LevitatorEthereal vocal effect · a detuned halo, an echo into a long hall, an octave shimmer
The only ethereal vocal effect you'll ever need to make any voice float.
The dreamy, floating vocal in one insert: a soft halo of detuned copies, an echo on the beat blooming into a long hall, and an octave shimmer in the tail, all stepping back under the words so every line stays clear. Zero latency, every preset level-matched.
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Formats and DAWs
Windows 10 and 11 (64-bit): VST3 and AAX
macOS 11 or later: VST3, AU and AAX
Works in any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins.
Licence
Use it on up to five of your own computers per copy you buy. Yours for good, no subscription. Unlock it with your email and a six-digit code, no dongle and no password. It checks in now and then and works offline in between.
Delivery
Download links by email within about five minutes, and always in your account under Downloads.
Hear the difference
The same dry vocal, without and with Levitator.
Dry vocal, made ethereal
A dry, breathy female bedroom-pop lead · Init (a 6 s hall, a soft halo, quarter-note echo)
The delay verb
A dry male sung verse · a Delay Verb preset (a quarter-note echo into the hall)
Choir of one
A dry female pop chorus · Layers / Choir of One (many detuned layers, a long hall)
Octave shimmer
A dry female vocal bridge · Shimmer / Octave Heaven (an octave-up tail)
Hazy dream pop
A dry, breathy female bedroom-pop hook · Space / Hazy Dream Pop (the voice slightly buried)
Every clip is level-matched, so the difference you hear is tone, not volume.
Levitator in action
Why Levitator
A whole vocal chain, one insert
The ethereal sound takes a doubler, a chorus, a delay, a reverb, a shimmer and a ducker on an aux. Levitator is all of it, already balanced, on one page.
Floats, but stays clear
The hall, the echo and the shimmer step back while you sing and bloom between the lines, so the voice floats without the words washing away.
Two knobs to heaven
SPACE sets how long the hall rings, HALO how wide and soft the voice spreads. ECHO, SHIMMER and SYNC finish it, and MIX sets how far back it sits.
Space. Halo.
Two big knobs do the work: how long the hall rings around the voice, and how wide and soft its detuned halo spreads.
- VST3 · AU · AAX
- Windows and macOS
- 0 ms latency
- 12 presets
The ethereal vocal effect
- A soft halo. Two detuned copies hard left and right, 5 to 12 cents, with chorus and air.
- The delay into reverb. An echo on the beat blooming into a hall up to 8 seconds long.
- An octave of light. SHIMMER climbs the tail an octave at a time.
- Clear words. The space ducks under the voice and blooms in the gaps; zero latency.
- SPACE (a 1.2 to 8 s hall, pre-delay 60 to 30 ms), HALO (off to level with the voice, 5 to 12 cents), ECHO and SHIMMER.
- SYNC (1/8, 1/8D, 1/4, 1/4D, 1/2 at your tempo, or FREE) and TIME (300 to 800 ms).
- MIX, IN and OUT with meters, and ENGAGE; the dry vocal stays untouched.
- 12 factory presets and your own preset files; A/B, undo and redo, MIDI Learn on every control; a window from 75 to 200 %; the full manual.
SHIMMER
An octave of light in the tail.
Turn SHIMMER up and the hall climbs an octave, then another: the angelic tail, from a faint sheen to a bright stack of octaves.
What Levitator does
Every control has one job: the floating vocal you hear in your head, faster.
SPACE
From a close float to an endless hall
A smooth concert hall from about 1.2 to 8 seconds, 6 seconds by default, with the pre-delay shrinking from 60 to 30 ms as it grows so the words still come through first.
HALO
One voice, softly multiplied
Two detuned copies hard left and right, drifting 5 to 12 cents sharp and flat, with a gentle chorus and air on top. Off at 0 %, 9 dB under the voice by default, level with it at 100 %.
ECHO
The delay into reverb, built in
An echo on the beat that blooms into the hall: ECHO sets how much of the hall it feeds and how long it repeats, each repeat a little softer.
SYNC and TIME
Echoes on the beat
1/8, 1/8D, 1/4, 1/4D or 1/2 at your session's tempo, or FREE with TIME from 300 to 800 ms.
SHIMMER
An octave of light
The hall shifted up an octave and fed back, so the tail climbs: a faint sheen by default, a bright stack of octaves at 100 %.
Clear words, always
The space ducks under the voice
Your dry vocal pulls the hall, echo and shimmer down about 5 to 6 dB while you sing, and they bloom in the gaps. It follows the vocal's level, so quiet and loud takes duck alike.
