Humanoid - Baby Audio - Official Tutorial

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Create stunningly robotic vocals from any singing performance. Humanoid is an over-the-top pitch corrector designed for instant hard-tuning and radical voice manipulation. With a brand new approach to vocal tuning and phase-vocoding, the plugin transforms singers of any style and ability into their best synthetic selves.
Watch Alex break down Humanoid's key features and show how to build boundary-pushing synthetic vocal sounds with live vocals or pre-recorded tracks.
Humanoid vocal transformer / hard-tuner / pitch corrector / phase vocoder / voice manipulator plugin (VST, AU, AAX).

[@clintlagerberg]

Gahhhhhhh I love Humanoid!! Of course it does synth, vocoder and hard tune effects but it also can be used more subtle. I've been using it to get an incredibly expensive sounding high end on my lead vocals in everything from a pop to country track. If you already have a tuned vocal duplicate that track and put Humanoid on the dupe... Make sure to be in "scale mode" and turn off "key" and have "quantize" turned all the way down. In "Utility" crank the "range" all the way up, "de-ess" to noon, "gate" at 2 o'clock and "smoothing" up to about 80%. From there it's up to you to dial in your SYNTHESIZE and FILTER section to taste. Whatever you do make sure to HPF... I set mine around noon. I also crank the "widen" effect. When you got the sound you want mix it in with your lead vocal to taste

[@BABYAudio-official]

I'm glad you're enjoying it Clint! Thank you for the detailed use-case - I'm going to have to try that myself :).

[@MIRAJADESIGN]

This looks incredibly fun to play with. Also, this is a great walkthrough video! I will be adding this to my arsenal.

[@BABYAudio-official]

Thanks for your feedback and support!

[@GRGE]

Baby Audio never disappoints! ✨

[@diegotandazo8642]

Así tío Grge

[@KS1771]

Superb Video ... But it would have been great to have bypassed to hear the original Vocal .. to hear the before and after Humanoid result :-)

[@BABYAudio-official]

Good call. We have more content planned!

[@dontknow3949]

You can even put auto-tune on a track with humanoid already auto-tuning it and it gives you this super cool futuristic/hyperpop type sound. If you add some distortion too before the autotuning in the chain then it really gives you a crazy vocal effect. Kanye-ish

[@laurentsauvagnac]

great tip thx

[@realdougdouglass]

Damn you guys for making me buy another plugin. I held out for a whole day.

[@he-rosoundz1043]

..I feel U..LOL

[@capbarker]

This looks like so much fun to play with. I'll definitely pick this up soon!

[@dreamstaticsounds]

Okay, I was already sold by the time I got to the part about wave shapes but when you showed the wavetable import, my jaw straight fucking DROPPED! Holy SHIT!

[@FatalExit]

Amazing plugin! Will be grabbing it in July! I've always loved vocoders and more robotic vocals and this seems to dial what you can do in that field up to 11!

[@BABYAudio-official]

Glad you like it!

[@JohnnyLoDown]

I love Baby 'Owdio'! 😉😘😍

[@gjb7966]

nice work, guys! congrats!

[@BABYAudio-official]

Thank you!

[@DICARLOPRODUCTIONS]

SOUNDS GREAT!!!! ANOTHER BRILLIANT BABY AUDIO PRODUCT!!!! :)

[@BABYAudio-official]

Thank you!

[@DICARLOPRODUCTIONS]

@@BABYAudio-official Your welcome!!!! :) I own Spaced Out, Transit, BA-1, and Smooth Operator which are all great plugins. I will probably purchase Humanoid next. :)

[@Iceleben]

Will check it out - as always with Baby Audio Plugs the GUI looks great

[@kimerav]

woa. syth?! i'm a songwriter/vocalist and producing is my weakness... being able to just sing my synth? that's sick.

[@laurentsauvagnac]

amazing. and great presentation, you're going through everything needed, with ease and precision, nevertheless staying clear and straight to the point !!!!!

[@mistervid]

Thanks for the video. The only thing I am missing is the before audio. Would have been interesting to listen with which signals the processor was fed in order to get certain results.

[@BABYAudio-official]

Good call. We have some more content planned with that in mind! Also, there's some videos on our Instagram @ babyaud.io that might be helpful :)

[@DSWL_]

this is a solid plugin 👌 and thanks for not following the same release model as you did with Transit

[@BABYAudio-official]

Thank you for that feedback. We're glad you're liking Humanoid!

