Cher effect (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Mullins, Bill AMRDEC]

Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

I had no idea it was to correct Cher's pitch.  I thought it was simply
some studio post-processing to make her voice sound like a voder/vocoder
(see also  Peter Frampton "Do you Feel Like I do" from _Frampton Comes
Alive_.  I seem to recall ELO experimenting with the effect in the
1970's -- "Mr Blue Sky")
>
> Nowadays also called the "T-Pain effect", after a hiphop
> artist who uses Auto-Tune software for pitch correction,
> similar to the vocal processing on Cher's "Believe" a decade ago.
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Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

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