AudioThing The Orb 2 is a vowel formant filter that shapes any sound into vowel-like tones with three band-pass filters, custom vowels, stereo controls and an iOS version.
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AudioThing The Orb 2 vs iZotope VocalSynth 2
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VocalSynth 2 is a creative vocal synthesizer plugin combining five modules to produce electronic vocal textures, robot voices, and computerized harmonies.
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| Signal | AudioThing The Orb 2 | iZotope VocalSynth 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $19 (from $49) | $199.00 |
| Dubspot Score | — | 7.6 |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP, Standalone | AAX, AU, VST2, VST3 |
| Type | Vowel formant filter | — |
| Engine | Three band-pass filters, one per formant | — |
| Vowel sets | Male, Female, Child, plus unlimited custom vowels | — |
| Modulation | Three LFOs (Vowel, Emphasis, Drift), tempo sync with dotted values | — |
| Stereo | Width, Spread and Size | — |
| Desktop formats | VST2, VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP (64-bit) | — |
| iOS formats | AUv3 and standalone (IAA) | — |
| System | macOS 10.13-26, Windows 7-11, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS | — |
| 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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