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1. A OA essential au U se r mM a N U al Last updated on 01 14 2015 Melodyne essential essential The Melodyne online manual and this PDF document This PDF document was generated automatically from the contents of the Melodyne online manual It contains what was the latest version of text and images at the time indicated on the front page We are regularly adding to and updating the online edition of the manual which is accompanied by numerous films and inspiring tutorials You will find these as well as the latest version of this PDF document on our web site Why not take a look now The Melodyne online manual http Awww celemony com id helpcenter Introduction ma Installation and Activation Installation and Terminology Melodyne singletrack and what that means Important Information Regarding Activation The iLok Alternative gt Where can find my Melodyne serial number RI Fn na in i av z i ual AA z Welcome Welc What Melodyne is and what it s for Quick Start Guide Stand Alone or Plugin Transfers and replace ranges Note detection and algorithm Main move start Selections Navigation playback functions and cycle mode Note selection and copying e Macros and tools The pitch grid and scale functions Tempo functions Saving your work and file management TOOLS Left Melodyne condensed the interface in a nutshell General program functions Navigation sele
2. First launch Live and within it create an audio track In the Inputs Outputs area select as an input Melodyne singletrack When you later launch Melodyne a Rewire connection will be established automatically The transport functions and tempo of the two programs will also be synchronized Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 83 Melodyne essential Now from the Rewire pane in the Melodyne user interface select the pair of outputs you wish to use for the audio transfer of this Melodyne document to Live If you are working with a single Melodyne document select within Melodyne 1 2 Correct Pitch Muantize Time In the input area of the corresponding Live track select also beneath Melodyne singletrack the corresponding pair of inputs So as to be able to hear the signal permanently activate input monitoring for the corresponding track You can if you wish open multiple Melodyne documents and transfer their audio via separate channels to separate audio tracks within Live Now load or else drag and drop the desired samples into Melodyne These will then be analyzed and adapted to the project tempo When you have finished editing the sample s in Melodyne you can transfer the corresponding audio signals via Rewire from Melodyne to Live and record them there Please note that data from Melodyne is not automatically saved along with your Live proje
3. Preferences gt VST gt Plug Ins gt Suspend VST3 plug in processing when no audio signals are received Related topics e Strategies for optimizing performance and stability Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 65 Melodyne essential Melodyne in Presonus Studio One using ARA As an extension of the VST interface ARA allows a close integration of Melodyne editor assistant or essential into Presonus Studio One making your Melodyne experience even more enjoyable In this short introduction you will learn everything you need to know to use Melodyne in Studio One This guide complements the normal Melodyne user manual Please take note also of the information regarding the compatibility of Melodyne with Studio One on our website dd i hey O10 O04 02 35 Loading and installing Melodyne Studio One Professional comes with a license for Melodyne essential With Studio One Artist or Producer you receive a trial version of our top of the line Melodyne editor e f Melodyne has not yet been installed please open the Studio One Installation window e Click on Download Contents from PreSonus User Account There you will find the Melodyne installation program in the My Software section Download the program launch it and follow the onscreen instructions If you purchased Studio One in a box select the second option in the installation wind
4. Even after exiting with OK you can still reverse the effects of the macro editing by using the undo function Related topics e Time grid selection e Matching Melodyne Stand Alone s time grid to the audio e Correcting intonation by macro Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 159 Melodyne essential Working with the main tool In this tour you will learn how to work with Melodyne s main tool the tool with the arrow symbol The main tool is context sensitive and has different functions depending upon its position relative to the blob Modifying pitch and timing Select the main tool from the toolbar You ll find this beneath the Help item in the menu or in the context menu that opens when you right click in the editing area Swi i i F With the main tool move the arrow to a point near the center of a blob and press and hold the mouse button as you drag it upwards or downwards to alter its pitch or left or right to move it forwards or backwards in time It is the initial movement whether vertical or horizontal that decides whether the pitch or timing of the note is altered Before changing axis you must first release the note If you hold down the Alt key as you drag the note the pitch or time grid even if active will temporarily be ignored allowing you to position the note exactly where you want it While you are dragging a note up or down you will h
5. Melodyne offers unique possibilities at the very frontiers of what is technically possible but it does make certain demands on your computer in return These can prove particularly exacting when you have multiple instances of Melodyne and other processor intensive plug ins loaded into your DAW at the same time Knowing how to make the most of the resources available at such times is of crucial importance to the smooth operation and stability of the overall system In this tour therefore we will show you how to get the best out of Melodyne and your working environment Tip 1 The size of your DAW s buffer Somewhere among the audio settings or general preferences of your DAW you will find one that allows you to adjust the size of the buffer The buffer size is given in samples often accompanied by a display in milliseconds In simple language the buffer size determines the size of the chunks of audio data the computer receives from the DAW and processes 1 0 Buffer Size 1024 h Samples Resulting Roundtrip Latency 47 9 ms e For Melodyne to function reliably the size of the DAW s buffer must be at least 512 samples but we recommend a buffer size of 1 024 samples If the buffer is any smaller the load on the CPU is increased considerably quickly leading to dropouts and artifacts in the audio reproduction Having a sufficiently large buffer is not only important for the use of Melodyne but also of advantage to other plug ins
6. Under no circumstances check Bypass Effect Plug ins as this would cause your Melodyne editing to be ignored Since Logic will automatically create a new track for the bounced material you can decide now what you wish to do with the original track If you select Mute the old track will be retained but simply muted Bounce Regions In Place Name Melodyne Bounce Destination New Track SOUrCE Leave Delete _Include Instrument Multi Outputs Bypass Effect Plug ins Include Audio Tail in File T Include Audio Tail in Region Include Volume Pan Automation Normalize Off Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 51 Melodyne essential Once the bounce has been performed to copy the automation data to the newly created track hold down the SHIFT key as you drag a selection within the automation data Then choose Edit gt Copy or use the shortcut CMD C to copy the automation data onto the clipboard After selecting the track with the bounced material insert the data by choosing Edit gt Paste or the shortcut CMD V Now all that remains is to reactivate the automation in the channel To copy the plug ins from the original track to the newly created one drag them from the former to the latter holding down the ALT key as you do so All that remains is to decide what to do with the original Melodyne tracks You can either delete or else mute them deact
7. Playback navigation and zooming _ Resizing the window Controlling playback using the keyboard and transport bar Controlling playback scrubbing and Zooming using the bar ruler Scrolling and Zooming in the edit pane Playback functions in Melodyne Stand Alone and Plugin when the DAW is stopped Navigation and zoom functions Activating and setting a cycle range The procedure Select display options Auto Scroll Show Pitch Curve Show Note Separations Show Blob Info gt Show Intended Notes Show Replace Ranges Plugin only Selecting notes Standard selection techniques Snake selection Selection using the pitch ruler Copying notes Inserting one note Replacing a note Copying and pasting multiple notes Setting the Time Grid and the Pitch Grid Time grid selection The procedure Matching Melodyne Stand Alone s time grid to the audio Moving the 1 Correcting the tempo interpretation Specifying a fixed tempo Set Bar 1 to Start of File Redetecting the tempo Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com Melodyne essential Adjusting to tempo variation in the DAW A new constant tempo A progressive tempo change Important when working with variable tempo The pitch grid and scales Melodyne s scale functions Choosing the pitch grid The scale and reference pitch rulers Adjusting the master tuning Selecting the tonic and scale
8. Turning your Melodyne edits into new audio files has the further advantage of allowing you to pass projects on to colleagues who don t have Melodyne To transform a clip edited using Melodyne into a new audio file in Live either of two techniques suggest themselves one is simply to freeze the track in question and the other to freeze and then flatten it Freeze Track With this option which you will find in the track s context menu you can transform temporarily your Melodyne editing and any subsequent insert effects into audio The advantage The track is now a pure audio track and Melodyne is inactive freeing up resources Furthermore you can unfreeze the track also from the context menu at any time in order to modify your Melodyne editing The disadvantage Any additional insert effects are also frozen and cannot therefore be modified either without unfreezing the track Similarly it is impossible to add new effects to the track while it is frozen Freezing a track is best used therefore as a quick temporary measure designed to economize on resources rather than as a permanent solution Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 82 Melodyne essential Flatten If rather than merely freezing a Melodyne track temporarily you wish to transform it permanently into a new audio file after freezing it you should select Flatten from the track s
9. for example that you have already activated Melodyne on two computers but wish to use a third one temporarily No problem all you have to do is deactivate one of the computers currently activated This will free up one activation credit which will then be transferred to our server You can use this then to activate the third computer If later you wish to go back to your original pairing just deactivate the third computer and reactivate the one you deactivated earlier SO our server provides you with two activations that you can share freely between your various computers This makes it very simple for example to switch to a new music computer Instead of having to worry about whether or not you will be entitled to activate Melodyne on the new computer you just deactivate the old one thereby automatically freeing up an activation credit for the new one This possibility also means however that you need to act in a carefully considered way The activations are intended exclusively for you and are tied to your customer account Do not therefore give away an activation to a third party Please bear in mind also that the procedure for removing an activation from a computer can only be performed on that computer If you no longer have access to Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 9 Melodyne essential an activated computer the activation as far as you are concerned is lost Thi
10. 01 Chord Track ma I E d 5 pE Inserts Mo Effect Absynth 5 Fx Absynath 5 Fx surround Celemony Melodyne Delay You are advised to insert Melodyne in the first plug in slot before the compressor EQ or other effects The reason is this during the transfer Melodyne records the input signal you intend to edit and with it all effects ahead of it in the signal chain which are then frozen into the signal and can no longer be adjusted In order to use your compressor EQ and other effects in the usual way you need therefore to make sure they come after Melodyne Plugin in the signal chain Backing up and exchanging projects During transfers Melodyne records the track s signal making a copy of the passages transferred Within the Cubase Nuendo project structure the resulting audio files are stored inside the specially created Melodyne folder in a sub folder called Transfers This means that if you want to be sure when archiving your project or passing it on to others that all instances of Melodyne will be able subsequently to find the audio files they need the only thing you need to archive or pass on is the project folder Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 58 Melodyne essential If you are making a copy of your project using the Back up Project command please be sure to open the back up project immediately one time Only th
11. Alone Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 103 Melodyne essential Choosing the algorithm In this tour you will find out how you can select the algorithm used by Melodyne for the display and editing of notes The detection process Any audio material you transfer to or open in Melodyne is subjected to an analysis designed to identify the notes of which it is constituted so that Melodyne can make them available to you for editing We call this process detection Notes can be detected and edited in monophonic melodic material rhythmic noise based material and with Melodyne editor thanks to its patented DNA Direct Note Access technology even polyphonic material Please note that DNA is designed for tracks containing a single polyphonic instrument a guitar a piano and that it divides the material up according to pitch not instrument If two instruments play the same note at the same time what is available for editing is a single note comprising the combined sound of both instruments In the course of the detection process Melodyne itself takes a view as to what kind of material it is confronted with and decides which algorithm to use for the display and playback of the notes The algorithm currently selected is indicated by a check mark or tick in the Algorithm menu as well as by the blobs in the editing pane In Melodyne Plugin a separate
12. algorithm can be chosen for each transfer in Melodyne Stand Alone for each audio file in the document being edited Before you can change the algorithm applied to a particular transfer or audio file you must first select one or more notes belonging exclusively to it If you select notes belonging to more than one transfer or audio file you will find when you try to change the algorithm that the requisite menu has been greyed out In such cases reduce your selection to notes belonging to a single transfer or audio file and it will be possible once again to switch algorithms Melodic Melodic material is monophonic which means that only one note is ever Sounding at any given instant Please bear in mind however that reverberation can cause notes to overlap even in monophonic material creating in effect a kind of polyphony If melodic material is to be edited in Melodyne therefore you should aim for as clean and dry reverberation free a recording as possible The blobs representing notes in melodic material are displayed at different pitches Whether the blobs are isolated or joined to other blobs depends on the way they were played or sung staccato or legato Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 104 Melodyne essential Percussive This category includes not only recordings of drums and other percussion instruments but also noise and atmospheric effects as well as
13. as well as the DAW itself Of course there are also situations in which a larger buffer can be a disadvantage When monitoring through the computer or playing software instruments for example the larger the buffer the greater the delay latency and this can prove distracting If possible therefore you should use the latency free direct monitoring function in the channel strip of your mixer or audio interface If during recording however you are obliged to monitor via the computer or need a smaller buffer to avoid latency whilst playing a software instrument you should temporarily deactivate bypass Melodyne and reduce the buffer size Later wnen you have restored the buffer to its original size you can switch Melodyne back on Please consult the user manual of your DAW to find out how to adjust the buffer size Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 30 Melodyne essential Tip 2 Avoid running short of RAM When RAM becomes scarce problems occur almost automatically and these may even include crashing If you are using your computer for music production as a general rule the more RAM you have the better but even when vast amounts of RAM have been installed if it is not used efficiently it can still become scarce We therefore recommend the following strategies for optimizing RAM management Realizing when RAM is scarce The first thing is to establish whether or not
14. context menu This command transforms the frozen track into a normal audio track reflecting permanently the result not only of your Melodyne editing but also of any effects that follow it in the signal chain To avoid these insert effects being flattened along with your Melodyne editing and to make it possible to modify them later before freezing and flattening the track you should remove from it the insert effects in question e g by dragging them to an empty track Once the flattening process is complete you can drag the effects back onto the Melodyne track and use them as freely as before Rewire Generally you will want to use Melodyne as a plug in in Live This is the most convenient way of working and means moreover that all Melodyne data is stored within your project structure making archiving and passing on projects easier Occasionally however you may wish to link the stand alone version of Melodyne to Live as a Rewire client This can be useful if for example you wish to adjust samples quickly to the project tempo When the program is integrated via Rewire this happens automatically as soon as you drag a sample from the finder or explorer and drop it in the Melodyne window You can then play back the samples at the correct tempo via Rewire and make further use of them in Live enhancing them there perhaps through the application of additional plug ins To link Melodyne Stand Alone with Live as a Rewire client proceed as follows
15. cycle beam or cycle borders snap deactivated ALT drag cycle beam or borders Reposition cycle border SHIFT click near border in cycle ruler Reposition cycle border snap deactivated SHIFT ALT click near border in cycle ruler Selection Select blob Click on blob SHIFT click on blob s or Add remove blob s to from selection s use lasso Add remove notes to from selection using the pitch ruler only within SHIFT click or drag in the cycle range when cycling pitch ruler Add remove notes in all octaves to from selection using the pitch ruler only within cycle range when cycling Select adjacent blob ARROW KEYS SHIFT double click Add adjacent blob to selection SHIFT ARROW KEYS SHIFT click on a blob and drag to others Select all COMMAND A Snake selection Playback Plugin In the plug in implementation of Melodyne you can begin playback independently of the DAW in order to hear only Melodyne This is only possible when playback in the DAW is stopped We call it local playback Start local playback Double click on time ruler with playback in the DAW stopped Start local playback selected notes ALT double click on time ruler with playback in the DAW only stopped Stop local playback SPACE or click on time ruler To facilitate editing in note assignment mode you can opt to hear the notes played back by a synthesizer or switch back and forth between the synthesized and original sounds Toggle between synthesizer an
16. dialog This means that all you have to worry about now when saving and restoring your work or passing it on to other users is your Sonar project All the data required by Melodyne is stored along with the Sonar project Tempo and time signature changes With ARA Melodyne follows automatically any changes in tempo or time signature in Sonar provided the option Follow Host Tempo is checked in the local Region FX menu Without ARA all such changes must first be played through to Melodyne in real time Edit YJE Clip Lock Clip MutejUnmute Isolate Clipts in Lane Create Region Fs Groove Clip Looping Ctrl Y Yocal d Remove Region F Open Editor Insert Effect d a Process Effect d Bypass Region Fx Open Clip Effects Bin Alt E MIDI export Even with ARA a command is provided in the Settings menu of Melodyne editor and Melodyne assistant but not Melodyne essential for the exporting of MIDI But ARA makes exporting MIDI to a Sonar track far simpler if you have previously opened a clip in Melodyne all you need to do is drag it by its upper handle to a MIDI or instrument track within your Sonar arrangement Note that the polyphonic conversion of audio to MIDI is only possible with Melodyne editor or the trial version when activated Otherwise the conversion of audio to MIDI is always monophonic and also functions in Melodyne s playback mode Tip it is not in fact necessary to create a Region FX wit
17. double click Note where we refer here to the COMMAND key we mean the command or Apple key on the Mac and the Ctrl key on the PC General program functions Here you will find the keyboard and mouse commands for basic Melodyne functions Open context menu for blobs and various other objects in the user interface Select all Delete selection Cut selection Copy selection Paste selection Undo Redo Make fine adjustments with tools or value fields Select value in inspector Select entire entry in inspector Additional program functions Stand Alone only Right click on object COMMAND A DELETE PC BACKSPACE Mac COMMAND X COMMAND C COMMAND V COMMAND Z COMMAND SHIFT Z under Windows also COMMAND Y ALT drag Double click value Triple click in inspector The following addiitonal commands are only available in the stand alone implementation of Melodyne New document Open document Save document Save document as Close document Scroll the display automatically during playback COMMAND N COMMAND O COMMAND S COMMAND SHIFT S COMMAND W COMMAND ALT F Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 26 Melodyne essential Activate deactivate time grid Open correct pitch macro Open quantize time macro COMMAND ALT T COMMAND SHIFT P COMMAND SHIFT T Navigation selection and playback Here you will find all the commands required for n
18. files from the File menu Opening files by drag and drop Saving your work Save as Melodyne Project Document Recording audio in Melodyne Stand Alone Audio settings Tempo and metronome Starting and stopping the recording Managing audio files and assigning missing files Melodyne Plugin s transfer files Melodyne Plugin s file manager Deleting unwanted files in the plug in The assignment of missing files in the plug in Assigning missing files in the Stand Alone implementation ReWire Operating Melodyne with Rewire Rewire and Melodyne Activating Rewire in Melodyne Stand Alone Activating Rewire in your DAW and establishing the link Selecting Rewire channels in Melodyne l Synchronization and tempo behavior Checking and editing the note detection 7 Choosing the algorithm Algorithm The detection process Melodic Percussive Polyphonic Switching algorithms a Melodic Setting a default algorithm Melodyne editor onl Checking and editing the note detection within melodic material The procedure The Monitoring Synthesizer Note separation Quitting note assignment mode Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 4 Melodyne essential 1 2 60 Checking and editing the note detection within rhythmic material The procedure Leaving note assignment mode Displaying navigating and playing back audio
19. files of all segments that have been transferred to the relevant instance of Melodyne Plugin The entries for those segments all the notes of which have been deleted in Melodyne that are unused in other words are displayed in grey whereas those in use are displayed in black The audio files appertaining to no longer used segments are retained and not automatically deleted so that you can should you wish recover them using the undo function which would not be possible if the files in question had been deleted immediately If you are sure that you will no longer be needing the unused files you can delete them according to choice either for the current instance only or for all instances of the project in order to free up storage space Once you have finished editing in an instance of Melodyne Plugin and saved the results as an audio file by bouncing or rendering you should delete all files pertaining to the instance using the button provided at the bottom of the window in order to free up storage space before closing and removing Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 98 Melodyne essential Melodyne from the DAW track The assignment of missing files in the plug in If Melodyne Plugin cannot find the transferred files when it opens a project either because they have been deleted moved or not transferred when the project was moved to a different computer it will gre
