Cher's 'Believe' (Dec 1998) was the first commercial recording to feature the audible side-effects of Antares Auto-tune software used as a deliberate creative effect. The (now) highly recognisable tonal mangling occurs when the pitch correction speed is set too fast for the audio that it is processing and it became one of the most over-used production effects of the following years.
Well Madonna doesn't use Auto-Tune to make up for her vocal shortcomings, she just uses it to add another dynamic to her music. It was used to give Music and American Life a glitchy abrupt stop-start effect. It's people like Kanye and T-Pain who made it boring. Apparently they didn't get the memo; auto-tune is something that should be used in moderation.
Well Madonna doesn't use Auto-Tune to make up for her vocal shortcomings, she just uses it to add another dynamic to her music. It was used to give Music and American Life a glitchy abrupt stop-start effect. It's people like Kanye and T-Pain who made it boring. Apparently they didn't get the memo; auto-tune is something that should be used in moderation.