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The new version 3 of the audio editing software Melodyne cre8/studio for Windows XP and Mac OS X is shipping. Melodyne3 offers a new algorithm
that allows any type of audio material to profit from Melodyne's unique
editing functions and sound quality; in other words, Melodyne is no
longer limited to the editing of melodies but can handle homophonic and
polyphonic textures. Melodyne3 also offers fully automatic analysis of
the audio material, powerful macros for the correction of intonation and
timing errors, and numerous improvements in the user interface.
Melodyne3 is not only capable of doing far more than its predecessors;
it is also faster and easier to use.
Recording artists and engineers have known about Melodyne for years.
Until now, though, it was only monophonic vocal and instrumental parts
that could benefit from Melodyne's much-admired editing algorithms:
algorithms capable of everything from minor corrections of intonation to
extreme pitch shifting and from the subtle modification of grooves to
drastic time stretching. With Version 3, Melodyne is no longer limited
to melodies but offers a unique algorithm that can perform high quality
time stretching on full chords and complex audio signals; so now
harmonic material (such as rhythm guitar or piano parts)--whether
homophonic or polyphonic--can be transposed (without altering the
tempo), slowed down or sped up (without altering the pitch) and even
quantized. What's more, all this can be done in real time with the sound
quality for which Melodyne is famous.
Melodyne3 employs the same audio analysis engine as Melodyne uno: the
process of note recognition is therefore fully automatic and the results
more reliable and delivered more swiftly than heretofore. That's one way
in which Melodyne3 makes working with audio files easier. Others are the
Correct Pitch and Quantize Time macros, which allow the most common
flaws in vocal and instrumental recordings to be removed with a few
mouse clicks.
Melodyne3 is not just far easier to operate and better attuned to the
working practices of musicians and recording engineers than its
predecessors but also better structured. Context-sensitive combi-tools,
logically arranged menus and intuitive new methods of operating in the
arrange and edit windows streamline the workflow as well as reducing the
time taken to master the program. There are also notable improvements in
the way Melodyne integrates into other sequencing applications and
Melodyne3 can read sound libraries created using Melodyne technology
such as those of Ueberschall's Liquid Instruments, thereby obtaining
access to an almost inexhaustible supply of licks and phrases.
For more information go to http://www.celemony.com.
'What's Hot' from Doctor Audio is presented by Doc Dosco, Professional
Audio Consultant from Los Angeles, California. The Doctor Audio website
is a dealer for most Mac and PC Midi/audio products, and is located at
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