20. i e by streaming from the hard disk it remains unquestionably a RAM intensive plug in Of course RAM shortage is a problem to which other plug ins also contribute and depending upon the use you make of them their share of responsibility could even be greater Sampler instruments with long multi layered samples are particularly greedy when it comes to RAM For this reason most such instruments are also capable of switching to disk streaming technology whenever their RAM consumption would otherwise exceed a prescribed limit This limit is generally user adjustable so if you need to economize on RAM you can simply reduce it Keep an eye though on the CPU load display of your DAW as lowering the RAM limit of your sampler engine will increase the load on the CPU The aim is to find a happy medium whereby excessive demands are made upon neither your CPU nor your RAM Restart your DAW at regular intervals Many DAWs have a tendency the longer they run to monopolize more and more RAM which they fail to give back to the operating system in the correct way This is something you will notice typically from the fact that the RAM display in the Task Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 33 Melodyne essential Manager under Windows or the Activity Monitor on the Mac will show less and less free RAM available even though you haven t performed any additional editing in Melodyne
21. in Melodyne Stand Alone Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 96 Melodyne essential Managing audio files and assigning missing files In this tour you will learn what management functions exist for the audio files with which Melodyne operates Melodyne Plugin s transfer files During transfers Melodyne Plugin records the audio material from the DAW track in doing so it creates its own audio files which it stores on your hard disk For playback and editing in Melodyne to be possible it is therefore not enough simply for the original audio files in the DAW project to be accessible Melodyne needs also the files it created itself during the transfer It is important to bear this in mind when for example you want to archive or pass on to someone else a project together with the editing you have done on it in Melodyne Care must then be taken that not only the DAW project with all its audio and other files are passed on but also the transfer files created by Melodyne Without these it will be impossible to play back the transferred passages and the edited material in the project you have passed on The question then is where does Melodyne store the files it creates itself and how can you attach them to your project The answer is to be found in the file manager window which helps you manage transfer files and also search for lost ones Melodyne Plugin s file manager Yo
22. input the output signal from the Melodyne track Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 43 Melodyne essential INSERTS A E INSERTS A E Melodyne AUTO AUTO aC You have the option of recording either the entire Melodyne track or merely passages from it If you wish you can record multiple tracks simultaneously in this way to new audio tracks Once you have created the desired re recordings copy the deactivated effects by dragging them to the new track s whilst holding down the ALT key then reactivate them Via Pro Tools Edit menu you can also copy the automation data from the original Melodyne tracks to the new tracks All that remains then is to decide what to do with the original Melodyne tracks You can either delete these or choose Hide and Make Inactive from the Track menu so that they no longer appear in the track list If you adopt the latter course you will retain access to your original Melodyne editing and be able to make further refinements later simply by reactivating the tracks As an alternative to re recording you can render the Melodyne editing within a session using the Bounce function Select Bounce to Disk from the File menu Now switch your Melodyne track to solo Deactivate as necessary the other plug ins and or the automation of this track In the Bounce dialog choose the desired Bounce Source and assign a name and directory to
23. large collection of additional scales e Notes Reflect Scale Changes normally when you change the scale Melodyne adjusts the pitch grid but does not change the notes themselves unless you double click on them first in which case they will snap to the grid If however you wish the notes to adjust automatically to any change of scale check this option Any changes in the scale will then take effect immediately and you will hear them at once during playback e Play Scale plays the current scale Tip Initialize the key prior to the transfer load In the case of monophonic or polyphonic audio material Melodyne also recognizes the key of the music With short melodic phrases however the key chosen is often not the one intended simply because too few notes are available for a correct appraisal To prevent this happening you can set the key using the Scale ruler of an empty instance of the plug in or an empty document if using the stand alone implementation of the program before the transfer or loading of an audio file To do this simply click on the desired keynote in the scale ruler and select the desired scale from the context menu Melodyne will then retain this initialized value regardless of its own subsequent analysis The Open Scale window Melodyne s open scale dialog offers a variety of scales you can select listen to and use Eolien Locrien Hungarian Major Hungarian Minor Neapolitan Major Spanish Pentatonic Majo
24. on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 161 Melodyne essential Notice that as you move the beginning or end of a note in this way the preceding or following note if adjacent is also either stretched or compressed by the same amount to avoid either the two notes overlapping or white space silence appearing between them This happens whenever a pitch transition between two notes has been detected By moving the adjacent note as well Melodyne ensures that discontinuities are avoided and the musicality of the phrasing is preserved You can if you wish deactivate this pitch transition and with it the mutual interdependence of the two notes by cutting one of the notes and then pasting it back for example or by dragging either note to a new location When you do this a bracket is displayed at the point of rupture as illustrated below this indicates that the two notes are now fully independent Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 162 Melodyne essential Editing note separations If you move the mouse pointer to the upper part of a note above the horizontal line the main tool adopts the appearance and emulates the functions of the note separation tool If you double click now you can create a note separation i e slice the note in two Don t be surprised if the two notes that result move apart in pitch this is because a new tonal center is calcul
25. or added new sampler instruments Restarting your DAW at regular intervals you will find works wonders in such cases As a rule of thumb we recommend the following each time you leave off editing one fairly long track with Melodyne before you begin work on the next you should save the song and restart your DAW Only then should you perform the next transfer and resume editing Reboot your computer It is less often necessary but can still do no harm to reboot your computer from time to time thereby defragmenting the RAM Severely fragmented RAM can sometimes be responsible for your DAW becoming unstable even when at first sight the level of RAM consumption is far from critical Even though the total quantity of RAM available may seem sufficient if it is fragmented i e if no large blocks are available but only a multitude of fragments scattered all over the place hiccups can be experienced in the communication between the operating system and the DAW or between the DAW and the plug in You can solve such problems at a stroke simply by rebooting the computer Tip 3 The correct DAW settings We try to ensure Melodyne functions flawlessly in as many DAWSs as possible Each DAW however has its own specific characteristics and setting options that can influence the operation of Melodyne The number of so called render threads for example can have a direct influence on Melodyne and it can be useful to reduce these progressively t
26. ruler Here you can select the tonic i e the first degree or keynote of the scale as well as its mode or type First click on the note you wish to use as the tonic The following menu opens A Aeolian k A Minor A Major Open Scale Notes Reflect Scale Changes Play Scale e Related scales in the top part of the menu you will find a varying number of scales preceded by a sign These are scales that correspond to the current scale but are differently named Please note that when you select a related scale from this menu only the main structure of the mode in question is adopted the scale is simply given a new name and if applicable a new tonic It can be however that the exact definition of the related scale in question contains additional secondary degrees or fine tuning If you wish to use these please choose Open Scale from the Scale drop down menu e The current note in the middle of the submenu grayed out you will see the name of the note Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 150 Melodyne essential you have clicked on and which you can now make the tonic e Major Minor Allows you to select a major or minor scale with the note selected as tonic To select C Major for example click C in the ruler followed by C Major from the submenu e Open Scale opens Melodyne s open scale dialog and with it access to a
27. variety The Open Scale window Editing notes using the Macros and Tools Correcting intonation by macro The procedure Correcting timing using the macro Correcting timing the what and where of it Use of the quantize time macro Working with the main tool Modifying pitch and timing Modifying note lengths Editing note separations Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com Melodyne essential Installation and Activation In the following you will learn how to install and activate Melodyne Installation and Terminology Melodyne is extremely easy to install just launch the installation program either from the program CD or the download and follow the onscreen instructions The whole installation takes at most a few minutes Before using the program however you must register and activate Melodyne Here is a brief explanation of the terminology Serial number Your serial number represents your license for Melodyne and determines which Melodyne edition you possess and to which functions you are entitled Registration Registration involves the creation of a myCelemony account linked to your serial number To register you must enter certain personal details and state whether you wish to receive a newsletter from Celemony and if so what type If you purchased Melodyne from our web shop the registration is already complete Activation Once registered Mel
28. which explains the presence of the radio buttons to its left The T next to the note values stands for the corresponding triplet If you select 1 4 as the groove reference to give one example the grey frames will move to the nearest quarter note or crotchet and this will then become the ultimate destination for any quantization Please note that the time correction macro works differently and in a more musical fashion than the quantization typically offered by MIDI sequencers Instead of simply causing all notes to snap to the selected grid it edits the points of rhythmic emphasis of the selected notes If for example you take a passage containing successions of sixteenth notes and quantize it to quarter notes the beginning of each succession of sixteenth notes will be moved to the nearest quarter note The timing of the semiquavers within the sequence however remains unaltered If you wish to tidy that up as well you can do so in a second pass taking each semiquaver sequence in turn and using sixteenth notes as the quantization factor The intensity slider determines what percentage of the distance to this ultimate destination the notes will travel in the course of quantization If you select 0 for example they ll not budge 50 and they Il go half way 100 and they ll travel the full distance ending up precisely on the beat You can Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www
29. will be indicated that have been transferred to Melodyne Plugin from your host and for the playback of which in consequence the plug in rather than the host is responsible This information is conveyed by the fact that the ruler is shaded more palely for the duration of all such passages Related topics e Choosing the algorithm e Time grid selection Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 127 Melodyne essential Selecting notes In this tour you will learn which techniques you can use to select notes in Melodyne prior to editing them Standard selection techniques Click a note in the editing area to select it Selected notes are more boldly colored Shift click additional notes to add them to the selection Shift clicking a selected note removes it from the selection Another way of selecting multiple blobs is to lasso them by clicking in the editing background in one corner of the desired selection and then dragging the pointer to the corner diagonally opposite This is sometimes called rubber banding Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 128 Melodyne essential Snake selection If you press the Shift key click a note and then move the mouse pointer away Melodyne s snake selection mode is activated You can now add notes to the selection by painting over them with the snake
30. you are running short of RAM If you are using Windows open the Task Manager shortcut Ctrl Alt Del or if using a Mac open the Activity Monitor Applications gt Utilities and you will see how much RAM is being used by each application Of particular interest here is the amount of RAM being used by your DAW as this figure includes the RAM used by all the plug ins loaded a Ae Activity Monitor T My Processes I Che Fil Puts T SCPU Threads C keal Miem J Kind PAS E AGA by ane a5 Fi a E k el ibA DA i3 Aiat Basiai Agent 0 0 i 5 7 ME intel 64 bhi LEA Applesgell serice 0 0 7 E S ME bevel 64 hiti 156 ConnectService 0 9 4 AE knel L E Prel 64 bin 120 Dock 0 0 3 SIPPE tel 64 bh 155 EEveriM auger al 5 2 0 ME kiel id a Finda 0 0 4 99 1 ME intel 64 bh LE Fy few 0 0 P 18 ME ieael 64 hij 159 Tume Heper 0 0 a 7 1 KE level 64 Bhith i 116 launched ii iiti Windows Task Manager Fie Options View Shut Down Help CPU System Memorny Disk Activity Disk u Applicatio Free 5 75 CB YH sie 124 00 GE Wired 265 7 MA Page ig SIL ME Ace 113G H Fage outi byti P i ibakan AS a ingie 277A M E wae usei Dipin SYNSOPOS ar Used 2 34 CE fal sprsrent exe SYSTEM 00 3 860 K entkeysservr ewe SYSTEM oo 3 004 k searchhilterhostexse LOCAL SERVICE Li 4 256 E entkrtervr ene SYSTEM oo 4 1765 Ean EENE SYSTEM Li 1004 E frefox exe Lif Oo 78 620 E BDAC ene YEM Li l4
31. your project at a time in the Melodyne plug in it applies to a single transfer This means that in note assignment mode you cannot always see all the notes belonging to a given track simultaneously only those derived from a single file or transfer Click therefore on a note belonging to the first file or transfer you wish to work on and then switch to note assignment mode to see the notes in question When you have finished correcting the note assignments within this file or transfer quit note assignment mode before selecting a note belonging to the next file or transfer you wish to work on and repeating the process In this way you can edit the note assignments of each file or transfer in turn Please note that for technical reasons when you switch to this mode the undo history will be deleted so any actions taken prior to the mode change cannot be undone In note assignment mode no audible editing of the notes takes place In this mode you check through and alter Melodyne s interpretation of the notes in the audio material In the case of rhythmic material itis simply a case here of remedying any excess or shortage of note separations in the detected material The note separations must be correct if you want to achieve optimal results from any subsequent editing of the material such as for example the application of time stretching
32. 1 2015 Online Manual www celemony com 78 Melodyne essential Melodyne in Live From this tour you will learn how to make efficient use of Melodyne within Ableton Live This tour relates to Live 9 Please take note also of the information regarding the compatibility of Melodyne with Live on our website Loading the Melodyne plug in Load Melodyne as an insert effect into one of the audio tracks of the Live mixer You will find the Melodyne Plugin in the Live browser under Plug Ins in the Melodyne folder ifm e baa eee Suche i Steg F haf ie ae DN aA ie TY Fr ee You are advised as a rule to use Melodyne as the first plug in in a track i e before the compressor EQ or other effects The reason is this during the transfer Melodyne records the input signal you intend to edit and with it all effects ahead of it in the signal chain which are then frozen into the signal and can no longer be adjusted In order to use your compressor EQ and other effects in the usual way you therefore need to make sure they are inserted after the Melodyne Plugin in the signal chain Melodyne in Live s Session View If you are using Melodyne in Live s Arrangement View you can transfer audio to Melodyne edit it and playback the results using exactly the same procedures as with any other DAW all of which are described in our online user manual However Live also offers a Session View and if you wish to u
33. 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 101 Melodyne essential Activating Rewire in your DAW and establishing the link Please read the documentation of your DAW to discover how to arm its tracks for Rewire the procedure varies from DAW to DAW Regardless of the exact procedure however you must select Melodyne singletrack as the Rewire device and one of the maximum of four stereo channels available as the input to the track Selecting Rewire channels in Melodyne You can tell Melodyne is in Rewire mode from the presence in the interface of an additional Rewire frame complete with drop down menu You can open multiple documents in Melodyne and route their signals to up to four different stereo channels in your DAW The menu allows you to select the stereo channel to which the signal of each document is routed whereby multiple documents can be assigned to the same stereo output Synchronization and tempo behavior All documents loaded in Melodyne start in sync with the DAW whether you activate playback there or in Melodyne By the same token you can halt the playback either from Melodyne or the DAW Melodyne adopts the tempo of the DAW and speeds up or slows down the playback of the opened documents so as to ensure they match the tempo of the DAW In Melodyne s tempo display you will see first the current DAW tempo followed in brackets by the original tempo of the current document as dete
34. 312 6 SVGDDSAgenk SwE SYSTEM Od 13 764 E Codeteteric exe UF Li hited mundi ee Li mi G 112E Updater ence LiF oo SESE MOM axe LiF 0g 23G EF scheadhip exe LIF oD 2 400 E TimounterMonitor LIF oo SETZE TruslmageMonko LiF oD 6 852 smaxcspnp ene LiF oo 4 880 E PADY ae NETWORK SERVICE 0 pank I Show processes from all users End Process Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 31 Melodyne essential When it comes to RAM use there is an important difference between 32 bit and 64 bit DAWs 32 bit DAWSs are only capable of addressing 2 GB of RAM even if the computer itself contains considerably more As soon as the RAM requirements of a 32 bit DAW begin to approach this 2 GB limit the application will become unstable and malfunctions inevitable In this case you should use the measures outlined below to reduce your RAM requirements With a 64 bit DAW of course you can use considerably more RAM but here too shortages can occur if the DAW claims virtually all the RAM that is physically available In either case the following measures are recommended Settings Edit Algorithm View He W a ae Only transfer the passages you need to edit Each passage transferred to Melodyne claims a certain amount of RAM For this reason you should only transfer to Melodyne the passages you really intend to edit If for example you only want to edit the vocals during the refrain chorus
35. Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 113 Melodyne essential Ee 120 038 414 lu c ka a 2 3 i ara re Hm ig HH fone F i weit LAEE CLE L Pts i ere ie See TA IL Pe aa AA MaL LAUA WAKI uae anaaga anan rom ae te fe te CEFET r CRI ER Le La oD Pe ae LEN E The simplest way now of checking the note separations is to select the first of the blobs and step forwards and backwards through them using the arrow keys If a blob contains two drum strokes double click in the upper part of the blob at the point at which you wish the second stroke to begin in order to introduce a note separation If on the other hand a single stroke has wrongly been split by a note separation double click the dividing line to remove the note separation If ever a note separation is wrongly situated you can simply drag it horizontally to the correct place Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual www celemony com 114 Melodyne essential Leaving note assignment mode To quit note assignment mode simply select one of the other tools As you leave the mode Melodyne will perform a fresh analysis based on the changes you have made This could take a few moments Related topics e Choosing the algorithm e Checking and editing the note detection within melodic ma
36. If you move the mouse and thereby the snake backwards again you can remove notes previously painted over from the selection Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 129 Melodyne essential Selection using the pitch ruler Click a note in the pitch ruler to select notes of the corresponding pitch EEANN If cycle mode is active the selection only affects such notes if they lie within the cycle range By Shift clicking other notes in the pitch ruler you can add them to the selection and later remove them by the same means If you double click as opposed to single clicking a note in the pitch ruler you will select the same Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual www celemony com 130 Melodyne essential note in all octaves rather than simply that single instance of the note Click and drag in the pitch ruler to select a range of notes By using the Shift key in the pitch ruler you can remove from the selection a range of notes or individual notes Here too if a cycle is active only notes within the cycle range will be selected Related topics e Matching Melodyne Stand Alone s time grid to the audio e Time grid selection e Copying notes Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 131 Melodyne essential Copying notes In this tour you will learn how t
37. Manual e www celemony com 117 Melodyne essential setting the zoom factor at the same time Scrolling and zooming in the edit pane Select the scroll tool the hand icon from beneath the main tool or hold down the Command key to move the display area with the mouse A lt gt v Select the zoom tool the magnifying glass or press Command Alt to zoom the display with the mouse You can zoom horizontally or vertically in each case though with different levels of intensity A lt gt Y Command double click zooms in on one blob or several if several are selected Double click in the editing background to return to the previous zoom level Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 118 Melodyne essential e Drag the horizontal or vertical scrollers i e the scroll boxes or thumbs to move the display The horizontal scroller contains a miniaturized image of the contents as an orientation aid cs mi Drag the ends of the scroller to zoom the display If you are editing a particularly long audio file you may find the reduced size of the scroller makes it difficult to achieve the desired zoom resolution In that case you can zoom in further by holding down the Ctrl and Alt keys whilst dragging in the edit pane or else by dragging vertically in the bar ruler If you pull one end of the h
38. Melodyne in real time MIDI export With ARA there still is a command for exporting MIDI in the Settings menus of Melodyne editor and assistant though not in that of Melodyne essential However ARA makes exporting MIDI to a DAW track considerably easier just drag an audio event that you have previously opened in Melodyne to an instrument track Changes to audio events that Melodyne follows automatically When you change the arrangement of audio events in Studio One Melodyne when integrated with ARA follows automatically Without ARA every change made to the DAW track has to be reproduced manually in Melodyne Changes to audio events that Melodyne with ARA follows automatically include the following e muting e shortening e moving copying e changes in gain and fades e stretching of events with Studio One s Time Tool Alt drag end and e changes to the Follow Tempo settings in the Inspector see following paragraph Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 68 Melodyne essential The time stretching behavior of Studio One and Melodyne In Studio One s Inspector just to the left of the track list and accessible by clicking on the i button above the track list you can select for each track between the options Follow Tempo and Timestretch With regard to the option selected Melodyne conforms with Studio One All the following examples a
39. a visual one the correctness of the audio output and editing functions of Melodyne including the quantization are in no way compromised by it Tempo automation If you automate the song tempo in the master track within Live s Arrangement View Melodyne and Live no longer run in sync or lead to a premature break off of a transfer One workaround for this consists in transferring all tracks without any tempo changes to Melodyne first and then rendering the tracks edited with Melodyne before using the tempo automation You can also however alter the tempo in Live manually by setting a new constant song tempo in the Tempo Field If you then use the Tempo dialog in Melodyne reached via the broken chain symbol Melodyne will learn the new tempo Related topics e Strategies for optimizing performance and stability Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 85 Transferring audio material to Melodyne Plugin In this tour you will learn how to transfer audio material to Melodyne Plugin as well as the fundamentals of its use Transferring audio Open in your DAW the project you wish to edit Load Melodyne Plugin as an audio insert effect in the audio track containing the material you wish to edit Position Melodyne Plugin above any insert effects you may be using in the track if in doubt put it in the first insert slot For the analysis or detection to achieve the be
