Antares Auto-Tune Access

Good for subtle correction

I mainly use this on projects I'm revisiting and mixing that were recorded 20 years ago or more and there's no hope if re-doing some shaky vox. Otherwise I wouldn't entertain the idea.

Anyway, it doesn't work miracles without evoking the 'cher effect', but with the right settings it can bring shaky things more in line, so we have something like 'character' rather than blatantly out of tune.

Put it another way, if you have an otherwise good vox performance with a few pitchy bits, this will work pretty well.

I tend to use the two main knobs in a kind of middle setting, so it's slightly less sensitive and corrects more slowly, which sounds more natural.

Also it's essential to pick the right key to work in. So, if you're working on something quite proggy with more shifts in key perhaps, then you'll need a version with more features. There are ways round this in the DAW of course though with a bit of creativity.

Very stripped-back from other versions

Not really suitable for vocals, but I use it for other stuff so it’s not too bad. To be honest though, they make it so you have to get the more expensive version to be able to get the full editing capabilities.

Reasonable for the Price

Offers basic autotune functionality. No issues with Autotune product itself.

However, this also requires Codemeter DRM to be installed which runs on startup and sets up a webserver on you pc which has had security holes in the past, multiple CVE's raised over the last 2 years for this DRM software...