Of course, other companies were not going to let Antares have things all their own way, and alternatives from the likes of TC Electronic/TC Helicon and Celemony have certainly made their mark. Antares were pioneers of this technology and Auto‑Tune became a clear industry standard soon after its release in 1997.
Love it or loathe it, pitch‑correction software is now a ubiquitous part of the modern computer‑based recording studio. Graphical editing now includes note objects as well as curves, and object-specific settings for the Retune speed. Does the latest Evo version keep the competition at bay? Auto-Tune has been the industry‑standard pitch‑correction tool ever since its 1997 release.