40. ace Ranges If you have selected one or several notes Melodyne assumes that you want to see the selection and edit it For this reason the auto scroll function is temporarily deactivated at such times As soon as the note s are deselected as a result for example of your clicking in the editing background the display will resume tracking the playback cursor Show Pitch Curve If you check the option Show Pitch Curve a thin line tracing the exact pitch of the tone at each instant will be superimposed on the corresponding blob On the left you can see the naked blobs with none of the View options selected and to the right the same blobs with the pitch curve Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 124 Melodyne essential Regardless of whether or not this entry is checked the pitch curve will be displayed whenever the pitch tool is selected Show Note Separations If you select the option Show Note Separations gray vertical lines appear at the beginning and end of each note marking its boundaries With notes that are fully or semi detached the note separation lines are replaced by somewhat bolder brackets Show Blob Info With the option Show Blob Info you can elect to show or hide a variety of display elements designed to facilitate working with individual tones The most striking of these elements is an additional pitch ruler that appea
41. aking archiving and passing on your project easier Occasionally however you may wish to integrate the stand alone version of Melodyne into Cubase Nuendo as a Rewire client This can be useful if for example you wish to adjust samples quickly to the project tempo When the program is integrated via Rewire this happens automatically as soon as you drag a sample from the finder or explorer and drop it in the Melodyne window You can then play back the samples at the correct tempo via Rewire and make further use of them in Cubase Nuendo enhancing them there perhaps through the application of additional plug ins To integrate Melodyne Stand Alone into Cubase Nuendo as a Rewire client proceed as follows Launch Cubase Nuendo first and choose Melodyne Singletrack Rewire from the Devices menu Transport Devices Window 1 Help Steinberg Hub A window will open from which you can select the pair of outputs to be used for the audio transfer of the Melodyne document to Cubase Nuendo If you are working with a single Melodyne document activate the Left and Right fields The corresponding tracks will appear automatically in your project window You can open multiple Melodyne documents and transfer their audio via separate channels to separate aux tracks in Cubase Nuendo Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 63 Melodyne essential Melodyne singletrack Revire Channel Di
42. and make further use of them in Pro Tools enhancing them there perhaps through the application of additional plug ins To integrate Melodyne Stand Alone into Pro Tools as a Rewire client proceed as follows Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 45 Melodyne essential First launch Pro Tools then create an aux track and choose Melodyne from the Instrument category This will launch Melodyne not as a plug in but as a stand alone application integrated via Rewire The transport functions and tempo of the two programs will also be synchronized Now launch Melodyne and select from the Rewire pane in the Melodyne user interface the pair of outputs you wish to use for the audio transfer of this Melodyne document to Pro Tools If you are working with a single Melodyne document select within Melodyne 1 2 Correct Pitch From the Pro Tools Rewire window select Left Right You can if you wish open multiple Melodyne documents and transfer their audio to separate aux tracks in Pro Tools via multiple channels Re Wire Melodyne singletrack Left Right REWIRE Now load or else drag amp drop the desired samples into Melodyne These will then be analyzed and adapted to the project tempo When you have finished editing the sample s in Melodyne you can transfer the corresponding audio signals via Rewire from Melodyne to Pro Tools and record them there Rout
43. and pause Alt space bar Playback the current selection e Enter numeric keypad Play e Zero numeric keypad once Stop e Zero numeric keypad twice Return to previous start position Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 120 Melodyne essential Zero numeric keypad three times Return to the beginning of the file Navigation and zoom functions To resize the window also in Plugin drag the bottom right corner Hold down the Command key and drag the editing background to move the area displayed Use the mouse wheel to scroll up and down or else holding the Shift key left and right Commangd Alt drag in the editing area to zoom the display horizontally and or vertically Drag vertically in the bar ruler to zoom in on the area indicated Press Command Alt and use the mouse wheel to zoom both axes simultaneously Press Command and double click to zoom in on a blob or the current selection of blobs Command double click in the editing background to restore the previous zoom setting Drag the scrollers to move the display horizontally or vertically Drag the ends of the scroller to zoom the display horizontally or vertically Pull the left or right hand ends of the horizontal slider as far as they will go to increase the length of the section displayed important in the plug in e g when you have only transferred the first four bars and are ab
44. and select Set Replace Ranges to Notes from the context menu of the Bar Ruler Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 87 Melodyne essential 3 4 w Activate Grid or Ea k Bar ija 1 78 1 16 1 32 Triplets Seconds Set Replace Ranges to Notes Related topics Loading and saving audio in Melodyne Stand Alone e Recording audio in Melodyne Stand Alone e Managing audio files and assigning missing files Adjusting to tempo variation in the DAW Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 88 Melodyne essential Loading and saving audio in Melodyne Stand Alone In this tour you will learn how to open and save audio files in Melodyne Stand alone and which file formats are used Opening files from the File menu Choose Open from the File menu of Melodyne Stand Alone and navigate in the file selection box to the desired audio file Select this confirm your intention to load it and the file will open K Edit Algorithm Vie New AN Open WO Open Recent p ik Close SW fa m Save co fe Save As 285s F Revert to Saved The Open Recent submenu offers direct access to the last twenty documents loaded Simply select the desired entry and the corresponding document will open provided it has not been deleted from the hard disk or moved to another l
45. ane Wocal Ctrl l Groove Clip Looping Remove Region Fx pen Editor Insert Effect d HP Process Effect d Bypass Region Fx Open Clip Effects Bin Alt E Follow Host Tempo Tip you can also apply this procedure to the selected clip or the current selection using the keyboard shortcut CTRL M Procedures that are no longer necessary thanks to ARA To get to know Melodyne we recommend the normal Melodyne User Manual or the handbook films in the English language Each of these describes the use of Melodyne without ARA Since ARA brings considerable improvements in the use of Melodyne some of the subjects dealt with in the User Manual are no longer of relevance Transfers In the absence of ARA before you can begin editing an audio segment you must first transfer it from the DAW to Melodyne in real time in what is essentially a recording process With ARA no such transfers are necessary It suffices to open Melodyne as a Region FX and the desired clip will automatically be displayed in Melodyne So when ARA is operative the Transfer button is no longer displayed in the Melodyne user interface Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 74 Melodyne essential File management Since there are no more transfers with ARA you no longer need to concern yourself with the management of transfer files Melodyne Plugin therefore no longer has a File Management
46. area Saving plug in settings for Melodyne Just as with an effects plug in you can store different settings as presets in Melodyne you can save different edits You may wish to do this in order for example to allow a performer or artist to hear and choose between different edits of the same take To save and reload Melodyne settings follow the same procedures as for all other plug ins Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 81 Melodyne essential Use for the purpose within the relevant effects chain the preset manager for the Melodyne plug in Save your current settings using the corresponding symbol and assign a name You can store alternative edits as additional presets and switch between them using the preset selector Bouncing printing Melodyne edits freezing flattening When you are using Melodyne in a project and have finished editing you have two choices i You can allow the Melodyne instance s to remain active until the final mixdown If you do this you will retain access to your Melodyne editing and will be able to make further refinements until the very last moment This is convenient but as long as the plug in remains active it is draining the resources of your system ii You can transform your Melodyne edits into new audio files This will deprive you of further access to your Melodyne editing but free up resources as the plug in will no longer be in use
47. ate a new track in Logic Pro and place the file there in the correct position Drag the deactivated effects into the new track holding down the CMD key as you do so and reactivate them You can transfer the automation data from the original Melodyne tracks to your new tracks using the copy and paste functions All that remains is to decide what to do with the original Melodyne tracks You can either delete them or mute them deactivating Melodyne as an effect with the ALT key If you adopt the latter course you will retain access to your original Melodyne editing and be able to make further refinements later simply by reactivating the tracks Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 56 Melodyne essential Related topics e Strategies for optimizing performance and stability Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 57 Melodyne essential Melodyne in Cubase Nuendo On this tour you will learn how to make efficient use of Melodyne within Cubase and Nuendo This tour relates to Cubase 8 Nuendo 6 Please take note also of the information regarding the compatibility of Melodyne with Cubase Nuendo on our website Loading the Melodyne plug in Insert Melodyne into one of the plug in slots of the desired track You will find Melodyne Plugin in the Plug Ins folder where it is listed as Celemony Melodyne Lm S Audio
48. ated for each of the newly created notes and that may differ from the tonal center they shared when they were one note In such cases each therefore moves to a new vertical position based on its newly calculated pitch center You can move an existing note separation horizontally with the note separation tool For this purpose check Show Note Separations in the View menu If you select several notes and move a note separation the note separations of the other selected notes will also be moved If you double click one of the note separations to remove it those of the other selected notes will also be removed If you have selected several notes that overlap you can simultaneously insert a note separation at the same point in all of them as well as move or remove one Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 163 Melodyne essential Related topics e The pitch grid and scales e Time grid selection e Correcting timing using the macro e Correcting intonation by macro Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 164
49. ave only transferred the first four bars and wish to confine navigation to this area but wish to insert something at Bar 20 Double click the scrollers to zoom horizontally or vertically on all notes The slider in the bottom right corner governs the size of the blob display In Melodyne Stand Alone the usual transport keys are at the top left of the window You can scrub through the material in the bar ruler and start the playback by double clicking on the bar ruler in the desired place The same is possible provided the DAW is stopped in Melodyne Plugin It is not possible to control the DAW s playback functions from within Melodyne Plugin Playback functions in Melodyne Stand Alone and Plugin when the DAW is stopped Click in the bar ruler to position the playback cursor Double click in the bar ruler to start playback from the place where you click Alt double click anywhere in the bar ruler to play back the current selection With most DAWS pressing the space bar stops the local Plugin playback Use the arrow keys to select and play the next previous blob or the blob above below Click in the bar ruler to stop the playback and position the playback cursor Click and drag in the bar ruler to begin scrubbing Playback functions in Melodyne Stand Alone Space bar Play Pause Alt Sspace bar Play the current selection Numeric keypad Enter Play Numeric keypad O x 1 Stop Numeric keypad O x 2 Return to previou
50. ave transferred to Melodyne or have altered the overall tempo in your DAW subsequently you must inform Melodyne of such changes so that synchronicity between the bar rulers of the two applications can be restored In this tour you will find out how to do it A new constant tempo Whenever Melodyne registers a tempo change in the DAW the chain icon near the tempo display will flash orange to indicate that a matter requires your attention If you do nothing you resign yourself to a discrepancy between the bar ruler in the DAW and that of Melodyne Plugin SE Dal E i o 114 000 Click the chain icon to open the tempo window Here you can inform Melodyne of the nature of the tempo change it has detected in order to ensure that the two bar rulers remain in step Hawe you changed the tempo in the DAW If so is this a new fixed tempo for the whole song or a tempo variation within it Constant tempo 106 000 BPM _ Tempo variation Stretch audio a a Cancel If you have simply changed the overall tempo and there are no tempo changes within the song itself select Constant Tempo This tells Melodyne that the new tempo registered applies to the entire song and that it should adjust its own bar ruler accordingly If you want Melodyne to stretch or compress the audio material to reflect the new tempo check the box below If you select this option Melodyne will employ time stretching or c
51. avigate to the folder in question by clicking on the ellipsis icon Following this procedure ensures that when archiving or passing on your work all the files you need will be in your project folder and not elsewhere on your computer If you are copying your project to another location you should then immediately open the copy followed by an instance of Melodyne within it Next choose Settings gt File Manager gt Store Transfers To and navigate as before to the newly copied Transfers folder to assign the path Click for the purpose on the ellipsis icon If you didn t set the transfer path prior to the first transfer you can do so at any time later Melodyne will automatically gather the data for the tracks already edited and move it to the storage location you have chosen as soon as you assign a path to it using the Store Transfers To command in the file manager When archiving and passing on projects you do not need to worry about Melodyne s audio cache the size and location of which can be selected from Melodyne s Preferences dialog Melodyne will automatically restore the parameters found there so there is no need to archive or copy them separately Duplicating tracks Sometimes you may want to copy a track including its Melodyne instance and Melodyne editing in order for instance to generate a second voice To do this right click on the Duplicate command in the mixer or audio track
52. avigation Zooming selection playback and working with the cycle function Navigation Position playback cursor Position playback cursor and scrub Position playback cursor at last starting point Position playback cursor at start Move editing area scroll tool Zooming Zoom in time Zoom horizontally vertically zoom tool Zoom on a blob or selection Zoom out Zoom horizontally vertically on all blobs Cycle editing Activate deactivate cycle Define cycle range snap to grid Click in the time ruler Drag horizontally in the time ruler drag vertically to Zoom Press keypad 0 once when stopped twice during playback Stand Alone only Press keypad 0 twice when stopped three times during playback Stand Alone only COMMAND drag in editing pane Drag vertically in time ruler drag horizontally to scrub COMMAND ALT drag horizontally vertically in the editing pane COMMAND double click on the blob or any blob selected COMMAND double click in editing background Double click horizontal vertical scroll zoom slider Double click on cycle beam Drag in cycle ruler Define cycle range Snap deactivated ALT drag in cycle ruler Match cycle range to current selection SHIFT double click on cycle ruler Move cycle beam or cycle borders Snap to grid Drag cycle beam or borders Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 27 Melodyne essential Move
53. ce Ranges All sections or regions that will be played back by Melodyne as opposed to the DAW will now be marked Such regions can be extended simply by dragging their borders with the mouse To shorten a playback region delete a few blobs and select Set Replace Ranges to Notes from the context menu of the bar ruler Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 18 Melodyne essential Note detection and algorithm selection The audio material must first of all be analyzed by Melodyne so that notes within it can be detected and later edited The need for this preliminary analysis explains why Melodyne cannot be used as a real time effect like a reverb or an echo Only after the material has been analyzed can the notes be displayed and Melodyne s unique functions brought into play These of course do then operate in real time every change you make within Melodyne to the audio notes takes effect immediately and can be heard without delay With Melodyne you can edit monophonic melodic and rhythmic unpitched material It is Melodyne itself that decides based on its own analysis what type of material it is dealing with You can however force it to adopt a different interpretation if say the material is not displayed in the way best suited to the type of editing you have in mind e When the detection process is complete select a different algorithm from the Algorithm men
54. celemony com 110 Melodyne essential The dragging triggers a new search for the note with the hint Look for the correct pitch higher up When you then release the note it jumps to the next most plausible higher pitch which in all likelinood will be the correct one The Monitoring Synthesizer A considerable aid when checking and correcting note assignments is proposed by the sine wave icon which you will see beneath the toolbar This is both a switch and a rotary control When activated it causes the sound of a synthesizer to replace the normal sound of each blob To turn the knob click on it and drag the mouse pointer to the right or left thereby increasing or decreasing respectively the volume of the synthesized sound But why should you do this Simple The monitoring synthesizer allows you to hear the notes that you can see and that are currently active making it easy to check whether these notes correspond to those that can be heard in the material Think of the solid blobs as representing a transcription of the music in the audio file The synthesizer Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 111 Melodyne essential allows you now to check this transcription with a MIDI tone generator and therefore easily determine whether all the notes are at the right octave You can carry on reassigning notes as des
55. celemony com 158 Melodyne essential modify both the groove reference and the intensity of the quantization in real time as the audio plays back and hear but also see from the movement of the blobs in the editing area the effect of different settings If you have already finely adjusted the position of notes using the timing tool Melodyne will assume you are satisfied with the results this means that by default if you now open the quantize time macro with no notes selected and begin making changes all notes will be affected except these If you wish the position of these too to be affected by the macro check Include notes already edited manually The option is grayed out of course as being of no relevance if no manual editing of note positions has been performed include notes already edited manually s Cancel L OK 1 a 1 al is Exit with OK to keep your changes or Cancel to discard them Naturally the fact that you have used the quantize time macro in no way precludes your moving notes at any time subsequently by hand If you select a note that has already been edited using the macro and then open the macro again the settings previously applied to it will be displayed the macro remembers in other words the parameters previously applied to each note If the current selection includes notes to which different settings have been applied a mean value for each parameter will be displayed
56. ch ruler offers you three basic settings for the snap function e No Snap the pitch ruler displays for purposes of clarity only faint lines between the notes e Chromatic Snap notes snap to the nearest point on the chromatic scale and the lines on the ruler are more boldly displayed e Scale Snap uses initially the nearest major or minor scale as determined by Melodyne based on its analysis of the audio material The tonic or keynote thus ascertained is highlighted in the pitch ruler Naturally you can alter the scale and tonic as we will explain shortly ST ier ne a er pee Time Grid E No Snap Chromatic Snap scales and Master Tuning view ame The scale and reference pitch rulers To select and use scales choose Scale Editor from the context menu of the pitch ruler and check the option Selection and Master Tuning Now to the left of the pitch ruler two new columns appear Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 148 Melodyne essential a cles NN Adjusting the master tuning The narrow column on the very left is the reference pitch ruler Drag up and down the mark alongside any note A4 for example A frequency ruler appears for you to consult as you fine tune the note in question and with it of course all the other notes of the scale What you are doing here is adjusting the master tuning for the entire pitch grid A tip increase the ver
57. corner of the window can be applied to a selection If no tones are selected the macro in question operates on all the notes Manual editing is performed using the main tool from the toolbox This tool is context sensitive offering different functions when moved over different parts of a blob For finer adjustment hold the Alt key when changing parameters You can also open the toolbox by right clicking in the editing area The shortcut Command arrow keys applies the function of the tool to the selected blobs moving notes upwards or downwards in pitch or else forwards and backwards in time Hold the Alt key to change the values by finer increments The following chart provides an overview of the functions of the various tools indicating how these vary depending upon which part of the blob is clicked or dragged and upon whether you single or double click The shape of the mouse pointer provides a further indication of the function a given tool will perform in a given context Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 23 single click Double click Middle Left main function Right Middle Main Tool move start shift pitch move end insert delete note position separation top of blab The pitch grid and scale functions In Melodyne you can change the pitch of notes either continuously or in such a way that they snap to a grid If the snap function is active notes can on
58. cribed above and arrive more swiftly at the ideal where the solid blobs displayed represent all and only the notes actually played Note separation When you place the mouse pointer somewhat above a blob the arrow turns into the note separation tool With this in note assignment mode as well as in normal editing mode you can separate notes or remove separations Quitting note assignment mode To quit note assignment mode simply select one of the other tools As you leave the mode Melodyne will perform a fresh analysis of the material based upon the changes you have made This could take a few moments Related topics e Choosing the algorithm e Checking and editing the note detection within rhythmic material Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 112 Melodyne essential Checking and editing the note detection within rhythmic material In this tour you will learn how to check the note detection in rhythmic material and reassign notes Since in the case of rhythmic material there are no tonal assignments to be performed it is only the checking and correction of note separations that need concern us The procedure After transferring or loading audio select the note assignment tool which is set slightly apart from the others to change to note assignment mode In the stand alone implementation note assignment mode only ever applies to one of the audio files in
59. ct when the two programs are linked via Rewire To make it possible to recreate an earlier work situation you must save the Melodyne document manually in the form of an MPD file ideally in your Logic Pro project folder When saving activate the option Save Audio File s in Copy to ensure Melodyne saves a copy of the sample in the session folder Miscellaneous notes Buffer Size Under Settings gt Audio we suggest an I O buffer size of 1 024 samples Smaller values lead to a marked increase in the CPU load Should you require a smaller buffer e g when adjusting the headphone mix directly in your computer and not via an external channel strip or mixer switch all instances of Melodyne during the recording to bypass Reactivate Melodyne as soon as you begin editing your new track Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 53 Melodyne essential Mute and Solo Melodyne continues to play back its audio signal even when the audio region in the same part of the arrangement has been muted Whilst this is the behavior it exhibits in all other commonly used hosts to users of older versions of Logic it will at first seem strange Moreover it has other side effects you hear the audio signals of all the Melodyne instances you are using regardless of whether particular regions were recorded in Solo or Global Solo modes If you do however wish to mute Melodyne or solo it use the appropr
