“…The tone deaf Tom Mitchelson used Auto-Tune – favourite of ‘X Factor’ contestants – to spectacular effect.
I have just recorded my first single.
The thing is – and don’t put this about – I’m not much of a singer.
I was inspired by the row over the use of voice-improvement technology – otherwise known as Auto-Tune – on Simon Cowell’s talent show The X Factor.
This computer software has apparently been editing out bum notes and putting singers in tune since the series started … we are told.
Now this has come out … the producers have promised that tonight’s final edit will be without electronic enhancement.
I want to see how good this technology really is …
… and if it can turn me from a shambolic shower singer … (who has received complaints) … to a Pavarotti…”
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