chris Brown or go paint your nails.

Thank you!

nukmusic · 3rd October 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by TonyBelmont

Can we all stop worrying about what T Pain uses... It's Auto-Tune.

tutt

I really truely honestly wonder what version of Autotune it is. 4 or 5? maybe version 3?

Is it the RTAS , VST, or TDM version??

Does he use an outboard tuner to tune Autotune before tuning his vocals?? What brand and model?

26th May 2007	#6
AkaiXLuser Gear interested Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 4	someone please explain what autotune is exactly. obviously just from the name i get the basic idea but could someone give me a little more detail...like exactly what would t pain be auto tuning his voice to. how does it work

26th May 2007	#7
d.dot Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 529	I was like, "Do they want it to sound like that?" Still like the song though. __________________ Triple Deuce Recording, LLC Studio City, CA http://soundcloud.com/mango-black/theres-just-no-way-ft-ella

26th May 2007	#8
InsaneMixaken Gear maniac Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 157	haha man I was with him a few weeks back in Bakersfield Ca he told me he did....I use auto tune and melodyne together for a real close sound __________________ VIOLATOR ALL STAR DJ'S http://www.myspace.com/InsaneMixaken Sirius Satellite Radio Hip Hop Nation Channel 40 Violator Radio Channel 40 Superadio

27th May 2007	#11
parkay909 Gear addict Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fort Worth, TX bitches. Posts: 312	HAHA! HAHAHAHAHAHA! HA! Ever wonder why when you turn the tracking to heavy on auto-tune it produces the exact same effect t-pain has on his voice? hmmmmmm __________________ That's right. "You can polish a turd all you want but at the end of the day you still have a piece of shit in your hands." i'm not showing you my allmusic page.

3rd October 2007	#27
esb13 Gear interested Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 1	t-pain vox chain ok, this post is way too long. i can tell you that T-pain, aka teddy penderassdoun aka teddy versetti aka blah blah blah recorded the majority of "Epiphany" his last album thru an 87 to a neve 1073 then to a neve 33609 and straight smack into auto-tune directly to track. nuff said. now discuss Chris Brown or go paint your nails.

25th May 2007	#2
mindseye Gear maniac Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 279	Does anyone know his vocal chain??

25th May 2007	#5
azwun25 Lives for gear Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Roman Empire State Posts: 1,630	its definitely autotune....so many artists that are out should have to pay royalties to Antares..Autotune is the main vocalist on too many tracks

26th May 2007	#10
sethdk Gear maniac Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 173	new artist on Konvict, Ray Lavender, uses auto-tune on his "my girl got a girlfriend" song as well. Only song out of the 5 i have heard that uses it though. Alot of folks thought he was T Pain at first.

27th May 2007	#12
HIGHENDONLY Lives for gear Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Middlebury CT Posts: 824	I love auto tune it makes me in tune..Do you think their will ever be a auto-tone, id like to see em start changing the tones as well. So than you wont even need a good or bad singer. Us engineer's can be doing the vocals as well.. Auto-tone hahaha

27th May 2007	#13
MorganStudios Gear nut Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 148	proof he does use it 'SPRUNG' GIVES T-PAIN A BOOST

29th May 2007	#15
parkay909 Gear addict Join Date: May 2007 Location: Fort Worth, TX bitches. Posts: 312	And yet you raarely see a vocoder in the studio...

29th May 2007	#16
TonyBelmont Moderator Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Boston,MA Providence,RI Posts: 15,752	Can we all stop worrying about what T Pain uses... It's Auto-Tune. tutt

29th May 2007	#18
ILLSON Gear interested Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: 954/305 Posts: 27	haha for real people.. if you've ever used autotune, you'd know its autotune that's used on his vocals.. and if that isnt proof enough, i myself have worked with him.. its autotune.. and i know other engineers who worked with him and my dude mixed his whole album.. auto tune all the way

3rd October 2007	#19
DozerMayne Gear nut Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 81	He uses autotune. And believe me I know alot about Vocal Effects Processing. Yall is really gonna be wondering what Im using pretty soon. I got this new effect for vocals coming soon. You will hear about it. haha guess what I use. MySpace.com - Dozer Mayne - Michigan - Rap / Crunk / R&B - www.myspace.com/dagspotsoldier Peep "Since You Left" especially check out my song "Missing You" the backing vocal sounds something like a talkbox, but it isnt. Top secret plugin chain process. Haha kind of. You can learn how in my video tutorial CD I have made. Check my myspace Deuce.

3rd October 2007	#22
Apex Gear maniac Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Las Vegas Posts: 246	Uhh he uses autotune, how do I know? I can get the same exact effect on my voice and I dont even sing.

3rd October 2007	#23
PettyCash Lives for gear Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 2,280	This thread is fruity...... All it consists of is just crazy pitch bending of the vocals. You dont even need antares to do it. Yea most ppl use auto tune to get the effect, but its not the only thing or only way. There arent a lot of outstanding singers these days anyway, if you ask me auto-tune is a blessing. The day we start seeing more amazing singers immerge from the shadows is the day we will be done with Auto-tune discussions.

3rd October 2007	#24
Dante310 Gear maniac Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 294	its 100% auto-tune. you can hear the autotune on a lot of mainstream r&b albums where they aren't even going for that effect, auto tune has a very particular sound to it once you learn it, so i dont get how people could even be questioning what t-pain uses when he uses it so heavily. never listen to producers or artists when they say what they use in interviews or endorsements. i dont know if its because they're paranoid about safeguarding their secrets or they just don't know half the time, but just because some dude says he uses sonar or some plugin in an interview definitely does not mean he uses it in real life. the one thing all these successful guys do use is work ethic...unfortunately that doesn't come in a box for $250.

3rd October 2007	#26
Igotsoul4u Lives for gear Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York, NY Posts: 2,808	yeah, but his engineer uses autotune. most of the artists i work with dont realize i tune them.

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