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Software Helps Singers Find Perfect Pitch

A screenshot of the Auto-Tune software. The red wavy line traces the frequency of Renee Montagne's voice as she sings. The yellow line shows her altered voice -- corrected in the places where it wandered from the right pitch.
A screenshot of the Auto-Tune software. The red wavy line traces the frequency of Renee Montagne's voice as she sings. The yellow line shows her altered voice -- corrected in the places where it wandered from the right pitch.

For those with less-than-perfect singing voices, technology offers help. A number of computer programs can correct pitch to make just about anyone sound in tune -- even NPR's Renee Montagne, who lends her voice to show how the software works.

The technology has become quite prevalent in the music industry, finding its way into many of today's pop recordings -- and some classical ones, as well. NPR's David Kestenbaum reports.

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Renee Montagne, one of the best-known names in public radio, was reporter, host, and correspondent for NPR for over 40 years.

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