<P> The earliest commercial use of Auto - Tune as a vocal effect in a popular song was Roy Vedas ' Fragments Of Life in August 17 , 1998 and later in Cher 's `` Believe '' and Eiffel 65 's `` Blue ( Da Ba Dee ) '' . The effect is not to be confused with a vocoder or the talk box , devices referenced by producers of these songs when they were new to hide their use of Auto - Tune from music audiences . For example , in an early interview , the producers of `` Believe '' claimed they had used a DigiTech Talker FX pedal , in what Sound on Sound 's editors felt was an attempt to preserve a trade secret . After the success of `` Believe '' the technique became known as the `` Cher Effect '' . Originally , Auto - Tune was designed to discreetly correct imprecise intonations , but Cher 's producers used it to `` exaggerate the artificiality of abrupt pitch correction . '' This technique soon became a widespread technique used in live performances and in pop recordings throughout the first ten years of the 21st century . Modern day examples of artists known for using Auto - Tune are T - Pain , Lil ' Wayne , Travis Scott , and Lil Uzi Vert . </P>
<P> The earliest commercial use of Auto - Tune as a vocal effect in a popular song was Roy Vedas ' Fragments Of Life in August 17 , 1998 and later in Cher 's `` Believe '' and Eiffel 65 's `` Blue ( Da Ba Dee ) '' . The effect is not to be confused with a vocoder or the talk box , devices referenced by producers of these songs when they were new to hide their use of Auto - Tune from music audiences . For example , in an early interview , the producers of `` Believe '' claimed they had used a DigiTech Talker FX pedal , in what Sound on Sound 's editors felt was an attempt to preserve a trade secret . After the success of `` Believe '' the technique became known as the `` Cher Effect '' . Originally , Auto - Tune was designed to discreetly correct imprecise intonations , but Cher 's producers used it to `` exaggerate the artificiality of abrupt pitch correction . '' This technique soon became a widespread technique used in live performances and in pop recordings throughout the first ten years of the 21st century . Modern day examples of artists known for using Auto - Tune are T - Pain , Lil ' Wayne , Travis Scott , and Lil Uzi Vert . </P>
who was the first singer to release a song using auto-tune
who was the first singer to release a song using auto-tune
Roy Vedas ' Fragments Of Life
Roy Vedas ' Fragments Of Life