<P> In 2010, the British television reality TV show The X Factor admitted to using Auto - Tune to improve the voices of contestants . Simon Cowell, one of the show's bosses, ordered a ban on Auto - Tune for future episodes . Also in 2010, Time magazine included Auto - Tune in their list of "The 50 Worst Inventions". </P> <P> Neko Case in a 2006 interview with Pitchfork Media gave an example of how prevalent pitch correction is in the industry: </P> <P> I'm not a perfect note hitter either but I'm not going to cover it up with Auto - Tune . Everybody uses it, too . I once asked a studio guy in Toronto,' How many people don't use Auto - Tune?' and he said,' You and Nelly Furtado are the only two people who've never used it in here .' Even though I'm not into Nelly Furtado, it kind of made me respect her . It's cool that she has some integrity . </P> <P> Used by stars from Snoop Dogg and Lil Wayne to Britney Spears and Rihanna, the use of Auto - Tune has been widely criticized as indicative of an inability to sing on key . Trey Parker used Auto - Tune on the South Park song "Gay Fish", and found that he had to sing off - key in order to sound distorted; he claimed, "You had to be a bad singer in order for that thing to actually sound the way it does . If you use it and you sing into it correctly, it doesn't do anything to your voice ." Electropop recording artist Ke $ha has been widely recognized as using excessive Auto - Tune in her songs, putting her vocal talent under scrutiny . Music producer Rick Rubin wrote that "Right now, if you listen to pop, everything is in perfect pitch, perfect time and perfect tune . That's how ubiquitous Auto - Tune is ." Time journalist Josh Tyrangiel called Auto - Tune "Photoshop for the human voice ." </P>

Which of the following is true about auto-tune