Celemony’s Melodyne a macOS compatible app that makes it easy to work with audio files in a variety of ways.
When it’s integrated into the DAW by means of the ARA interface extension, user-friendly new possibilities are now available for vocal comping; the simultaneous editing of an unlimited number of tracks can be done via ARA, too. It also sports playback type for high-pitched monophonic instruments, a command for separating notes as trills and additional keyboard shortcuts.
In ARA-compatible DAWs, you can focus Melodyne’s functions in an optimal manner on an individual clip or an entire track. In Clip Mode, you have access to a single clip, but this extends to notes lying beyond its borders; as a result, when comping it is very simple to solve any problems posed by clip borders slicing notes in two, which greatly streamlines the comping workflow.
In Track Mode, on the other hand, you see all clips of a track exactly as these are cut and arranged in the DAW. The two modes complement each other perfectly and offer ideal editing possibilities in ARA-compatible DAWs.
When Melodyne is integrated into a DAW by means of ARA, it allows the simultaneous display and editing of an unlimited number of DAW tracks in a single Melodyne plug-in window. This is great for backing vocals and other multitrack applications.
The ARA Audio Random Access interface extension makes the use of Melodyne particularly fast and efficient. DAW tracks can be edited directly without any time-consuming transfers; furthermore, Melodyne follows automatically any changes made to the tracks. The result is that Melodyne feels like a comfortable integrated sample editor – but one that allows the note-based editing of tracks.
Melodyne 4 approximately $880. A demo is available for download. It require macOS 1.6.8 or higher.
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