Antares Harmony Engine

Its great !

Harmony Engine is a great VST with many great features such as stereo imaging and harmony building. Sound quality could be great but you have to be careful what samples and vocals you use on it. I say it is more for deep stuff.

You can create very nice effects such as violin sound etc. I use it ALWAYS for Background Vocals it just gives a lot of energy and push for the vocals !

I don't know

It's a cool plug in to add to you library if you produce music and vocals, it gives you an extra for your background vocals, but it's not vital. You can do the same with your voice and better, but it gives you a good experience to try another textures for your vocals.

Powerful, creative software

I've only so far been using this software to play around with at home, but I do intend to use it live and in recordings in the future.

I purchased this as it's the same autotune/harmoniser software used on Bon Iver's song "715 Creeks". It's a little intimidating when you first open it, but like anything once you give it a little time its quite easy to use. There's also a lot on online resources on how to use it if you're really stuck with it.

It's a really fun software overall. You can add harmonies to anything, not just vocals. You use it as it's own instrument and run an audio track into it, so it's really creative and fun to play with.

Cons:

My only annoyance with this, and it is a huge one, is you need an iLok to authorise it. It is such a pain to have to pay another ¤50 for a silly little USB stick and then have to register that and then authorise your software. Buy an iLok with this software, otherwise you can't install it.

Overall, if you're into effects and weird sounds, get it, but remember to get the iLok.