Vocal plugin · AU · VST3 · CLAP
JBT Vox
The whole vocal chain in one plugin. From a whisper to vocal fry.
JBT Vox combines vocal processing, scream distortion, harmonies, doubles, delay and reverb in one window, built for metalcore, nu metal, post-hardcore, pop punk, emo and punk. Load a preset and the chain is set up the way the style is usually mixed.
Planned price: €29 for the first 4 weeks, €49 after that.
Screenshots
Three pages: Voice · FX · Mix
Voice
How the voice itself sounds: tuning, dynamics, drive, scream, octaves, formant and lo-fi.
FX
What gets added: harmonies, doubles, modulation, synth, stutter, delay and reverb.
Mix
How it sits in the song: EQ, compressor, de-esser, stereo width, mono low end and output.
Features
Your chain, your order
Eight stages (De-Esser, Smooth, Rider, Comp, EQ, Warmth, Scream, Lo-Fi) in any order by drag and drop, each one switchable on and off without clicks.
Pitch correction
Key and scale, retune, flex tune, vibrato and transpose, a hard-tune mode and automatic key detection (DETECT/APPLY).
Harmonies
Four harmony voices with key-aware interval, pan, formant and glide on their own bus, plus octave down/up and formant.
Doubles
Four doubles with level, pan, detune, delay and humanize.
Scream engine
Rasp, Fuzz, Crunch and Bit, plus Warmth (Tape, Tube, Clip) and Lo-Fi (Telephone, Radio, Megaphone). The level stays stable even when you crank it.
Dynamics
Gate, breath control, vocal rider, de-esser, Smooth as a dynamic resonance tamer and a compressor with transfer curve, GR meter, sidechain HPF and parallel mix.
Modulation & synth
Chorus, flanger, Choir (six voices from one), rotary, tempo-synced stutter and a voice synth that follows the sung pitch.
Delay & reverb
Ping-pong delay (Digital, Analog, Tape) in song tempo, reverb (Hall, Room, Plate, Spring) with shimmer and pre-delay, ducking and throws.
Auto gain
Keeps every preset at the level of the input. Measured on real vocals, all 34 presets are within ±0.3 LU. So you compare sound, not loudness.
Low latency
A 0 ms mode for recording and live use. Otherwise about 44 ms at 48 kHz, reported to the host.
Help for every control
A help line explains every control as soon as the mouse hovers over it. The whole interface is in English.
Built in Rust
Real-time safe with no memory allocation on the audio thread, backed by around 90 automated measurement tests for level, click-free switching, pitch and latency.
System requirements
- Formats
- Audio Unit (AUv2), VST3, CLAP
- System
- macOS 11 or later, Apple Silicon and Intel (Universal)
- Tested
- Logic Pro on Apple Silicon
- Channels
- Mono → mono, mono → stereo, stereo → stereo
- Latency
- about 44 ms at 48 kHz (reported to the host), 0 ms in low-latency mode
- Presets
- 34 in Vocals, Screams, Distortion, Space, Modulation and FX
- Not yet
- Windows, Linux, AAX (Pro Tools)
FAQ
Does it work for clean vocals too?
Yes. Nine presets are clean vocal chains, from an intimate verse to a stacked chorus with harmonies. Distortion and screams are separate stages that you switch on when you need them.
Can I record live through the plugin?
With low-latency mode. It runs at 0 ms and switches off the functions that need look-ahead: pitch correction, transpose, formant, harmonies and octaves.
Is the scream real or a filter?
It is a distortion tuned for the voice: four types (Rasp, Fuzz, Crunch, Bit) with drive and blend, anywhere in the chain. It gives a real scream or shout more bite. It does not turn a quiet clean line into a scream.
Which DAWs are supported?
Any macOS host that loads Audio Units, VST3 or CLAP, such as Logic Pro, GarageBand, Cubase, Ableton Live, Reaper and Bitwig. The plugin is tested in Logic Pro.