Voloco

Overview

Voloco is a mobile vocal recording and processing app, with a separate plugin for desktop DAWs. It suits singers and creators building vocal-led tracks on a phone, and producers who want Voloco’s processing in an existing DAW workflow. Its breadth is appealing, but the free mobile tier’s five-effect cap is restrictive if you want to explore the full range.

Key features

The mobile app offers more than 70 vocal effects, including pitch correction, harmonies, vocoders, and creative treatments. Real-time correction, formant control, and scale or key detection give singers several ways to shape a vocal, though the free plan exposes only five effects. Voloco makes more sense for regular experimentation if you are willing to pay for a broader set of tools.

Voloco Studio records up to eight vocal layers, with separate volume, pan, and effect controls for each. That gives singers room to stack harmonies and vary their treatment without giving up independent control of each take. BeatStars integration lets users browse, preview, and license beats inside the app, a useful route from choosing a backing track to recording over it.

AI vocal separation splits an imported song into vocal and backing-track stems on the phone. This can help when you want to work with the parts separately, while MP3 exports suit sharing and WAV exports suit further professional mixing.

Voloco Producer brings vocal processing into a DAW as a plugin, with a resynthesizer, editable harmony grid, and sequencer. That makes the desktop product relevant to producers already working in a DAW; it is a different fit from the phone app’s recording and beat-browsing workflow.

Pricing

The Free mobile app costs 0.00 USD per free and is available for iPhone and Android. Its five-effect limit makes it a reasonable starting point for basic vocal work, but a narrow option for users who want access to the mobile app’s broader effects range.

Producer Monthly costs 14.99 USD per month, billed 1 month, and includes a 14 day free trial, VST3/AAX/AU/Standalone download, and over 50 free vocal presets. It fits producers who want the plugin without committing to a year. Producer Yearly costs 99.99 USD per year, billed 1 year, with a 14 day free trial and the same plugin formats and preset offer. The listed monthly equivalent is $8.33 / mo, compared with $14.99 / mo for the monthly plan, making yearly billing the lower-cost option for someone prepared to commit for a year.

Both Producer plans are desktop offerings, not replacements for the free mobile plan. The trial gives a way to evaluate the paid plugin before choosing a term; the yearly plan’s lower monthly equivalent comes with a longer billing commitment.

Platforms

The mobile app runs on iPhone and Android. Voloco Producer supports macOS 11 on 64-bit Intel or Apple Silicon, and Windows 10 on 64-bit Intel or AMD. Its system requirements matter if you are choosing the desktop plugin: an older macOS release or unsupported processor will not meet the stated requirements.

Who it's for

Voloco is best suited to singers who want vocal effects, layered recording, beat licensing, and export options in a mobile workflow, especially if they can work within the free tier’s five-effect limit or justify a paid plan. The Producer plugin is a better fit for DAW users who want its vocal processing tools inside a desktop session. It is less compelling for someone seeking only an unrestricted free mobile effects library.

Privacy-conscious users should note that Resonant Cavity may collect identifiers, subscription order history, user content including voice recordings, device information, and internet activity. The company says access is limited to authorized staff and third parties and that it makes commercially reasonable efforts to protect personal information, but it cannot guarantee security. Users can request access, correction, or deletion of personally identifiable information by emailing [email protected], or delete an account in the app or on the website.

Pros and cons

• Pro: More than 70 mobile vocal effects, alongside real-time correction, formant control, and scale or key detection, give singers a wide range of vocal-shaping options.
• Pro: Up to eight independently controlled vocal layers, BeatStars beat licensing, and AI stem separation bring recording and supporting tools into the mobile workflow.
• Pro: MP3 and WAV exports serve different next steps, from sharing to professional mixing.
• Con: The free mobile plan includes only five effects, so users seeking the full range need to consider a paid option.
• Con: Producer requires macOS 11 or Windows 10 and supported 64-bit processors, excluding older systems that do not meet those requirements.
• Con: The privacy policy allows collection of voice recordings and other user and device data, and the company does not guarantee security.

Alternatives

For a broader comparison of tools in this category, see Pitch Correction Software.

Choose Auburn Sounds Graillon 3 if you want a free cross-platform pitch-correction plugin with pitch and formant shifting, three pitch engines, and built-in effects. Its free edition reserves PTM, vocal doubler, and keyboard tuning for the full version.

OpenVoxTuner is a free option for Linux, macOS, and Windows, with a full plugin and all features under AGPLv3.

Choose Waves Curves AQ if you want its pitch-correction tool as part of a larger subscription: Waves Ultimate costs 24.99 USD per month and includes over 240 plugins. It has no free plan.

Softube Vocal Tuner costs 199.00 EUR per once and offers three activations for AU, VST, VST3, or AAX-compatible DAW hosts on macOS or Windows.

Soundtoys 5 is a paid macOS and Windows suite of 23 plug-ins, with two activations per license.

Universal Audio Topline Vocal Tune is a paid macOS and Windows option at 99.00 USD per once, with three activations per license and inclusion in the UAD Spark Subscription.

Melodyne offers paid pitch and timing editing with standalone and plugin operation, including a basic edition for monophonic, percussive, and complex audio.

Verdict

Choose Voloco if you want mobile vocal recording with layered takes, beat licensing, stem separation, and a path to DAW-based processing. Its mix of phone tools and a desktop plugin is the main reason to choose it; look elsewhere if a five-effect free mobile tier is too limited or your desktop system does not meet the Producer requirements.