Antares AVP Vocal Producer

Manufacturer's Description for Antares AVP Vocal Producer

The heart of any great song is a great vocal sound. With Antares's new vocal producer, they've combined the world-renowned auto-tune pitch correction and TEC-award-winning microphone modeler technologies with state-of-the-art vocal processing modules to give you everything you need to create stunning vocal tracks in any musical style.

Freedom of Choice
Live or in the studio, the AVP lets you instantly select from a large library of sounds. From gorgeously mellow to seriously twisted, they've included factory presets for a wide variety of vocal styles as well as an interface that makes it easy to create your own signature sounds. (And given the power and flexibility of the AVP's processing modules, they've even included a selection of presets for instrumental and percussion tracks.)

Features:

Auto-Tune Real-time Pitch Correction - Antares's world-renowned Auto-Tune technology lets you correct the pitch of vocals (or solo instruments), in real time, without distortion or artifacts, while preserving all of the expressive nuance of the original performance.

Antares Microphone Modeling - The TEC Awarding-winning Microphone Modeler technology lets you give your vocal tracks the characteristics of a variety of high-end studio mics as well as adjust the proximity effect associated with mic distance.

Analog Tube Modeling -- Gives your vocals the warmth of a classic tube preamp.

Variable Knee Compressor -- A state-of-the-art dynamics processor with threshold, ratio, attack and decay controls as well as a continuously variable knee characteristic.

Downward Expanding Gate -- The AVP's gate, with threshold and ratio controls, works independently of the compressor to eliminate noise and breath sounds.

Variable Frequency De-Esser -- The AVP's de-esser tames vocal sibilance with threshold, ratio, attack and decay controls as well as a variable highpass frequency to match any vocal performance.

Flexible Parametric EQ -- You can fine-tune your vocal sound with two independent bands of equalization that let you select from 6dB or 12 dB high or low cut, high or low shelving with variable slope, bandpass, notch and fully parametric peaking.

Automatic Mono or Stereo Double Tracking -- You can automatically mix a doubled track into the AVP's main output or route it to a separate output for post-processing and mixing.

Fully Programmable -- Once you've created the perfect vocal sound for a particular track, every parameter can be saved as a preset for instant recall.

Factory Presets for a Wide Variety of Vocal Styles -- The AVP comes out-of-the-box with an extensive collection of factory presets for a variety of vocal styles. (They've even included a selection of presets for instrumental and percussion tracks.)

MIDI Automation -- Every variable module parameter can be controlled via MIDI continuous controllers for realtime automation.

Really Easy To Use -- No scrolling though endless menus to find the parameter you want. Virtually every major function is only a single button press away.

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Frequency response: 10Hz-20KHx, +/- 0.2dB

Distortion + Noise: Less than 0.005% (@1kHz)

Auto-Tune
Chromatic and 24 diatonic scales, all user customizable
Retune speed
Pitch detection sensitivity

Mic Modeler
Available models:
Hand-held dynamic
Studio dynamic
Small diaphragm condenser 1
Small diaphragm condenser 2
Large diaphragm condenser 1
Large diaphragm condenser 2
Large diaphragm condenser 3
Drum mic - kick
Drum mic - snare
Drum mic - cymbal
Telephone

Tube saturation drive: 0 dB - 12 dB

Compressor
Threshold: -36 dB - 0 db
Ratio: 1.00:1 - 99.99:1
Attack: 1ms - 200ms
Release: 20ms - 3000ms
Knee: Continuously variable

Gate
Threshold: -96 dB - 0 db
Ratio: 1:99.99 - 1:1.00

De-esser
Threshold: -40 dB - 0 db
Ratio: 1.00:1 - 99.99:1
Attack: 1ms - 200ms
Release: 20ms - 3000ms
Highpass frequency: 2971Hz - 20kHz

Parametric EQ (2 independent bands)
6 dB Lowpass
6 dB Highpass
12 dB Lowpass
12 dB Highpass
Bandpass
Notch
Low shelf (variable slope)
High shelf (variable slope)
Peaking

Double Tracking
Stereo or variable mono mix

Line Input
1/4 in. Phone: Unbalanced, 9.3 dBu, 10K Ohms

Line Outputs
Main: 1/4 in. Phone: Unbalanced, 8.5 dBu
Double Track: 1/4 in. Phone: Unbalanced, 8.5 dBu

MIDI In and Out: 5-Pin DIN

Footswitch: 1/4 in. Phone

Displays:
2x20 character LCD
Input Level Indicator (LED x5)
Output Level Indicator (LED x5)
Tuning Correction Indicator (LED x4)
Compression Gain Reduction Indicator (LED x5)
De-esser Gain Reduction Indicator (LED x5)

Input Power: 9VAC @ 1000MA, 50Hz or 60Hz

Power consumption: 9 Watts.

Included accessories: Power supply, owner's manual

Dimensions: width: 19 inches x height: 1.75 inches x depth: 5 inches

Weight: Rack: 4.5 lbs; Power supply: .6 lbs.

Sound Samples

•   Femal vocal before
•   Female vocal after
•   Male rock vocal before
•   The "Cher Effect before
•   The "Cher Effect" after
•   Drum Loop after
•   Male rock vocal after
•   Drum Loop before