Humanoid
Vocal Transformer / Hard-Tuner Plugin
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Produce vocals from the future
Create stunningly robotic vocals from any singing performance. Humanoid is an over-the-top pitch corrector designed for instant hard-tuning and radical voice manipulation. With a brand new approach to vocal tuning and phase-vocoding, the plugin transforms singers of any style and ability into their best synthetic selves.
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DISCOVER HUMANOID
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DISCOVER HUMANOID ✱
Vocal tuning on Steroids
If you want natural vocals, you’ve come to the wrong place. Humanoid is designed for extreme hard-tuning and takes the distinctive sound further into the future with a wide range of innovative voice manipulation features.
Push the boundaries of what modern vocals sound like, while captivating your audience with the smooth and crisp sound of Humanoid’s FFT-based re-tuning engine. Singing skills not required!
Feed your voice waveforms
Morph your vocals into synth waveforms to create unique timbres that merge human and machine qualities.
At its most extreme, Humanoid will turn a voice fully into a synthesizer, while moderate settings will add a subtle electronic shine to the vocal mix.
Choose from 64 factory wavetables - or import your own - for unbound sonic variation. Then use the shaping features to further sculpt the sound of your robot voice alter-ego.
Notable Users
Create harmonies from any vocal
As an alternative to instant hard-tuning, Humanoid’s pitch can be controlled manually via automation or MIDI.
This allows you to use any vocal take as a seed for creating new, perfectly pitched, melodies, harmonies and chords.
Turn a lead vocal into a symphony by layering it with re-pitched variations of itself or use Humanoid as a futuristic vocoder. The re-tuning engine handles note changes seamlessly, even across large ranges.
Our deepest plugin yet
Humanoid lets you go as deep as you need to create your unique vocal sound. Click the ‘gear’ icons next to the knobs to unlock advanced calibration options and features.
Tweaking is optional, however, and with 180 presets crafted by leading sound designers, you can produce professional-grade robotic vocals right out of the box.
For good singers, Humanoid offers new timbres and variation. For bad singers, it offers a total make-over! Only your creativity sets the limit.
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FAQs
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* Plugin formats: VST, VST3, AU, AAX (64-bit).
* Platforms supported: Mac OS 10.11 and up (including Native Apple Silicon M1/M2 Compatibility). PC Windows 10 and newer.
* DAWs supported: All major DAWs, including Ableton Live, Pro Tools, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig, Reaper, Reason etc.
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* Carve out your own unique and modern vocal sound, regardless of singing style (or ability!)
* New, innovative approach to synthetic pitch correction based on spectral analysis
* Instant aggressive hard-tuned vocals with a wide range of voice manipulation options
* Use automation or MIDI to create new melodies and harmonies from any vocal
* Perfect for any genre that embraces electronic elements, Humanoid adapts to your creative needs
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Extreme vocal tuner:
Keep the Transform dial mostly left and choose lower Robotify values to use Humanoid as an instant hard tuner. Set the key and scale to match your song and adjust the quantize control to shape the pitch remapping behavior.Voice controlled synthesizer:
Turn the Transform dial all the way right to create a wavetable synth you can play with your voice. Vocal features will no longer be heard, but the spectral content from your singing will be morphed into a synthesis waveform.Vocal transformer and effects platform:
Use dramatic formant shifting, aggressive robotify settings and different combinations of the onboard effects to make your voice unrecognizable.Synthetic vocal sound design workstation:
Blend between tuning and resynthesis using custom user wavetables and advanced calibration settings to create the next evolution of synthetic vocals. Use the ultra aggressive filter to carve out a unique presence in the mix.Infinite harmony generator:
Use Humanoid in MIDI mode to generate as many variations on a vocal line as you could ever need for harmonies, backups and robotic choir effects. Enable the secondary synth interval and add a low or high octave for super thick double and triple-tracked harmonies. -
If you're experiencing unreliable pitch tracking in 'Scale' mode, here are some tips to fix it:
1. Ensure you've selected the right scale for your track. Major/Minor scales work better than Chromatic as they include fewer notes.
2. Set the Note Range in the Utility panel as narrow as possible, while still covering the range of your melody.
3. Set Quantize to a lower value and increase Attack and Hold (moderately) in the Quantize calibration section.
4. Increase the Gate and De-Ess parameters to remove noise and sibilances from your dry track.
5. Increase the Smoothing parameter to soften the tuning behavior.
The above should fix most issues. But if a particular spot is still giving you trouble, use automation to disable the re-tuning engine momentarily (parameter: "3. Scale Bypass").
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Humanoid is primarily intended for production and mixing work. However, if you want to use it live, set the buffer size to 'Small' in the top right of the interface. This will result in low latency but with less reliable pitch tracking.
If you plan on using Humanoid live, we recommend trying the free trial first.
For production and mixing use, we recommend setting a 'Medium' or 'Large' buffer size.
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The purpose of Humanoid is to make vocals sound unnatural and robotic. To achieve this, the plugin re-synthesizes the voice. If you want a natural vocal sound, you should not use Humanoid. Or if you want just a touch of the effect, you can use the dry/wet mix knob in the Output calibration panel to dial-in a smaller amount of processing.
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No. Humanoid is powered entirely by sophisticated DSP and no algorithms were trained or harmed in the process.
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At the dawn of the era of intelligent machines, humanity’s role in the future feels uncertain for the first time. Artists can explore the gray areas between the natural and artificial to discover what the technologies we build say about who we really are. Humanoid gives you the power to play with those distinctions and envision a future where musicians and their machines can merge.
Make no mistakes, however: Humanoid is a celebration of the species it was named after and our infinite creative potential. Made by humans, for humans, this plugin lets us penetrate into the domain of the machine before the machine breaks into ours.