[@Otchengazoom]

Excellent 👍 Amazing 🎉

[@gabrielfunes]

It sounds great! although it is similar to iZotope's Vocal Synth 2 I find it easier to get good sounds faster. Until when is the launch discount?

[@BABYAudio-official]

Hey Gabriel! I think you will find Humanoid to be different from Izotope's Vocal Synth. Humanoid's FFT-based re-tuning engine along with many other features set it apart from other vocal effects plugins. The launch discount usually runs for a couple of months!

[@epicsynthwave]

Wow.... so, so cool ! 🤩

[@Meta4kly]

You know you're old in this business when you hear someone say 'traditional pitch-correction plugins' ... traditional? Like, turkey at thanksgiving? Greeaaaat.

[@michaeldeleglise2671]

Love it, a great plugin!🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@BABYAudio-official]

Thank you!

[@illwafer]

alex in his summer outfit.

[@Vivaildi]

I would buy it if you ad a midi conversion from the melodies we create with it ; would be THE thing to make me get this.

[@zechs5079]

Ah man, was hoping for a $49 intro or something similar. $79 is too much when I already have similar alternatives. Understand you’ve gotta make your money, just disappointing for me.

[@hearmenow909]

$79 is the launch discount price.

[@zechs5079]

@@hearmenow909 obviously. Not sure why you thought I didn’t know that when my comment clearly implies that I do know.

[@BABYAudio-official]

Hey! I encourage you to try out Humanoid's trial as we don't believe it directly competes with other plugins on the market.

[@DICARLOPRODUCTIONS]

Yes, $49 would be a better intro price, especially if you own other Baby Audio plugins!!!

[@zechs5079]

@@BABYAudio-official tried it out, not really a fan to be honest. Glad I tried the demo.

[@kazvt]

can you guys add a microtuning feature? for example a way to do this would be to offer offsetting by +50 or -50 cents for each note

[@BABYAudio-official]

Great suggestion. We will keep this in mind!

[@exposada]

@@BABYAudio-official or/or better and: MTS-ESP + MPE, will give a boost to the possibilities for Humanoid. (microtuning via MPE or MTS-ESP...)

[@FloatingBrikAnimations]

Thanks Baby Audio, I'm loving the plugin so far! I just can't figure out how to import midi tracks. I can only select the notes on the midi section, but I would like it to change chords. I've seen people pull it off with Ableton Live, but I don't have that DAW. Is there anyway to pull off importing midi tracks using the Humanoid interface?

[@BABYAudio-official]

We can help you with that. Would you mind writing [e-mail]? Then we'll help you get it to work :)

[@FloatingBrikAnimations]

@@BABYAudio-official Sure thing! Thanks for your help, I will send an email :)

[@rioslatino552]

Looks cool though, however isn't this very similar to the Izotope Vocal synth 2?

[@BABYAudio-official]

Hello! Humanoid's FFT-based retuning engine, unique features, and gripping UI set it apart from other vocal effects and it is not the intention to compete with Izoptope's Vocal Synth. I encourage you to try the demo yourself and I think you will find charm in the unique sound of Humanoid!

[@rioslatino552]

​@@BABYAudio-officiali will defo try it, I mean your plugins are simply amazing and part of my arsenal ❤

[@kevinjackson7539]

I have just about all of their plugins love them but l wonder why the company is called “Baby Audio”

[@BABYAudio-official]

The original idea was that we make "Baby" plugins like the original IHNY, but that has definitely evolved over the years! Also, we just think it has a nice ring to it :D

[@kevinjackson7539]

@@BABYAudio-official Really cool and the original IHNY is on all of my songs

[@beatcookinncleveland]

Sounds like a cross between Auto Tune and a Vocoder

[@d_r_0_0_0_k]

Would be nice feature if the sweepable filter could track the centre frequency of the pitch corrected note.

[@BABYAudio-official]

Nice idea, we will keep that in mind for future updates ;)

[@dontknow3949]

This plugin is fucking dope!!!

[@puckratos9583]

Hello humanoid, I am a big fan. Can I get a free licence ?

[@Hanschr1313]

What is the difference between this and another vocoder plugin? I can't see or hear the difference.

