iZotope Nectar 3 Plus

Verdict
For Superb real-time auto-tuning
Low-latency monitoring for live input
Auto-Tune 5 Classic algorithm option
Against Still only monophonic.
Delivers in-vogue pitch and formant
modulation efects by the bucket load with
ease and speed!
9 / 1 0
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Verdict
For
Superb real-time auto-tuning
Low-latency monitoring for live input
Auto-Tune 5 Classic algorithm option
Antares
Autotune Pro £288
Antares kickstarted the automatic
tuning revolution with Auto-Tune back
in 1997. Like all Auto-Tunes, Pro takes an
incoming signal and corrects any
pitching, therefore putting an out-of-
tune singer in tune. It can do this
transparently, or with the famous ‘Cher/
TPain’-style sudden jumps in pitch.
It’s operated in either of two modes:
Auto and Graph, the irst enabling real-
time automatic repitching, the latter for
detailed manual editing. You also get
two views: Basic and Advanced. With
Basic, choose a voice type, select the
target key and scale, set speciic pitches
for removal (or leave unchanged). You
can also use the Auto-Key plugin to
detect the key and scale of the audio in
your track, and transmit the results to all
running instances of Auto-Tune.
Advanced view has a few extras on
ofer like Create Vibrato, ideal for adding
a bit of wobble via an LFO, plus options
to set minor and major modes, edit
across multiple octaves, and MIDI input
editing features.
Auto-Tune Pro is the most powerful –
as well as usable – incarnation of this
standard yet, and it easily maintains the
software’s position as one of the best
retuning solutions available, and may
well prove to be the ultimate pitch-
manipulating toolbox.
antarestech.com
TYPE: Automatic tuning plugin | KEY FEATURES: Real-time autotuning, graph mode for manual editing, advanced scaling, MIDI and vibrato options | SYSTEM
REQUIREMENTS: AAX/AU/VST3 (64Bit), Mac OSX 10.14 or later, Windows 10 or later; 4GB RAM
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