Voicemax

Voicemax 1.0.12

Voicemax is a vocal plugin that does three jobs at once. It tunes your lead vocal in real time, it sings up to four harmony voices around it, and it lets you fix and rewrite notes in a built-in editor. You put it on your vocal track, set the key of your song, and you hear a tuned lead with harmonies straight away.

What it is for

• Pop and modern vocals: from a transparent, natural correction to the hard, robotic tune.
• Instant harmonies and backing vocals: thirds, fifths, octaves or a full stack, always in key, without singing a second take.
• Big choirs and group vocals: the Brigade turns your harmonies into a group of singers standing on a stage.
• Sound design: octave-down monsters, chipmunk voices, formant tricks and re-pitched spoken word.
• Writing and arranging: draw chords in the Harmony Editor and the harmonies follow them. Export the lead or the harmonies as MIDI.

The window at a glance

Area	What you do there	Page
Header (top)	Settings, guided tours, zoom, presets, undo and redo	Settings, Preset browser
Display (middle)	See your voice and the harmonies, switch to the editors and the Brigade	The display
Lead vs. Voices fader	Set how loud the harmonies are against the lead	Harmonies
Lead Tuning card (left)	Tune the lead vocal	Lead tuning
Voices card (right)	Shape the harmony voices	Harmonies
Master row (bottom)	Levels, master EQ, Tilt and Glue	Master

Three views: Compact, Standard and Wide

The view switch sits at the left of the master row. Pick the size that fits your screen and your task.

Compact

Only the display and the master row. The smallest window, for when you just want the tuning and harmonies running and your DAW needs the space. Click COMPACT › to bring the cards back.

Standard

The display, both cards (Lead Tuning and Voices) and the master row. This is the view for setting up a sound.

Wide

Everything from Standard, but much wider. The display gets far more room, so the editors show more of your song and notes are easier to select and drag. Best on a big screen while you edit.

The plugin remembers your view with the project.

Quick start

1. Put Voicemax on your vocal track as an insert.
2. Set the Key and Scale of your song with the two chips on the left of the display. Not sure? Sing for a few seconds and look at the KEY FIT meter (see Lead tuning).
3. Set Tune Amount. Around 50 % sounds natural. 90 % and up gives a firm, modern tune.
4. Want the hard, robotic effect? Turn Retune below 10 ms.
5. Drag the Lead vs. Voices fader to the right to bring in the harmonies. Step through Intervals with › to try different harmony sets.
6. Turn up Glue to hold the lead and the harmonies together.

Not sure where to start? Load a factory preset, or click ? in the header for the built-in guided tour.

Next: Lead tuning