[@BABYAudio-official]

Humanoid has a FFT-based retuning engine, synthesis, and many other built-in features and effects that set it apart from a traditional vocoder. I suggest checking out the product page for more detailed information and trying it out for yourself with a free trial :)

[@RayTheProducer]

Yup. I want.

[@harryolive1853]

can you build a vst "sample a voice and let it sing my lyrics" ? 🙃

[@afrequencyinyou]

ooweee im gonna check out the demo... & for latest mac?

[@BABYAudio-official]

Yes!

[@afrequencyinyou]

@@BABYAudio-official #dope!

[@10julesmusic]

How do you set it up in Ableton 12 so that the plug in is triggered by a midi keyboard? I'm guessing that you need to two tracks, one for the midi triggering and and an Audio track - but its not clear in the manual how the two tracks link or which track needs the plug in . - I'm thinking in terms of live performance context etc

[@BABYAudio-official]

You need a blank MIDI track (with no instruments/effects) that outputs to your audio track and also to Humanoid - which will be a selection after you output to that audio track. If you need further help, contact our support! [e-mail]

[@10julesmusic]

Ah lovely! (that makes sense now) I was close but no cigar. Thanks for a fast response!

[@MichaelBriggs3]

Very disappointed that the lowest latency setting is 2,313 samples so this cannot be used live in real-time. I hope Baby can fix this and get it under 128 samples. Was very excited about this until I found that out.

[@BABYAudio-official]

We hear you! At the current latency, Humanoid is actually still lower than similar plugins in their regular modes (i.e. non-low latency modes). So for mixing / production, we believe it's at an acceptable level. Humanoid's main purpose is for mixing/production. And we definitely recommend that you try the demo first if you want to use it live! Having said that: One thing on the drawing board for us right now is to see if we can make a proper live-mode so the plugin can be used by singers in realtime. Hopefully we can bring that out with one of the next updates! Until then you will hopefully see a use for Humanoid as a mix tool at least :) That's the main purpose of the plugin.

[@MichaelBriggs3]

@@BABYAudio-official Thanks for the reply. I really hope you can make a proper low latency mode with under 128 samples asap so I can use this live.

[@BABYAudio-official]

@@MichaelBriggs3 On it :)

[@ultracello]

Looking forward for a live mode!

[@hexbenjamin]

1:50 do you mean Escalator? (im only ever gonna call them Robotic Staircase now)

[@BABYAudio-official]

Haha!

[@Kitkai_kitkai]

Wish there was a pedal with these features..

[@abcdubeatmaking]

It's realy à Nice tools 🤩

[@tektonix6718]

i am having issue with humanoid it is making some type of stuttering every 5 seconds im currently just wanting to play around with the plugin so i instaled the trial version is there a way to fix it?

[@BABYAudio-official]

Hey! Please reach out to our support team and they will be able to assist you. [e-mail]

[@jaydurmac]

When does the sale price end?

[@aex2170]

How compared with Voice Designer included in Steinberg Nuendo? Thanks.

[@BABYAudio-official]

You can download the free trial here: babyaud.io/humanoid

[@_B_E_A_D_G_C]

Wonder if this can be used for instrument tracks as well (like a vocoder) 🤔

[@HyperNova137]

Of course -- you're just running audio into it, and it doesn't matter what that audio is... Although some sources will obviously sound better (or worse) than others.

[@BABYAudio-official]

You can route MIDI to Humanoid for that vocoding effect!

[@_B_E_A_D_G_C]

@@BABYAudio-official nice!

[@Pauluz_The_Web_Gnome]

Got it!

[@BABYAudio-official]

Let's gooo!

[@Septeemberpain]

Is there a fully functional free demo trial?

[@BABYAudio-official]

Yes, you can download it here: babyaud.io/free-trials

[@albshore8]

Somebody needs a De esser plugin😏☺.

[@seventfour9247]

IPadOS on the roadmap?

[@BABYAudio-official]

Yes! No timeline but it is in our plans.

[@seventfour9247]

@@BABYAudio-official :) nice. Love crystalline

[@nofood1]

Yea that’s crazy

[@TheyCallMeDJYT]

Love the plugin but just got it to use and it's just outputting random pops and glitch noise for some reason? I don't know if it's a problem in just FL Studio or not but anyone able to help? :)

[@BABYAudio-official]

Maybe check your buffer size. Email our support and they will be able to help you further: support@babyaudio

[@TheyCallMeDJYT]

@@BABYAudio-official Thank you!

