Melodyne



=**DESCRIPTION** = Melodyne is a musical software capable of time manipulation and high quality intonation, and is often used to effortlessly tune vocals or speed up a track while retaining pitch accuracy. Melodyne has become a popular tool used by many record producers to tune and manipulate audio signals, i.e. a singer's vocals or an instrumental piece. One feature that Melodyne is widely known for is Direct Note Access (DNA), which allows for easy manipulation of individual notes within mono- or poly-phonic recordings.

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 * An** **Introductory Video of Melodyne:**

__Melodyne Features:__

 * A multi-track audio editing and arranging system
 * Runs as a stand-alone or can be linked through MelodyneBridge (VST, AU, RTAS) or ReWire to compatible DAWs (Digital Audio Workstations) under Mac OS X and Windows
 * Converts mono and poly-phonic audio material accurately into MIDI for real-time control of synthesizers
 * Comprised of an integrated audio mixer or mixing console, with hosting capability for effects and instruments
 * Resolution is excellent: up to 32 bit, 192kHz
 * Melody Manager enables user to browse audio files
 * Importable Liquid Instruments and Melodyne Sound Library
 * Macros for 'Correct Pitch' and 'Quantize Time'
 * Can be activated on up to two computers or through iLok
 * User interface and manual in English, Japanese, Spanish, German, French.

__Melodyne Applications__

 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Users can arrange and edit an unlimited number of tracks.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Intonation and timing errors can be manually or automatically corrected.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Melodies, rhythm, and timing can be refashioned.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Music score/transpositions including adjustment to scale can be developed.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Note parameters such as levels of vibrato and volume can be edited.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Time stretching and pitch shifting applications are highly functional.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">(Re-)quantization is also possible through Melodyne.

__Melodyne Editions__
<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Melodyne editions include: Melodyne studio, Melodyne editor, Melodyne assistant, and Melodyne essential.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">System requirements are: <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Intel or AMD Dual Core processor, 2 GB RAM, Windows XP (SP2 or SP3), Windows Vista or Windows 7, ASIO-compatible audio hardware <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">-Dual (Core) PowerPC G5 or Intel Dual Core processor, 2 GB RAM, OS X 10.4 or later

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Melodyne studio bundle__: Contains //Melodyne editor// with //Direct Note Access// (DNA) as well as the multi-track //Melodyne studio 3//. //Melodyne editor// is the first Celemony product to offer the revolutionary DNA technology. This makes possible what had once been considered impossible: access to individual notes in polyphonic audio material (i.e. a choir, piano piece.) Studio 3 (which does not include DNA) contains the complete range of Melodyne functions for correcting, shaping and arranging audio material. It allows the user to edit a musical piece using multiple tracks, so one can easily create multi-voice arrangements from an original track comprised of a single voice.

__Melodyne editor (with DNA)__: This product is a single-track audio editing environment, suitable for editing individual notes in monophonic, polyphonic and rhythmic/complex audio material. It is the first of the Melodyne family to offer DNA direct access to individual notes within a chord, as well as both manual or automatic correction of intonation and timing errors. Melodies, harmonies, timing and rhythm can be refashioned easily with this software. And transposition including adjustment to scale can be easily achieved.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Melodyne assistant__: The assistant can correct and optimize both monophonic or rhythmic audio material.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">__Melodyne essentia__l, being the most affordable gateway into Melodyne, provides the user with the ability to correct and optimize monophonic or rhythmic audio material. Intonation and timing can be edited manually or macro-automatically. Transposition, movement or deletion of notes, copying notes/segments/passages is also very doable.

<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Includes DNA (Direct Note Access) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**MELODYNE ASSISTANT** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Similar to Editor, but without DNA (Direct Note Access) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**MELODYNE ESSENTIAL** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Comprised of only the basic tools for pitch and timing || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**MELODYNE STUDIO 3** <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Multi-track and bundled with editor ||
 * Overview Chart of Melodyne Editions:**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**A QUICK GLANCE AT MELODYNE EDITIONS** || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**MELODYNE EDITOR**
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Concept and integration** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">One-track / multi-track || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / –  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / –  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / –  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Stand-alone / plug-in (VST, AU, RTAS) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]*  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">ReWire || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">32-bit / 64-bit || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / –  ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Suitable for** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Lead vocals and monophonic (melodic) instruments || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Percussive and polyphonic material (without DNA Direct Note Access) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Polyphonic material (DNA Direct Note Access) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Tools** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Main tool for pitch, timing and note separations || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Advanced pitch tools (transitions, modulation, drift) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Formant tool (shifting and transitions) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Amplitude tool (volume, transitions, mute) || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dedicated Note Separation tool || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dedicated Timing tool || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tool for the time course within notes || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Functions** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Copy & Paste / with overlapping notes || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / –  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Correction according to a selected scale || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">User-definable scales || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Intelligent correction macros for pitch and timing || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Save as MIDI file || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Advanced MIDI functions || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Correction of note detection || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tempo detection / Correction of tempo detection || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / –  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / –  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / –  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]] / [[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Quantize to a reference track || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Compatibility** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">with Melodyne editor, assistant, essential || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">with Melodyne plugin || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Price** ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">US$ || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">349.00  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">249.00  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">59.00  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">699.00  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">with Melodyne plugin || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">[[image:http://www.celemony.com/cms/fileadmin/template/gfx/check.png]]  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">–  ||
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 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">US$ || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">349.00  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">249.00  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">59.00  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">699.00  ||
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">US$ || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">349.00  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">249.00  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">59.00  || <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">699.00  ||

