Abstract: Payment Channel Network (PCN) is a scaling solution for Cryptocurrency networks. We advance the practicality of the PCN multi-path routing by better modeling the system to incorporate the ...

A two-minute film on the math behind Auto-Tune has put 17-year-old Jason Zhou of Redmond in the running to win the Breakthrough Junior Challenge, an international contest where students explain ...

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If you ask me, Auto-Tune has been overused and abused for years. But I do think it has a place in some instances, and the HeadRush VX5 now brings Auto-Tune to live performances at the tap of a toe. It ...

Ella Langley says she has been facing ongoing pressure to enhance her vocal cords while performing live by using auto-tune. She won't do it, and her mind won't change, she insists. Langley was a guest ...

Elvis Presley had one of the most iconic and influential voices in music history, effortlessly blending deep baritone tones with powerful tenor highs. His vocal range and versatility allowed him to ...

T-Pain has a rare distinction in music: When you think of one musical instrument, tool, or innovation, his name is the one that immediately comes to mind. Of course, this is due to him popularizing ...

The pipe organ, with its strong timber base and towering metal pipes, stands as a bastion in concert halls and church sanctuaries. Even when not in use, the pipe organ affects the acoustical ...

On The Vergecast: how a simple pitch-correction plugin became a dominant sound in music, and how the next technical revolution might follow its lead. On The Vergecast: how a simple pitch-correction ...

Let's get this out the way now: T-Pain pioneered the creative use of Auto-Tune in Hip Hop when he treated the pitch correction software as an expressive instrument rather than just a corrective tool.

We’ve all heard about Auto-Tune and pitch correction. Most of us know it is used to “fix” imperfect vocals. But the difference between the two can be confusing. First off, neither is synonymous with ...

There might be nothing that divides music fans more than their thoughts on the use of Auto-Tune. The pitch correction software hit the market on this day back in 1997 and soon became mainstream ...