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A monophonic voice processor for pitch shifting, formant adjustment, hard-tune, and MIDI-controlled vocal effects.
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Soundtoys Little AlterBoy vs AudioThing The Orb 2
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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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Specs compared
| Signal | Soundtoys Little AlterBoy | AudioThing The Orb 2 |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $99 | $19 (from $49) |
| Dubspot Score | 8.4 | — |
| Formats | AAX Native, AAX AudioSuite, VST 2, VST 3, Audio Units (AU) | VST3, AU, AAX, CLAP, Standalone |
| Version | 5.5 | — |
| Voice handling | Monophonic (single-voice) processing | — |
| Sample rates | 44.1 kHz to 192 kHz | — |
| Architecture | 64-bit only; Apple Silicon compatible | — |
| Operating systems | macOS 10.15 or later; Windows 10 or later | — |
| Activation | Requires internet connection at time of licensing | — |
| 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 |
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