

Quantize is similar to "the Autotune effect". Little Alterboy has Quantize (hard tuning) and Robot modes. Little Alterboy requires you to use parameter automation if you want to do that. Vocal Bender has 2 built-in LFOs/sequencers, amplitude, and pitch modulation. Little Alterboy has optional analog-modeled tube distortion built into the workflow, Vocal Bender doesn't. It's absolutely mind-boggling why Waves did this, as their workflows are usually pretty good. So you can shift-drag to -0.4 then regular drag and it'll lock to -1.4, -2.4, and so on.

In Little Alterboy regular drag is whole notes, shift-drag is by cents. Vocal Bender's toggle poses a problem if you are happy with the fine pitch adjustment but want to move a whole note: you have to do it manually, because if you toggle it back you lose the fine pitch adjustment. Shift-drag to adjust cents is faster than toggling the "Fine" button in Vocal Bender. I find the workflow faster in Little Alterboy if you are not sticking to whole notes. If you're looking purely for static monophonic vocal pitch shifting they sound a little different but get similar results.
