9 Free VST Plugins For Mixing Perfect Vocals. By Rory Seydel. In our How to Mix Music guide we talked about why mixing dynamic sounds is a tough egg to crack. Vocals are super dynamic so they’re trickier to mix. But you don’t have to pull your hair out every time you hit the mixing board to get the perfect vocal.
Get the vocal sound you always wanted. Conventional Harmonic Exciters™ and Enhancers are capable tools when juicing up vocals – but they are equally infamous for their side effects. These range from listening fatigue to artefacts, the results often sound harsh and artificial. The Noveltech Vocal Enhancer now changes all that! It is based on the groundbreaking and patent-pending IAF technology that is also at the core of our renowned Character™ Plug-In. Instant presence!
Easy and Intuitive The clearly structured and intuitive interface neatly balances the highly advanced technology within. Intuitive sound mixing tools and exceptional effects deliver flexibility that make BANDSTAND the ideal tool in a wide range of situations. Its unmatched sample-quality and ease of use establishes a benchmark far beyond conventional GM modules. Warm basses, tight drums, sparkling guitars, lush strings, resonant pianos and many more high-end sounds – the pristine quality of the samples included raises the bar considerably. BANDSTAND combines a state-of-the-art sampling engine with over 2 GB of professional samples and 128 instruments. 
This process works radically different from any conventional technology you have worked with so far. The Vocal Enhancer not only gives your vocal recordings an unprecedented clarity and crispness without unwanted side effects, it is even capable of increasing your material’s perceived definition! The IAF process boosts the material’s “desired” characteristics dynamically, instead of statically boosting certain frequency areas like an EQ - or artificially adding harmonics like a conventional Enhancer. As IAF constantly adapts to the source material, the processing results are way superior.
And the sound remains natural, even when applying more than just a little. But don’t just take our word for it: hearing is believing! User Interface Controls Processing Section Strong Toggles between standard (off) and strong (on) processing modes. Standard setting should be off! Focus Frequency Sets the processing focus within the high and low filter settings.
As Vocal Enhancer influences multiple frequencies, it is hard to label this with exact frequencies – have a look at the display for feedback on the ranges affected. Enhancement This sets the amount of the processing. Unlike with conventional methods, there won’t be any ear-fatigue so if it sounds good, it is good! Display Section Enhancement Meter Meter displaying the amount of overall enhancement in realtime.
Enhancement Display FFT display, showing the amount of processing over the frequency range from 1 kHz to 20 kHz in realtime. Low/High Filter Borders & Resonance Parameters These lines may be moved to narrow or widen the frequency range of the processed part of the signal. The dry signal will not be cut or affected by setting them. The exact settings are displayed below in the filter section. Filter Section Lo/Hi – Displays the set frequency from 1.0 kHz to 20 kHz. Res – Displays the set resonance Q-value from 0 to 99. 12/24 dB/Oct – Toggles the steepness of the filters between 12 and 24 dB.
Preset Section File – Opens File dialogue and manager A/B – Selects between the volatile A/B settings Meter Section In – Indicates input levels with peak hold, the vertical triangle allows level adjustments. Out – Indicates output levels with peak hold, the vertical triangle allows level adjustments.
Gain Compensation – Displays amount of level reduction from top to bottom. On – Engages automatic gain compensation when lit. System Requirements • Computer with current Windows or Mac OS X equipped to Brainworx’ requirements for running Plugin-Alliance Plug-Ins • Host software capable of loading Native VST, AU, RTAS or other Plug-Ins such as Cubase, Logic, Nuendo, ProTools, etc. (complete list of supported formats at ) • One license, to cover it all!