If you’ve ever tried to tune a vocal with a bargain-bin plugin and ended up with something that sounded like a confused dial-up modem, you’re not alone. A lot of budget tools promise “pro tuning,” but ...

Formant-shifting is a vocal production technique that can be heard all over the charts in 2025, from Billie Eilish to Travis Scott. Often confused with pitch-shifting, formant-shifting manipulates the ...