Re: harmonizer plugin

[Matthias Grob <matilists@atarde.com.br>]

Per,
you forgot to mention our Chopitch
its not quite a Harmonizer but often much better - as long as you want  
to pitch down:
no latency, no glitches, extends note naturally...
VST for mac and PC
http://mathons.com


On 9 Apr 2008, at 09:27, Per Boysen wrote:

> On Wed, Apr 9, 2008 at 1:49 PM, rune fagereng  
> <rune_fagereng@yahoo.no> wrote:
>> Hi !
>>
>> Are there any harmonizer plugins out there?  I hope to replace my  
>> eventide harmonizer with a plugin. I uses Ableton - Mac and  
>> Sooperlooper.
>>
>> Rune F.
>
>
> I doubt it is possible to come near the Eventide with just one
> plug-in. But you can do it with a combination of plug-ins and some
> creative signal patching between plug-ins. Before you sell that
> Eventide, be sure to analyze how your favorite patches are programmed!
> I did that with my TC Fireworx and it gave me inspiration for years of
> effect patch building in software. I also took some ideas from the
> Eventide Eclipse. Below I'm listing OS X plug-ins I'm finding
> particularly useful in emulating these kind of sounds.
>
> Apple (all comes free with the system):
> AU Pitch (very good pitch-shifting), AU Matrix Reverb (descent digital
> reverb), filters: bandpass, hipass, lowpass, shelf. AU
> MultibandCompressor (if you need that)
>
> Expert Sleepers:
> Crossfade Loop Synth
>
> MDA:
> RoundPan (free AU)
>
> Michael Norris:
> The SpectralMagic suite (free AU bundle)
>
> Cycling 74 Pluggo:
> Speedsifter ("strings" sound), Rye ("strings" sound), Feedbackmachine
> (noise from nothing)
>
> PSP Audioware:
> PSP MD 608 (Awesome tone coloring reverb and multi tap tape delay
> simulation AU. This is my favorite reverb). Nitro (good for dynamic
> filterbanks sounds).
>
> Some plug-ins may induce latency when used with a real-time input (for
> example Nitro). Then you have to put the plugin inside an all wet
> signal loop and merge it with your instruments direct signal later
> down the (patch)road.
>
> Something very nifty that is used in Eclipse and such boxes is an
> Envelope Follower function. I don't know any  plug-in that does this
> but if using Bidule there are many community provided modules. Maybe
> you can export such a Bidule module as AU and open it as an AU plug-in
> in Ableton Live. Typically let the input level (= your playing)
> control feedback parameters in the effect chain to create "infinite
> reverb/delay/loopers" etc.
>
> -- 
> Greetings from Sweden
>
> Per Boysen
> www.boysen.se (Swedish)
> www.looproom.com (international)
> www.stockholm-athens.com
>