Waves Tune Realtime Free Better [ ESSENTIAL ]

The Verdict: The Old School Workhorse

Before Waves Tune Real-Time became ubiquitous, there was GSnap. It has been around for over a decade, and it is still completely free. waves tune realtime free better

Waves Tune forces you to hear 100% correction. To make your free solution sound better than Waves, do this: The Verdict: The Old School Workhorse Before Waves

If you type "waves tune realtime free better" into Google, the top result should be Auburn Sounds Graillon 2. The free version of Graillon 2 is almost embarrassingly powerful. Why it wins: Graillon 2 handles microphone bleed

Why it wins: Graillon 2 handles microphone bleed and noisy live recordings better than Waves. Waves tends to "chase" background noise, creating weird pitch spikes. Graillon stays locked.

Download: Auburn Sounds website (Graillon 2 Free).

Waves Tune Realtime has a "Retune Vibrato" knob. Turn it off. Let the singer's natural vibrato stay untouched. If you leave it on, you get a weird, slow "LFO" sound that no professional mixer wants to hear.