How Auto-Tune Works
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Pitch correction: it can make terrible singers sound decent, brilliant singer sound mediocre, or Cher sound like a robot. But how does it work? And is it possible to explain that without actually trying to understand Fourier transforms?
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@schmoyoho
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Tom's accidental singing is so beautiful that someone could sneak this into pop radio airplay & no one would BAT AN EYE 💝💖💗
@neelotpaldas5616
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
talent: only 1% reqd.
@meow75714
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
why dont you use the word Frequency in your explaination?
@Notmy00000
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Real music, from the heart. WITHOUT auto tuning music
@aateesh
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Superb!!!
@Dan-in-the-Wild
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Well… I wasn’t expecting THAT.
@florzologK
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
2:13 ytpmv sample
@jan-pi-ala-suli
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
is this on spotify
@JosephTembo-ed7nq
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Am here in 2025, this made me laugh out so loud the way you presented the message is so creative and it doesn't tell but it shows which just made understand easier you guys are geniuses 🎉🎉
@Alfies32
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
I would love to see a video showing them singing without the auto tun
@eugenegress5896
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
AS I LIVE AND BREATHE…. I'M GOING BACK TO THE WOODS, TO REGAIN MY SANITY!
@marcelofrau8818
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
I miss Tom Scott.. so sad he retired..
@steveholzhauser
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Is auto tune cheating
@tomerhendel3975
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
2:01 oh, that.. that didn't age well.
@BulentKabaci
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
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@JohnCrombossiery-p7v
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
"But it can't write a song. Some talent's still required."
[ENTER AI] 💀
@macmccarter9921
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Did he change the thunbnail
@spandyboy2871
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Good
@spandyboy2871
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
😂
@samiranmanna3951
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Tom Scott ❎
Travis Scott ✅
@glasatv1463
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
I hate those tones in the beginning
@dsuvar
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
I am new at this. So this rytm and all is made by computer program and make speech into song?
@gleb.salmanov
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
> But it can't write a song, some talent's still required
So, about that…
@imoutodaisuki
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
2:00 *Suno and Udio enter the room*
@chamikayatawara
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
So with AI even talents are not required 😂
@Peter_1986
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Fun fact:
Smooth McGroove never uses autotune.
Now go listen to some of his videos, and notice how incredibly awesome that a skilled natural singer can sound.
@Chez8922-kf6cy
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
Fil on the Wings of Pegasus channel exposes all the big name artists cheating live and recorded. His latest one he caught the Eagles lip synching Desperado live.
@VkngVd
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
The transitioning from autotune to raw* recording is so offsetting
@subpixelalloy10
January 18, 2026 at 6:22 pm
1:37
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