[@BABYAudio-official]

Just a follow up, we're actually familiar with this issue. It's a bug that affects some FL Studio users. We've just been able to fix it now and will push the update ASAP. Stay tuned!

[@martinbreeson9637]

Does it export midi? It would be great if it does.

[@BABYAudio-official]

Humanoid doesn't export MIDI, you can send MIDI to Humanoid though! I suggest trying out the free trial on our site so you can see why :)

[@lX-NDR]

Make a granular plugin!

[@vout23]

SonicCharge Bitspeek on steroids

[@neilmacmusic]

need Before / After! also a little out of price range at $79

[@BABYAudio-official]

We are working on more videos for Humanoid. Also, you can find some extra content on our Instagram @ babyaud.io! We believe Humanoid to be a premium product with a lot of features that make it our deepest product to date. I encourage you to try the free trial and see how you like it :)

[@neilmacmusic]

@@BABYAudio-official thankyou for the reply! have downloaded the trial

[@michaelbulls5872]

Anyone who also works with 'Harmony' by Antares and can make a comparison?

[@basedecho2731]

How can I get midi mode to work in logic??

[@BABYAudio-official]

You have to load an instrument track in logic. Instead of choosing an instrument, you go all the way down and select "midi controlled effect", then pick Humanoid. Now you can add a midi clip to the track Humanoid is on and send a vocal input into the track via sidechain.

[@basedecho2731]

@@BABYAudio-official Got it working thank you so much! Loving this plugin

[@BABYAudio-official]

@@basedecho2731 Glad to hear it!

[@wouterdesmedt1736]

I can see how this would be very interesting for anyone needing a one-stop-vocal-tuning plugin. But the extra eq, utility and FX sections look a bit limited and I don't feel it adds anything that other plugins, before or after this one, couldn't do better and with more control. Makes it way too expensive for me. I'll just stick with Little Alterboy.

[@BABYAudio-official]

To keep the interface simple, we've hidden extra settings when clicking the "gear" icons on each parameter to give the user more control. We offer a free trial on our website I encourage you to try it as I think you will find a unique sound from Humanoid over the other plugins you mentioned, though, Humanoid isn't meant to compete with those. There are over 180 presets to help you get started experimenting :)

[@wouterdesmedt1736]

@@BABYAudio-official Well I don't rely on vocal tuning as an effect in my productions, and only use it occasionally - and often more as a joke. So for me this plugin is way too expensive to justify the purchase.

[@BABYAudio-official]

@@wouterdesmedt1736 Understood! Vocal tuning is only a part of Humanoid that can be turned off. You can use Humanoid as a harmony creator, vocoder, and many other effects. We plan to make some more videos on its application but there are a lot of resources out there plus a new sound examples video on our channel too :). You can check out the free trial as well.

[@anyoneanyone28]

This just killed the whole auto-tune suite!

[@abletonclipper16]

Anyone compared this to Vocodine?

[@BABYAudio-official]

Humanoid isn't meant to directly compete with other Vocoder plugins as it offers other features such as its FFT-based retuning engine, effects, and the synthesize module allowing for a multitude of different possibilities. You can try the free trial on our site as long as you'd like to make up your mind! :)

[@ardivrans6401]

how to buy

[@BABYAudio-official]

Hey! You can buy it directly from our website here: babyaud.io/humanoid

[@nomoresaul]

4th?

[@SolidtraxNL]

11th!

[@Sinevibes]

@@SolidtraxNL 16th

[@SolidtraxNL]

@@Sinevibes haha!

[@markstephenson9280]

Christ mumble rap is going to get even worse

[@MorganYTHaha]

Christ invented it, never forget

[@AfterNothingsEnd]

💯

[@cellardoreproductions]

😂

[@lukather1]

I don’t think it can !

[@TWTNWmusic]

boohoo

[@secondstone4968]

iPad Pro ??????????????????????????????????🤑💸💸💸💸

[@BABYAudio-official]

We plan on it!

[@tobytodelafontena]

First.

[@BABYAudio-official]

Second!

[@JohnnyVbeats]

bad sound quality plugin, very average just like everything BA.