Formant-shifting is a vocal production technique that can be heard all over the charts in 2025, from Billie Eilish to Travis Scott. Often confused with pitch-shifting, formant-shifting manipulates the timbre of a vocal while keeping its pitch intact.
Minimal Audio has announced the release of a new free formant-shifting plugin, fittingly – but perhaps a little unimaginatively – named Formant. Promising "real-time formant-shifting with musical, transparent results", Formant is a fast and simple tool for experimenting with different vocal characters in your productions.
