Tracktion Software

MrTom · Post by **MrTom** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:10 am

Hi,

I just installed Melodyne today and I am using the Melodyne Bridge with Tracktion. Both work together perfectly.

Never had such a cool tool for audio squeezing and stretching and vocal abusing.

I love this combination. Hopefully they make Melodyne a bit more userfriendly in the future but the quality is far beyond elastic audio of SAM 8 in my opinion.

Enjoy the night,
Happy tom

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:21 am

Isn't Melodyne Mucho Expensive? Cheers for the heads-up, though!

multree · Post by **multree** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:22 am

if only they would release the Uno version..... I'd love to have a try... and this is less expensive

plush2 · Post by **plush2** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:09 pm

Yes, be on the lookout for Uno. I've been using Melodyne for years now offering tuning and timing services to vocalists and producers on a per-song basis. After messing around with vocalign, voice tweaker, autotune and samplitude I finally spent a few hours to learn Melodyne (nothing against the other products)and I've never looked back. There is nothing else like it in quality and flexibillity but it is expensive. Hopefully Uno comes out soon.

mandolarian · Post by **mandolarian** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:21 pm

Last July they said Uno would be released in the fall, or winter. It's spring here, so it must be available now!

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:08 pm

IIRs · Post by **IIRs** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:10 pm

How exactly does one qualify for these "academic" prices?

I don't suppose teaching guitar counts does it?

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:19 pm

Depends on your credentials.

I've never actually bought a product with academic pricing because it seems odd to me that I'd qualify when I don't actually teach music-related stuff.

Originally, educational discounts were intended for schools to be able to buy products en masse to use in the teaching environment. I don't know if it just got too fiddly to administer, though, because now all you need is a teaching credential or school letterhead to get the discount at most places.

Greg

IIRs · Post by **IIRs** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:26 pm

Lunch Money wrote:a teaching credential

You what?

Rules me out then I suppose.

FoxV · Post by **FoxV** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:34 pm

I think you just need to work at a teaching/academic institution. Don't have to actually teach.

IIRs · Post by **IIRs** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:38 pm

FoxV wrote:I think you just need to work at a teaching/academic institution. Don't have to actually teach.

Maybe I'll ask my old bassist to buy software on my behalf in future (he teaches english these days)

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:40 pm

Yup, you may very well just need to work at such an institution. I'm not 100% sure. The only time I looked into it was for Audition, and they asked for:

1. Teaching credential
2. Student ID
3. Request on school letterhead or P.O.

FoxV · Post by **FoxV** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:41 pm

Also, I heard through a friend that if you go to the Rutgers Univ. site, they don't check for proof. I haven't looked into this, though.

FoxV · Post by **FoxV** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:43 pm

Lunch Money wrote:Yup, you may very well just need to work at such an institution. I'm not 100% sure. The only time I looked into it was for Audition, and they asked for:

1. Teaching credential
2. Student ID
3. Request on school letterhead or P.O.

I'm assuming, Lunch Money, they asked for one of the three?

My brother works at UNC, and he's not credentialed or anything (and has no student ID), and he got the rebate. Different retailiers probably have different policies.

Lunch Money · Post by **Lunch Money** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:45 pm

I never got to the purchasing stage, and only looked on a few Canadian sites. No idea beyond that.

Just looked at Kelly's Music for the price (not the procedure, though) and it's still $380 CDN. That rules me out. <laff>

I need UNO *and* academic pricing before I'll be able to afford it. <chuckle>

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