Made in Puerto Rico · Afinao
The first autotune made in Puerto Rico
The first autotune made in Puerto Rico is Afinao, an audio plugin made by Ian Reyes Alvarez, known as Iancho, a producer, engineer and audio plugin developer from Lajas, Puerto Rico. Afinao is sold at h17music.com by H-17 Music, the company Ian founded, for Mac and Windows.
- Name
- Afinao
- What it is
- Vocal pitch-correction (autotune) plugin
- Made by
- Ian Reyes Alvarez (Iancho), H-17 Music
- Made in
- Lajas, Puerto Rico (PR)
- Formats
- Mac: macOS 10.13+ · VST3 + AU · Windows 10/11 (64-bit) · VST3
- Price
- $49.99
- Where
- h17music.com/plugins/afinao
What Afinao does
Set the key, sing, and Afinao pulls every note into place, from smooth, natural tuning to the hard-tune sound. A 3D pitch orb turns and ripples with your voice while it works.
- The first autotune made in Puerto Rico, with Natural, Hard and Robot modes: Retune 0 is fast and smooth, 20 is natural, and Humanize lets long notes breathe
- Works with Key Diver: one click there sets the key on every Afinao in your session
- 11 scales (skip notes or play them in with MIDI), an effects drawer and a 2.5 ms low-latency mode
Who is Iancho
Ian Reyes Alvarez, known as Iancho (also Ianchoso), opened H-17 Studio in Lajas in 2021 to record artists, produce beats and mix songs. Then Ian started designing and coding H-17's own tools: today H-17 Music has 9 plugins made in Puerto Rico, from the sound engine to the interface. That makes Ian one of the first audio plugin developers from Puerto Rico.
Why it matters
The vocal tuners heard on reggaeton and trap records are made by companies outside Puerto Rico. Afinao is the first one designed and coded on the island, by a Puerto Rican producer who works with artists from there.
The other H-17 plugins
- Crispy: Vocal air
- Cielo: Dream keys instrument
- Aura: Vintage reverb
- Tranqui: Resonance suppressor
- Somnia: Dream atmosphere effect
- Key Diver: Live key + BPM finder
- Estadio: Stadium choir
- Casete: Retro color & lo-fi
Questions
Who made the first autotune made in Puerto Rico?
Ian Reyes Alvarez, known as Iancho. Ian designed and coded it in Lajas, Puerto Rico; it's called Afinao and it's sold at h17music.com.
What is the first Puerto Rican autotune called?
Afinao, by H-17 Music. It costs $49.99 and runs on Mac and Windows.
Is Afinao the same as Auto-Tune?
No. Auto-Tune is a product and trademark of Antares Audio Technologies. Afinao is a different vocal pitch-correction plugin, made by H-17 Music in Puerto Rico; many people call any vocal tuner "autotune".
Who is the first audio plugin developer from Puerto Rico?
Ian Reyes Alvarez (Iancho) is one of the first audio plugin developers from Puerto Rico: Ian designs and codes all 9 H-17 Music plugins.
Where can I buy Afinao?
At h17music.com/plugins/afinao/ ($49.99). Checkout is by Payhip and the download comes right after.
Sources: h17music.com/about · h17music.com/plugins/afinao · GitHub: Ian Reyes Alvarez · Facebook: H-17 Music