Autotune 3 Plugin - During live performance?!

[kylla]

Hey all,

I'm pretty sure the answer to this query is "No", but I thought I'd ask anyway.

Antares have a product called Autotune 3, a pitch-correction DirectX plugin (among other formats). That's the plugin I'm asking this question about... but as this query could pertain to anmy audio plugin...

I'm wondering if plugins can be used "live", that is: I'm performing a few of my songs at a friends birthday, and I want my live singing to be filtered through and altered by some DirectX plugins, live, on-the-fly.

So I suspect my setup would be: Mic --> PC --> recording mode enabled or somesuch in a host application (say Wavelab) --> plugin--> out through speakers nice and altered!

Am I on another planet thinking this is possible? I'm pretty sure if I want to do this I'll need actual hardware, but I thought I'd see what people think and if anyone has needed to or has actually done this...

Cheers and thanks.

 

[Track Rat]

Anteres makes a hardware version of the autotuner and forshame on anyone who would use one live.

 

[kylla]

Hehe yes I know Antares make a hardware version, and it's only for ONE song that uses the autotune for a very specific purpose, eg: to sound like an autotuned robot...

But aside from that, can you answer my question?

 

[Stealthtech]

Actually it depends on the recording program your using. Some support real time effects and some dont. I cant tell which, but I can say that Logic audio does because I've done it. I know it requires a fast CPU with plenty of Ram because it eats up resources in order to perform this task. But it is doable for sure.

 

[guitar ed]

I don't think I could even muster the balls to take my computer to a live performance! I guess in this case the worst thing that can happen is that you would sound like you instead of a robot. You'd have to have next to zero latency, because the audience needs to hear the effect in real time. Do you have latency that low? I use WDM drivers, so I know I can't get down that low. Anyway, I think the consensus is, if you have a machine with enough power, RAM, and low latency, you might be able to pull it off. I would love to hear your report afterwards, so let us know how it went, unless you decide to abort mission! Good luck.

ed