Plugin comparison
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which instrument to buy.
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Contenders
TELEPRINTER is 23audio's text-driven instrument: each typed character plays its own sound, with six robot voices that read, spell, babble, or sing. Intro $44.99, from $54.99.
VocalSynth 2 is a creative vocal synthesizer plugin combining five modules to produce electronic vocal textures, robot voices, and computerized harmonies.
Technical matrix
| Signal | 23audio TELEPRINTER | iZotope VocalSynth 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $44.99 (intro) | $199.00 |
| Dubspot Score | — | 7.6 |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX | AAX, AU, VST2, VST3 |
| Type | Text-driven instrument plugin | — |
| Core idea | Each typed character plays its own sound; notes read the text in sync with the DAW | — |
| Character mapping | Separate sounds for capitals, lowercase, numbers and symbols; spaces are rests | — |
| Performance | LOCK (key), HOLD (latch), CHORD (chord from one key), mod-wheel text scramble | — |
| Robot voices | Six voices that read, spell, babble or sing one syllable per note | — |
| Instrument voices | Glass, pluck, harp, felt piano, music box, hum, two distorted basses | — |
| Presets | 161, each with its own text; KEEP TEXT swaps in your own words | — |
| Formats | VST3 (Mac and Windows), AU (Mac only), AAX (Pro Tools, Mac and Windows); no standalone | — |
| System | macOS 11 or later (Apple silicon and Intel); Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit | — |
| Processing modules | — | Five modules: Biovox, Vocoder, Compuvox, Talkbox, and Polyvox |
| Multi-effects chain | — | Seven stompbox-style effects |
| Processing modes | — | Auto, MIDI, and Sidechain |
| Architecture | — | 64-bit only |
| Mac support | — | macOS Sonoma, Sequoia, and Tahoe; Intel and Apple silicon M-series |
| Windows support | — | Windows 10 (22H2) and Windows 11 (24H2) |
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