Watch this page for new developments and noteworthy events:
4/22/08 We've posted the first audio demos for MUTATOR, ARTICULATOR, and ASPIRE. Check them out.
4/11/08 We are proud to announce the release of AVOX 2 - the second generation of the Antares Vocal Toolkit. AVOX 2 is available for native plug-in formats including RTAS (Mac and PC), VST (Mac and PC) and Audio Units (Mac).
Building on the power of the original AVOX plug-in bundle, AVOX 2 adds an additional five state-of-the-art vocal processing modules, including Harmony Engine Vocal Modeling Harmony Generator, to give musicians, producers, and engineers the power they need to create stunning vocal tracks in any musical style as well as design unique vocal effects for audio post-production applications. All at the same price as the original AVOX.
New plug-ins in AVOX 2 include:
Harmony Engine Vocal Modeling Harmony Generator: A real-time harmony generating plug-in that puts professional-quality harmony arrangements within reach of any songwriter, producer, musician or engineer. The quickest, easiest tool for creating realistic harmonies.
MUTATOR Extreme Voice Designer: MUTATOR provides a combination of tools for creating unusual, weird, or downright wacky voices. With high-quality pitch shifting, throat modeling, pitch-tracking ring modulator-based “mutation,” and a mind-bending Alienization function, MUTATOR is the perfect tool for unique special vocal effects and post- production sound design.
ARTICULATOR Vocal Formant and Amplitude Modeler: The alien offspring of a vocoder and a modern-day version of the venerable talk box, ARTICULATOR lets a user extract the formant and amplitude information from a vocal (or other dynamic source) and apply it to any other audio track. Perfect for talking guitars, singing synths, and a wide range of special effects.
WARM Tube Saturation Generator: Based on Antares’ legendary Tube plug- in, WARM warms up vocals with Antares' world-renown tube modeling technology, while being so processing-efficient that it can be used on every track in a project with negligible impact on CPU usage.
ASPIRE Aspiration Noise Processor: ASPIRE is the world's first tool for modifying a voice's breathiness independently of its harmonic content. Whether reducing a bit of vocal rasp or adding a bit of smokiness, ASPIRE allows the modification of the amount and quality of a voice’s aspiration noise (the component of every voice that’s the result of air passing over the vocal chords) without otherwise affecting the vocal’s harmonic characteristics.
AVOX 2 will be available shortly at your local Antares dealer. In the meantime, you can learn all about AVOX 2, download a fully functional 10 day trial version, or purchase a copy from our online store.
Upgrades to AVOX 2 are available for purchase and download by current owners of the original AVOX, AVOX AT, and Harmony Engine. See the Antares Software Upgrade page for details.
Note: If you purchased and registered a copy of AVOX or AVOX AT after March 12, 2008, you are entitled to a free upgrade to AVOX 2. To get your free upgrade, you must still complete the upgrade process at the Antares Software Upgrade page.
3/14/08 MusicPlayers.com has posted an in-depth (and extremely positive) review of Harmony Engine (complete with their own audio examples) and given it their "WIHO" (Wish I Had One) Award.
1/8/08 Maintenance releases of Auto-Tune 5 AU and TDM (Mac) and VST PC are now available. The AU version provides improved compatibility with Apple Logic 8. In addition, all three releases squash a few minor bugs. These are free updates for current Auto-Tune 5 owners.
12/7/07 The informative Italian web site Audio News Room is featuring a review of Harmony Engine along with an interview with Antares's own Marco Alpert. Check them out:
Harmony Engine Review in English
Review in Italian
Interview in English
Interview in Italian
8/24/07 The first review of Harmony Engine is in and it provides some great insight into what makes Harmony Engine so special. To quote reviewer Brent Hoover:
Vocal harmonies are hard. They are challenging to sing, time-consuming to arrange, and usually essential to many pop styles. The Harmony Engine puts quality vocal harmonies more within the grasp of those of us without great vocal gifts, or deep pocketbooks for hiring session musicians. The entire approach makes creating harmonies more musical and creative and less about drudge work or trial-and-error.
Read the whole review over at audioMIDI.com.
7/12/07 We are proud to announce the release of Harmony Engine - Vocal Modeling Harmony Generator for native plug-in formats including RTAS (Mac and PC), VST (Mac and PC) and Audio Units (Mac). Harmony Engine is a real-time harmony generating plug-in that puts professional-quality vocal harmony arrangements within reach of any songwriter, producer, musician or engineer.
With four independent harmony voices, a variety of powerful harmony generating modes, humanization features for natural sounding performances, and a flexible real-time preset system for harmony and vocal type, Harmony Engine provides incredibly easy-to-use tools to quickly and easily produce virtually any vocal arrangement you can imagine. Harmony Engine will be available shortly at your local Antares dealer. In the meantime, you can learn all about Harmony Engine, download a fully functional 10 day trial version, or purchase a copy from our online store.
7/5/07 With release of Harmony Engine rapidly approaching, we've posted the manual for download. Check it out to get a more detailed idea of what Harmony Engine is all about.
5/21/07 While all the Auto-Tune 5 reviews that have been appearing in the press these last few months have been universally glowing, we recently read one by Houston Haynes over at AudioMIDI.com that, while as glowing as usual, also described some very creative ways that Auto-Tune 5 helped Houston solve some real-world production problems. As the folks at audioMIDI have been kind enough to let us link to it, we encourage you to check it out here.
5/1/07 Maintenance releases of all versions of Auto-Tune 5 for Mac and PC are now available. These releases bring the features from the previous TDM and RTAS updates to all the other versions as well as add additional workflow enhancements to make your pitch correction process even easier.
