I am pro tech and I rather the technology to exist and to be used as per your needs than keep living in the stone age hoping something existed. If you abuse of tech, well that is your problem. That would not take the merit away from truly skilled people.
There are so many technology advancement now-days that would be "ethically" comparable to auto-tune but do not get the same bash and are seen as simply tools (how auto-tune should be seen too). Quick example: DAWs. They allow pro and not so pro musicians to edit the hell out of tracks to "improve" the skills of the recorded artist. Tempo/beat correction, selecting best takes of different tracks, etc..
In the end, these tools will assist on the final products and creativity, even if you cannot perform live. But be sure that everyone will know what you are capable of or not. If you and listeners enjoy, that's what really matters.
My only involvement with any Auto-tune products is with the ATG products. Far from using it to tune my guitars ("cheating"), I use it for the versatility and convenience of changing turnings on the fly, intonation correction (guitars by definition cannot be perfectly intonated), creating doubling, modelings, etc. The same as with Roland Vguitars, Variaxes, etc.
There are so many technology advancement now-days that would be "ethically" comparable to auto-tune but do not get the same bash and are seen as simply tools (how auto-tune should be seen too). Quick example: DAWs. They allow pro and not so pro musicians to edit the hell out of tracks to "improve" the skills of the recorded artist. Tempo/beat correction, selecting best takes of different tracks, etc..
In the end, these tools will assist on the final products and creativity, even if you cannot perform live. But be sure that everyone will know what you are capable of or not. If you and listeners enjoy, that's what really matters.
My only involvement with any Auto-tune products is with the ATG products. Far from using it to tune my guitars ("cheating"), I use it for the versatility and convenience of changing turnings on the fly, intonation correction (guitars by definition cannot be perfectly intonated), creating doubling, modelings, etc. The same as with Roland Vguitars, Variaxes, etc.