There’s also an annual subscription with monthly billing, which is USD 9.99 for the first six months and USD 14.99 from then onwards. It’s also included in the company’s All Access Pass, which is USD 24.99/month with no commitment or USD 149/yearwhen paid upfront for a year.
Those who like to buy their software outright can now purchase metaTune for USD 199. But it does have a couple of features that stand out – especially if you’re looking for an easy-to-use tool for hard-hitting tuning effects. Is Slate Digital metaTune really the best? In the end, that comes down to personal taste and the specific applications. Changes to one instance are then reflected in all other instances in the same group, which makes it easy to manage your tuning settings across several tracks. This lets you assign each instance of the plug-in to one of four groups. One feature that could be a huge time saver is Groups. And it allows you to activate the integrated Doubler effect for a wider and thicker sound. In the center of the GUI is what Slate calls “The Orb”, which is another way to control the speed and amount. And there’s a note stabilizer that gets rid of unwanted fluttering effects. The speed can actually be set to negative values for even faster, more brutal quantizing. While it can of course provide gentle pitch correction, metaTune seems to be geared more towards the popular in-your-face Auto-Tune effects that dominate the charts. The familiar Speed and Amount controls on the right determine how fast and how strongly metaTune goes to work on your audio material. This helps to find the key and also provides a visual representation of how well your singer hits each note. There’s a little keyboard for setting the key and scale, and a feature called Heat Maps that displays the actual notes of the recording in relation to the keys. On the surface, it looks similar to many other Auto-Tune-style effects. But what is it that makes metaTune stand out from the crowd? The company says that metaTune is “the world’s hardest hitting tuner ever”.
Assign the parameters to the controls on your MIDI device, and perform dramatic effects in real time on stage or in the studio.Will we have to update our list of the best pitch correction plug-ins? According to Slate Digital, it may be time to do just that. Many of Auto-Tune Pro’s key parameters can now be controlled in real time with a MIDI controller, including Retune Speed, Flex-Tune, Humanize, Throat Length and all of the Vibrato functions. When used with ARA-compatible DAWs such as Studio One and Mixcraft, it’s now possible to edit in Auto-Tune Pro’s Graph Mode without first playing through the selection to track the audio into Auto-Tune.
If you already know the key and scale of your tracks, you may also find Auto-Key useful for simultaneously setting the Key and Scale parameters of multiple instances of Auto-Tune Pro from a single location.Īuto-Tune Pro now supports ARA (Audio Random Access.) ARA is a technology that allows for closer integration and exchange of information between audio plugins and host applications (digital audio workstations). Due to popular demand, we’ve made the Auto-Tune 5 sound available in Auto-Tune Pro via the new Classic Mode.Īuto-Key is a brand new plug-in, included with your Auto-Tune Pro purchase, which automatically detects the key and scale of your music and sends that information to one or more instances of Auto-Tune Pro. Over the years, the sound of Auto-Tune 5 has developed something of a cult following among musicians, audio engineers and producers, perhaps due in part to its use on many iconic pop recordings. In addition to a much larger Main Graph, the new Graph Mode features greater zoom resolution, user assignable zoom presets, and controls reconfigured to optimize workflow efficiency.Ĭlassic Mode is the much-requested return of the celebrated “Auto-Tune 5 sound.”Īs we’ve added new features to Auto-Tune (such as Formant Correction, Throat Modeling, and Flex-Tune) the Auto-Tune algorithm has evolved, and its sonic qualities have undergone subtle changes, with each Auto-Tune version having its own slightly different character. The Graph Mode interface has be redesigned from the ground up. Auto-Tune Pro features a sleek, all-new interface in both Auto Mode and Graph Mode, redesigned for ease of use and efficient workflow.Īuto Mode now includes two unique screen views: Basic View which gives you quick and easy access to the core features of Auto Mode, and Advanced View which unlocks the powerful MIDI, scale editing and vibrato features.