60. ct when the two programs are linked via Rewire To make it possible to recreate an earlier work situation you must save the Melodyne document manually in the form of an MPD file ideally in the project folder of your Live project When saving activate the option Save Copy of Audio File s to ensure Melodyne saves a copy of the sample in the project folder Miscellaneous notes Buffer size We recommend an audio buffer size of 1 024 samples Smaller values lead to a marked increase in the CPU load Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 84 Melodyne essential Should you require a smaller buffer e g when adjusting the headphone mix directly in your computer and not via an external channel strip or mixer switch all instances of Melodyne during the recording to bypass Reactivate Melodyne as soon as you begin editing your new track Plug in format under OS X Under OS X you can in principle use Melodyne in Ableton Live either as a VST 2 82 bit or as an AU 32 64 bit plug in We recommend use of the AU version Time signature changes Melodyne not only follows the time as described above but also the timeline of the Live arrangement If you are working on the clip level however with different time signatures and insert these clips into the arrangement discrepancies can arise between what is heard and the time signatures displayed The problem here however is purely
61. cted by Melodyne wes a 125 39 Al For the document in question to maintain perfect synchronicity with the DAW Melodyne must have detected its correct tempo as only then can it speed up or slow down the playback of the document to match the tempo set by the DAW Since tempo is a matter of interpretation however it can happen Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 102 Melodyne essential that Melodyne s tempo is double or half the tempo intended and consequenily that the document will play back at twice or half the intended speed To remedy this click the button next to the tempo display 125 99 a When the define tempo dialog opens select Multiply tempo by and if for example you want to halve the tempo select the option beginning 1 2 from the drop down menu Define Tempo 7 Mee A Current tempo 3 1 an oe 1 416 BPM 3 2 312 BPM 17 1 208 BPM 2 3 139 BPM al a E Multiply tempo by __ Specify fixed tempo Redetect tempo he 1 3 69 BPM Set Bar 1 to start of file EEEE O EEEE E a Cancel IL OK P This dialog also allows you to set a particular tempo or cause Melodyne to redetect the tempo of the document by conducting a fresh analysis Related topics e Loading and saving audio in Melodyne Stand Alone e Recording audio in Melodyne Stand
62. ction and playback Tool functions Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 2 Melodyne essential Strategies for optimizing performance and stability Tip 1 The size of your DAW s buffer Tip 2 Avoid running short of RAM Tip 3 The correct DAW settings Tip 4 Always use the latest version of Melodyne Tip 5 Use the correct audio driver format Tip 6 Use the latest version of the audio driver If our tios are of no hel pr 9 x Preferences Melodyne Plugin s preferences property sheet Melodyne Stand Alone s preferences property sheet Melodyne and your DAW Melodyne in Pro Tools Current issues Tips on switching from Pro Tools 10 to 11 Loading the Melodyne plug in Backing up and exchanging projects Duplicating tracks Saving plug in settings for Melodyne Bouncing printing Melodyne edits Rewire Miscellaneous notes e Notes regarding earlier versions Melodyne in Logic Pro Loading the Melodyne plug in Backing up and exchanging projects Duplicating tracks Saving plug in settings for Melodyne Bouncing printing Melodyne edits Rewire Miscellaneous notes Notes regarding older versions Melodyne in Cubase Nuendo Loading the Melodyne plug in Backing up and exchanging projects Duplicating tracks Saving plug in settings for Melodyne Exporting printing Melodyne edits audio mixdown Rewire Misce
63. d all the editing you have performed with it are also duplicated check the Inserts box in the Data to duplicate section of the Duplicate Tracks dialog Duplicate Tracks x Number of duplicates a Data to duplicate F Active Playlist _ Alternate Playlists _ Automation Sends i Group assignments Insert after last selected track Saving plug in settings for Melodyne Just as with an effects plug in you can store different settings as presets in Melodyne you can save different edits You may wish to do this in order for example to allow a performer or artist to hear and choose between different edits of the same take To save and reload Melodyne settings follow the same procedures as for all other plug ins Click in the upper part of the current Melodyne Plugin window on Preset and select Save Settings As Then assign a name to the current Melodyne edit You can store alternative edits as additional presets and switch between them using the preset selector Bouncing printing Melodyne edits When you are using Melodyne in a project and have finished editing you have two choices You can allow the Melodyne instance s to remain active until the final mixdown If you do this you will Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 42 Melodyne essential retain access to your Melodyne editing and will be able to make further refinements un
64. d original sound in note assignment SHIFT double click on time mode ruler Playback Stand Alone Begin playback SPACE or keypad ENTER or double click on time ruler Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 28 Melodyne essential Play back selection then stop ALT SPACE Stop playback SPACE or keypad 0 or click on time ruler To facilitate editing in note assignment mode you can opt to hear the notes played back by a synthesizer or switch back and forth between the synthesized and original sounds Toggle between synthesizer and original sound in note assignment SHIFT double click on time mode ruler Tool functions It is possible to select tools and execute their principal functions using only the keyboard Main tool Select main tool F1 Stand Alone only Raise lower pitch by a semitone COMMAND UP DOWN ARROW Raise lower pitch by a cent COMMAND ALT UP DOWN ARROW Move in grid increments COMMAND LEFT RIGHT ARROW Move in fine increments COMMAND ALT LEFT RIGHT ARROW Scroll tool hand Select scroll tool F2 Stand Alone only Zoom tool magnifying glass Select zoom tool F3 Stand Alone only Related topics e Preferences e Strategies for optimizing performance and stability e Quick Start Guide Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 29 Melodyne essential Strategies for optimizing performance and stability
65. d stability Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 72 Melodyne essential Melodyne in Cakewalk Sonar X3 with ARA As an extension of the VST interface ARA provides for a particularly close integration of Melodyne into Cakewalk Sonar X3 thereby making for a very user friendly Melodyne experience In this short guide you will find all you need to know in order to use Melodyne in Sonar with ARA This guide complements the normal Melodyne User Manual Please take note also of the information regarding the compatibility of Melodyne with Sonar on our website Te E he Tat Fe Pe Rey sree Sed a os a ee fs Pe a a Installing Melodyne Melodyne essential is bundled with Sonar X3 Producer and Sonar X3 Studio and installed along with them If you have unintentionally interrupted the installation of Melodyne and only succeeded in installing Sonar X3 all you need do is run the Sonar installation program a second time this time remembering to install Melodyne When you launch Melodyne for the first time the Activation Assistant will ask you for your Melodyne serial number If you already owned Melodyne prior to the Sonar update your serial number will be entered automatically so you need only confirm it If you did not already own Melodyne the Serial Number field will be empty In this case enter the Melodyne serial number that came with the Sonar bundle You will f
66. defining the tempo Since in this case we want to halve Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 141 Melodyne essential the current tempo we check the option Multiply tempo by and select the entry beginning 1 2 from the list box to the right 3 1 624 BPM 2 1 416 BPM 3 2 312 BPM 1 1 208 BPM 2 3 139 BPM When we now exit with OK we will find that the one bar loop extends over one bar only in the grid and that the value in the tempo box has been halved Problem solved Specifying a fixed tempo If you choose the option Specify fixed tempo you can enter in the box provided a new value for the tempo Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 142 Melodyne essential Define Tempo Current tempo 157 177 BPM variable Y Multiply tempo by Specify fixed tempo Redetect tempo BPM Set Bar 1 to start of file Cancel OK When might you want to do this There is one case in particular where it might be desirable to specify a fixed tempo Suppose you are editing a guitar track recorded in time with a playback running at 120 BPM and the player has introduced slight tempo variations into his or her performance When you now open the recording in Melodyne Stand Alone you will see that these tempo variations have been detected and are preserved in the playback If y
67. demonstrated You can also try out the things shown in the film as all the audio files used in the film are available for download ready packed in arrangements for the most common DAWSs In the case of keyboard shortcuts where here we refer to the Command key we mean the key on the Mac described as either the Command or the Apple key on a PC it is marked Ctrl The other keys referred to have the same names on the Mac as the PC Stand Alone or Plugin You can use Melodyne as either a stand alone application or a plug in with any compatible DAW in which case you will find Melodyne among the audio effect plug ins not the instrument plug ins Melodyne is used in the same way as an audio insert effect not an instrument plug in The plug in runs in step with your DAW which is ideal if you want to perform and check your editing within the context of a song for this purpose you can open as many instances of Melodyne simultaneously as the memory and processing power of your computer will permit You will find the stand alone implementation in your computer s Programs folder after the installation Use this version just like a sample editor launch the application open your audio files edit them then save them at the end The stand alone implementation is easily to hand when you want to edit samples independently of a song project Thanks to ReWire support however it can also be connected to a DAW which provides an alterna
68. e DAW and Melodyne can get out of sync and transfers will sound at the wrong time or be recorded in the wrong place The handling of variable tempo is unfortunately not self explanatory It would be far simpler if DAWs transmitted all information about changes in the tempo or type of bar to plug ins but sadly the plug in interface at the moment does not provide for this Melodyne is therefore obliged to learn all the relevant information during the transfer However since transfers as a rule do not extend the full length of the song the tempo window makes it possible for Melodyne to learn about changes in the tempo or time signature during pure playback in other words without any transfer being necessary With respect to tempo learning if the following rules are observed everything should go as expected and there is no reason why you should not be able work successfully with variable tempo e Prior to the first transfer with the tempo window open play through to all instances of Melodyne the entire song including all passages in which the tempo accelerates decelerates or changes abruptly or there is a change of time signature Tip if you wish to work with multiple instances of Melodyne here s a trick that should save you time once the first instance has learned the tempo save in that instance a plug in preset called for example tempo for Song X Then open the other instances you plan to use and load this preset into each of the
69. e and a warm welcome to the circle of Melodyne users Melodyne is at home in all the great studios of the world and has for years been prized for its intuitive editing functions and the high quality of its sound As a Melodyne user you are in the finest we could even say the most illustrious company Here at Celemony we have worked hard to make Melodyne as pleasant to use as powerful and as useful as possible We really hope that Melodyne will make your life in the studio easier be a delight to use and inspire you to greater heights of creativity Let us know how you like it And don t hesitate to contact us if anything doesn t work quite the way it should at www celemony com we re always here for you We hope your work with Melodyne will be productive and that it will bring you a great deal of satisfaction and pleasure Kindest regards all at Celemony en Sa G Abun boe igh m AT ee eh 3 atia Lit f m t h ka Corn Fak ha ii l is editor Duser Tera i gt c L o b Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 13 Melodyne essential What Melodyne is and what it s for Melodyne allows you edit and display audio material in a highly musical way What s remarkable about it is that Melodyne recognizes the notes in the audio data and displays them on pitch and time grids This is far more
70. e parameter is set to 25 Reduce this value if you find memory running short or decide you really don t need that many undo steps Bounce tracks All tracks containing instances of Melodyne and also all tracks containing software samplers consume RAM and this is reflected in the overall amount of RAM used by your DAW By bouncing Melodyne and or sampler tracks you ve finished working on you can make more efficient use of the RAM available Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 32 Melodyne essential The bounce function variously Known as Render to Disk Mixdown or Print to Track results in your Melodyne edits or sampler output being finalized in an audio file that can then be played back from a simple and resource sparing audio track instead of the original track This makes it possible to remove Melodyne and or the software sampler from the original track and even delete the original track entirely thereby economizing on RAM A tip before performing the bounce save a copy of the song in case you want to access the original track complete with the plug ins at a later date Please consult the user manual of your DAW to find out how to bounce tracks Pitch Mod Avi MAMMAL Optimize sampler instruments Although Melodyne makes the data required for playback available in the most efficient way possible and the one that makes the most modest demands upon RAM
71. e size of the Melodyne window to see it Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com Z Melodyne essential Py iN im a editor 7 The common program code primarily serves to make full compatibility between the Melodyne editions editor assistant and essential possible It is no problem to open in Melodyne assistant or Melodyne editor a project begun in Melodyne essential and work thereafter with the expanded function set of the larger edition It works the other way round as well a project begun in Melodyne editor can be loaded into one of the smaller editions played back and edited using the functions available there It is only when Melodyne editor s DNA functions for the editing of polyphonic material have been used that the document created can merely be played back but not edited in a smaller edition When this occurs we say Melodyne is running in Playback Mode 1 I E j S ON i Poe V A A E i Sanaa y p me SE SS a a a al r al Pa i rE P A M an Am j og TE leg oi img i T a aa Melodyne also runs in Playback Mode when it has been installed but not activated It is still possible to open and play back all existing documents in such cases but you cannot edit them Playback Mode can be very useful when you want to pass on a project as it allows you to play back tracks edited in Melodyne without having to bounce them first on a computer
72. e the aux track via the Output menu to a new track and record the audio signal on it Please note that data from Melodyne is not automatically saved along with your Pro Tools session when the two programs are linked via Rewire To make it possible to recreate an earlier work situation you must save the Melodyne document manually in the form of an MPD file ideally in the session folder of your Pro Tools project When saving activate the option Save Audio File s in Copy to ensure Melodyne saves a copy of the sample in the session folder Miscellaneous notes H W Buffer Size Under Setup gt Playback Engine set the H W buffer size to 1 024 samples Smaller values lead to a significant increase in the CPU load Should you require a smaller buffer e g when adjusting the headphone mix directly in your computer and not via an external channel strip or mixer switch all instances of Melodyne during the recording to bypass Reactivate Melodyne as soon as you begin editing your new track Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 46 Melodyne essential Keyboard shortcuts If you are running Pro Tools under Windows certain keyboard shortcuts within Melodyne do not work unfortunately as they affect Pro Tools itself and not Melodyne e CTRL X e CTRL C e CTRL V e CTRL Z e CTRL Shift Z e Delete e All shortcuts using the ALT command such as ALT mouse drag blob fine adju
73. ear the frozen sound of the note at the point where you clicked If whilst dragging you move the mouse to the right or left you can put other parts of the note under the acoustic microscope Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 160 Melodyne essential Modifying note lengths In the View menu check the option Show Blob Info Zoom in on a few individual blobs so that you can study them more closely Now as you move the mouse pointer over a blob thin lines appear indicating the zones in which the main tool performs particular functions For illustrative purposes the lines here have been drawn more boldly than in the program itself The central area you already know about This has to be distinguished from the front back and upper regions of the blob As you move the mouse pointer from one of these regions to another it changes its appearance to emulate whichever of the more specialized tools is most appropriate to that zone adopting its functions at the same time Drag the front part of the note to the right or left Hold down the Alt key as you do so if you wish to override an active time grid Now only the beginning of the note moves the end remains anchored so the note is either being stretched or compressed In the same way you can move only the rightmost part of the blob corresponding to the end of the note Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated
74. eate a subfolder called Transfers for your current Logic Pro project within the project folder belonging to it Now assign your transfers to this folder in the first instance of Melodyne you create by choosing Settings gt File Manager gt Store transfers to and navigating to it To do this click on the ellipsis icon Now if you want to be sure when archiving your project or passing it on to others that all instances of Melodyne will be able subsequently to find the audio files they need the only thing you need to archive or pass on is the project folder If you are making a copy of your project using the Save Copy As command don t forget to make a manual copy of the Transfers folder as well As soon as you have done this open the copy of your project Choose Settings gt File Manager gt Store transfers to and navigate as before to the newly copied Transfers folder to assign the path When archiving and passing on projects you do not need to worry about Melodyne s audio cache the size and location of which can be selected from Melodyne s Preferences dialog Melodyne will automatically restore the parameters found there so there is no need to archive or copy them separately Duplicating tracks Sometimes you may want to copy a track including its Melodyne instance and Melodyne editing in order for instance to generate a second voice To do this use either the New Track with Duplica
75. ee and edit them within Melodyne When you transfer passages to Plugin it is as though it were recording them Later during playback the passages transferred will be played back by Melodyne whilst the passages that precede and follow them will come as before from the original audio track i e from your DAW Transfers are essential to the use of Melodyne Plugin it does not operate as a real time insert effect in the normal sense Having said that if your DAW supports ARA a Celemony extension for widely used plug in interfaces transfers are not necessary With ARA you can open in Melodyne an audio region from the DAW track without having to perform a transfer beforehand e Activate Melodyne s Transfer key from the DAW play the part of the track you wish to transfer and when you get to the end of it stop the playback in the DAW You can transfer to Melodyne passages taken from different parts of the same DAW track Once you have finished editing a track you can save your work using your DAW s render or bounce function insert the resulting audio file into the original track and remove Melodyne from the track Settings Edit Algorithm View Help anster ap Ke During playback after one or several transfers those passages that have been transferred to Melodyne will be played back by Melodyne all other parts of the original track will be played back by the DAW From the View menu choose Show Repla
76. empo throughout the recording will be detected This option functions well and reliably as a general rule but will usually lead to tempo fluctuations in your performance being interpreted as changes in tempo In consequence the Tempo display will change in the course of playback and the grid in the editing area will also expand or contract in response to tempo fluctuations in the recording If you would rather use a fixed tempo and uniformly spaced gridlines as the basis of your recording simply set the desired tempo manually prior to recording and or activate the metronome As soon as you do either or both of these things Melodyne will conclude that you want a uniform tempo In this case the Tempo display will not change during the recording and the grid will remain rigid any tempo fluctuations in your performance will be revealed when the analysis is complete by the fact that certain notes are offset from i e lie between or not precisely on the gridlines Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 94 Melodyne essential To activate the metronome click the combination control shown below By dragging it with the mouse you can set the volume of the metronome 120 000 4 4 M 1 120 000 hac Starting and stopping the recording Move the playback cursor or recording cursor in this case to a position slightly to the left of the place you wish to begin recording Since
77. en will the Melodyne folder be included in the back up When archiving and passing on projects you do not need to worry about Melodyne s audio cache the size and location of which can be selected from Melodyne s Preferences dialog Melodyne will automatically restore the parameters found there so there is no need to archive or copy them separately Duplicating tracks Sometimes you may want to copy a track including its Melodyne instance and Melodyne editing in order for instance to generate a second voice To do this use the Duplicate Tracks command in Cubase Nuendo s Project menu File Edit Project Audio MIDI Scores Media Add Track Duplicate Tracks Remove Selected Tracks Remove Empty Tracks Saving plug in settings for Melodyne Just as with an effects plug in you can store different settings as presets in Melodyne you can save different edits You may wish to do this in order for example to allow a performer or artist to hear and choose between different edits of the same take To save and reload Melodyne settings follow the same procedures as for all other plug ins Click in the upper part of the current Melodyne Plugin window on Manage Presets and select Save Preset Then assign a name to the current Melodyne edit You can store alternative edits as additional presets and switch between them using the preset selector Exporting printing Melodyne edits audio mixdown When you are usi
78. er transfer to reduce CPU load F e Language determines the language of the user interface e Pitch Names determines whether notes on the pitch ruler are identified using their English Latin or German designations e A defines the frequency of the reference pitch A4 the A above Middle C e Look allows you to select the brightness and contrast levels of the Melodyne interface e Maximum number of undo steps Melodyne allows you to undo up to 100 editing steps Here you can limit the number of possible undo steps and thereby reduce your RAM consumption Reduce the value if you find memory running short or decide you really don t need that many undo steps e The entries in the following pane are designed to help you keep your software up to date As Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 37 Melodyne essential well as specifying how often Melodyne should check with the server to see whether a newer version of the program is available you can instruct Melodyne to perform an immediate check The version currently installed is also displayed e Extended Keyboard Support activate this option to use keyboard shortcuts undo select all copy paste arrow keys etc within Plugin How well these function depends upon the DAW you are using clear the option if you find Melodyne s keyboard shortcuts are entering into conflict with your DAW e Detect audio after tran
79. essential Checking and editing the note detection within melodic material In this tour you will learn how to check the note detection in monophonic material and how to reassign notes Occasionally the pitch of a note may on account of its pronounced overtone content be displayed an octave too high or there may be a note separation too many or too few among the detected notes You can correct these things very easily The procedure After transferring or loading audio select the note assignment tool which is set slightly apart from the others to change to note assignment mode In the stand alone implementation note assignment mode only ever applies to one of the audio files in your project at a time in the Melodyne plug in it applies to a single transfer This means that in note assignment mode you cannot always see all the notes belonging to a given track simultaneously only those derived from a single file or transfer Click therefore on a note belonging to the first file or transfer you wish to work on and then switch to note assignment mode to see the notes in question When you have finished correcting the note assignments within this file or transfer quit note assignment mode before selecting a note belonging to the next file or transfer you wish to work on and repeating the process In this way you can edit the note assignments of each file or transfer in turn Please note that for technical reasons when you switch to this m
