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Here is Billy Joel using Auto-Tune live in 2007, with overly aggressive settings: [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhTmKD6rXc https://www.youtube.com/watch

Here is Billy Joel using Auto-Tune live in 2007, with overly aggressive settings: [0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhTmKD6rXc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmhTmKD6rXc Same man, same song, in 1978, 1986, and 2000: [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcLV6gE6THg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcLV6gE6THg [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwwu5vYSShY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hwwu5vYSShY [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQkXdRKMB9c https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQkXdRKMB9c And now in 2015: [3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovGwkScJRZ4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovGwkScJRZ4 Now, while it's possible that he simply became a better singer between 2007 and 2015, subtler auto-tuning of the type conventionally used in pop production generally just makes the voice sound cleaner, thicker, more polished. Note that his style has also changed to favor staccato phrasing so as to limit stairstepping artifacts.

DonHopkins 9y ago
Let's all chip together and buy Meat Loaf a copy of Auto-Tune. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L-D6zj5U1g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0L-D6zj5U1g
tarsinge 9y ago
> makes the voice sound cleaner, thicker, more polished I think here you may be confusing Auto-tune with "modern" voice processing, which while happened together are quite different. Modern pop singers are overdubbed ridiculously with added distorsion, resulting in a "massive" (and slightly "robotic") lead voice. Edit: You can clearly hear this "saturation" in the song Hello by Adele (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQHsXMglC9A), especially in the chorus. Compare with her natural voice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yL7VP4-kP4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yL7VP4-kP4