Karanyi Sounds Voicemax is a real-time vocal tuner with four in-key harmony voices, a Harmony Builder and piano-roll editors. €59 launch price, VST3, AU and AAX.
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Karanyi Sounds Voicemax vs 23audio TELEPRINTER
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which effect to buy.
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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.
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| Signal | Karanyi Sounds Voicemax | 23audio TELEPRINTER |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €59 launch (from €79) | $44.99 (intro) |
| Dubspot Score | — | — |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX, macOS, Windows | VST3, AU, AAX |
| Type | Real-time vocal tuning, harmonizer and note editor | Text-driven instrument plugin |
| Harmony voices | Up to 4, plus Brigade group of up to 32 singers | — |
| Tuning controls | Key and scale, Tune Amount, Retune, Smoothing | — |
| Editors | Lead Editor, Harmony Editor, Harmony Builder, MIDI export | — |
| Processing | Lead, harmony and master EQ, Push overdrive, Re-Pitch ±12 semitones, Formant | — |
| Formats | VST3, AU, AAX 64-bit; macOS 11+ (Apple Silicon native), Windows 10+ | VST3 (Mac and Windows), AU (Mac only), AAX (Pro Tools, Mac and Windows); no standalone |
| Licence | Perpetual, 3 activations, lifetime updates | — |
| 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 |
| System | — | macOS 11 or later (Apple silicon and Intel); Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit |
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