Synchro Arts VocAlign Ultra
After a major overhaul, is Synchro Arts’ VocAlign still an essential part of the vocal producer’s toolkit?
The raison d’être of Synchro Arts’ VocAlign is simple: to match timing between vocal recordings. Originally, it was an offline Pro Tools plug‑in targeted at post‑production tasks such as ADR (automated dialogue replacement). Over the years, it’s been made available in other formats, and is widely used for sung vocals as well as instrumental sources. Its makers now estimate that 80 percent of VocAlign users are music producers.
Synchro Arts also offer the standalone Revoice Pro, which includes all of VocAlign’s functionality plus detailed pitch‑correction, the ability to create fake double parts, and much more. Over the years, new features have tended to make their appearance in Revoice Pro; the VocAlign feature set has remained simpler, to retain the emphasis on speed and efficiency. Now, though, Synchro Arts have embarked on a