Hard-Tune Explorer

Hear the Cher “Believe” and T-Pain auto-tune effect live — drag Retune Speed to 0, choose a key, and a sung line snaps into the robotic staircase. Then copy the exact retune, scale and humanize values straight into Auto‑Tune, Graillon 2 or MAutoPitch.

01 · SET
Pick a key and scale, then drag Retune Speed toward 0 for the hard snap.
02 · PLAY
Hit play to loop a vocal line through the tuner and hear every setting.
03 · COPY
Copy the exact retune / scale / humanize values into your own plugin.
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INTERACTIVE TOOLAll Tools →
Pitch over time — sung vs. tuned
RETUNE 0 ms  ·  KEY A minor
Shape the effect
0 ms (hard)
45%
104 BPM
Presets — real records, one click
Copy this into your tuner

Hard-tune FAQ

What makes the Cher and T‑Pain auto‑tune sound?

A pitch corrector with retune speed set to 0, so the voice snaps instantly to the nearest note in a chosen key with no glide. Those hard jumps are the robotic warble. Lock the scale to your key or it turns atonal — try the CHROMATIC setting here to hear exactly that.

What exact settings should I copy into my tuner?

Retune speed 0 (fastest), scale locked to your song key, humanize and flex‑tune off. The readout above prints the precise values for Auto‑Tune, Graillon 2 and MAutoPitch as you move the controls, plus the optional octave‑up double that thickens the T‑Pain sound.

Do I need Auto‑Tune, or will free plugins work?

Free plugins work. Graillon 2 and MAutoPitch both hard‑tune, and most DAWs bundle a stock tuner. Set retune speed to its fastest value and lock the scale to your key. Paid tools buy tracking quality and low latency, not a secret ingredient.

Is the audio a real vocal?

No — it's a Web Audio synth running live in your browser, playing a melodic phrase through a real pitch‑quantiser so you can hear how retune speed, scale and key change the effect. Nothing is downloaded and no recording is used.