GSnap - Free Auto-Tune VST

February 05th, 2007 | Category: Plugins

I found a wonderful little plugin called GSnap from GVST. It is an auto-tune effect, much like Antares AutoTune, except it is free. It comes with presets for “Subtle” and “Not So,” and is adjustable to all points in between. I have had good results with it so far, and would highly recommend it. Read on for my experiences with it and other pitch-correction plugins.

AutoTune is on everything these days. Everyone (except Neko Case) uses it, and vocalists expect a studio to have it. I tried to install the demo from Antares to see if I wanted to purchase the product, but the demo didn’t “support” XP x64. I emailed Antares, but never got a response from them regarding x64 support. Oddly enough, they claim to support Vista.

I tried the Melodyne demo, but could not get it to receive audio from Sonar. I was about to pony up for an upgrade to Sonar Producer Edition, so I could get the V-Vocal plugin, but found some threads in the Cakewalk forums about it being flakey and unstable.

Eventually, I found GSnap, and gave it a try. Stability wise, it has been rock solid, and I just finished a project where we used it on at least four vocal tracks at the same time. It’s easy to use, has useful presets, and sounds good as well. I also like watching the real-time display showing the differences between input and output.

4 Comments so far

  1. Third Take » Auto-Tune in XP x64 March 23rd, 2007 7:08 am

    [...] had mentioned before that I’d tried to install the Auto-Tune 5 demo in x64 and it refused to install, and that my [...]

  2. carol m March 14th, 2008 10:26 pm

    I just tried to download this into Audacity after downloading their VST enabler and nothing shows up in the Audacity Effects menu. I followed all their instructions. Anyone know why?

  3. Zak July 30th, 2008 12:40 am

    It looks like even if you get GSnap to show up in the effects menu of Audacity, you can only interface with it through a crude menu full of complicated options controlled by slider bars. For some reason (the explanation of which went right over my head), the GUI doesn’t work in Audacity. It’s a shame, since it looks like there aren’t any other alternatives.

  4. Smurf August 17th, 2008 12:57 pm

    I have been using Wavosaur for about a year now….

    http://www.wavosaur.com/

    Like most independent programs, it has it quirks, but it kicks Audacity’s rear IMHO, AND supports VST’s very well, including their GUI’s, AND you can set up preset “racks” of them to recall later. I think this is the best wave editor out there….and the price is fantastic! LOL

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