highest quality/best plug-in for extreme vocal manipulation, fx for music!

certifiedhumane · 9th February 2012

hey all hope you are all well i am looking for the highest quality vocal fx plug-in, something that can take a voice and mutate it beyond all recognition. this would be used in electronic dance music. just curious because i am not even sure what to search for . . looking for literally the ultimate, highest quality out there..

i really appreciate the help and time taken to respond

thanks

golden beers · 9th February 2012

depends what you actually want to do with the vocal.

i really like granite for messing up vocals and it's great quality, but this is a compositional tool rather than an effect, so it's not as simple as (1) send audio to fx (2) mangled (3) done, you have to put in some time... i mess about with vocals in granite, then render the result and then make more edits and add processes to that rendered result.

google granite. the demo is free, it's super simple to use and it sounds awesome.

Synthbrass · 9th February 2012

Hi, sorry if I post into your thread but I am also interested into such a plugin, but I don't need a super high quality plugin, rather something simple to use but with big effect. It should be freeware or have a free demo version, that I can try it out. I would use it for techno/trance/electro voices, e.g. transpose voice down 2 octaves or do some vocoder style voices. I'm no talented singer, that's why I need that to make my vocals sound interesting and fit into my music

wave alchemy · 9th February 2012

For the task of 'mangling audio' my personal favourite plugins are the GRM Tools V3 suite.

They are extremely versatile and of very high quality. A must have for anyone interested in serious sound design.

As golden beers said, Granite is a great tool for mangling audio, especially since it's free to try the demo version...

My other personal favourites as far a VST FX go are the Soundtoys Native Bundle

Soundtoys' Crystallizer is great for adding pitch effects and such to vocals. All of the plugins in the Native Bundle are great in my opinion.

Also check out Camel Audio Alchemy, again good for creatively manipulating audio.

Meow · 9th February 2012

If you have Reason I have three combinator patches I made that use Neptune + Thors step sequencer + a Matrix and Alligator all wired together to process each bit of the vocal differently, they all use the Alligator to do the frequency splits so you can add a whole nother layer of control to the step sequencer.

Each one has different fx later on in the chain but they all have the same basic setup with those above.

You need version 6 but other than that nothing else, just tell me and I'll pm them to you!

Disease Factory · 9th February 2012

Alchemy!

Alkamist · 9th February 2012

Try out Melodyne.

I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for but no one seems to have mentioned it. You can do some pretty cool things with formant manipulation, you just have to stretch it beyond conventional use. It's also the go-to vocal tuner for a lot of professionals. There's a slight learning curve before you start getting solid results but once you get some practice under your belt it is an incredibly powerful tool.

They have a free trial I believe. Can't go wrong there

jarlywarly · 9th February 2012

Sugar Bytes Turnado

gremlin moon · 9th February 2012

Making Arnold sound like a middle-aged woman was a pretty extreme effect

+1 Alchemy since not only can it resynthesize and alter partials but you can do trance gate stuff with it in the same environment as well.

pointsource · 9th February 2012

Are u a Ableton user?

You can achieve what u want being creative with the effects rack.

Ableton is the best to manipulate audio.

Brassica · 9th February 2012

NI The Mouth?

offki · 10th February 2012

Pretty impossible question to answer tbh.

Try this though...

http://illformed.org/plugins/glitch/

**Reptil** · 10th February 2012

Flux Ircam Trax is pretty high quality. It's like a surgeon's scalpel.

Melodyne cool too, though I've not had the pleasure of working with it.

For fukkshitup I'm a fan of the Audio Damage and also Airwindows plugs.

offki · 10th February 2012

Quote:

Originally Posted by Reptil

For fukkshitup I'm a fan of the Audio Damage and also Airwindows plugs.

BigSeq2 and Automaton are great, but Glitch is free and is arguably better.

