autotunev.
/ˈɔːtəʊtjuːn/, /ˈɔːtəʊtʃuːn/, U.S. /ˈɔdoʊˌt(j)un/, /ˈɑdoʊˌt(j)un/ 1. transitive. To tune automatically.
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1958 CQ: Radio Amateur's Jrnl June 73/2 (caption) Transmitter has push-pull 304-TL's... It is auto-tuned by remote control.
1989 Winnipeg Free Press 4 Oct. (Radio Shack Suppl.) 3/3 Find buried, valuable metals with this electronic metal detector. Can be auto-tuned for sensitivity.
1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 12 June 5 Virtually any stringed instrument could be auto-tuned if there was enough room in its casing to take the machine.
2014 FD (Fair Disclosure) Wire (Nexis) 31 Oct. A feature that autotunes HD set-top boxes to the HD version of selected channels.
2. transitive. Sound Recording. To alter or correct the pitch of (a musical or vocal performance) using an auto-tune device, software, etc.; to use auto-tune technology on (a performer or performance), esp. to correct an out-of-tune vocal. See auto-tune n. 2.
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1997 Music Week 1 Nov. 28/4 Understandably, artists and acts are reluctant to admit to being Autotuned.
2005 Sunday Times 25 Sept. (Culture section) 18/1 It was her voice that didn't need to be tweaked or autotuned, her voice that could boom out a dance tune or whisper a ballad.
2011 Daily Tel. 28 July 24/2 Vocals are often separately compiled from assemblages of multiple takes, then autotuned to fake perfection.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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