Soundtoys – Little AlterBoy (Vocal Processing)

Monophonic Voice Manipulator

Vocal formant and pitch shifting. Hard Tune FX. Robot/Vocoder Mode. Tube Drive.

Little AlterBoy is Soundtoys’ exciting new tool for dramatic voice alteration. Get a huge range of vocal transformations from one simple plug-in. Change the pitch of a voice, or change the singer’s gender with formant shifting. Lock onto a single pitch for robotic sounds. You can even control the vocal’s melody using MIDI for creative vocoder-like effects.

Get Altered!

Want that overly popular pitch-quantized hard-tune effect? Yep, Little AlterBoy has you covered. Plus, we’ve included one of our classic tube saturation models from Decapitator to add warmth and edge to your new vocal creation.

Control Your Creation

Once you’ve crafted your perfect vocal effect signature, you can use MIDI in your DAW to control the pitch for dramatic vocoder or harmony effects. It’s a hugely powerful way to find new directions and drive new ideas.

History in the Re-Making

Our roots are in pitch-shifting. Our founders were part of the team that created the Eventide H3000, one of the most iconic pitch-shifters of all time. They went on to start a company called Wave Mechanics (soon to be called Soundtoys), which created the first real-time pitch and formant shifter: PurePitch TDM. Back in the ProTools TDM years, SoundToys also produced other high-quality pitch-based effects including the acclaimed PitchDoctor and SoundBlender.

With Little AlterBoy, we’ve distilled all of that knowledge to create a potent little vocal tool. We wanted to give you a wide range of the most popular vocal effects of the day, and give you the freedom to create your own signature sounds, too.

Features

• Transform vocals with a set of easy-to-use tools in one simple plug-in
• Shift the pitch and formant (gender) of vocals in real-time
• Use the mix control to create instant vocal harmonies
• Lock vocals to a pitch for robot effects
• Create vocoder-like effects using MIDI control
• Get that “hard tune” effect heard in countless hip-hop and pop hits

System Requirements

Operating Systems:

• Windows 7, 8, 10 (64-bit only)
• macOS 10.10 Yosemite – macOS 11 Big Sur (*Intel only, official support for Apple Silicon M1 is in progress) (64-bit only)

Plugin Formats:

• VST
• Audio Units (AU, Mac only)
• AAX Native
• AAX AudioSuite

Supported Sample Rates:

• Minimum: 44.1 kHz, Maximum: 192 kHz

Important Notes:

• A FREE account at ilok.com is required (a physical USB iLok is not required)
• This software is 64-bit only and is not compatible with 32-bit systems.

Officially Supported Host Applications:

All version 5 Soundtoys products come in 64-bit VST, AU and AAX Native plug-in formats. Here is a list of our officially supported host applications.

• Pro Tools 11 – 2021.7 (Mac & PC: AAX Native and AudioSuite)
• Logic Pro X – 10.7* (Mac: AU)
• GarageBand 10 (Mac: AU)
• Ableton Live 9.2.2 – 11 (Mac: AU & VST; Windows: VST)
• Digital Performer 9 – 10 (Mac: AU & VST; Windows: VST)
• Studio One 4.5+ (Mac: AU & VST; Windows: VST)
• Cubase 9.5 – 11  (Mac & PC: VST)
• Nuendo 8 – 11 (Mac & PC: VST)