What does THROAT GOAT actually do?

THROAT GOAT reshapes a voice's formants its vocal tract character without touching pitch, timing, or phrasing, letting engineers change how a voice sounds without altering the original performance.

Does THROAT GOAT change pitch like a pitch-shifter?

No. The engine warps only the spectral envelope; pitch bins never move and the hop never changes, so there's no pitch tracking or wobble involved at all.

Does THROAT GOAT work on sources other than vocals?

Yes, it can be used on any voiced source with formants, not strictly limited to vocal tracks.

What are the system requirements for THROAT GOAT?

Version 1.0.2 is distributed as a Universal 2 Binary (U2B) for macOS, running natively on Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

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RTM Audio Throat Goat 1.0.2

Name: RTM Audio Throat Goat 1.0.2
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Author: RTM Audio

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THROAT GOAT by RTM Audio is a formant-shaping vocal plugin that reshapes a voice's vocal tract character size, gender lean, brightness, and resonance without ever touching pitch, timing, or phrasing, keeping performances natural even under dramatic transformation.

Version: 1.0.2·2026-07-27

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Extensions Audio Plugin

RTM Audio Throat Goat 1.0.2 Overview

THROAT GOAT is a formant-shaping vocal plugin from RTM Audio, a company founded by working mixing and mastering engineers with a wider catalogue that includes D·MASK, TxB EQ, PEAK, and STAGE. THROAT GOAT makes no use of pitch correction or an auto-tune type processor. It works strictly on the spectral envelope, the resonant character that defines the size and shape of a vocal tract. Pitch, timing and phrasing are left completely untouched, mathematically. The plugin is based on a simple concept, which is that every voice is a mix of a pitch and a “tube” the shape of the vocal tract, which gives a voice its size and character. THROAT GOAT just reshapes the tube. The bins never move so the hop never changes, and phase is left alone so there is no pitch tracking to drift and no grains to respace, meaning none of the wobble or artifacts associated with traditional pitch-based vocal transformation tools. Version 1.0.2 is a Universal 2 Binary (U2B) build for macOS and is distributed through the official store at RTM Audio. THROAT GOAT uses a single license that covers both the trial and full version the first time it's loaded, it unlocks a fully-featured 5-day free trial with no feature limits.

Key Features

Pure Formant Shaping No Pitch Movement THROAT GOAT reshapes the vocal tract's resonant character without touching pitch. At identity settings (SHIFT 0, GENDER 0), the plugin's output nulls against the dry input by more than 75 dB a measured, not promised, guarantee that it does nothing when set to do nothing. SHIFT Control (±12 Semitones) The core throat-length control. Negative values create a bigger, darker, chestier vocal body; positive values create a smaller, brighter one. This is a formant-only change pitch never moves regardless of how far SHIFT is pushed. GENDER Control (±100%) Scales formants across the male-to-female range, offering the fastest route from one vocal character to a distinctly different one. GENDER stacks with SHIFT, so SHIFT controls perceived size while GENDER controls perceived character. FOCUS and TILT Controls FOCUS sharpens or softens vocal resonances tightening toward a forward, vocal, brassy tone, or softening toward a neutral, de-nasal one. TILT shifts brightness across the spectrum by up to ±6 dB per octave, following the voice's natural energy balance rather than acting like a static EQ curve. Consonant Guard A dedicated consonant-guard feature fades the formant shaping toward dry on sibilants and fricatives, keeping "s," "t," and "f" sounds crisp and natural even under large SHIFT or GENDER moves, instead of introducing lisping artifacts. Level-Tracked Saturation An onboard saturation stage adds harmonics and gentle compression that track with input level, giving processed vocals extra character without requiring a separate saturation plugin. Latency-Matched Dry/Wet Blend The MIX control blends against a latency-matched dry signal, so partial wet/dry settings never introduce phase issues at 0% MIX, the output is bit-identical to the unprocessed input. SOLO Monitoring The SOLO function isolates the processed signal on its own, making it easy to hear exactly what THROAT GOAT is adding to a vocal independent of the dry blend. Twelve Factory Presets Plus Custom Saves THROAT GOAT ships with twelve factory starting points including Bigger Throat, Radio Voice, and Creature alongside the ability to save custom presets as plain JSON files in the shared RTM Audio presets folder used across the company's plugin catalog.

Extensions Details

CategoryAudio Plugin

Release Date2026-07-20

File Size12.3 MB

Version1.0.2

DeveloperRTM Audio

PublisherRTM Audio

System Requirements

Minimum

OSmacOS

ProcessorIntel Core i5

RAM2 GB

Storage500 MB

How to Use RTM Audio Throat Goat 1.0.2

Step 1: Download & Install THROAT GOAT THROAT GOAT is available for download at macospace. Step 2: Begin Your Free Trial THROAT GOAT offers a fully-functional 5-day free trial with no feature restrictions the first time it is loaded using the same license path as the full version. Step 3: Insert THROAT GOAT on a Voiced Source Load THROAT GOAT on a vocal track, or any source with formants — it’s not limited strictly to vocals. Step 4: Shift to Size group LOWER SHIFT for bigger darker throat or HIGHER for smaller brighter one. Notice the pitch is exactly the same as in the original performance. Step 5: Add Gender GENDER to skew the vocal character toward male or female. Stack it with SHIFT for size and you can create a whole new vocal identity. Step 6: TILT and FOCUS Fine-Tuning Use TILT to adjust overall brightness and FOCUS to sharpen or soften resonances, placing the final tone exactly where you want it. Step 7:Turn on Consonant Guard for major moves If you are pushing SHIFT or GENDER hard, make sure Consonant Guard is on (it starts at 75% by default) to keep the sibilants and consonants sounding natural. 8. Monitoring ONLY SOLO the processed signal to ensure the character change sounds how you want it to, then MIX back in. Step 9. Mix and Save Set your MIX level against the latency-matched dry signal Save your settings as a custom preset if you want to recall the same vocal character later.