Auburn Sounds has given its Graillon pitch correction plugin a long-awaited facelift: enter Graillon 3.

As Graillon 2 was beloved for its live voice alteration and pitch correction, Graillon 3 offers an enhanced experience. With a fresh UI, built-in effects and an intuitive trio of pitch engines, Auburn Sounds has pulled out all the stops – even for the free version.

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The plugin’s core pitch-shifting technology can now be achieved through three different pitch engines. The selection offers G2, G3 and I1 engines.

G2 entirely recaptures Graillon 2’s classic sound, including the outdated instalment’s flaws and distinctive textures. G3 embodies Graillon 3’s renewed engine, offering Auburn Sounds’ fastest pitch-correction to date, as well as allowing the detection of high notes (unlike G2). However, the best engine seems to be the I1, which utilises Auburn Sounds INNER PITCH pitch-shifter technology. However, while I1 offers the best, most natural pitch-shifting, it is seven times slower than the other modes.

The plugin also comes with a handful of built-in effects; you can toy with compression, gate, preamp, chorus and bitcrusher effects. Thankfully, every effect has been fine-tuned to avoid latency, meaning you can compress vocals to your heart’s content without fear of delay.

Graillon 3 also offers a few other features to tweak how much pitch-correction is at play. The Snap Min feature allows you to minimise correction, enabling you to preserve some of your natural timbre and vibrato. Formant shifting has also been added, allowing you to scale your formant shifting between 0-100 per cent

While the plugin remains free, there are a few features that can only be accessed through purchasing the Full Edition. This includes a doubler effect, and Pitch-Tracking Modulation to allow precise microtonal adjustments.

Graillon 3 also boasts the same CPU-friendly costs as its predecessors. While it offers up a wider range of features and enhanced voice-changing potential, it still wont slog down your system.

Graillon 3 is free to download at Auburn Sounds. The Full Edition upgrade currently costs $29.

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