Efx FRAGMENTS vs MeldaProduction MAutoPitch

Efx FRAGMENTS is Arturia’s creative audio effect plugin for dividing, transforming, and rebuilding sound with granular processing. Classic, Texture, and Rhythmic modes provide different granular approaches. Pitch quantization offers 15 scales, while grain quantization can follow transient detection or snap to a grid. A spatializer includes nine trajectory presets, and two effect slots provide routing options. The modulation section combines an envelope follower, three function generators, and a step sequencer. A curated library supplies 60 presets. The plugin supports VST, AAX, Audio Unit, and NKS in 64-bit DAWs, with a standalone app also listed. It runs on Windows 10 or later and macOS 11 or later, requiring at least 4 GB RAM, 1 GB free disk space, and a four-core CPU. Apple M1 is supported; Windows ARM processors are not. The listed Efx FRAGMENTS plan costs €79 as a one-time purchase purchase.

MeldaProduction MAutoPitch is a free automatic tuning and pitch-correction plugin for vocals and other monophonic instruments. It provides formant shifting and stereo expansion, and offers eight A-to-H setting slots; an X-Y pad can morph among the first four. MIDI controllers and keyboards can adjust parameters in real time, with MIDI learn. Automatic gain compensation and a safety brickwall limiter keep output below 0 dB. The plugin supports mono, stereo, mid-side, separate left/right or mid/side, up to 8-channel surround, and up to 64-channel ambisonics. It processes audio at 64-bit and the maker says it handles any sampling rate. MAutoPitch runs on 64-bit Windows and Mac through VST, VST3, AU, and AAX interfaces, with support for all major hosts on those systems. It is included in the free MFreeFXBundle of 38 audio effects. Installation uses MPluginManager. The maker says licence-file activation needs neither a dongle nor internet access.