KVR Audio

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 5:08 pm

I have alterboy, grailion, mharmonizermb, but they both all more latency and are as such cumbersome for tracking.

CrispyTuner is an option now that it has been updated to M1 but i'd rather not do PA if there's anything else viable.
as far as i recall only CrispyTuner had comparable latency for pitch shifting

morphex · Post by **morphex** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:17 pm

I get great results with Manipulator by Polyverse Music when I need a low-latency vocal processor with pitch-shifting. It also supports Apple’s Silicon processors and is an awesome creative effect.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Sun Nov 05, 2023 9:31 pm

morphex wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:17 pm I get great results with Manipulator by Polyverse Music when I need a low-latency vocal processor with pitch-shifting. It also supports Apple’s Silicon processors and is an awesome creative effect.

expensive option but i guess worth trying! thanks for the tip

martinjuenke · Post by **martinjuenke** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:08 am

I like Waves Vocal Bender and have no reason to abandon it.
Best price / usability ratio.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 10:03 am

martinjuenke wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:08 am I like Waves Vocal Bender and have no reason to abandon it.
Best price / usability ratio.

I’m annoyed with waves

There’s some quips i have with how their plugins are installed, and the whole m, m>s, s thing. It’s just a mess, wish they dropped backward compatibility and just do channels like everyone else does

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:27 pm

morphex wrote: Sun Nov 05, 2023 8:17 pm I get great results with Manipulator by Polyverse Music when I need a low-latency vocal processor with pitch-shifting. It also supports Apple’s Silicon processors and is an awesome creative effect.

damn this tracks better than waves somehow. pitch shifting is spot on and really low latency.
Also better sound than alterboy (more consistent)
Hope there's a BF sale

MirkoVanHauten · Post by **MirkoVanHauten** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:31 pm

martinjuenke wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:08 am I like Waves Vocal Bender and have no reason to abandon it.
Best price / usability ratio.

Same. Switched to it from LittleAlterBoy which was way more expensive. Vocal Bender added quality and modulation options.

Ploki · Post by **Ploki** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:38 pm

MirkoVanHauten wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 12:31 pm
martinjuenke wrote: Mon Nov 06, 2023 8:08 am I like Waves Vocal Bender and have no reason to abandon it.
Best price / usability ratio.
Same. Switched to it from LittleAlterBoy which was way more expensive. Vocal Bender added quality and modulation options.

I agree for the most part.

Polyverse is at least on par + has some extras, but the price is really... 3-5x more :/

morphex · Post by **morphex** » Mon Nov 06, 2023 6:45 pm

Manipulator seems tighter in terms of latency, at least on my system. It also has some great modulation tricks and other sound-shaping features that make it so much fun to use (like the other Polyverse plug-ins). Definitely keep a lookout for their BF and holiday sales.

That being said, I also have Waves Vocal Bender because I love these kinds of effects. And I agree that it’s a very good choice for the price.

Part of that price will inevitably include the WUP if you want to get access to any future updates after Waves’ initial year of coverage. And some have a strong aversion to using Pace iLok, so that should also be considered.

Waves Vocal Bender alternative (low latency with decent quality)