MIX
From a hint to fully buried
The voice against the effect, equal power. 35 % keeps the vocal in front; turn it up to tuck the voice into the haze. The dry vocal is never touched.
Level-matched
Judge the sound, not the volume
The effect is level-matched to the dry vocal at every setting, and every preset sits within 0.7 LU of it.
12 sourced presets
Start from settings that work
The delay into reverb, a choir of one, a reverb-drenched falsetto, a wide halo, an octave tail, hazy dream pop, long ambient echoes and three hall lengths.
IN and OUT
Gain where you need it
Input and output gain, -24 to +24 dB, with level meters on both.
Zero latency
Sing through it live
Every part answers on the first sample, at any setting or sample rate.
A face that moves
See the voice float
The wisps brighten with the halo, the cloud pulses with each echo and the plume glows with the output. It rests when you bypass.
Inside the plugin
The Levitator window: two big knobs, the echo and the shimmer, SYNC and MIX.
Every feature
Everything in Levitator, down to the smallest switch.
35 features
The float
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SPACE
A smooth hall from 1.2 to 8 seconds, with pre-delay that shrinks as it grows
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HALO
Two detuned copies, 5 to 12 cents, hard left and right, with chorus and air
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ECHO
An echo that blooms into the hall, from a hint to long repeats
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SYNC
1/8, 1/8D, 1/4, 1/4D or 1/2 at your session's tempo
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FREE and TIME
Echoes from 300 to 800 ms, whatever the tempo
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SHIMMER
An octave-up glow that climbs in the tail
Clarity and mix
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Built-in duck
The space steps back under the words and blooms in the gaps
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MIX
The voice against the effect, equal power; 35 % by default
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Untouched dry vocal
The lead stays centred and clean in front
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Level-matched
Every setting and preset level with the dry vocal
Workflow and control
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A/B compare and A>B
Two complete settings, switch in one click
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Undo and redo
Step back and forward, or press Ctrl+Z
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MIDI Learn
Take complete control of your workflow: right-click any control, move a knob
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Host automation
Automate every control from your DAW
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ENGAGE
Click-free bypass, to hear the before and after
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IN and OUT meters
See the level going in and coming out at a glance
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Tooltips
Every control explains itself as you point at it
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Resizable window
75 to 200 %, and the size you pick is remembered
Presets
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12 factory presets
Starting points built from real settings producers use
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Previous and next arrows
Audition presets one click at a time
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Save your own
Keep your settings as .etherealvocalspreset preset files
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Open presets folder
Back up or share your presets in one click
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Reset to default
Back to a clean start in one step
Performance
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Zero latency
Sing and track through it live
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Mono or stereo
On a mono vocal, a stereo stack or a bus
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Long tails reported
Your bounce includes the whole tail
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Audio-reactive face
The sky's wisps, cloud and plume move with the sound
Licence and compatibility
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VST3 and AAX, Windows 7 SP1 or later
Loads in any 64-bit Windows DAW with VST3 or AAX
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VST3, AU and AAX, macOS 10.13 or later
Loads in any Mac DAW with VST3, AU or AAX, Intel or ARM
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5 computers per copy
Studio, laptop and more on one licence
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Email and code unlock
No dongle, no password, no extra app
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Works offline
No internet needed between check-ins
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Check for updates
From the plugin's menu; nothing installs without asking
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Lifetime updates
Every future update included
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Platinum priority support
Questions answered by the people who build it
How Levitator compares
The whole ethereal vocal chain in one insert, already balanced.
| Levitator | Typical ethereal vocal plugins | |
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| The chain | Copies, chorus, echo, hall, shimmer and duck in one insert | A reverb; the rest is up to you |
| The halo | Detuned copies built in, 5 to 12 cents | Often missing |
| Delay into reverb | ECHO, on the beat, already routed into the hall | A separate delay, routed by hand |
| Clear words | The space ducks under the voice automatically | A sidechain compressor to set up |
| Level | Matched to the dry vocal at every setting | Louder with every turn of the mix |
| Latency | 0 ms | Often some, from pitch shifting |
| Try-and-compare | A/B, A>B, undo and redo | Often missing |
| Hardware control | MIDI Learn on every control | Often host automation only |
| Licence | 5 computers per copy, no dongle, works offline | Often fewer activations, or a dongle |
| Updates | Lifetime updates included | Often paid upgrades |
"Typical" describes what we commonly see in this category; it does not describe any particular product. Levitator facts are from the plugin and its manual, October 2026.
