Summary

Little AlterBoy is a monophonic voice manipulation plugin by Soundtoys designed for dramatic vocal alteration. It offers real-time pitch and formant shifting, robotic effects, vocoder-like control via MIDI, and a tube saturation feature for warmth.

Features

• Pitch and formant shifting to change vocal pitch or gender characteristics in real time
• Mix control for creating instant vocal harmonies
• Pitch lock function for robotic vocal effects
• MIDI control to manipulate vocal melody for creative vocoder-style effects
• Hard tune effect popular in hip hop and pop music
• Includes tube saturation modeled after the Decapitator plugin to add warmth and edge

Technical Specifications

• Current version: 5.5
• Supported plugin formats: AAX Native, AAX AudioSuite, VST 2, VST 3, Audio Units (AU) – all 64-bit only
• Supported sample rates: 44.1 kHz up to 192 kHz
• Operating systems: Mac OS X 10.15 or later; Windows 10 or later (not compatible with ARM-based Windows)
• Requires internet connection for activation
• Compatible DAWs include Pro Tools, Ableton Live, Cubase, Nuendo, Logic Pro, Studio One, Reaper, Bitwig

Background

Soundtoys’ founders contributed to the development of the iconic Eventide H3000 pitch shifter. Little AlterBoy distills years of pitch and formant shifting expertise into an easy-to-use vocal tool offering a broad set of popular effects plus user creativity.