BeatVox: Vocal Percussion from KNOBSTER
Welcome to the world of unique sound with BeatVox – an innovative VST instrument from developer KNOBSTER. This plugin opens up new horizons in music creation, allowing you to integrate captivating and authentic vocal percussion sounds into your compositions. Forget about standard drum samples; BeatVox brings live, human performance directly into your Digital Audio Workstation (DAW).
Vocal percussion is the art of imitating percussion instruments using the voice. From beatboxing to ethnic throat singing, the human voice can create amazing rhythmic patterns and textures. BeatVox masterfully captures this uniqueness, offering a set of high-quality samples that reproduce various percussive sounds performed by voice.
Features and Sound Sets
BeatVox is equipped with several key components that make it a flexible and efficient tool:
- Percussion Kit: Contains about half a dozen different percussive sounds created with the voice. These sounds comply with the General MIDI standard for percussion, making them easily integrated into any music project. They are located on the keyboard in the range from A2 to C#4, covering the basic percussive elements such as “kick,” “snare,” “hi-hat.”
- Chromatic Kits: The plugin also contains two unique chromatic kits based on the vocalization of the phonemes “too” and “poo”. These kits allow you to use vocal sounds not only for rhythm but also for creating melodic lines or more complex, tonal percussive patterns. The working range of these sounds is from G2 to G4, providing plenty of room for creativity.
Quality and Efficiency
BeatVox is designed with an emphasis on quality and performance:
- High-Quality Samples: All sounds are presented in 44.1 kHz/16 bit format, ensuring clarity and crispness of sound, important for professional audio production.
- Drive Control: The integrated Drive control allows you to add saturation and character to vocal percussive sounds. You can use it for a slight signal warm-up or for more intense overload, creating more aggressive or lo-fi textures.
- Low Resource Consumption: The plugin is optimized for efficient operation, minimizing the load on the central processor (CPU). This allows you to use BeatVox even in large projects with many other plugins without the risk of system overload.
Creative Possibilities with BeatVox
Using BeatVox opens up many creative paths. It is ideal for creating unique beats in genres such as hip-hop, R&B, electronic music (especially lo-fi, house, techno). It can also be used in experimental music, film compositions, or to add unusual elements to pop music. The possibility of using chromatic sounds allows you to go beyond simple percussion and integrate vocal elements into the melodic or harmonic structure of a track.
Thanks to the intuitive interface and well-thought-out kit structure, you will be able to quickly master BeatVox and start experimenting with sound. The plugin is available in VST format for the Windows operating system (Win32), making it compatible with most popular DAWs on this platform.
If you are looking for a fresh and original way to add rhythm and unique character to your music, BeatVox from KNOBSTER is an instrument worth trying. It offers quality samples, flexible control options, and low system load, making it a valuable addition to the arsenal of any modern music producer or beatmaker.