What you get
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Specs and system requirements
- Formats
- VST3 and AAX on Windows; VST3, AU and AAX on macOS
- Operating system
- Windows 7 SP1 or later, 64-bit; macOS 10.13 or later, universal (Intel and ARM)
- Host
- Any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins
- Channels
- Mono or stereo
- Sample rates
- Whatever your session runs at
- Latency
- 0 samples, at every setting and sample rate
- Hall
- 1.2 to 8 s (6 s by default), pre-delay 60 to 30 ms
- Halo
- Two copies hard left and right, 5 to 12 cents, off to level with the voice
- Echo
- 1/8, 1/8D, 1/4, 1/4D, 1/2 at the host tempo, or 300 to 800 ms free
- Shimmer
- An octave up, fed back, off to full
- Duck
- Fixed, keyed by the dry vocal: about 5 to 6 dB while singing
- Presets
- 12 factory presets; your own as .etherealvocalspreset files
- Tail
- Reported to your DAW: up to 12 s
- CPU
- About 11 % of one core at 48 kHz (more at 44.1 kHz)
- Window
- 960 x 600 at 100 %, resizable from 75 to 200 %
- MIDI
- MIDI Learn from any controller routed to the track
- Licence
- 5 computers per copy you buy. Unlock with your email and a code we email you. Checks in now and then and works offline in between.
- Internet
- Needed once to unlock, then for the occasional check-in
90Day money-back guarantee
Our guarantee
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90-day money-back guarantee
Not for you? Email contact@voxsamples.com within 90 days for a full refund.
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5 computers per copy
Use it on up to five of your own computers per copy you buy, and move it yourself from the plugin's Licence menu.
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Lifetime updates
Every future update and upgrade of Levitator, included.
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Platinum priority support
A real person at contact@voxsamples.com, first in line.
Try Levitator free
The whole plugin, with the same sound as the full version and no time limit. It goes silent for a moment every few seconds; the full version never does.
Windows and macOS installers in one download. Like what you hear? Get the full version on this page, with a 90-day money-back guarantee.
Questions
How do I make vocals sound ethereal?
Insert Levitator on a dry vocal: Init is already the classic ethereal chain, a soft detuned halo, a quarter-note echo into a 6-second hall and a faint octave shimmer. Turn SPACE for the hall's length, HALO for the width, and MIX for how far back the voice sits.
Will it wash out my vocal?
No. The space ducks about 5 to 6 dB while you sing and blooms in the gaps, the dry vocal stays centred and untouched, and the default MIX keeps the voice in front.
Can I get the delay-into-reverb sound?
Yes. ECHO feeds an echo on the beat into the hall; Delay Verb / Morning Phase and Delay Verb / Thorp Aux are set up for it, and SYNC picks the note.
Does it follow my song's tempo?
Yes. With SYNC on 1/8, 1/8D, 1/4, 1/4D or 1/2 the echo follows your session's tempo; FREE lets you set it in milliseconds with TIME.
Can I use it live?
Yes. It adds no latency at any setting, so you can sing through it in real time.
Does it work in my DAW?
Any 64-bit DAW that loads VST3, AU or AAX plug-ins, on Windows 7 SP1 or later or macOS 10.13 or later. There is no standalone app.
How many computers can I use it on?
Up to five of your own for each copy you buy. To move it, deactivate it in the plugin on the old computer and unlock it on the new one.
Does it need the internet?
Once, to unlock it with the code we email you. After that it checks in now and then and works offline in between.
Is there a manual?
Yes. The full manual explains every control, every preset and the menus, with tips. It opens from the help key (?) in the plugin's top bar, and lives at https://voxsamples.com/levitator-ethereal-vocal-effect-manual.
What if it's not for me?
Request a refund from your account within 90 days.
Founder's Story
"When COVID hit, I finally had time to dive into music production—only to discover I was missing the right tools. The plugins I tried were clunky, overloaded with unnecessary features, and killed my vibe with endless tweaking. I knew there had to be a better way.
So, with my engineering background, I started making free and simple audio plugins for my producer friends. They loved them! That’s when I set out on a mission to create plugins that save you time, streamline your workflow, and keep your creativity flowing."
- Ryan Svensson (Founder & CEO)
Every voice can float. One insert.
A soft halo, an echo blooming into a long hall and an octave shimmer, ducked under the words, at zero latency.
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