9th February 2012	#1
certifiedhumane Gear Head Joined: Mar 2011 Location: sunny suburbs of southern California :) Posts: 52 Thread Starter	highest quality/best plug-in for extreme vocal manipulation, fx for music! hey all hope you are all well i am looking for the highest quality vocal fx plug-in, something that can take a voice and mutate it beyond all recognition. this would be used in electronic dance music. just curious because i am not even sure what to search for . . looking for literally the ultimate, highest quality out there.. i really appreciate the help and time taken to respond thanks

9th February 2012	#4
wave alchemy Gear maniac Joined: Jun 2009 Location: Nottingham, UK Posts: 232	For the task of 'mangling audio' my personal favourite plugins are the GRM Tools V3 suite. They are extremely versatile and of very high quality. A must have for anyone interested in serious sound design. As golden beers said, Granite is a great tool for mangling audio, especially since it's free to try the demo version... My other personal favourites as far a VST FX go are the Soundtoys Native Bundle Soundtoys' Crystallizer is great for adding pitch effects and such to vocals. All of the plugins in the Native Bundle are great in my opinion. Also check out Camel Audio Alchemy, again good for creatively manipulating audio. __________________ 24-bit royalty free samples at: http://www.wavealchemy.co.uk

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pointsource Lives for gear Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 553	Are u a Ableton user? You can achieve what u want being creative with the effects rack. Ableton is the best to manipulate audio. __________________ http://soundcloud.com/point-source

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Reptil Moderator Joined: Dec 2004 Location: in a low orbit Posts: 19,384 1 Review written	Flux Ircam Trax is pretty high quality. It's like a surgeon's scalpel. Melodyne cool too, though I've not had the pleasure of working with it. For fukkshitup I'm a fan of the Audio Damage and also Airwindows plugs. __________________ CONVERTERS FOR SALE HERE: link

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Synthbrass Gear nut Joined: Jul 2011 Location: Italy Posts: 148	Hi, sorry if I post into your thread but I am also interested into such a plugin, but I don't need a super high quality plugin, rather something simple to use but with big effect. It should be freeware or have a free demo version, that I can try it out. I would use it for techno/trance/electro voices, e.g. transpose voice down 2 octaves or do some vocoder style voices. I'm no talented singer, that's why I need that to make my vocals sound interesting and fit into my music

9th February 2012	#5
Meow Gear maniac Joined: Oct 2011 Location: Stupidville Posts: 246	If you have Reason I have three combinator patches I made that use Neptune + Thors step sequencer + a Matrix and Alligator all wired together to process each bit of the vocal differently, they all use the Alligator to do the frequency splits so you can add a whole nother layer of control to the step sequencer. Each one has different fx later on in the chain but they all have the same basic setup with those above. You need version 6 but other than that nothing else, just tell me and I'll pm them to you!

9th February 2012	#6
Disease Factory Lives for gear Joined: May 2009 Posts: 978 2 Reviews written	Alchemy!

9th February 2012	#7
Alkamist Gear maniac Joined: Nov 2011 Posts: 241	Try out Melodyne. I'm not sure if it's what you're looking for but no one seems to have mentioned it. You can do some pretty cool things with formant manipulation, you just have to stretch it beyond conventional use. It's also the go-to vocal tuner for a lot of professionals. There's a slight learning curve before you start getting solid results but once you get some practice under your belt it is an incredibly powerful tool. They have a free trial I believe. Can't go wrong there

9th February 2012	#8
jarlywarly Gear maniac Joined: Jan 2012 Posts: 273	Sugar Bytes Turnado

9th February 2012	#9
gremlin moon Lives for gear Joined: Apr 2009 Posts: 821	Making Arnold sound like a middle-aged woman was a pretty extreme effect +1 Alchemy since not only can it resynthesize and alter partials but you can do trance gate stuff with it in the same environment as well.

9th February 2012	#11
Brassica Gear maniac Joined: Aug 2011 Posts: 215	NI The Mouth?

10th February 2012	#12
offki Gear for Lives. Joined: Jan 2011 Location: Brighton UK Posts: 1,809	Pretty impossible question to answer tbh. Try this though... http://illformed.org/plugins/glitch/

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