Manipulate a vocal
Turn a vocal into a robot, a monster, an octave-down double or a choir, sing it on a MIDI file's notes, and download it as a WAV.
The Voice manipulator changes a vocal's pitch, size and color while it keeps singing the melody. It runs in your browser and nothing is uploaded.
Load a vocal
- Open the Voice manipulator.
- Drop a vocal on the panel, or press Choose a vocal. WAV, MP3, FLAC, AIFF and M4A up to 5 minutes work.
- Press play. The vocal loops.
A dry acapella, with no reverb or music behind it, sounds best.
Shape the sound
- Pick a preset from the menu at the top left, like Robot, Monster or Octave down. The arrows beside it step through the presets.
- Turn a dial: drag it up or down, scroll over it, or use the arrow keys. The new sound plays from the same spot when you let go.
- Double-click a dial to reset it.
| Section | Dials |
|---|---|
| Pitch | Pitch moves the note, Formant the size of the voice. Smooth softens a shift down. Tune snaps to semitones. |
| Harmonics | Harmonics moves the overtones while the note stays. Ratio sets the step size and FM adds grit. |
| Grains | Alternator adds octaves under the voice. Octave sets how deep. |
| Effects | Smear blurs, Detune doubles and Stereo widens. |
| Output | Mix blends with the original. |
Press Original to hear the vocal as it was, from the same spot.
Sing it on MIDI
- Drop a MIDI file (.mid) on the panel, or press Add MIDI. Its notes show under the playhead.
- While a note plays, the vocal sings it. Mono follows the latest note. Poly sings every note held, up to four, like a choir of your voice.
- Turn on Gate to silence the vocal between notes.
- Glide sets how fast it slides from one note to the next.
The MIDI starts with the vocal, so export it from the same bar in your DAW. To hold the whole vocal on one note instead, pick it under Note.
Download it
Press WAV to download the manipulated vocal. It has the same length as the original, so it lines up in your session.
Use it in your DAW
Aden Voice, one of the plugins that come with the Aden desktop app, runs the Voice manipulator live on a vocal track. Every dial is a parameter your DAW can automate, and a MIDI track sent to it sets the notes. See DAW plugin.
Compare your mix to a reference
Hear your mix and a released song level matched at the same spot, and see where your lows, mids and highs differ.
Turn a vocal into a crowd or a choir
Drop a vocal and hear 50 people sing it with you, or a choir of your own voice in harmony. Or play a choir from your keys.