80. ew track containing your Melodyne edits If you wish you can export multiple tracks simultaneously by selecting them in the Channel Selection pane on the left hand side of the window prior to the mixdown Once you have performed the desired exports in the Cubase Nuendo mixer copy the deactivated effects by dragging them to the new track whilst holding down the ALT key then reactivate them You can transfer the automation data from the original Melodyne tracks to your new tracks using the copy and paste functions All that remains is to decide what to do with the original Melodyne tracks You can either delete them or deactivate them by right clicking in the track panel and choosing Disable Track If you adopt the latter course you will retain access to your original Melodyne editing and be able to make further refinements later simply by reactivating the tracks Note the Channel Batch Export function which you can activate in the same window offers you the possibility of exporting multiple tracks simultaneously The use of this function eliminates the risk of Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 62 Melodyne essential including unwanted send effects in the export Rewire Generally you will want to use Melodyne as a plug in in Cubase or Nuendo This is the most convenient way of working it means moreover that all Melodyne data is stored within your session structure m
81. for example you will see an octave beneath the active detected notes the same notes again but this time as hollow potential notes The reason Melodyne cannot be sure whether the sound of the recorded instrument might not have a pronounced overtone an octave above the fundamental If it has such an overtone it could be that the entire melody has been detected an octave too high The octave beneath the detected notes in other words is the next most plausible location for the notes of the melody which is why these notes are offered here as potential alternatives to the detected notes Now it can happen that one note in a melody because of the way it was played or sung has a different overtone structure and is for that reason detected an octave too low A telltale indicator of such an error is often the presence of a steep notch in the path traced by the melody Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 109 Melodyne essential One way to correct this error of interpretation is to double click the potential note at the correct pitch If you do this the potential note will be activated and the falsely assigned note deactivated Alternatively you can simply drag the falsely assigned note towards the correct pitch in this case upwards it is not necessary to drop the note exactly on the correct pitch Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www
82. ftware GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 67 Melodyne essential Operating procedures no longer necessary thanks to ARA To get to know Melodyne we recommend the normal Melodyne User Manual or the User Manual Videos These describe the use of Melodyne without ARA Since ARA introduces considerable improvements in the use of Melodyne certain themes mentioned in the manual are no longer of relevance Transfers In the absence of ARA you have to play through to Melodyne in real time the audio segments from the DAW that you wish to edit a recording process known as a transfer With ARA transfers are no longer necessary it is enough to choose Edit with Melodyne and the desired audio event will open in Melodyne For this reason when you are using ARA the Transfer button is no longer visible in the Melodyne user interface File management Since ARA eliminates the need for transfers the associated file management work is also a thing of the past For this reason there is no File Manager dialog in Melodyne Plugin When you wish to save and later restore your work or hand it on to someone else all you need is the Studio One song All the data required by Melodyne is saved along with the song Tempo and time signature changes With ARA Melodyne follows all changes in tempo and time signature in Studio One automatically Without ARA such changes have to be played through to
83. ge location If this is on a different volume such as an external hard disk they will be copied to it Whenever you change the storage path therefore Melodyne will ask you to save your project so that the updated file references can be saved too When subsequently you transfer passages to any instances of Melodyne within the same project the transfer files thus created will be saved in the new location During work on a project or at the latest when it is complete you should select the project folder of your DAW as the storage location for these transfer files In this way you can be sure that all the files Melodyne requires are stored along with the project and dont get left behind when you pass the project on to someone else Exceptions some DAWS are capable of telling Melodyne where the project folder for the current project is to be found In these DAWs there is no way of selecting a storage path manually instead Melodyne will always use the current project folder as a storage location in this way ensuring that your transfer files remain part of the project and do not get lost So please don t be surprised if in your DAW there is no browse button for selecting the path if that is the case Melodyne will store the files for you automatically in the correct location To find out with which DAWs this occurs please consult our FAQ on the Internet Deleting unwanted files in the plug in The list in the file manager shows you the audio
84. h Melodyne in order to convert audio to MIDI It suffices to drag it to a MIDI or instrument track in the manner already described The requisite exchange of information with Melodyne is performed by Sonar in the background using the ARA protocol Changes to audio clips that Melodyne follows automatically If you change the arrangement of audio clips in Sonar Melodyne when connected using ARA follows automatically as long as the function Follow Host Tempo is checked in the local Region FX menu In the absence of ARA every change to the DAW track has to be repeated manually in Melodyne The changes to audio events automatically followed by Melodyne with ARA include Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 75 Melodyne essential muting e shortening e moving copying e alteration of the volume and of fades e time stretching of the event with Sonar s Slip Stretch function by CTRL dragging the end of the clip Note even when Melodyne is running in playback or trial mode Melodyne will follow the tempo of the sequencer through time stretching provided the Follow Host Tempo option is checked Most of the ARA functions mentioned are also active it is only editing within Melodyne that is impossible The time stretching behavior of Sonar and Melodyne In Sonar simply by holding down the CTRL key as you drag the right hand edge of a clip you can stre
85. he option Snap to the selected scale notes foreign to the scale will be ignored and depending upon the setting of the intensity slider notes will move a certain distance towards or all the way to the nearest degree of the scale in question A word of caution here notes often fluctuate slightly in pitch so their position is based on a mean pitch that Melodyne has to calculate This mean pitch or pitch center forms the basis for pitch correction If a note wavers slightly in pitch it cannot be guaranteed that after 100 correction has been applied it will sound right at the new pitch especially since what is the correct pitch at any given moment depends upon the musical context The processes involved are no different in principle whether intonation is corrected automatically with the correct pitch macro or by hand with the pitch tool Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 153 Melodyne essential Correct Pitch Drift Snap to A Dur Include notes already edited manually With the lower slider you can progressively reduce the amount of pitch drift exhibited by the notes in question By pitch drift we mean the kind of slow wavering in pitch that is symptomatic of poor technique More rapid fluctuations in pitch such as pitch modulation or vibrato remain unaffected You can modify both correction parameters in real time as the audio plays back and hear but al
86. high quality audio hardware that supports one of these driver formats If you are working under Windows and your sound card does not offer an ASIO driver you can use ASIO4ALL as a temporary workaround Bear in mind however that a software solution such as this will not transform your sound card into a professional audio interface for music production If possible therefore you should use ASIO compatible audio hardware Furthermore we specifically recommend you to avoid DirectX or MME drivers under Windows Under Mac OS X you can use the integrated audio output of your Mac with a clear conscience for audio reproduction Depending upon the DAW you are using however it may be that recording via the integrated input is only possible using a workaround the creation of an aggregate audio device in the utility program Audio MIDI Setup Tip 6 Use the latest version of the audio driver Problems with audio drivers often occur after a music application has been updated In some cases the problem manifests itself in a dramatic way the computer crashes At other times however the symptoms can be less obvious taking the form of subtle and hard to explain malfunctions Whatever form they take when you do encounter problems you should check the manufacturer s web site to see whether new drivers are available for your audio interface This is particularly important in the case of newly purchased hardware A newly purchased device will often ha
87. his is done automatically by the DAW project If you want to save the contents of Melodyne Plugin as an audio file you must use the bounce render function of your DAW Each time audio material is transferred Melodyne Plugin makes a copy of the new segment These files are stored by default in the folder indicated by Settings gt File Manager gt Path for Transfers Please note that if you are passing on a project to someone else you must also include the files transferred with Melodyne otherwise Melodyne will not be able to play back the transferred passages For this reason you can select a different destination for each project the project folder for example so as to ensure that the transfer files are archived and transferred along with the project In Melodyne Stand Alone you can select under Preferences gt Audio gt Recording Folder the location in which the recordings created by Melodyne Stand Alone are stored temporarily Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 25 Melodyne essential Melodyne condensed the interface in a nutshell Keyboard shortcuts allow you to work more swiftly by eliminating mouse movements Furthermore holding down particular keys whilst working with the mouse often gives you access to additional options You will find all such techniques listed here as well as all the most important operations you can perform in Melodyne with a click or
88. hoose to move You will notice that note values are also selectable if you have set the grid to Dynamic This should make sensible working with triplets possible even when using the dynamic grid Since there are not just triplets in themselves but eighth note quaver triplets quarter note crotchet triplets etc you can select the desired note value so that the dynamic grid is drawn and behaves correctly When the time grid is active and Seconds is not checked notes moved from one beat to another will end up the same distance from the new beat as they were from the old one In other words whilst the grid does influence their position they don t snap exactly to the nearest grid line unless they were on a grid line to begin with The note depicted below for example sounds slightly after the first beat of the bar ear H If while the grid is active this is moved to the second beat there too it will sound slightly after the beat the offset in the two cases being identical Even if the grid is active you can still adjust the position of a note or a selection of notes independently of the grid by holding down the Alt key as you move them Related topics e Adjusting to tempo variation in the DAW e Matching Melodyne Stand Alone s time grid to the audio Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 139 Melodyne essential Matching Melodyne Stand Alone s time gr
89. iate buttons in the channel strip As an alternative to the channel strip buttons you can also use the buttons in the track list though they need of course to be configured in advance for the purpose Choose Preferences gt Audio gt General In the Track Mute Solo section two options are available CPU saving Slow Response if this option is selected the Mute Solo buttons act simultaneously on all regions within the track Neither Melodyne editor nor Melodyne assistant are influenced by this Fast Remote Channel Strips if this option is selected the Mute Solo keys have exactly the same effect as the corresponding buttons in the channel strip they therefore do affect Melodyne Notes regarding older versions Bounce If you are using Logic 8 or earlier we recommend the following bounce procedure create a new track using the shortcut ALT CMD N or choose Track gt New from the menu New Tracks Number 1 Type Audio C Software Instrument External MIDI Format Stereo x Output Output 1 2 Ascending _ input Monitoring V Record Enable Open Library Create In the following window under Input select a free bus e g Bus 64 Assign a name to the track and confirm with Create Next record enable the new track by clicking the R button in the channel strip Then set the output of the track containing the Melodyne changes to Bus 64 Then with recording Celemo
90. id to the audio The time grid must correspond to the musical content before any sensible editing of the audio material is possible Whilst Melodyne Plugin assumes that a transfer matches the tempo of the DAW as indicated by its metronome click Melodyne Stand Alone analyzes the audio file loaded and deduces from the material itself the intended tempo and time signature Since however this is at the end of the day a matter of interpretation you do need on occasion to adjust the grid manually after the detection In this tour you will find out how this is done Moving the 1 When the loading and analysis of an audio file lets say a drum loop is complete you should first of all check to see whether the 1 of the time grid is correctly aligned with the first note or in this case drum stroke Often audio files have a bit of air before the first note sounds and this lull before the action gets underway can be interpreted by Melodyne as a rest The upshot then is that all the notes are displaced rightwards in the time grid and the first beat of the first bar or measure of the music fails to coincide with the 1 in the time ruler To correct this simply drag the 1 marker in the time ruler until it coincides with the beginning of the first drum stroke The movement is governed by the selected time grid which is usually helpful in cases however where it is is not if you press the Alt key as you drag the icon you w
91. ill be able to fine tune its positioning When you have finished the 1 should be perfectly aligned with the beginning of the first drum stroke Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 140 Melodyne essential Correcting the tempo interpretation Once the 1 is correctly positioned the detected tempo should be checked Melodyne s algorithms usually determine the tempo as well as the presence and nature of any tempo fluctuations with a high degree of accuracy since the tempo is always a matter of interpretation however it can happen that the tempo displayed is in fact double the intended or notional tempo This will have no adverse effect on the actual sound of course but could make editing the material confusing Even with our one bar singe measure loop the detected tempo is double the notional one so what is intended to be a one bar loop extends over two measures of the grid Entering a new value in the tempo box would be no help here because it would cause the audio material to be stretched or compressed the loop might run more rapidly or more slowly than before but it would still extend over two bars of the grid Fortunately correcting the displayed tempo is very simple Just click the button next to the tempo box and the define tempo dialog will open SE SES SES With it you can choose between two ways of
92. ill be of particular interest to users whose DAWS either have no plug in interface or were previously incompatible with Melodyne Thanks to Rewire you can now overcome such shortcomings and run Melodyne in tandem with your DAW with much the same ease as that afforded by the plug in implementation For this to be possible of course your DAW must support Rewire but the overwhelming majority of DAWs do When Rewire is active the transport functions and tempo of Melodyne and the DAW are coupled commence playback in one and the other starts too with both running automatically in sync In addition multiple audio signals can be transferred from Melodyne the Rewire slave to the DAW the Rewire master where they will then be available on separate channels of the DAW mixer Activating Rewire in Melodyne Stand Alone To use Rewire with Melodyne you must launch your DAW first and Melodyne Stand Alone subsequently Melodyne will detect the presence of a Rewire master your DAW and thereupon activate a device called Rewire in the preferences property sheet If on the other hand you launch Melodyne when the DAW is not running Melodyne will revert as normal to the audio device last used Audio Device ReWire Sample Rate 44 100 kHz Buffer Size 2048 Samples You cannot change the sampling rate or size of buffer used by Melodyne in Rewire mode as the former is dictated by your DAW and the latter fixed Celemony Software GmbH
93. ind this either in the Sonar packaging or if you purchased Sonar X3 as a download Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 73 Melodyne essential in your Cakewalk user account in this case upon completion of the download you should also have received an e mail from Cakewalk containing your Melodyne serial number After entering your serial number follow the instructions provided by the Activation Assistant When you have completed the installation and activated the program you will be able to use Melodyne as before as a plug in This ensures compatibility with songs previously edited with Sonar X2 When editing other audio clips however or beginning new projects we recommend the far more user friendly ARA integration of Melodyne as a Region FX Editing of an audio region or a clip with Melodyne and ARA Select within Sonar an audio clip or make a selection within an audio track Now right click within the selected area and choose Region FX gt Melodyne gt Create Region FX Melodyne will launch immediately analyze the clip and display the notes contained within it Melodyne is now embedded in the lower area of the Sonar window just like the audio editor or mixer of Sonar If you wish to access this clip again later just double click on it and the notes will be displayed immediately in Melodyne Edit View Clip Lock Clip Mute Unormube Isolate Clipfs in L
94. informative than the kind of display of amplitude values along a time axis offered by typical sample editors and audio sequencers With Melodyne you don t just see which parts of a recording are loud and which quiet you see where notes begin and end as well as the pitch of each That obviously makes a huge difference And naturally it is possible not simply to observe but also to seize hold of and modify the notes displayed If a tone is flat for example you can simply drag it to the correct pitch if it s too short you can make it longer Melodyne s note based approach not only makes it a highly sensitive tool for correcting and optimizing your recordings but also offers you the possibility of making profound changes to your audio material restructuring it and creating from it something altogether new Melodyne has for years enjoyed an outstanding reputation for the editing of lead vocals as it allows you to make corrections in a musical and intuitive manner that are virtually undetectable by ear But what works for this most critical of disciplines works wonders too with other sources such as musical instruments And once you ve worked for a while with Melodyne you ll realize that aside from the correction of errors there s a wealth of other valuable applications for you to explore A few examples e The creation of second voices or entire ensembles from copies of the original track e The introduction of melodic or harmonic variation
95. ing the Undo function Related topics e Checking and editing the note detection within melodic material Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 155 Melodyne essential Correcting timing using the macro In this tour you will learn how to work with the quantize time macro in order to correct the timing of notes swiftly and easily Correcting timing the what and where of it Before examining the operation of the quantize time macro we should clarify a few basic concepts and relationships Check the Show Intended Notes option in the View menu Grey boxes enclose each blob ai a MA A me When it first analyzes the material Melodyne calculates for each note two parameters of relevance to the process of time correction The first is the intended musical beat of the note this is indicated by the start of the grey frame enclosing the blob As you can see the start of the frame invariably coincides with a grid line The second is the actual starting position of each note If you quantize notes with the quantize time macro the starting point of each note will move towards the left hand side of its grey frame with the intensity slider determining whether it goes all of the way or only part of the way there that is to say to the beat assigned it Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 156 Melodyne es
96. ivating with the ALT key their Melodyne instances in order to spare resources If you adopt the latter course you will retain access to your original Melodyne editing and be able to make further refinements later simply by reactivating the tracks Rewire Generally you will want to use Melodyne as a plug in in Logic Pro This is the most convenient way of working it means moreover that all Melodyne data is stored within your project structure making archiving and passing on your project easier Occasionally however you may wish to integrate the stand alone version of Melodyne into Logic Pro as a Rewire client This can be useful if for example you wish to adjust audio files swiftly to the project tempo When the program is integrated via Rewire this happens automatically as soon as you drag an audio file from the finder or explorer and drop it in the Melodyne window You can then play back the audio files at the correct tempo via Rewire and make further use of them in Logic Pro enhancing them there perhaps through the application of additional plug ins To integrate Melodyne Stand Alone into Logic Pro as a Rewire client proceed as follows First launch Logic Pro Then choose from the Options menu the command Create New Auxiliary Channel Strip i p t Oo iS Wi S Create New Auxiliary Channel Strip Create Tracks for Selected Channel Strips Sand All MIDI Mixer Data Disable Groups Change rack in Hecord Mode Change T
97. l the space it has left Again the copied notes will retain their Original pitches Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 135 Melodyne essential If prior to pasting multiple adjacent notes are selected these will be deleted in the same way and the pasted notes stretched or squeezed to occupy the same time interval as the deleted selection If for example these are the notes selected lh a fv Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 136 Melodyne essential the result after pasting will look like this IN r3 TOR i nt Related topics e Matching Melodyne Stand Alone s time grid to the audio e Time grid selection Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 137 Melodyne essential Time grid selection In this tour you will learn how to set and use the time grid in the editing area The grid serves to provide a clearer overview of the audio data by displaying in the editing background vertical lines representing either seconds or beats If desired notes can also be made to snap to the nearest grid line as you drop them in which case they will sound precisely on the beat The procedure Click at the intersection between the time and pitch rulers to open a context menu of grid options Alternatively open the menu by righ
98. le to navigate only in this area but wish to insert something at bar 20 Double click the scrollers to zoom horizontally or vertically on all notes The slider in the bottom right hand corner governs the height of the blobs Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 121 Melodyne essential Activating and setting a cycle range In this tour you will learn how to perform cycling using Melodyne Cycling here means playing a selected passage repeatedly in a loop With Melodyne Plugin you can only activate cycle mode when the DAW is stopped If the DAW is running any cycling like the playback itself is controlled by it The procedure To define a cycle range click and drag in the lower part of the bar ruler If as you do so you hold down the Alt key the time grid will be ignored allowing you to position the start and end points freely Double click on the cycle range to toggle cycle mode on and off When inactive the cycle range is light grey In Melodyne Stand Alone you can also switch cycle mode on and off from the transport bar Drag the right or left hand borders of the cycle zone to alter its length If as you do so you hold down the Alt key the time grid will be ignored allowing you to position the start and end points freely 1 Drag the middle of the cycle zone to move it en bloc to the left or right If as you do so yo
