"auto-tune" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: auto- + tune, a trademark registered to Antares Audio Technologies. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|tune}} auto- + tune Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} auto-tune (uncountable)
  1. (music) An audio processor that corrects the pitch of a recorded track, also used to distort vocals in electronic music. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-auto-tune-en-noun-iE-bU55N Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English genericized trademarks, English terms prefixed with auto-, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 64 25 11 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 63 24 12 Disambiguation of English genericized trademarks: 62 26 12 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with auto-: 47 32 21 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 64 25 10 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music

Verb

Forms: auto-tunes [present, singular, third-person], auto-tuning [participle, present], auto-tuned [participle, past], auto-tuned [past]
Etymology: auto- + tune, a trademark registered to Antares Audio Technologies. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|auto|tune}} auto- + tune Head templates: {{en-verb}} auto-tune (third-person singular simple present auto-tunes, present participle auto-tuning, simple past and past participle auto-tuned)
  1. (transitive) To tune (an engine, industrial process, etc.) automatically. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-auto-tune-en-verb--R9~s1Ea
  2. (music) To correct the pitch of a vocal or instrumental performance. Categories (topical): Music
    Sense id: en-auto-tune-en-verb-u~CdIG2Q Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: autotuner, the Cher effect

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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