A palette of vowels can be opened up to the left of the synth controls, and careful use of automation can yield very rewarding results when controlling these. This provides visual feedback on the processing, but the interaction goes both ways, as handles on the display can be used to adjust the relative contributions of the active processing sections.Ī neat meter displays the contributions of each VocalSynth processor.The four original ‘engines’ - a classic 10‑band Vocoder, the Compuvox vocal‑sound synthesizer, an emulation of a ‘dribbly tube in the mouth’ Talkbox, and Polyvox, for simulating multiple vocal layers - are still present and correct, but they are now joined by Biovox, which applies throat and vowel modelling to the synth or side‑chain input. In the centre is an attractive, dynamic ‘swirly whirly’ display which iZotope call Anemone. Existing users will notice that the GUI has been redesigned, with the processing engines now arranged along the top of the window and the effects chain along the bottom. All the usual Mac OS/Windows plug‑in formats are supported. VocalSynth 2 incorporates numerous additional features, and there is an upgrade path for existing users who want to move up. The original version, reviewed in SOS October 2016 ( automated pitch correction and harmony‑generation tools, plus four different ‘engines’ for creating different styles of synthesized or processed vocals. IZotope’s VocalSynth is designed to create electronic vocal sounds using natural vocals as a source.

IZotope’s one‑stop shop for processed vocal sounds has acquired a few new aisles!

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