Arturia Augmented Voices 2.0.2 for macOS

If you've spent time with Arturia's Augmented series of instruments, you already know the drill. Augmented Voices takes that same thinking—layering acoustic recordings with deep synthesis—and points it squarely at the human voice. It's not a phrase library you simply trigger; it's two sound sources per layer, with a macro panel that lets you shape the space between a breath and a pad.

The Mac build clocks in around 4.84 GB and runs natively on both Apple Silicon and 64-bit Intel machines, needing macOS 11.0 or later. You can fire it up standalone for late-night sound design sessions or drop it into your DAW as a plug-in. More than fifty vocal articulations are tucked inside, but the real character comes from blending them with the synth engine—morphing a whispered syllable into something that sits in a mix like a soft synth would.

Two layers, each holding a pair of sound sources, plus a set of straightforward macro controls on the front panel. You're not menu-diving; you're grabbing faders and hearing what a sample does when you push it through a different set of circuits. Bottom line: it's built for people who want the character of a voice without writing a vocal chart.

Not a virtual singer

The first thing most folks want to know is whether this replaces a singer. It doesn't — it's an instrument, not a phrase builder for lyrics. You play it from a keyboard or draw notes in your DAW, and the articulations give you vowel shapes, breaths, and textures rather than words. The second question is usually about CPU load. With two layers and four engines running, an older Intel Mac will feel it sooner than an M-series machine, but the macro panel keeps you from stacking effects you don't need.

People also ask if it works alone. Yes — the standalone app opens without a DAW, which is handy for auditioning sounds before you commit to a session. And if you already own other Arturia instruments, the preset browsing feels familiar, so there's no learning curve just to find a starting point.

Same layout as Augmented Strings

Augmented Voices sits comfortably beside other instruments in the Augmented series, so if you've built muscle memory with Augmented Strings or Grand Piano, the layout translates. In a DAW it shows up as Audio Unit, VST, AAX, or NKS, which means it slots into Logic, Ableton, Pro Tools, and Komplete Kontrol without extra routing. The arpeggiator and modulation in the advanced panel play nicely with tempo-synced projects, and since the instrument responds to MIDI CC, you can map the Morph control to a fader on your controller and ride it live while recording.

One workflow worth trying: run the standalone version next to a hardware synth, send MIDI from the same keyboard, and use the standalone app as a quick sketchpad before dragging the plug-in into your session later.

• macOS 11.0 or later
• Apple Silicon or 64-bit Intel processor
• 4.84 GB of free disk space