Antares Auto-Tune Slice

What Auto-Tune Slice Is For

Auto-Tune Slice is designed to play the voice like an instrument and give new life to any sample. Whereas a traditional sampler often limits itself to triggering audio segments, Slice aims for an immediately musical result: you slice a phrase, a sustained note, an ad-lib, a choir, or a texture, then replay it on a keyboard or pads to create melodies, harmonies, hooks, and rhythmic patterns. It is intended for Pop, Hip-Hop, RnB, Electro, and Indie producers as well as sound designers who want to quickly generate organic variations from a vocal source.

Optimized for vocals, the engine remains very effective on beats, percussion, guitars, synths, pianos, or field recordings: any audio that can be sliced and replayed can become creative material. The result is ideal for creating "chopped" choruses, vocal leads, granular textures, rhythmic gimmicks, or transforming a raw take into a complete arrangement without multiplying tracks and processing.

Main Features

Automatic slicing and advanced transient detection

Slice analyzes your audio and proposes an automatic slicing based on transients to obtain coherent slices for playing. On vocals, this allows easier separation of syllables, attacks, and useful breaths while maintaining intelligibility. You save considerable editing time and move faster to the most important phase: performance and arrangement.

A playable instrument, instantly mapped

Once the sample is loaded and sliced, Slice converts your material into a playable instrument and automatically maps it to your MIDI controller. You can thus interpret the voice as a lead, chopped pad, percussive element, or harmonic pattern. This approach encourages a "play first" workflow: you explore ideas on the keyboard, capture a performance, then refine afterwards, instead of spending hours moving audio fragments with the mouse.

Creative rearrangement of slices

You can play the slices in order to reconstruct the phrase, or conversely rearrange them to generate new formulas. This logic is perfect for creating variations: responses and counter-melodies, controlled repetitions, stutters, fills, syncopated patterns, or collage effects that transform a single take into a multitude of lines. It is also an excellent way to "prototype" choruses and top-lines starting from an existing recording.

Vocal presets and inspirational content

Auto-Tune Slice includes a library of vocal presets and samples designed for inspiration and fast production. The goal is to speed up your workflow: load content, play, find an idea, then replace it with your own takes if needed. This library is particularly suited to modern productions where the voice becomes a rhythmic and melodic element in its own right, just like a synth or solo instrument.

Studio versatility: vocals, instruments, and beats

Although the tool is voice-oriented, its use is broad: on a guitar, Slice can generate "chopped" riffs and ostinatos; on a piano, it allows quick repetitions and rearrangements; on a drum loop, it opens the door to instant re-grooves and variations. This versatility makes it a relevant plugin in composition, sound design, and production, whether you work from home recordings, stems, or samples.

Technical specifications

Type

Full software

Downloadable

Yes

License validity	unlimited	Windows	from 10 (64-bit)
Simultaneous activation	2	Mac OS	from 11 (64-bit)