Hitman
Site Admin
Joined: 13 Jan 2005
Posts: 326
|
 Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 7:08 am Post subject: 'What's Hot' from Doctor Audio: AVOX Vocal Plug-In Suite |
 |
|
Antares Audio Technologies has announced the impending release of AVOX - The Antares Vocal Toolkit for Macintosh and PC.
AVOX combines five vocal processing plug-ins to give musicians,
producers and engineers the power to enhance vocal tracks in any musical
style as well as design unique vocal effects for audio post-production
applications.
The AVOX Antares Vocal Toolkit includes:
THROAT Physical Modeling Vocal Designer
THROAT is a new vocal tool that allows one to process a vocal through a
physical model of the human vocal tract. THROAT begins by neutralizing
the effect of the original singer's vocal tract and then gives you the
ability to specify the characteristics of the modeled vocal tract.
THROAT's controls allow the modification the voice's glottal waveform as
well as the ability to globally stretch, shorten, widen or constrict the
modeled vocal tract. For even more detailed control, THROAT's graphical
Throat Shaping display allows the individual adjustment of the position
and width of five points in the vocal tract model, from the vocal cords,
through the throat, mouth and out to the lips. Finally, THROAT's
Breathiness controls allow the addition of variable frequency noise to
the model, resulting in a range of vocal effects from subtle
breathiness, to raspiness, to a full whisper.
While THROAT has been designed to allow subtle modifications to a
voice's vocal quality, the range of the controls also allows the
creation of vocal tract models well beyond the limits of physical human
anatomy, offering the possibility of vocal characteristics that are
simply unattainable by any other means.
DUO Vocal Modeling Auto-Doubler
The DUO Vocal Modeling Auto-Doubler automatically generates a doubled
vocal part from any existing monophonic vocal. Unlike conventional
doublers that simply apply pitch and delay variation to the original
part, DUO makes use of Antares' unique vocal modeling and vibrato
processing technologies to create a doubled part that actually sounds
like a second singer according to the company. In addition to allowing
programmable variation in pitch, timing and vibrato depth, for even more
realism, DUO includes a simplified version of THROAT's vocal modeling to
provide timbral variation for the doubled part. DUO's output section
gives independent control of the level and stereo position of the
original and doubled voices.
CHOIR Vocal Multiplier
Neither a harmonizer nor a conventional chorus effect, CHOIR is a
processor that actually turns a single voice into 4, 8, 16, or 32
distinct individual unison voices, each with its own pitch, timing and
vibrato variations. The voices can, if desired, be spread across the
stereo spectrum. When multiple instances of CHOIR are assigned to
individual harmony parts, the result is a large vocal ensemble.
PUNCH Vocal Impact Enhancer
PUNCH is a processor that, as its name so ably implies, gives a vocal
more dynamic impact, allowing it to cut through a dense mix with clarity
and power. It provides a combination of compression, gain, limiting, and
overload protection with a user interface designed for speed and
simplicity.
SYBIL Variable Frequency De-Esser
SYBIL is a digital implementation of a classical vocal de-esser. SYBIL
tames vocal sibilance with a flexible compressor with threshold, ratio,
attack and decay controls as well as a variable sidechain highpass
frequency to match any vocal performance.
AVOX will available in late August for RTAS (Mac OSX and PC), VST (Mac
OSX and PC) and Audio Units (Mac OS X) at a U.S. MSRP of $599.00.
For more information go to http://www.antarestech.com
'What's Hot' from Doctor Audio is presented by Doc Dosco, Professional
Audio Consultant from Los Angeles, California. The Doctor Audio website
is a dealer for most Mac and PC Midi/audio products, and is located at
http://www.doctoraudio.com
|
|
