auto-tune en · NOUN
Etymology
From auto- + tune, a trademark registered to Antares Audio Technologies.
Meanings
- (uncountable) An audio processor that corrects the pitch of a recorded track, also used to distort vocals in electronic music.
Dictionary
Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
auto-tune en · VERB
Etymology
From auto- + tune, a trademark registered to Antares Audio Technologies.
Meanings
- (transitive) To tune (an engine, industrial process, etc.) automatically.
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(transitive) To correct the pitch of a vocal or instrumental performance.
The singing is sometimes pure and sometimes processed into exaggeratedly AutoTuned “Alvin and the Chipmunks” automation.
2023 July 10, Zachary Woolfe, “Review: Ted Hearne’s Sweet, Sad American Elegy”, in The New York Times:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| auto-tunes | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| auto-tuned | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| auto-tuned | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| auto-tuning | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |