Antares Auto-Tune Unlimited
Version 2023.12 · Antares Audio Technologies · Windows 10 / 11 (64-bit) · ranked #249 in the library
The full vocal processing collection in one install, from transparent pitch correction that nobody notices to the hard quantised effect that defined two decades of records, plus the harmony and throat modelling tools.
Read the installation section below before you start. The order of the steps matters on this release.
About this release
Overview
This bundle collects the whole vocal processing line into one installation. At the centre is the pitch correction engine in both its automatic and graphical modes. Automatic mode corrects to a scale in real time with a retune speed control that runs from slow and transparent, where the correction is inaudible and the performance keeps its character, to instant, which is the hard quantised sound that became a genre defining effect in its own right.
Graphical mode is where serious tuning work happens. It displays the detected pitch of the performance as a curve against a note grid, and every note and every transition between notes can be edited by hand. Drift, vibrato and formant behaviour are separable from pitch, so a note can be moved without flattening the vibrato that made it sound human, and a sustained note can be retimed without a pitch shift artefact appearing.
The rest of the bundle covers the surrounding tasks. Harmony generation builds voices from a single performance with independent scale and character per voice. Throat modelling reshapes the physical vocal tract for a different vocal character. Doubling produces stacked takes with natural variation rather than a delayed copy. Alongside those sit the vocal effects: a formant shifter, a mutator for extreme transformation, a compressor, an equaliser, a de-esser, a gate, a reverb and a duo tracking tool.
What it does
Feature breakdown
Real time automatic pitch correction
Correction to a chosen key and scale with a retune speed running from transparent to hard quantised, plus humanise, flex tune and natural vibrato controls.
Graphical pitch editing
The detected performance shown as an editable curve against a note grid, with per-note control of pitch, timing, vibrato, drift and amplitude.
Harmony generation
Build multiple voices from one performance with independent scale, timing variation and vocal character per voice.
Throat modelling
Reshape the modelled vocal tract to change vocal character in ways an equaliser cannot reach, from subtle to entirely different.
Natural sounding doubling
Generate stacked takes with genuine timing and pitch variation rather than delayed copies, which sits properly in a mix.
Complete vocal effects chain
Compressor, equaliser, de-esser, gate, reverb, formant shifter, mutator and duo tracking, all installed together.
Changed in this build
Version 2023.12
- Pitch detection improved on breathy and low level material where tracking previously wandered.
- Lower latency in real time mode, making it practical on a monitoring path while recording.
- Graphical editing gained multi-note selection with proportional adjustment.
- Interface redesigned with scalable display for high resolution monitors.
- Reduced processor use with several instances running in one session.
Installation
Follow these in order
- Close your audio workstation before installing.
- Extract the archive and pause real time protection.
- Run the installer and select the plugin formats your workstation uses.
- Apply the included activation before opening the workstation.
- Open the workstation, rescan plugins, and confirm the bundle appears without a licensing dialogue.
- Restore protection.
Release notes
From whoever packed it
- Select the correct plugin format during installation. Installing the wrong one means the workstation never finds it.
- Do not launch the licensing manager afterwards, it replaces what the activation modifies.
- Graphical mode needs to analyse the audio before editing. On long takes this takes a moment and is unavoidable.
System requirements
Minimum and recommended
| Operating system | Windows 10 version 21H2 or Windows 11, 64-bit |
|---|---|
| Processor | Quad core or better, graphical mode analysis is processor intensive |
| Memory | 8 GB minimum, 16 GB for sessions with many instances |
| Graphics | Any GPU, the interface is not demanding |
| Storage | 3 GB for the full bundle |
Questions about this release
Answered before you ask
- Which mode gives the well known effect?
- Automatic mode with retune speed at zero and a scale set. That instant snap is the sound.
- Can it be used transparently?
- Yes, that is what the slower retune speeds and the humanise controls are for. Used gently it is undetectable.
- Does it work on instruments?
- On monophonic material, yes. Polyphonic sources are not what the pitch tracking is built for.
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