Highlights of the new versions include:
Auto-Scrolling in Graphical Mode
We have added a control to enable and disable auto-scrolling when the host transport is running in Graphical Mode.
Increased Maximum Buffer Size
For ease of working in large projects, the maximum buffer size for tracking in Graphical Mode has been increased from 999 seconds to 7200 seconds (i.e., 2 hours).
Set Option Defaults
We have added the ability to set your preferred Options dialog parameter values as the default settings for new instances of Auto-Tune 5.
Improved Curve/Line Selection
The ease with which near-vertical pitch correction lines and curves can be selected for editing has been improved.
Scroll Wheel SupportFor ease of navigation, if your mouse includes a scroll wheel and your host passes it to plug-ins, it is now recognized in Graphical Mode.
Bypass "Clear All" Warning
Tired of being asked if you really mean it? In Graphical Mode, the Clear All function warning dialog can be bypassed by pressing a modifier key (host dependent) while clicking the Clear All button.
Faster Instantiation
Time is money. Auto-Tune 5 will now instantiate faster on some hosts.
These are free updates for all Auto-Tune 5 owners. So if you haven't yet upgraded, now would be a great time to move up to the undisputed pitch correction leader.
4/26/07 Our friends at Grooveboxmusic.com have produced a superb collection of training videos that cover virtually all aspects of getting the most out of the power of Auto-Tune 5. And they've been kind enough to let us make the first two, Welcome to Auto-Tune and What's New in Auto-Tune 5, available for free here on our web site.
Head on over to the Auto-Tune 5 product page to give them a look, and then check out Grooveboxmusic.com for more in-depth training on all the cool features of Auto-Tune 5's Automatic and Graphical modes.
4/16/07 Maintenance releases of the AVOX bundle and individual AVOX plug-ins are now available. These releases resolve a few host compatibility issues and provide faster plug-in instantiation in some hosts.
These are free updates for current AVOX, AVOX AT and individual AVOX plug-in owners. Get them here. (If you are an AVOX AT owner, you need only download the appropriate AVOX bundle.)
12/11/06 We have released Auto-Tune 5 for TDM for PC. Please see the news item below for demo and upgrade information. Boxed copies of Auto-Tune 5 TDM should be arriving at your local Antares dealer shortly.
12/11/06 Maintenance releases of Auto-Tune 5 TDM Mac and RTAS (Mac and PC) are now available. These releases squash a couple of minor bugs and add the ability to toggle auto-scrolling on and off in Graphical Mode. These are free updates for current Auto-Tune 5 owners. (Equivalent releases for VST and AU will be coming in the not-too-distant future.)
11/27/06 We have released Auto-Tune 5 for RTAS and VST for PC. Please see the news item below for demo and upgrade information.
11/16/06 Auto-Tune 5, the next generation of the worldwide standard in professional pitch correction, is now available for TDM, RTAS, VST and AU for Mac OS X.
Building on the great sound quality, transparent processing and ease of use that have always distinguished Auto-Tune, Auto-Tune 5 adds even better pitch detection, a sleek new user interface, and a host of new features and productivity enhancements that make it even easier to get the seamless, natural results Auto-Tune has always been known for.
Auto-Tune 5 is available now for Mac OS X (Universal Binaries). The PC versions will be available shortly. Boxed copies will be available at your local Antares dealer later this month. Check back often for updates.
Upgrades are available for registered Auto-Tune users. If you have purchased and registered a copy of Auto-Tune 4 (including the TDM Production Suite or AVOX AT) after September 15, 2006, you are entitled to a free upgrade to Auto-Tune 5. To upgrade, head on over to the Antares Software Upgrade page and follow the directions there.
Learn all about Auto-Tune 5, download a fully functional 10 day trial version, or purchase a copy from our online store.
11/14/06 We have released Mac/Intel compatible versions of AVOX RTAS, VST and AU for Mac OS X.
These are free upgrades for all current owners of AVOX products (i.e., AVOX, AVOX AT, AVOX AT TDM and individual AVOX plug-ins). Simply download them here and install them.
Note: Although the Mac/Intel OSX versions are not yet included in boxed copies of AVOX, you may purchase a boxed copy from your Antares dealer and use the enclosed Registration Code to authorize a copy of the Mac/Intel versions downloaded from our software updates page.
Learn all about AVOX, download fully functional 10 day trial versions, or purchase AVOX plug-ins from our online store.
11/1/06 You can pick up a variety of cool Antares apparel and other assorted stuff at the new Antares Swag Shop. We'll be adding new items from time to time, so check back often.
6/20/06 AVOX has been nominated for the 2006 TEC (Technical Excellence and Creativity) Award in the category of Outstanding Technical Achievement in Signal Processing Software. This is Antares's eighth nomination in eight years.
The TEC Awards were established by MIX magazine in 1985 to honor outstanding achievement in the professional recording and sound production industry. They are currently administered by the Mix Foundation for Audio Excellence. The nominees are selected by a panel of approximately 200 audio industry professionals. The award winners are selected by a vote of Mix Magazine readers and will be announced at the 2006 AES Conference in San Francisco.
5/10/06 We have released a maintenance update to the Auto-Tune TDM Production Suite. The update features a new version of Microphone Modeler TDM that plays nice with Pro Tools 7 along with some other minor tweaks.
This release is a free update for all current Production Suite owners. Download it here.
Please Note: This download is intended for Production Suite owners only. If you are not a Production Suite owner, installing this software can seriously mess up other Antares plug-in authorizations on your computer. Don't do it.
