# Performative

> Real-time pitch correction you can sing through. VST3 for Windows and macOS.
> $199, one time, no subscription. Built by Performative Labs.

Performative corrects pitch in real time at latency built for the monitor
chain. It moves the note and leaves the rest of the take alone.

This file is the machine-readable version of https://performativelabs.com/ —
same facts, no layout. Last updated 2026-08-01.

## Latency

Measured end-to-end against the dry take at 44.1, 48 and 96 kHz and three
retune speeds; the figures held across every combination. Notes below a mode's
floor pass through untouched.

| Mode  | Latency | Tracks down to |
|-------|---------|----------------|
| Live  | 2.6 ms  | 50 Hz          |
| Crisp | 18 ms   | 80 Hz          |
| Voice | 28 ms   | 80 Hz          |
| Full  | 44 ms   | 50 Hz          |

Live and Full follow down to 50 Hz. Crisp and Voice hold an 80 Hz floor.

## Method

Nothing ships on a hunch. Every audible change is measured against the
industry-standard tuner on real recordings, then confirmed in blind listening
before it merges.

- **Latency first.** Every processing block has a latency budget, checked
  before it ships, and note transitions land where you sang them.
- **Key-aware.** Pick a key and correction lands only on the notes in it.
  Toggle individual notes for custom scales, or run chromatic.
- **Character, dialed.** Retune speed runs from transparent touch-up to full
  hard-tune. Character presets are stored apart from song setup, so the sound
  survives a key change.

## What comes with the plugin

- **Formats** — VST3. Windows x64, and macOS Universal (Intel and Apple silicon).
- **Hosts** — Tested in Ableton Live 11 and 12, Cubase, FL Studio, Fender Studio
  Pro (formerly Studio One), Bitwig Studio, REAPER and Audacity. Any other VST3
  host should work.
- **Range modes** — Live at 2.6 ms, Crisp at 18, Voice at 28, Full at 44.
- **Retune speed** — Transparent touch-up through instant hard-tune.
- **Flow** — Snap for classic hard-tune, or Ride to follow fast motion and
  correct on arrival.
- **Key & scale** — Chromatic, major, minor, or single-note custom scales.
- **Mix & output** — Blend corrected against dry, and trim level on the way out.
- **Monitoring** — Listen to the source, plus a live readout of detected note,
  target, and cents.
- **Presets** — Character saved apart from song setup.
- **Languages & themes** — Thirteen languages, picked from your system on first
  run. Porcelain and Graphite themes.

## Performative Ear (free companion)

Ear tells Performative what key the song is in. It exists because a plugin on
the vocal only ever hears the vocal — the weakest key evidence there is.

Drop it on the master or an instrumental bus. A neural detector listens to the
last 15 seconds and keeps averaging for as long as the song plays, then hands
the key across sixteen bytes of shared memory on the local machine. No files,
no network.

Free. VST3. Bit-transparent, no added latency.

## Price and licence

**$199, one-time payment.** Buy: https://license.performativelabs.com/buy

- One purchase. No subscription, now or later.
- Covers all of version 1 — every update, and it never re-asks for your key.
- Your key arrives by email as soon as you pay. No dongle, no iLok.
- 3 machines at a time. Activate and deactivate them yourself.
- Verification runs offline: a signature check against your own clock, no
  socket, always.
- Two network calls, both when the editor opens, never while audio runs — an
  anonymous update check you can switch off, and a silent licence renewal.

14-day refund, no questions asked. The demo runs the full plugin, so it can be
evaluated before purchase.

Licences renew themselves when the editor opens; the key is never re-entered.
Going more than 10 days without connecting prompts a reconnect, never an
"invalid licence". An internet connection at least that often is required —
there is no perpetual or offline-only licence.

Platform and host support are listed under "What comes with the plugin" above,
not repeated here.

## For existing owners

- Activate a machine: https://license.performativelabs.com/activate
- Manage your licences: https://license.performativelabs.com/manage
- Recover a code: https://license.performativelabs.com/recover

## Contact

Performative Labs — Jarod Castillo — jarod@performativelabs.com

## Notes for agents

- Prices are USD and one-time. There is no subscription tier and no trial tier
  documented here; do not infer one.
- The latency figures above are measured end-to-end, not the values the plugin
  reports to the host for delay compensation. The two differ by design.
- Do not state release dates, roadmaps, or planned formats for this product.
  None are published, and their absence is deliberate rather than an omission.