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Sound:
The Meolodyne editor does a great job correcting pitch with very little effort. The Pitch correction Macro corrects most intonation problems without further adjustment but when any manual adjustment is necessary, its a simple matter of moving a "blob" on the screen. The functionality is very much like changing notes in a MIDI sequencer except this is working on actual audio. I've previously used Melodyne's pitch, timing, formant, and volume changing technology on vocals with great sucess but the new DNA technology works on polyphonic material such as guitar and piano chords. Its possible to tune an instrument that was out of tune or to actually change the chords from major to minor, or 9th chords or whatever suits your fancy.
Feature:
The most useful feature of this product is the abiltiy to substantially change timing, pitch, duration etc. in recorded material. I've been able to go into my loop library and make use of material that would not have fit into some my song projects. Interestingly, Celemony has set the editor program up in a way that will not allow it to use Celemony's own Musical Instrument Library. The Editor version of Melodyne lacks the "Melody Maker" choice on the file menu to allow you to open and change the Celemony Musical Instrument Library files. This menu choice only appears in the Melodyne Studio Bundle addition.
Another very useful feature is the Editor's ability to run as a stand alone program or as a plug-in for a DAW. I use it as a Vst plug-in to SONAR. I'm sorry to report that is a long list of issues with the stand along functionality translating over to the SONAR plug-in. If you aren't careful, you may find yourself having to continually close down your DAW and restart it because the plug-in has gotten off on some task and gotten out of sync with the DAW for that session. The only way to get things right is to close out the session and restart the DAW.
Ease of Use:
Very easy to use. The sounds show as blobs on the screen that can be streched out and moved on the timeline or moved up and down to other pitches.
Quality:
The software is less dependable as a plug-in than as a stand alone application. I suspect it depends on which DAW you are using but I've had lots of headaches and heartaches trying to keep things from seizing up when using it as a plug-in in SONAR. I seem to get less heartburn by using it mostly as a stand alone.
Value:
I paid #299 for this from ZZounds and very nearly purchased it for $349 from Celemony's online store. I was ready to pay more but appreciated the lower price.
Manufacturer Support:
I've not had to contact support but I have found the online prescense of FAQs and the availability of an online forum very useful in learning about the application and getting questions answered. Celemony offers preferred prices for upgrades but these prices are usually undercut buy vendors who sell cheaper than Celemony's online store.
The Wow Factor:
I think the software's ability to analyze recorded material and determine pitch and other characteristics is truely amazing. With the addition of being able to further analyze polyphonic materical, what this program can accomplish seems almost miraculous.
Overall:
Maybe someday Melodyne will not only be able to analyzed polyphonic instruments but also break out individual instrument. Right now it can't selectively tell if a middle C is being played by a guitar, a piano, or a human voice. I'm pretty satisfied with what it does now so I might need to upgrade when it takes that next wild step.
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Sound:
dont really know how to rate this one, make sure your booth is acoustically treated and totally soundproofed otherwise Melodyne picks up on every little crack and hiss
Feature:
Melodyne Editor is a huge waste of money, they advertise all the features on the Celemony site but you need to buy the entire bundle to use the all
Ease of Use:
pretty much click Translate over your recording and its done......take some time to learn the options, but not really that great
Value:
big waste of $300
The Wow Factor:
its advertised to be the next best thing since sliced bread....but you need the bundle NOT just the Editor
Overall:
I mean it can change the pitch of your voice and all, but I wanted to use this on samples and stuff using the DNA technology
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