Performative Ear vs Voloco

Performative Ear is a paid pitch-correction plug-in designed for low-latency singing on Windows and macOS. Performative Ear listens to a song and sends its detected key to the pitch-correction plug-in automatically, while passing audio through unchanged without files or network use. Four correction modes are listed: Live at 1.3 ms, Crisp at 18 ms, Voice at 25 ms, and Full at 40 ms. Users can choose chromatic, major, or minor scales and toggle notes to create a custom scale. The maker lists tested support for Ableton Live 11 and 12, Cubase, FL Studio, Fender Studio Pro, Bitwig Studio, REAPER, Audacity, and GarageBand. Formats include VST3 and CLAP on Windows x64 and macOS Universal, plus Audio Unit on macOS. The price is $199 as a one-time purchase, with no free plan and a free Windows demo. One license supports three active machines.

Voloco is a vocal recording app for iPhone and Android that tunes voices, adds effects, and mixes and masters tracks. Its mobile app describes more than 70 vocal effects, including pitch correction, harmonies, vocoders, and creative effects. Voloco Studio can record up to eight vocal layers, each with independent volume, pan, and effect controls. A BeatStars integration lets users browse, preview, and license beats inside the app, and the app can split imported songs into vocal and backing stems on the phone. Voloco Producer is a vocal-processing plugin for use in a DAW, with a resynthesizer, editable harmony grid, and sequencer. It requires macOS 11 on 64-bit Intel or Apple Silicon, or Windows 10 on 64-bit Intel or AMD. The site says users can export MP3 for sharing and WAV for professional mixing. The free mobile plan includes five effects. Producer Monthly costs $14.99 a month and includes a 14-day free trial; Producer Yearly costs $99.99 a year and also includes a 14-day free trial. The privacy policy says the company may collect identifiers, subscription history, voice recordings, device information, and internet activity.