Vocal Bender shifts the pitch and formants of vocals in real time with zero latency – for popular vocal effects in hip hop, pop, R and B and electronic music.

With the two main Pitch and Formant controls, you change not only the pitch but also the character, age and even gender of a voice, and thanks to zero latency you hear the effect while tracking or live on stage. Four modulation sources – step sequencer, LFO, amplitude envelope and pitch envelope – create vibrato, pitch drops and sequenced pitching, while Flatten locks the voice to a single pitch for robotic effects. The Mix control creates subtle doubles, and instruments such as guitar can be bent creatively too.

Features

• Real-time monophonic voice manipulation with zero latency
• Easy pitch and formant control, linkable via Link
• Modulation via LFO, sequencer, amplitude and pitch envelopes
• Flatten for robotic vocal effects
• Mix control for doubles and harmonies
• Dozens of presets

Technical details

• Operating systems: Windows, macOS
• Plug-in formats: VST3, Audio Unit (macOS only), AAX
• Architecture: 64 bit
• Licensing: licence key, machine-bound or USB flash drive (via Waves Central)

System requirements

• macOS 14 Sonoma, 15 Sequoia, 26 Tahoe or 27 Golden Gate (Apple silicon or Intel)
• Windows 10 64-bit (version 22H2) or Windows 11 (Intel or AMD, x64)
• 16 GB RAM
• 30 GB free disk space on the system drive

The licence is registered with the manufacturer at https://www.waves.com/downloads/central. You will receive your serial number and the download link by e-mail immediately after purchase.