99. lease take note also of the information regarding the compatibility of Melodyne with Logic Pro on our website Loading the Melodyne plug in Insert Melodyne into one of the plug in slots of the desired track You will find Melodyne Plugin under Audio Units Celemony Melodyne p Melodyne Melodyne Melodyne Melodyne ape Delay Tape Dalay Tape Delay AutaoFilter Stereo Ont Stereo Out Site Ste Sterea Onl Stereo Out Read Read 5 Hi i i a 1 a aia e E j k b F E b j E M Vocals EFX Vocals Chorus Lead Vocals GTA i3 ot hk 16 18 You are advised to insert Melodyne in the first plug in slot before the compressor EQ or other effects The reason is this during the transfer Melodyne records the input signal you intend to edit and with it all effects ahead of it in the signal chain which are then frozen into the signal and can no longer be adjusted In order to use your compressor EQ and other effects in the usual way you need therefore to make sure they come after Melodyne Plugin in the signal chain Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 48 Melodyne essential Backing up and exchanging projects During transfers Melodyne records the track s signal making a copy of the passages transferred The resulting audio files are stored in a folder named Transfers which you create in Melodyne under Settings gt File Manager Ideally you should cr
100. llaneous notes Melodyne in Presonus Studio One using ARA Loading and installing Melodyne Editing an audio event with Melodyne and ARA Operating procedures no longer necessary thanks to ARA Changes to audio events that Melodyne follows automatically The time stretching behavior of Studio One and Melodyne Inserting Melodyne into a channel strip no ARA Bypassing or removing Melodyne from an audio event Tips amp Tricks Melodyne in Cakewalk Sonar X3 with ARA Installing Melodyne Editing of an audio region or a clip with Melodyne and ARA Procedures that are no longer necessary thanks to ARA Changes to audio clips that Melodyne follows automatically The time stretching behavior of Sonar and Melodyne Inserting Melodyne into a channel strip no ARA Bypassing Melodyne or removing it from a clip Other things you should know about the use of Sonar Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 3 Melodyne essential Melodyne in Live Loading the Melodyne plug in Melodyne in Live s Session View Backing up and exchanging projects Duplicating tracks Saving plug in settings for Melodyne Bouncing printing Melodyne edits freezing flattening Rewire e Miscellaneous notes Loading transferring and saving Transferring audio material to Melodyne Plugin Transferring audio gt Replace Ranges Loading and saving audio in Melodyne Stand Alone Opening
101. ly be moved to pitches allowed by the grid The grid can be based on the chromatic scale the scale of C Major or any other scale With a right click on the pitch ruler you open a context menu from which you can select at the top between No Snap Chromatic Snap and Scale Snap Time Grid J Scales and Master Tuning View No Snap Chromatic Snap Selection Master Tuning shows the areas that allow you to select a scale and set the overall tuning Click on the wide ruler to select a scale Tempo functions Next to the tempo box there is a button that opens a tempo dialog Both the box and the dialog have distinct functions in Melodyne Stand Alone and Melodyne Plugin In Plugin the tempo in the box is merely a display it cannot be adjusted because the tempo is determined by the DAW When the tempo in the DAW changes you should open the dialog and inform Melodyne Plugin of the nature and intent of the change Have you simply selected a new constant tempo or is a tempo progression a gradual tempo change intended In the latter case you should play back the entire song so that Melodyne can learn the tempo progression do this prior to the first transfer When working with tempo or time signature changes please consult the tour entitled Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 24 Melodyne essential Adjusting to Variable Tempo in the DAW in the Melodyne u
102. m In that way all the instances will acquire the requisite tempo information without needing to go through the same learning process as the first e If you have changed any tempo progressions in the DAW play through once again to all Melodyne instances in the tempo window the entire song This will allow Melodyne to register all the tempo changes and preserve the synchronism of the bar ruler If prior to changing tempo progressions in your DAW you have already transferred material to Melodyne then once Melodyne has learned about the changes before closing the tempo window check the Audio Stretching option This is the only way of ensuring that the material already transferred can adapt to the new tempo environment Related topics e Matching Melodyne Stand Alone s time grid to the audio e Time grid selection Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 147 Melodyne essential The pitch grid and scales In this tour you will learn about Melodyne s pitch grid and find out how to select different scales for the grid Melodyne s scale functions In Melodyne you can change the pitch of notes either continuously or in such a way that they snap to a grid If the snap function is active notes can only be moved to pitches allowed by the grid The grid can be based on the chromatic scale the scale of C Major or any other scale Choosing the pitch grid The context menu on the pit
103. menu so that the CPU no longer needs to process it In this case any time stretching will no longer be performed by Melodyne but by Sonar Edit View Clip Lock Clip MubesUnmute Isolate Clips in Lane Groove Clio Looping Remove Region Fs Open Editor Bess Reoen P ollow Host Tempo Insert Effect Process Effect Open Clip Effects Bin The final option is to remove Melodyne permanently by removing the corresponding Region FX from the clip Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 77 Melodyne essential Edit View Clip Lock d Clip Mutej Unmute K Isolate Clipts in Lane Ctrl 1 Create Region Fa Groove Clip Looping Ctrl t Vocal d Open Editor Insert Effect Process Effect Bypass Region Fx Open Clip Effects Bin Alt E Follow Host Tempo Other things you should know about the use of Sonar Buffer size We recommend an audio buffer size of 1 024 samples Smaller values lead to a marked increase in the CPU load Should you require a smaller buffer e g when you are performing the headphone mix directly in your computer and not monitoring via an external channel strip or mixer switch all instances of Melodyne during the recording to bypass Reactivate Melodyne as soon as you begin editing your new track Related topics e Strategies for optimizing performance and stability Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 0
104. n to the new file If you later wish to change something you will have to load the file again which means a new analysis of the file will have to be conducted which in turn you may have to check through and edit once more before you can begin working on the audio file Since your earlier work is burnt into the audio data there is no way to undo your actions Saving your work in the form of an audio file is therefore the preferred choice only when you have really finished working on a file and wish to use the edited file in another software application The format Melodyne Project Document on the other hand saves your edits separately from the audio data In the resulting MPD document Melodyne saves not only data based upon its earlier analysis or detection but also a record of your editing The audio file does not therefore when edited subsequently have to be analyzed a second time and you can continue with your editing exactly where you left off The audio file itself has still not been changed since your edits are always Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 91 Melodyne essential implemented by Melodyne in real time If you want to continue your work later you should save the document in MPD format and only save it as an audio file when you are sure you have finished working on it One further note a file in MPD format does not integrate the audio file s i
105. ng Melodyne in a project and have finished editing you have two choices You can allow the Melodyne instance s to remain active until the final mixdown If you do this you will retain access to your Melodyne editing and will be able to make further refinements until the very last moment This is convenient but as long as the plug in remains active it is draining the resources of your system You can make your Melodyne editing permanent by exporting it i e recording the edited track s or passage s to a new audio file or files This will deprive you of further access to your Melodyne Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 59 Melodyne essential editing but allow you to deactivate the plug in and thereby free up resources Exporting your Melodyne edits has the further advantage of allowing you to pass the project on to colleagues who don t have Melodyne To export the track containing Melodyne in Cubase Nuendo and make your editing permanent proceed as follows Specify the desired range within the Cubase Nuendo timeline you can record either the entire Melodyne track or simply a passage or passages within it Using the bypass function in the mixer or insert area of the track deactivate the effects you do not wish to be included in the recording on the new track The EQ and compression for example are things you will also wish to adjust on the new track so these
106. nstall and launch Melodyne for the first time an activation assistant will appear This will ask you for your serial number and guide you through the remaining steps of the registration and activation procedure Full version purchased in the web shop Since you already registered Melodyne and received a personalized installation program when you made your purchase in the web shop you don t need at this time to enter a serial number The first time you launch the program after the installation our server will recognize your copy and activate it If you do need your serial number however you will find it at the top of the activation assistant window which opens when you choose License from the Help menu Upgrade or update purchased through a dealer If you buy an upgrade to a more powerful edition or else an update to a newer version of Melodyne in a retail outlet you will find a new serial number in the pack When you first launch the program after installing your upgrade or update the activation assistant will appear This will ask you for your serial number and guide you through the remaining steps Upgrade or update purchased in the web shop Since you have to log in to purchase an upgrade or update in the web shop your new serial number will be added automatically to your customer account data When you launch your new edition or version of the program for the first time after the installation our server will recognize and activate your c
107. ny Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 54 Melodyne essential enabled you can record the entire track or isolated passages within it Next mute the original track with the Mute button copy the plug ins to the track containing the bounced material and reactivate them by deactivating the bypass function Audio 1 io Stereo Out Master Normal bounce procedure with older versions of Logic Thus procedure is much used but we do not recommend it We prefer the greater flexibility and convenience of bus routing Since this method is so widespread in its use however we will describe it here To commence the bounce process choose File gt Bounce from the menu bar Now enter a name followed by the requisite audio resolution parameters along with the bar coordinates of the beginning and end of the passage you wish to bounce You can also decide whether the bounce should be performed offline or in realtime Under no circumstances check Bypass Effect Plug Ins as this would cause your Melodyne editing to Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 55 Melodyne essential be ignored Check the option Add to Audio Bin Now click on Bounce Logic Pro will perform the bounce and create a new track containing your Melodyne edits You will find this file in the Logic Audio Bin CMD 9 Once you have performed the desired bounces cre
108. ny further computer based activations It is not possible in other words to go back to computer based activation once you have made the switch to iLok If you do opt for iLok activation you will obtain one Melodyne license for one iLok dongle that can be used at any given time on one computer only whereas the computer based activation method affords you the possibility of running Melodyne on two computers at once One further point if you are selling Melodyne you cannot just transfer the license to the iLok account of the purchaser instead you must contact our support Besides saving you money as you normally would have to pay to transfer a license from one iLok account to another this system allows us to create a myCelemony account for the purchaser which we would otherwise be unable to do If you were to perform the transfer yourself the license would remain tied to your own myCelemony account Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 10 Melodyne essential Where can find my Melodyne serial number Here we explain where you can find your new serial number after purchasing a full version upgrade or update of Melodyne and where to enter it Serial numbers form the basis for the registration and activation and therefore also the use of Melodyne Full version purchased through a dealer You will find your serial number in the user manual which is in the box When you i
109. o see whether any problems you are experiencing can be eliminated in that way We have documented a variety of points such as these that can affect the operation of Melodyne in the various DAWs we have tested You will find the relevant information on the Compatibility page on our web site This Version Melodyne editor 2 0 1 b 5 64 bit Check for Updates Weekly Check Now Last Check 02 16 2012 15 38 Tip 4 Always use the latest version of Melodyne We are constantly improving our products through regular updates It may be that you are experiencing a problem that has been eliminated in the latest version We therefore recommend you to use at all times the latest version of the software You can easily discover whether a newer version is available using the Check for Updates function on the Settings tab of the Preferences property sheet of Melodyne editor assistant and essential or in the case of Melodyne studio in the Help menu If a newer version does exist you can then download it immediately Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 34 Melodyne essential SELL iS Audio Device E MU ASIO Sample Rate 44 100 kHz Tip 5 Use the correct audio driver format Melodyne requires one of the professional audio driver formats ASIO Windows Core Audio Mac or if using Pro Tools direct integration with a proprietary audio interface We recommend the use of
110. o so that Melodyne can learn about them and ensure that the rulers remain in sync To do this proceed as follows and bear in mind please the rules set out in the following section While the tempo dialog is open stop the playback in the DAW and move its playback cursor to a position prior to the variation in tempo Now for the benefit of Melodyne play through the entire passage containing the tempo change or changes until a point is reached beyond which no further variations in tempo occur Stop the playback In the tempo window you will see indicated the range of the tempo variation within the passage covered Have you changed the tempo in the DAW If so is this a new fixed tempo for the whole song or a tempo variation within it Constant Tempo Tempo Variation 108 000 BPM 120 000 BPM Stretch Audio Cancel Specify once more whether you want the audio material itself or only the grid to be stretched or compressed to reflect the tempo variation Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 146 Melodyne essential Exit with OK to apply your settings or Cancel to discard them The OK button will remain greyed out until you have started your DAW to play the tempo change through to Melodyne and then stopped it again Important when working with variable tempo If Melodyne has not been fully informed of changes in the tempo or time signature the time rulers of th
111. o use Melodyne s command set for the copying and pasting of notes Inserting one note Let s begin by copying a single note select a note followed by Copy from the Edit menu or the context menu Move the playback cursor to the destination by clicking dragging in the bar ruler Select Paste from the Edit menu or the context menu If the time grid is active the note is inserted on the quarter note closest to the playback cursor If the original note was slightly offset from the nearest quarter note the same offset will be preserved The length of the note will remain unchanged If however the time grid has been deactivated or set to Seconds the beginning of the note will be perfectly aligned with the playback cursor Again its length will remain unchanged Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 132 Melodyne essential Replacing a note If after copying a note you select another note prior to pasting the selected note will be replaced In the context of adjacent notes the pasted note will be time stretched or compressed until its length is the same as that of the note it is replacing The note pasted will however retain its original pitch Here for example if you were to copy the selected note select a second note and then paste the second note would disappear The note copied would occupy the same space in time beginning at the same in
112. ocation in the meantime If you have already saved an edited document you can revert at any time to the most recently saved version by selecting Revert to Saved in this way discarding any changes you have made since the file was last saved Opening files by drag and drop If Melodyne Stand Alone is already open you can drag an audio file into the empty window Melodyne displays when first launched or that you yourself have created by choosing New from the File menu An outline will appear allowing you to drag the file to exactly the desired position in the time ruler Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 89 Melodyne essential As soon as you release the file it is analyzed and the notes detected are displayed in the editing area In this way you can also drag multiple files into the window positioning them wherever you like in order for example to compose a new sample from multiple takes The tempo of the document is derived from the first file loaded though it can naturally be altered at any time Saving your work When after editing a file you choose Save from the File menu the Save As dialog opens allowing you to select a format for the new file By default the name and format of the original file will appear there if you now click Ok the original version of the file will be replaced by the edited version Don t worry the o
113. ode the undo history will be deleted so any actions taken prior to the mode change cannot subsequently be undone MPTEDDE Di The editing background is indicated by different coloring to remind you that in note assignment mode no audible editing of the notes takes place In this mode you check through and alter Melodyne s interpretation of the notes in the audio material You assign falsely interpreted notes to the correct pitches in order to achieve perfect agreement between the displayed notes and to create the essential foundation for subsequent editing with the other tools Against the editing background you see in this mode solid active and hollow potential notes Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 108 Melodyne essential The active notes are those to which Melodyne in the course of the detection process has assigned the highest level of plausibility Melodyne proceeds on the assumption that these are the notes that were actually played The hollow potential notes represent alternative notes with the next highest level of plausibility It might also be these notes that are heard in the material although the probability is greater that the active notes are the right ones Although Melodyne has a high quota of hits its conclusions can sometimes be wrong In the illustration above
114. odyne copies the original file appending backup to its file name This will allow you to revert to the original later should you so desire Clear the check box if this feature is of no interest to you Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 38 Melodyne essential The Audio tab contains the following additional options Upper pane e Audio Device allows you to select an audio driver or the audio hardware driven by it e Sample Rate determines the sample rate used by Melodyne e Buffer Size determines the size of the buffer used for audio editing The smaller the value the lower the latency but the greater the load on the CPU e Output allows you to select the output of the audio hardware used by Melodyne Stand Alone in case your hardware offers multiple outputs Ignore buffer underruns if Melodyne Stand Alone is running on a slow computer where the possibility of an overload and an ensuing click or dropout exists by checking this box you inform Melodyne that you consider the former to be the lesser of the two evils the point being that audio hardware is often very sensitive to dropouts and can even in such cases cause the entire computer to crash Check the box if ever this happens Such occurrences are very rare however and most users can safely ignore this option Lower pane e Input allows you to select the input of the audio hardware used by Melodyne S
115. odyne must be activated before it will run We offer as standard a computer based activation for two computers and as an alternative the transfer of your license to an iLok Before we come to the details of the activation procedure we should take a quick look at the installed software and its characteristics Melodyne singletrack and what that means In the course of the installation Melodyne is copied as a plug in into the relevant plug in folders and as a Stand alone program into your program folder The plug ins are called quite simply Melodyne and the stand alone implementation Melodyne singletrack You may be puzzled by this name after all your edition of Melodyne has a different one Melodyne editor Melodyne assistant or Melodyne essential These three editions of Melodyne are delivered as a single program package It is only your serial number your license and the activation triggered by it that determine which edition in fact runs from the installed program Since the identity of this is not known prior to the activation and since it is not possible to change the program name subsequently all the plug ins bear the name Melodyne and all the stand alone editions Melodyne singletrack to distinguish them from the multi track Melodyne studio The name of the current edition is displayed between the tools and the macros in the user interface You may need to increase th
116. ompression to adjust the material Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 145 Melodyne essential already transferred to the new tempo If your DAW employs Elastic Audio and performs time stretching on its own audio material Melodyne will behave exactly the same way whenever this box is checked so the audio material in the DAW and the plug in will remain in sync If your DAW does not employ time stretching and merely changes the grid beneath the audio material when tempo changes occur to ensure identical behavior in Melodyne clear the check box in question Of course even in this case you may prefer to check the box in order to achieve through Melodyne what with your DAW you cannot namely an adjustment of the audio material to the new tempo by means of time stretching A progressive tempo change If you have not selected a new constant tempo in your DAW but introduced a progressive change of tempo select the option Tempo Variation in the Tempo window Melodyne is perfectly capable of registering tempo changes and implementing them correctly without any assistance but it can only do so if they occur within a passage that has been transferred to it If a variation in tempo occurs between two transferred passages Melodyne is obviously in the dark For this reason prior to the transfer you should play through to Melodyne all passages containing progressive or sudden changes of temp
117. on process by setting a default thereby stipulating in advance which algorithm you wish it to use This can be useful if for example you regularly want to edit particular files using the percussive algorithm but Melodyne each time they are opened is interpreting the material as polyphonic By preselecting the percussive algorithm in such cases you can save time as you will no longer have to wait needlessly as Melodyne performs its polyphonic analysis only to discard the results moments later when you manually select the percussive algorithm Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 106 Melodyne essential Edit Algorithm View Help ESS Melodic nsfer Percussive Polyphonic ee ee el a Automatic Percussive Polyphonic 4 Do not forget however when you no longer need to impose your choice of algorithm on Melodyne to check Automatic in the Algorithm gt Set as Default sub menu Otherwise since Melodyne remembers your default selection even when you quit the program you might be surprised to discover when the program is next launched that your vocals have been interpreted as percussive Related topics e Checking and editing the note detection within melodic material e Checking and editing the note detection within rhythmic material Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 107 Melodyne
