iZotope VocalSynth 2 – Five-Engine Vocal Processor for $29.99

Some plugins fix vocals. VocalSynth 2 reinvents them. iZotope’s vocal processor packs five distinct synthesis engines into one plugin — a vocal-tract modeller, a vocoder, a lo-fi computer voice, a talkbox and a harmony generator — each capable of carrying a production’s signature sound, and all combinable into hybrid textures no single effect produces. It is the plugin behind robotic hooks, funk talkbox lines, glitch voices and enormous stacked harmonies across pop, hip-hop and electronic music.

The Five Engines

Biovox models the human vocal tract itself, shaping formants and articulation for organic, characterful voices — the engine for natural-sounding transformations and creature design. Vocoder delivers the classic electronic sound, rich with harmonics, driven by your voice or a sidechained carrier — which means any sound, not just vocals, can be processed through the synth chain. Compuvox goes deliberately digital: lo-fi, glitchy, computerised tones for EDM and experimental work. Talkbox recreates the iconic funk effect without the tube, the amp or the dental commitment. Polyvox generates harmonies and doubles automatically, building lush layered textures from a single performance. Around the engines sit pitch correction and formant shifting for instant transformation, advanced modulation with built-in LFOs and envelopes, stereo widening and custom filters — a complete sound-design environment wrapped around your voice.

Workflow and the iZotope Ecosystem

VocalSynth 2 talks to the rest of the iZotope family — Neutron, Ozone and Nectar — through inter-plugin communication, so the creative vocal chain and the mixing chain stay aware of each other. The preset library, designed by industry sound designers across pop, R&B, EDM, film and hip-hop, gives every engine a set of proven starting points, with macro controls for quick reshaping and deep editing when a signature sound needs building from scratch. Sidechain mode extends the whole processor beyond vocals: run synths, drums or any audio through the engines for textures that sound vocal without containing a voice.

Who It Serves

Singers and vocalists who want harmonies, transformations and futuristic effects from their own performances. Producers and sound designers creating signature vocal textures for pop, hip-hop, trap, R&B, EDM, house and synthwave. Film and game audio teams designing robotic, otherworldly and cinematic voices. Anyone whose productions treat the vocal as an instrument rather than a narration. VocalSynth 2 runs as VST, AU and AAX (64-bit) on macOS and Windows, in every major DAW, with CPU efficiency that keeps real-time experimentation practical.

The creative argument is worth making directly: vocal effects are where productions acquire identity. A vocoder hook, a talkbox riff, a harmony stack that could only come from one plugin chain — these are the moments listeners remember and other producers ask about. Owning five engines in one interface means those moments can be auditioned against each other in seconds, blended mid-session and automated as part of the arrangement, instead of requiring five separate tools and five separate workflows. For genres built on vocal character, that speed of experimentation is not a convenience; it is the production method itself, and this plugin is its standard instrument.

The Deal

Five vocal engines and the full effects environment for $29.99. Single-engine vocal effects charge comparable money for one of these sounds; VocalSynth 2 is the complete set from the developer whose vocal tools anchor professional chains. If your productions feature voices in any form — and the memorable ones usually do — this is the creative vocal purchase, delivered instantly.

Experimentation is cheap here in the best sense: the engines can be reordered, blended and automated in real time, so a vocal session can try a dozen identities for a hook in the time a single hardware effect would take to patch. The sound your track gets remembered for is probably in one of those dozen.