Melodyne: would it be a good investment ?

[luxgud]

I primarily want to pitch shift and timestretch wave files for use in Tracktion 2, Melodyne seems expensive but people say its very good.

Is the pitch shifting and timestretching the best I might expect and would it be a good investment.

I suspect there is a demo but I value user experience

Thanks

[Meffy]

I went through all the tutorials before buying the cre8 (8 tracks, limited to 44.1/16 IIRC) version. Using the sound files they provide the results are spectacular.

Using it on my own sounds, it became clear that it does best with certain kinds of input. Even when I couldn't get nearly as smooth, natural-sounding changes as with the demo material, Melodyne kept making me wonder how they faked it... except it's for real.

That said, I'm not what you'd call a critical reviewer. :-D I rarely comment on software I don't like unless it's to address specific questions that I might be able to help with (rare). So you'll want to hear from plenty of other users too. By all means go by users' opinions but your own too. The demo is quite good, and the tutorials make it less confusing than it might be without 'em. (I do find the GUI to be confusing, but considering all it does, I'll Deal With It.)

As for using it with T2, there I can't help at all. I have the NFR of T1 but use it mostly for testing plug-ins.

Best of luck!

Meffy

[luxgud]

Thanks Meffy

[Lunch Money]

Surely they have a demo, no?

[gugliel]

I bought the studio version, to work on multiple stereo samples at once. Can load up an entire instruments' samples, one per track, and see and manipulate the pitch, amplitude, even formant, moment by moment. It is worth the price, by far, in my opinion. Very easy to use for this purpose, though it's not what they stress in marketing it.

Sorry, don't know anything about traction; am using it with gigastudio samples and it's wonderful.

[greendoor]

What's happening with Betabugs Cartoon?

[tee boy]

Melodyne does the best time / pitch scaling iv heard in software. Its really good for correcting vocal lines etc, but also for creating special fx. I'd say it is better than Waves Transform (but only because the time stretcher is wank, then pitchshifter is great!). Only thing is, how much do you really need to alter pitch / time? If you're crafty, you can get better time correction results by manually editing in Cubase using the built in algorythms.

So my verdict is, Melodyne is f**k amazing IF you really use those effects alot. If not, then I'd stick with something cheaper, and just revise who you're using it.

[munchkin]

What's happening with Betabugs Cartoon?

Is this a new pitchshifting program? Is there a link please?

I'd like to get Melodyne because I think it can alter pitch without changing timbre if I'm understanding it correctly. I think this means that the notes in a vocal performance can be altered without creating a chipmunk effect. There are a few apps that can do this to a whole sample but perhaps melodyne is the best for altering individual notes in an audio sample.

I tried altering individual notes of a sampled horn riff in melodyne and the results were gob-smackingly good. It's not something on my must have list because I don't think I'd get much call to use it but for altering vocals it might be worth buying.

[greendoor]

www.betabugsaudio.com - they say Cartoon is coming soon. It's a pitchshifting plug that uses the Plugo runtime. Last heard, the latest version of the Plugo runtime caused it to cease working ...