118. on which Melodyne has either never been activated or has subsequently been deactivated Playback Mode can be used at any time without registration activation or even an Internet connection The common program code also allows you when working with a smaller edition of Melodyne or an installation that has not been activated to switch to Melodyne editor s Trial Mode In Trial Mode you can use Melodyne editor s entire function set for a limited amount of time When this trial period expires Melodyne reverts to the original license or switches to Playback Mode You can only take advantage of the free trial period once on a given computer To register and each time you launch Melodyne editor during the trial period you will need an Internet connection Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 8 Melodyne essential The common program code also makes it possible to upgrade at any time and without a fresh installation from Melodyne assistant or Melodyne essential to Melodyne editor It is enough for this purpose simply to purchase a license for Melodyne editor and then activate it all of which can be done with a few clicks in our Web Shop Important Information Regarding Activation The first time you launch Melodyne the Activation Assistant appears If you purchased your Melodyne from our Web Shop a single click in the Assistant is all that is required and your Melodyne will be ac
119. opy automatically If you do need your serial number however you will find it at the top of the activation assistant window which opens when you choose License from the Help menu New serial numbers and the iLok Whenever you purchase an upgrade or update or download a major free update such as from Version 1 x to Version 2 x of Melodyne you will be issued with a new serial number Our server will then send automatically a new license to your iLok account Just log in at www iLok com and download the new license to your dongle so that you can use your new edition or version of Melodyne in the same way as the previous one Melodyne essential bundled with Studio One In the Studio One Installation window click Download content from Presonus User Account and scroll down to the entry Melodyne essential From there you can copy the serial number and download the installation program directly Please note that only Studio One Professional comes with a Melodyne serial number but if you are using one of the other editions you can still download the installation program and run Melodyne in trial mode Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 11 Melodyne essential Related topics e Welcome Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 12 Melodyne essential Welcome Many thanks for your interest in Melodyn
120. orizontal or vertical slider as far as it will go and hold it you can increase the vertical or horizontal size of the area displayed This can be useful in the plug in for example when you have only transferred the first three bars measures of your material but wish to insert something at bar 20 Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 119 Melodyne essential Double click in the center of the scroller to zoom in or out just enough to ensure that all the blobs are displayed Use the slider in the bottom right hand corner to alter the height of the blobs This does not alter their volume Your likely motive will be to obtain a clearer view of material containing a lot of particularly quiet or particularly loud notes Playback functions in Melodyne Stand Alone and Plugin when the DAW is stopped Click in the bar ruler to position the playback cursor e Double click in the bar ruler to start playback from that position e Alt double click anywhere in the bar ruler to play back the current selection e With most DAWs pressing the space bar stops the local plug in playback e Use the arrow keys to select and play the next previous blob or the blob above below e Click in the bar ruler to stop the playback and position the playback cursor e Click and drag in the bar ruler to scrub Playback functions in Melodyne Stand Alone e Space bar Alternates between playback
121. other material in which Melodyne cannot detect any clear pitch in the sounds When the percussive algorithm is selected successive drum strokes for example are distinguished but they are all displayed at the same pitch The blobs can still be raised or lowered in pitch but the pitch ruler does not display the names of any notes but simply relative values in semitones The scale functions are deactivated In Melodyne assistant and essential polyphonic material is also assigned to the category rhythmic noise based because neither of these editions is equipped with an algorithm for polyphonic material and such material cannot be displayed using the melodic algorithm Polyphonic Thanks to its DNA Direct Note Access technology Melodyne editor is even capable of detecting and allowing you to edit notes played on polyphonic instruments such as the piano or guitar including the individual notes that make up chords When the polyphonic algorithm is used the blobs are displayed in a similar manner to those of monophonic material with the obvious difference that the blobs are stacked vertically at their respective pitches whenever a chord or harmonic interval sounds Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 105 Melodyne essential In Melodyne assistant and essential the algorithm for polyphonic material is present but greyed out in the Algorithm menu This is because in the
122. ou watch the tempo display during playback you will notice it constantly changing with the values hovering around 120 Here however the tail is wagging the dog The basic tempo of the project is intended to be fixed a steady 120 BPM and not to fluctuate whenever the guitarist essays a little artistry The solution is to select Specify fixed tempo type the value 120 into the box provided and exit with OK Then the grid will reflect the reality and the tempo displayed will be 120 throughout The guitarist s performance of course will remain unchanged with all the slight tempo variations preserved you ll see this reflected in the fact that certain notes will be offset slightly from the grid lines nearest to them If you wish of course you can iron out all such irregularities by quantizing so that the guitar part adheres strictly to the 120 BPM tempo throughout Set Bar 1 to Start of File This option appears both in the define tempo dialog and in the 1 icon s context menu in the time ruler Set Bar 1 to start of file Normally Melodyne Stand Alone aligns the 1 with the beginning of the first note it detects in the audio file In most cases that makes musical sense but not in all Take the following case you are editing a track from a DAW that you intend later to reintegrate into the DAW project Although the track was recorded from the start of the song no notes sound until later Here if Melodyne
123. ow to install Melodyne from the Studio One DVD e Before you can use Melodyne you have to register and activate it When you launch Melodyne for the first time an activation assistant will guide you through the necessary steps Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 66 Melodyne essential e You will find the serial number of your Melodyne essential in the About Studio One dialog when you click on the Details button About Studia One Studio a l Studio One 2 0 1 18788 COAX rai Bult on Gct 6 2011 P Copyright G2011 PreSerus Aus Elgctronics Developed by PreSonus Software Lid All Rights Reserved Studie One Wintel tn Editing an audio event with Melodyne and ARA In Studio One select an audio event and choose Edit with Melodyne from the Audio menu You can also use the keyboard shortcut Cmd M Mac or Ctrl M Windows Melodyne is launched automatically analyzes the audio event and displays its notes Melodyne is now embedded in the lower pane of the Studio One window just like Studio One s audio or MIDI editors Any time you wish to access this audio event again simply double click on it and the notes will immediately be displayed in Melodyne Audio Transport Options View Studio Gne 4 Normalize Audio Alt hy 4 Reverse Audio Ctrl F h Strip Silence a Edit with Melodyne Ctrl M of Remove Melodyne Ckrl Alk M Celemony So
124. po field in the Event Inspector Melodyne which has access to this field will take 125 BPM to be the tempo of the file and stretch or squeeze the audio accordingly to make it match your song tempo Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 69 Melodyne essential If you do not know the original tempo of the file you can leave the tempo detection to Melodyne Open Melodyne s Tempo dialog by clicking on the icon next to the Tempo field Select Redetect Tempo and click OK to exit the dialog Melodyne detects the tempo of the file enters it into the File Tempo field in the Inspector and knows by how much to stretch or squeeze the file If the file contains a gradual tempo change e g a ritardando you obviously can t type in the tempo But if the option Redetect Tempo is selected Melodyne will recognize the tempo variation and stretch or squeeze the file during playback to ensure that it conforms at all times to the tempo of the song The result is a more linear tempo of the file Naturally you can also create any tempo progression you like in Studio One and Melodyne will adjust the file tempo accordingly Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 70 Melodyne essential Inserting Melodyne into a channel strip no ARA To benefit from ARA you have to insert Melodyne as an Event FX which is what ha
125. position Pressing Zero three times positions the cursor at the start of the file Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 116 Melodyne essential With both Melodyne Stand Alone and Plugin you can select successive blobs by stepping through them with the arrow keys When the playback is stopped as each blob is selected the tone it represents will sound Controlling playback scrubbing and zooming using the bar ruler These playback functions are available in both Melodyne Stand Alone and Plugin In Plugin however only when the DAW is stopped As soon as it starts again Melodyne Plugin reverts to the slave status described above and resumes its shadowing of the DAW Double click in the bar ruler or alternatively directly on the editing background to commence playback from the position in question If you hold down the Alt key as you double click playback will be confined to the current selection Click somewhere in the bar ruler to move the playback cursor to the position in question at the same time halting the playback Click and drag in the bar ruler to scrub through the audio material By dragging upwards downwards you can zoom the display at the current position Scrubbing and zooming can be used in combination allowing you to navigate and position the cursor intuitively whilst Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online
126. ppens automatically if you use the Edit with Melodyne command It is also possible to insert Melodyne into a channel strip but in this case no ARA integration takes place This means you will have to perform transfers and also that Melodyne will no longer follow automatically any tempo changes or changes made to the audio events on the track in Studio One Bypassing or removing Melodyne from an audio event To switch Melodyne to bypass or remove it from an audio event deactivate or delete Melodyne in the Event FX inspector of the audio event Of course if you switch Melodyne to bypass time stretching will no longer be performed by Melodyne but by Studio One If however you use the Compare button Melodyne s time stretching will remain active but all changes to notes will be temporarily reversed a fact indicated by grayed out blobs 125 106 Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 71 Melodyne essential Tips amp Tricks Buffer Size We recommend that you set your audio buffer size to 1 024 samples Smaller values lead to a significantly higher CPU load Should you need to set smaller values e g when doing the headphone mix directly in your computer and not via an external channel strip or mixer deactivate all Melodyne instances while tracking Switch Melodyne back on when you start editing your new tracks Related topics e Strategies for optimizing performance an
127. pply only when Timestretch has been selected for the track in question If Follow Tempo or Do Not Follow Tempo are selected no time stretching occurs lime stretch Select the option Timestretch if you want an audio file to adjust automatically to the prevailing tempo when you drag it into a song Studio One can perform this adjustment correctly for some files without Melodyne s help but for others it does need Melodyne If an audio event is opened with Melodyne it is always Melodyne that performs the time stretching From a technical standpoint time stretching is based upon a prior determination of the tempo as both Studio One and Melodyne need to know the tempo of the file before they can decide whether to stretch or squeeze it and by how much to conform to the tempo of the song The manner in which the tempo is determined varies depending on the origin of the file Suppose for example the tempo of your song is 100 BPM If the audio file was recorded or bounced within the current Studio One song one can safely assume it is intended to play back at the song tempo i e 100 BPM In this case no tempo detection takes place If you increase the song tempo to 120 BPM the tempo of the audio file will also increase from 100 to 120 BPM If the origin of the file is another song with a tempo of 125 BPM for example Studio One can t know this and offers you two options You can enter the value 125 in the File Tem
128. py Selected Filenames comes in useful This copies the names of all files selected in the list multiple selection with Shift to the clipboard Assigning missing files in the Stand Alone implementation In Melodyne Plugin you can save your editing either as an audio file or as an MPD file An MPD file is a project file containing only your editing not the audio material itself for which it has to refer to the audio file in question Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 99 Melodyne essential If Melodyne when opening an MPD file cannot find the audio file it references a file selection box will open to help you find and reassign the missing file Once you have done this save the MPD file to update the path of the audio file If an audio file is not found and reassigned the corresponding blobs in the Melodyne document will be greyed out and mute Related topics e Loading and saving audio in Melodyne Stand Alone e Transferring audio material to Melodyne Plugin Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 100 Melodyne essential Operating Melodyne with Rewire In this tour you will discover how to connect Melodyne via Rewire to a compatible DAW and run the two programs in tandem Rewire and Melodyne Stand Alone s support for the Rewire protocol provides an alternative to running Melodyne as a plug in This w
129. r Pentatonic Minor Chromatic Just click on the desired scale to select it and on the loudspeaker icon if you wish to hear it played through If you have activated the option Notes Follow Scale Changes during playback you will hear immediately the effect of applying the scale selected to your audio material The window allows you to Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 151 Melodyne essential try out or audition different scales quickly and easily If you wish to adopt the changes exit the window with OK otherwise click Cancel Related topics e Correcting intonation by macro e Time grid selection Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 152 Melodyne essential Correcting intonation by macro In this tour you will learn how to correct out of tune notes or unwanted wavering in pitch quickly and easily with the correct pitch macro The procedure Select the notes you wish to edit If no notes are selected macro editing will by default affect all notes To open the macro click on the Correct Pitch button in the top right hand corner of the window Here with the upper slider you can apply a degree of correction ranging from 0 no influence and 100 to the pitch center of the note or notes selected By default such notes are moved towards or to the nearest semitone but if you check t
130. rack in Play Mode i oie Fi s Fi 1c Li Ble E ee A dedicated channel strip will be created automatically in the Logic Pro mixer Now from the input section of this channel strip select as input Melodyne singletrack gt RW Left Right You can open multiple Melodyne documents in this way and assign their audio output via separate Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 52 Melodyne essential channels to separate aux tracks in Logic Pro DF Lia Melodyne sarnghetrack i AW Lett Rig Stereo Out Now open Melodyne This will launch Melodyne not as a plug in but as a stand alone application integrated via Rewire The transport functions and tempo of the two programs will also be synchronized The presence of an active Rewire connection is indicated by the fact that the two Rewire output channels can be selected from within the Melodyne user interface If you are working with a single Melodyne document select under Rewire 1 2 Correct Pitch Quantize Time Now load or else drag amp drop the desired audio files into Melodyne These will then be analyzed and adapted to the project tempo When you have finished editing the sample s in Melodyne you can transfer the corresponding audio signals via Rewire from Melodyne to Logic Pro and record them there Please note that data from Melodyne is not automatically saved along with your Logic Pro proje
131. rack s or passage s to a new audio file or files This will deprive you of further access to your Melodyne editing but allow you to deactivate the plug in and thereby free up resources Bouncing your Melodyne edits has the further advantage of allowing you to pass the project on to colleagues who don t have Melodyne To bounce the track containing Melodyne in Logic Pro and make your editing permanent proceed as follows Deactivate the effects you do not wish the new track to contain by ALT clicking on the corresponding plug ins The EQ and compression for example are things you will also wish to adjust on the new track so these should not be included Automation is a similar case decide whether it should be included in the transfer or whether you would prefer to copy the existing automation to the new track later in order to retain access to it there In that case deactivate the automation in the left hand track area of the edit window or in the mixer prior to the bounce You can also deactivate automation when bouncing tracks see below Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 50 Melodyne essential Vocals Chorus woo 2401 1 kal ieee Enable Automation We recommend the following bounce procedure Select one or several regions Right click on the title bar of a region and select Bounce to hard disk Now enter a name followed by the audio resolution parameters
132. re then frozen into the signal and can no longer be adjusted In order to use your compressor EQ and other effects in the usual way you need therefore to make sure they come after Melodyne Plugin in the signal chain Backing up and exchanging projects Under Pro Tools 11 Melodyne s transfer files are stored within the session structure This means that if you want to be sure when archiving your project or passing it on to others that all instances of Melodyne will be able to find the audio files they need the only thing you need to archive or pass on is the session folder When archiving and passing on projects you do not need to worry about Melodyne s audio cache the size and location of which can be selected from Melodyne s Preferences dialog Melodyne will automatically restore the parameters found there so there is no need to archive or copy them separately Duplicating tracks Sometimes you may want to copy a track including its Melodyne instance and Melodyne editing in order for instance to generate a second voice To do this use the Duplicate command in Pro Tools Track menu Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 41 Melodyne essential Track Clip Event 4udioSuite Options Mew Ctrl ShiFk h Group Ctrl 6 Duplicate k Alt 5hift 0 Split into Mono Make Inactive Delete To ensure that not only the track itself but also Melodyne an
133. riginal file is still there it is stored alongside the new file but now has an orig in its name The saving of such backups is the default behavior of Melodyne Stand Alone If this is not what you want clear the option Backup existing file before saving in the Preferences dialog Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 90 Melodyne essential Audio E mE i Language English Pitch Names German A 440 0 Hz Saving Backup existing file before saving Once you have chosen a file format and saved the file for the first time you will no longer see this dialog when saving subsequently Each time you use the Save command the previous file will be replaced by a new file in the same format In the Save As dialog either the first time you save or at any time subsequently you can select another format and assign a new name to the file You can choose between the commonest audio file formats as well as Melodyne Project Document Save as Melodyne Project Document The Melodyne Project Document offers a non destructive means of saving your work provisionally and is comparable with the One Track Song File of a DAW gt Format Melodyne Project Document What does that mean Suppose you save your work as an audio file In that case your edits will be burned i
134. rs directly in front of any note over which you move the mouse pointer Within the blob itself thin red lines mark the drag zones of the context sensitive tools Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual www celemony com 125 Melodyne essential _ If you drag a blob when the Show Blob Info option is checked a vertical line also appears in the bar ruler aligned with the exact start of the note This makes more precise positioning possible Show Intended Notes If you check the option Show Intended Notes gray frames appear around each blob These invariably lie directly on the semitone and coincide exactly with a gridline They represent in other words Melodyne s assumptions based on its own analysis of the audio as to the intended pitch of the note and its intended position within the measure or bar These assumptions generally turn out to be correct but are not inevitably so They are to be thought of as suggestions The frames also display the positions in pitch and time towards which the notes in question will gravitate if partial quantization is applied to them with the macros which are also the positions they will snap to if you double click on them with the timing or pitch tools Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 126 Melodyne essential Show Replace Ranges Plugin only If you check this option those passages
135. s in the DAW Tip Initialize the key prior to the transfer load In the case of monophonic or polyphonic audio material Melodyne also recognizes the key of the music With short melodic phrases however the key chosen is often not the one intended simply because too few notes are available for a correct Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 86 Melodyne essential appraisal To prevent this happening you can set the key using the Scale ruler of an empty instance of the plug in or an empty document if using the stand alone implementation of the program before the transfer or loading of an audio file To do this simply click on the desired keynote in the scale ruler and select the desired scale from the context menu Melodyne will then retain this initialized value regardless of its own subsequent analysis Replace Ranges During playback those passages that have been transferred to Melodyne will be played back by Melodyne all others by the DAW In other words wherever it has material to play back Melodyne s signal replaces that of the original track From the View menu choose Show Replace Ranges All the passages that will be played back by Melodyne as opposed to the DAW will now be marked Such regions can be extended simply by dragging their borders with the mouse To shorten a playback region delete a few blobs
136. s is something you need to bear in mind for example before selling or throwing away a computer upon which Melodyne is active Be sure to deactivate Melodyne first You have nothing to worry about on the other hand if all you are doing is changing or formatting your hard disk in order to reinstall the operating system Your activation in this case will not be lost The first time you launch Melodyne after doing either of these things it will contact the Celemony server which will recognize the computer at once and reactivate it without this costing you an activation credit The iLok Alternative Melodyne editor and Melodyne assistant but not Melodyne essential can as an alternative to the computer based activation system described above be activated using an iLok copy protection dongle for more information visit www ilok com This procedure involves transferring your Melodyne license to your iLok account from which you can then download it to your iLok copy protection dongle With the iLok dongle you will then be able to activate and operate Melodyne on any number of different computers but only on one at a time that is to say only on the computer in which the dongle is inserted However before opting for iLok activation please bear the following in mind the iLok system can be used as an alternative to but not parallel with computer based activation Once you have switched to the iLok system you will not be able to obtain a
137. s start position Numeric keypad O x 3 Return to the beginning of the file Tempo box Drag the old or type in a new value to alter the tempo and stretch the audio You can also type in percentage values in this box Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 21 Melodyne essential Melodyne Stand Alone and Melodyne Plugin both offer a cycle mode With the plug in you can only activate cycle mode when the DAW is stopped Drag horizontally in the lower part of the bar ruler to define the cycle zone Double click in the cycle zone to toggle cycle mode on and off To move either of the cycle locators simply click on it and drag Drag the center of the cycle zone to move the entire zone to the left or right If active the selected time grid influences the position of the cycle locators Holding the Alt key as you drag the cycle locators causes the time grid to be ignored Shift clicking near a cycle locator moves it to the designated position Shift double clicking anywhere in the cycle zone moves the locators to the first and last selected blob Shift Alt double clicking sets them exactly to the selected notes Keyboard shortcuts not displayed in the menus of Melodyne Stand Alone Stop numeric keypad 0 Play numeric keypad Enter Main tool F1 Scroll tool F2 Zoom
