PitchForge

PitchForge is a pitch correction suite for vocals, bass and lead lines: three plugins that tune in real time, listen to your whole song, and turn your singing into MIDI. From a natural touch-up to the hard robotic effect, offline, with no account. $69 launch price (reg. $89). One-time license, no subscription.

Windows 10/11, 64-bit: VST3 and Standalone apps, signed installer. macOS 11 or later: VST3 and AU, universal for Apple Silicon and Intel. Try the free demo: everything works in 25-minute sessions; exporting needs a license.

Three plugins, one license.

PitchForge goes on the vocal and tunes it. PitchForge Song Listener goes on your master bus, listens to the whole song, and tells PitchForge the key and the chord playing right now, with no routing to set up. PitchForge Voice MIDI lets your voice play a synth. One purchase, all three, one installer.

Pitch correction that starts natural.

Drop PitchForge on a track and it works with zero setup: chromatic snap to the nearest note at a natural speed. Then dial it in. Set the key and scale (major, minor, harmonic minor, Dorian, Mixolydian, major and minor pentatonic, blues), tell it what it is hearing (vocal, bass, or lead and instrument), and move two knobs: Amount for how far it pulls, Speed for how fast, from slow and human to the hard robotic snap. Keep vocal character is on by default. Short on time? The style presets (Natural, Standard, Gentle, Hard snap and Robot) get you close in one click.

Auto Key and the Song Listener.

Don't know the key? Auto Key works it out from your own singing, on your machine, offline. Want PitchForge to follow the record instead? Put the Song Listener on the master and it hears the song, works out the key and the current chord, and passes them straight to PitchForge. No sidechains, no guessing, no typing chords into a box.

Sing to MIDI.

Switch on Voice MIDI, sing the melody in your head, and drag the MIDI clip straight into your piano roll. Snap MIDI to the song or key keeps the notes in tune with your track, or switch it off for the raw pitch. A GATE threshold keeps quiet breaths and room noise out of your MIDI, and Record MIDI captures the take. Sing a lead, sketch a hook, get it down before it leaves your head.

Two engines, lined up.

Best quality for the cleanest result, Low latency for when you are tracking and need to hear yourself in time. Either way PitchForge reports its latency to your DAW sample for sample, so the tuned vocal stays lined up with the beat.

One note at a time, said plainly.

PitchForge tunes one note at a time. That makes it right for lead vocals, bass, lead synths, sax and even whistling, and the wrong tool for chords or a full mix. We would rather tell you here than in a refund email.

Specs

• Suite: PitchForge, PitchForge Song Listener and PitchForge Voice MIDI, one license
• Format: VST3 (Windows and macOS), AU (macOS), Standalone apps (Windows)
• Windows: 10 / 11, 64-bit, signed installer
• macOS: 11 or later, universal (Apple Silicon and Intel)
• Hosts: FL Studio, Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, Studio One, REAPER, Bitwig and other VST3 or AU hosts. No AAX (Pro Tools).
• Sources: monophonic vocal, bass, or lead and instrument
• Scales: chromatic, major, minor, harmonic minor, Dorian, Mixolydian, major pentatonic, minor pentatonic, blues
• Controls: Key, Scale, Amount, Speed, Input, Keep vocal character, Auto Key, Tune to song, 5 style presets
• Engines: Best quality and Low latency, latency reported to your DAW
• MIDI: Voice MIDI drag-out clips, snap to song or key, gate, Record MIDI
• Demo: free download, same installer, 25-minute sessions with tuning, the Song Listener and live Voice MIDI; dragging recorded MIDI out needs a license
• License: one-time purchase, one license for Mac and Windows (up to 3 of your own computers), offline activation with a license key, no account required
• Delivery: license key emailed after checkout with your download links

FAQ

Does PitchForge work in my DAW?
On Windows, any VST3 host: FL Studio, Ableton Live, Cubase, Studio One, REAPER, Bitwig and the rest. On a Mac, VST3 for those same DAWs and AU for Logic Pro.

Can I play a synth live with my voice?
Yes, in most DAWs. In Logic Pro, put PitchForge Voice MIDI in the MIDI FX slot of a software instrument track. In FL Studio, put it on the synth's channel and wire its MIDI out to the synth with Patcher. REAPER, Bitwig, Studio One and Cubase route its MIDI to any instrument track. In Ableton Live and GarageBand, use Record MIDI: sing it, drag the clip onto your synth track, done.

Is there a Mac version?
Yes. Universal VST3 and AU for Apple Silicon and Intel, macOS 11 or later. The Mac build is not notarized by Apple yet, so macOS asks you to approve it one time under System Settings > Privacy & Security > Open Anyway. After that it loads like any other plugin. Step by step on the Support page.

Is this a subscription?
No. Pay once, own the license. No account, no recurring charge, nothing that expires.

Does one license cover Mac and Windows?
Yes. One purchase, one key: use it on your Mac and your PC, up to 3 computers of your own.

How does activation work? Does it need the internet?
No internet, ever. Your key activates offline, and PitchForge does all its listening on your machine. Nothing is uploaded.

Can I use the tuned vocals commercially?
Yes. Everything you tune, and every MIDI clip you sing, is yours, royalty-free, in any release.