Uploaded December 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Welcome to Bad Gear, the show about the world's most hated audio tools. Today we are going to talk about Antares Autotune. Did this 1997 plugin and Melodyne competitor end music as we knew it or does it open up a universe of vocal performance possibilities? What would Cher and T.Pain be without it? Is it the most-hated?

Bad Gear - Christmas Episode

Christmas 2023

Chapters:
00:00 Intro tune
01:00 Overview Antares Auto-tune
01:22 History of Autotune
02:43 Autotune Now (Autotune Ultimate)
03:05 How to use Autotune (Tutorial)
03:47 Other Plugins, Sound Design
04:24 Duo, Choir, Harmonizer
04:34 Talkbox, Vocoder, Slice Sampler
04:55 Pricing, Licencing, Hardware
05:24 Hate Screen
05:47 Jam (Autotune Solo)
06:40 Finale (Bad Gear Christmas)
07:07 Verdict