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**HISTORY** = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Celemony, which was founded in 2000 by Peter Neubäcker, Hildegard Sourgens and Carsten Gehle, is a German musical software company that specializes in digital audio pitch correction. Peter Neubäcker had been diligently working on a research experiment related to sound in 1997, and his experiment developed into the software Melodyne, an audio pitch modification tool that is comparable to Auto-Tune. Melodyne has since won various awards, including the Most Innovative Product Award (MIPA) in 2009. The Direct Note Access (DNA) technology, which Melodyne is well known for, was introduced by Celemonyat Musikmesse 2008.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Although producers and recording artists have known about Melodyne for years, it was only monophonic vocal or instrumental parts that benefited. Melodyne’s editing features, comprised of capable algorithms, can now effortlessly deal with intonation errors, pitch shifting, subtle and drastic modification of grooves, as well as dramatic time stretching. DNA has enabled independent and easy manipulation of individual notes within full chords (i.e. guitar chords or piano parts,) complex audio, and polyphonic recordings.

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Famous musicians who have used Melodyne include Herbie Hancock, Coldplay , Peter Gabriel , and Thomas Newman

=<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**IMPACT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING** =

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Melodyne has a profound impact on music education, as it provides both teachers and students with a plethora of possibilities in improving the process of the teaching and learning of music, performance, creation, and evaluation.

Using Melodyne, a music teacher can easily specify a segment in a piece of music (i.e, from measure 4 note 1 to measure 7 note 2 according to the sheet music) to automatically extract from a recording, and in turn, provide the music student with the opportunity to practice particular section(s) multiple times. A student can listen and play along with that extracted section’s snippet as many times necessary, which helps the student learn new pieces with greater ease as he/she recurrently listens to and practices along with the high quality recording.

Melodyne supports students in their development of critical music evaluation skills, allowing them the opportunity to analyze their musical performance by reflecting on, looking/listening back, and examining what they played. A student can easily size and resize the “blobs” to be in the correct pitch. Students can also verify their intonation by making sure the blobs are centered in the pitch scale, and they can see whether the notes they just played missed on sharp or flat notes. Students can also note accuracy patterns in their performance. They can listen to a passage of music played in tune, even if they did not originally record it in perfect pitch by clicking and dragging a box around the notes the students wants to concentrate on. By simply clicking on the “edit pitch” button, then double-clicking any note, everything is instantly snapped in tune. And with another click of the mouse, the student can revert to his/her original intonation. This process of going back and forth between the original off-pitch version and edited correct-pitch versions is excellent ear-training practice.

<span style="color: #272727; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Melodyne also supports students in evaluation of their pitch curve to see if they are maintaining steady intonation on long notes, or they can use the pitch curve to analyze their use of vibrato. Students can observe their application of vibrato, to examine whether it is similar on different notes, delayed or immediate following the attack of the note. The pitch curve can also help a student analyze the consistency of their note attacks. Sometimes on high notes, students have a tendency to initially overcompensate the pitch. The pitch curve helps the student to visually see this.

<span style="color: #272727; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">Musical dynamics and expressive phrasing of a musical piece can also be analyzed since the amplitude of each blob is relative to its loudness. Students can note whether their blobs in passages marked as //piano// are really much softer than the blobs marked as //forte//. Melodyne also helps students to see whether they are maxing out their //c////re////scend// <span style="color: #272727; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">//os// too prematurely.

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 * Screenshot of Melodyne "Blobs":**

=**PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS**= Melodyne allows for users to tune a piano or recorded guitar piece that is out of pitch, remix volume levels, edit the timing of a vocal recording, turn major chords into minor (and vice versa), change up the tone scales, and silence single notes – specifically after the performance has already been recorded, thereby saving the user much time, rather than re-recording the entire segment.

DNA (Direct Notes Access) is one of the outstanding applications of M elodyne, as it is able to discern which notes are in a given chord. This allows the user to take a track of polyphonic audio, such as a guitar, piano, string quartet, or chours, and then explode the song into individually separate notes. One now has the power and ability to edit a piece to his/her heart’s content.

Even if the Melodyne algorithm becomes confused, the user can manually manage the detection strictures in order to differentiate between fundamental pitches and harmonics and can tell the software to ignore sounds, such as guitar strings scraping. The implications of this polyphonic capability are immense, allowing the user to quickly fix the pitch on a single misbehaving guitar string or chorus singer, or change a recorded chord’s tonality from major to minor.

Melodyne allows a user to construct or rebuild melodies and create harmonies easily by copying and pasting blobs above or below original pitches.


 * Video of Melodyne's DNA (Direct Notes Access) Application:**

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 * Video of How to Tune Vocals with Melodyne:**

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**EXAMPLES OR DEMO****NSTRATIONS** =

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 * Video Demonstrating How to Create Vocal Harmonies with Melodyne, Part I:**

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 * Video Demonstrating How to Create Vocal Harmonies with Melodyne, Part II:**

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**REFERENCE****S** = @http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celemony @http://www.audiobeef.com/review-celemony-melodyne-editor/ @http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=products_studio @http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=videos [] [] @http://www.cui.edu/academicprograms/undergraduate/music/index.aspx?id=18956

=<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">**EXTERNAL LINKS** =
 * Celemony's Official Website: Celemony **
 * Melodyne Informational Videos: Melodyne Videos **
 * Melodyne Review: Melodyne Review**
 * Celemony per Wikipedia: Wikipedia's Celemony**
 * Auto-tune vs. Melodyne: Article **
 * Melodyne Editor: Melodyne Review**
 * Concordia University Irvine: Music Page**

=**AUTHOR**= <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Justine Maeda is a student at the University of Hawaii Manoa campus and enrolled in the Educational Technology Master's Program 2011. She currently works as a Graduate Assistant with the Center on Disability Studies on the text-to-speech project. Email: __ justinem@hawaii.edu __