138. s when phrases are repeated e Correcting and reconciling the timing of drums and bass e Tidying up rhythms or using quantization techniques to alter them e Creating breaks and variations in drum loops e and standard disciplines like pitch shifting and time stretching too of which Melodyne editor offers complete mastery delivering outstanding sound quality into the bargain Melodyne editor offers you the possibility of intervening in the harmonies of polyphonic audio material in order for example to change a single note within a chord from a major to a minor third this is something unprecedented in the history of audio processing and introduces a wholly new dimension of creative freedom With Melodyne assistant and essential you can edit monophonic sound sources lead vocals saxophone bass flute etc as well as rhythmic or unpitched audio material such as drum loops percussion ambient sounds and noise Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 14 Melodyne essential Download demo arrangements For Mac OS X dmg 44 1 MB For Windows exe 42 8 MB Quick Start Guide The following guide explains in a nutshell everything you need to know in order to make successful use of Melodyne To get you started we recommend in addition to this tour the multilingual First Steps film which you will find at the top of this page and in which the most important points are clearly
139. se Melodyne in it you should bear the following points in mind In Session view Melodyne can sometimes be heard in the wrong places or not at all Furthermore Melodyne ignores clip changes in Session View and does not record transfers in the correct places Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 79 Melodyne essential All these phenomena stem from the principles upon which Live operates and its special way of handling time The clips in Session View represent small loops within the linear running time of the Arrangement in Live It is from this Arrangement time that Melodyne derives its timing information Melodyne is not informed about loops hidden within clips Schematically the picture looks like this Arrangement Melodyne _ Ssession Clip Whilst the clip is still cycling within in the loop Melodyne has long since moved on If you nonetheless do wish to use Melodyne with clips in the Session View you should activate Live s global Arrangement loop and set it to the length of the clip that you wish to edit with the plug in in Session View Then the loop of the linear time and therefore also of Melodyne s time will correspond to the loop of the clip to be edited Arrangement 9 hh Oo oO Melodyne Ssession Clip Given all this it follows that it is impossible to record and subsequently play back the switching of clips on a track in Melod
140. se editions you can still open and play back documents that were created by Melodyne editor and contain polyphonic material and in such cases Melodyne automatically selects the polyphonic algorithm These editions do not however permit you to edit polyphonic material nor to select the polyphonic algorithm manually Switching algorithms You can at any time select a different algorithm to that chosen automatically for you by Melodyne You might want to do this for example if you find that the material has not been interpreted in a way that suits your editing needs To do this while playback is halted select the algorithm you prefer from the Algorithm menu whereupon Melodyne will reinterpret the material in the light of your choice and adjust the display accordingly Note when you do this any editing you have already performed prior to switching algorithms will be lost The right time to decide which algorithm you wish to use therefore is before you begin editing Edit Algorithm View Help Po Melodic sfer Percussive Polyphonic If in Melodyne editor you have selected the polyphonic algorithm manually but no pitches can be identified in the material Melodyne will switch automatically to the percussive algorithm since otherwise no notes at all would be available for editing Setting a default algorithm Melodyne editor only In Melodyne editor you can prevent Melodyne automatically selecting an algorithm during the detecti
141. sential i TETT i A m m aA ms AR TEF tm RE Taai Use of the quantize time macro Select the notes you wish to edit If no notes are selected macro editing will by default affect all notes To open the quantize time macro click on the Quantize Time button in the top right corner of the window First the groove reference if any that will govern the time correction must be selected Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual www celemony com Tor Melodyne essential r Select Groove Reference a ua uaT ua areT i16 17167 1732 1732 7 Intensity X rae 52 Fee ig i i a Include notes already edited manually 4 Cancel a OK If None is selected the target or ultimate destination of any quantization will be the left hand edge of the grey frame as already described This is invariably aligned with the grid line that represents the beat to which Melodyne in the course of its analysis assigned the note On the whole the system functions very well but it can happen that Melodyne gets it wrong and that after quantization you have to move the note manually to the preceding or following beat By selecting None in other words you are telling the quantize time macro to move notes to or towards the beats assigned them by Melodyne editor based on its own analysis of the material None is not the only option of course
142. ser manual In the tempo dialog you can also select whether or not time stretching and time compression should be applied to the audio to take account of any tempo changes In Stand Alone dragging the value in the tempo box or typing in a new one alters the tempo and the audio is time stretched or compressed accordingly If instead of this you simply wish the grid beneath the blobs to change without influencing the audio tempo use the tempo dialog Usually if you want to change the grid resolution it will be because the tempo detected is either twice as fast or half the speed of the tempo you prefer or because slight variations in tempo by the performer have led to a varying tempo being detected when a strict tempo was intended o 124 840 je i m 29 475 a Saving your work and file management In Melodyne Stand Alone you save your edits in the standard manner as a new audio file with the same format as the original file The original file is retained as a backup If you want to continue editing a file at a later date you should choose Save As from the File menu and the format Melodyne Project Document This format saves the editing separately from the original audio file so there is no need for a fresh analysis to be conducted each time you resume work Only when you have completely finished editing should you save the results as an audio file In Melodyne Plugin it is not necessary to save your work manually as t
143. sfer if you check this option the analysis of the audio material only begins when the transfer has been completed thereby considerably reducing the load on the computer Activate this option therefore on less powerful computers if during the transfer bottlenecks occur indicated by clicks dropouts extreme slowing down etc Melodyne Stand Alone s preferences property sheet In Melodyne Stand Alone select Preferences from the Program Mac or File Windows menu to open the preferences property sheet This has two tabs Language English Audio Device CoreAudio Built in Output Peh Names English z Simple Rate 44 100 kHz Aw ddi Hz Buffer Size 1024 Samoles Saving Backug exiscing file before saving Gurput 1 2 Look Deiaul ignore buffer underruns Maximum Undo Levels 25 This Version Meladyng essqrtial 2 1 0 ib 28 amp 4 bir Check for Updates Weekly Check Now Last Check OS 29 2012 15 55 Situs No meee vertigo exit Mezi Check 6 05 2012 input Resolution 16 Bit Hna Recording Folder Users ugh Music mony Recordings The Settings tab offers the same options as Plugin and regardless of whether you make your selections in Plugin or Stand Alone your choices apply to both implementations of the program An additional feature here however is the Saving check box if the option is selected before saving the audio file you have just been editing Mel
144. should not be included Inserts Melodvne SUperlap 2 60 Automation is a similar case decide whether it should be included in the transfer or whether you would prefer to copy the existing automation to the new track later in order to retain access to it there In that case deactivate the automation in the left hand track area of the edit window prior to the export You can do this for all the automation en bloc or else for those control elements individually that you wish to deactivate Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 60 Melodyne essential To commence the export process choose File gt Export gt Audio Mixdown from the menu bar Now enter a name followed by the requisite audio resolution parameters In the section Import into Project be sure to activate the Audio Track option Now specify in the left hand side of the window the track you wish to export Tip the Realtime Export option delivers the most reliable results Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 61 Melodyne essential Export Audio Mindown Channel Selection Output Channels O stereo Gut be Audio Channels Clem uH iN Lhe kbtop brame fibe T Audio Engine Gutaue 44 100 kHz d 2 Fate Innport into Progect i A Post Process Now click on Export Cubase Nuendo will perform the audio mixdown and create a n
145. so see by the movement of the blobs in the editing area the effect of different settings If you have already fine tuned notes using the pitch tool Melodyne will assume you are satisfied with the results this means that by default if you now open the correct pitch macro with no notes selected and begin making changes all notes will be affected except these By default notes that have been tuned manually are not affected by the macro If you wish the pitch of these also to be affected by the macro check Include notes already edited manually The option is grayed out of course as being of no relevance if no manual editing of intonation has been performed Exit with OK to keep your changes or Cancel to discard them Naturally the fact that you have used the correct pitch macro in no way precludes your fine tuning notes at any time subsequently by hand If you select a note that has already been edited using the macro and then open the macro again the settings previously applied to it will be displayed the macro remembers in other words the Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 154 Melodyne essential parameters previously applied to each note If the current selection includes notes to which different settings have been applied a mean value for each parameter will be displayed Even after exiting with OK you can still reverse the effects of the macro editing by us
146. splay As Left Left Right Right Now open Melodyne This will launch Melodyne not as a plug in but as a stand alone application integrated via Rewire The transport functions and tempo of the two programs will also be synchronized The presence of an active Rewire connection is indicated by the fact that the two Rewire output channels can be selected from within the Melodyne user interface If you are working with a single Melodyne document select under Rewire 1 2 Correct Pitch Now load or else drag amp drop the desired samples into Melodyne These will then be analyzed and adapted to the project tempo When you have finished editing the sample s in Melodyne you can transfer the corresponding audio signals via Rewire from Melodyne to Cubase Nuendo and record them there To do this use Cubase Nuendo s Audio Mixdown function which is described above under Exporting printing Melodyne edits Please note that data from Melodyne is not automatically saved along with your Cubase Nuendo project when the two programs are linked via Rewire To make it possible to recreate a work situation later you must save the Melodyne document manually in the form of an MPD file ideally in your Cubase Nuendo project folder When saving activate the option Save Audio File s in Copy to ensure Melodyne saves a copy of the sample in the session folder Miscellaneous notes Buffer Size Please set the I O buffer size of your a
147. st possible results Melodyne needs to be given as dry and clean an input signal as possible Move the playback cursor in the DAW to a point before the beginning of the passage you wish to edit with Melodyne Click the Transfer button at the top left of the Melodyne window to prepare it to accept the transfer Settings Edit Algorithm View He Press Play in the DAW to transfer the material which Melodyne will import automatically Press Stop when the end of the passage you wish to edit is reached Stopping the DAW playback automatically brings to an end Melodyne s transfer readiness You can also interrupt a transfer in progress at any time by clicking the Transfer button If you wish you can transfer to Melodyne further passages from different parts of the DAW track Clicking the Transfer button during playback by the DAW toggles Melodyne s enable transfer function on and off allowing you to punch in and out as the playback proceeds Alternatively as you reach the end of each of the passages you wish to transfer you can stop playback by the DAW find the start of the next passage transfer enable Melodyne again restart playback by the DAW stop it again and so on If you wish you can just transfer the entire track or even several tracks simultaneously to multiple instances of Melodyne Important If your DAW project contains changes of tempo or time signature please consult the tour entitled Adjusting to tempo variation
148. stant and lasting the same amount of time as the vanished note but would sound at the same pitch as it did before Of course you will be able to drag the new note subsequently to any pitch you like including that of the note replaced When replacing notes in this way the time grid settings are of no relevance Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 133 Melodyne essential Copying and pasting multiple notes If several notes are copied and pasted simultaneously the following rules apply If we begin with these notes and copy them If no other notes are selected and the time grid activated when pasted both notes as we saw earlier with an individual note will be inserted at positions beginning with the quarter note grid line closest to the playback cursor The length of the notes will remain unchanged the existing offset from the quarter note will be retained and the result will look like this Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 134 Melodyne essential 3 4 5 5 If the time grid is not active or is set to Seconds the beginning of the first pasted note will coincide exactly with the playback cursor Again the original length of the notes will be preserved If prior to pasting another note is selected it will be deleted when pasting occurs and the pasted notes will be stretched or squeezed to fil
149. stment Instead of these shortcuts please use the corresponding commands in Melodyne s menus or the Melodyne user interface Exporting as MP3 Exporting audio as MP3 can lead to a crash accompanied by the error message Set ENV Var KMP_Duplicate_Lib ok True If this happens proceed as follows Right click My Computer and choose Properties from the context menu In the System Properties window click the Advanced tab and select Environment Variables From the User Variables section select New Enter KMP_ DUPLICATE LIB OK in the Variable Name field Enter TRUE in the Variable Value field Click OK to close the New User Variable window Exit successively the Environment Variables and System Properties pages with Ok Restart Pro Tools Notes regarding earlier versions Pro Tools 10 Changing the size of the window You can increase or decrease the size of the Melodyne window by dragging the bottom right hand corner of the window with the mouse In the RTAS plug in version the window only assumes the new size when you release the mouse button Related topics e Strategies for optimizing performance and stability Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 47 Melodyne essential Melodyne in Logic Pro On this tour you will learn how to make efficient use of Melodyne within Logic Pro This tour relates to Logic Pro X P
150. t clicking on the time ruler b Activate Grid Pitch Grid h Dynamic Scale Editor P Rar View b wf 1 4 1 8 Al 1 16 1 32 Es E Triplets Gb a Seconds As you move the mouse pointer over the first entry in the list Time Grid a cascading menu opens with which you can activate or deactivate the grid In Melodyne Stand Alone you can also toggle the grid on and off using the shortcut Alt Command T When the grid is active the calibration markers extend from the top to the bottom of the bar ruler When the grid is inactive these shrink to around a quarter the height of the ruler If you select the option Dynamic from the cascading Time Grid menu the grid will adjust automatically to the current horizontal zoom level in other words the further in you zoom the finer the mesh of the grid Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 138 Melodyne essential The entries below Dynamic allow you to base the coarseness or fineness of the grid on note values The current setting at any given time is reflected in the spacing of the vertical lines in the background of the editing pane Select Triplets if your material is in triple time If you select Seconds the ruler will display the elapsed time from the effective starting point In this case even if the option Activate Grid is selected the ruler will have no influence on the position of any notes you c
151. t uses but merely refers to them If you want to move your work to another computer or pass it on to someone else you have to transfer not only the MPD file but also the audio files involved To facilitate this Melodyne s Save window includes the option Save Audio File s in Copy If this option is selected the audio files used will be copied to a subfolder in the same location as the MPD file Related topics e Transferring audio material to Melodyne Plugin e Recording audio in Melodyne Stand Alone e Managing audio files and assigning missing files Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 92 Melodyne essential In this tour you will learn how to record audio with Melodyne Stand Alone and what you need to bear in mind when doing so Audio settings Before you record anything for the first time with Melodyne Stand Alone you should take a look at the Audio tab of the Preferences property sheet to check the settings In the upper pane you will see the general audio settings If you have already loaded played back and edited files with Melodyne and everything functioned you can just leave the existing settings On the Mac the internal Core Audio hardware is used by default on the PC the ASIO driver of your audio hardware should be selected Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 93 Melodyne essential In
152. tand Alone in case your hardware offers multiple inputs e Resolution determines the bit resolution for recordings made by Melodyne Stand Alone e Recording Folder specifies the folder in which new recordings should be saved Related topics e Operating Melodyne with Rewire e Recording audio in Melodyne Stand Alone Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 39 Melodyne essential Melodyne in Pro Tools On this tour you will learn how to make efficient use of Melodyne within Pro Tools This tour relates to Pro Tools 11 2 Please take note also of the information regarding the compatibility of Melodyne with Pro Tools on our website Current issues Tips on switching from Pro Tools 10 to 11 Running Pro Tools 10 and 11 simultaneously Melodyne is integrated into Pro Tools 11 as a 64 bit AAX plug in but into Pro Tools 10 as a 32 bit RTAS plug in Version 2 1 2 of the Melodyne installation program installs both formats RTAS und AAX side by side Under OS X you can run both Pro Tools 10 and Pro Tools 11 on the same computer Please note however that according to Avid Pro Tools 11 can only be co installed with Pro Tools 10 3 7 or higher under Mac OS X 10 8 Session compatibility between Pro Tools 10 and 11 Older sessions using Melodyne can be opened in both Pro Tools 10 and Pro Tools 11 regardless of whether they were saved by Pro Tools 10 or Pro Tools 11 Putting it another
153. tch or squeeze the corresponding audio material Slip Stretch The resulting stretch factor is displayed at the top of the clip As long as Melodyne is inserted into the clip as a Region FX it is Melodyne s algorithms that will be used for the stretching of the audio material In this case the Time ruler in the Melodyne display will adjust automatically Inserting Melodyne into a channel strip no ARA To profit from ARA Melodyne must be loaded as a Region FX It is also possible however to load Melodyne as an insert into a channel strip Track Effect Bin though in this case no ARA integration takes effect This means you do have to perform transfers and Melodyne will no longer follow tempo changes and changes to the audio events on the track in Sonar automatically Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 76 Melodyne essential Bypassing Melodyne or removing it from a clip You have several ways of removing Melodyne as a Region FX from the signal path For temporary comparisons between the edited and unedited clip you can use the Compare function in the Melodyne user interface With this function Melodyne s time stretching remains active but all changes to the notes are temporarily undone a fact indicated by the fact that the affected blobs are displayed in gray lt is also possible however to switch Melodyne to Bypass in the Region FX
154. te Setting icon or the keyboard shortcut CMD D Drag the audio material belonging to the original track into the new track in order to duplicate it Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 49 Melodyne essential Saving plug in settings for Melodyne Just as with an effects plug in you can store different settings as presets in Melodyne you can save different edits You may wish to do this in order for example to allow a performer or artist to hear and choose between different edits of the same take To save and reload Melodyne settings follow the same procedures as for all other plug ins Just click on the name of the current preset in the Melodyne Plugin window and select Save As Then assign a name to the current Melodyne edit You can store alternative edits as additional presets and switch between them using the preset selector Bouncing printing Melodyne edits When you are using Melodyne in a project and have finished editing you have two choices You can allow the Melodyne instance s to remain active until the final mixdown If you do this you will retain access to your Melodyne editing and will be able to make further refinements until the very last moment This is convenient but as long as the plug in remains active it is draining the resources of your system You can make your Melodyne editing permanent by bouncing it i e recording the edited t
155. terial Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 115 Melodyne essential Playback navigation and zooming In this tour you will learn how to navigate through Melodyne s blobs play them back and zoom the display to suit your wishes Resizing the window To change the size of the window click and drag the bottom right hand corner The procedure is the same for both Melodyne Stand Alone and Plugin Bila 42 8 eo Controlling playback using the keyboard and transport bar Melodyne Plugin is integrated into the DAW and keeps perfectly in step with its playback When you reposition the DAW this information is conveyed to Melodyne which mirrors the new position As soon as the DAW starts Melodyne also starts The Melodyne plug in is so to speak forever the slave of your DAW It is not possible to start stop or reposition the DAW s playback cursor from within Melodyne With Melodyne Stand Alone you start and stop the playback using the transport keys at the top left of the window or by pressing the space bar If you hold the Alt key at the same time playback will be confined to the current selection fejm gt 120 000 a 414 a You can also however control the playback of Melodyne Stand Alone using your keyboard s number keypad Enter to begin playback Zero to stop it Pressing Zero twice returns the playback cursor to the last start
156. the lower pane you can select the audio inputs of the audio hardware you wish to use This parameter is naturally only relevant if your audio hardware actually has multiple inputs From the list box you can select the bit resolution for recording popular choices here being 16 and 24 bit linear Below you can select the folder in which your recordings will be saved We recommend you to select a general Temp folder as the recording folder referred to here simply serves as a buffer for your work until you save it There is no reason yet to choose a dedicated destination for your recording session you decide the final destination of a recording when you come to save it Tempo and metronome Before you begin recording in Melodyne you should think about the tempo There are two possible modi operandi either the grid follows the music in which case Melodyne interprets variations in tempo as evidence that the song tempo varies and stretches and or compresses the grid accordingly or the music follows the grid which in this case will be uniform so where deviations occur notes will lie sometimes to the left sometimes to the right of the gridlines nearest them When you create a new empty document File gt New in Melodyne the default tempo is 120 BPM If you now without changing the Tempo parameter and without switching on the metronome begin recording and then stop the recording at some point in the course of the ensuing analysis the t
157. the new file Be sure to check the option Import After Bounce to ensure that the file created by the bounce appears immediately in your session Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 44 Melodyne essential Bounce _ Enforce Avid Compatibility m import After Bounce Add To iTunes Library cWesersiulf 4 Documents 44X Screens Bounced Filesi When the bounce is complete choose New Track from the menu that follows A new track will then be created containing the bounced material You can now deactivate the original track with Melodyne With the arrival of Pro Tools 11 it is now possible to implement the bounce swiftly offline To do this check the corresponding box in the Bounce dialog Rewire Generally you will want to use Melodyne as a plug in in Pro Tools This is the most convenient way of working and means moreover that all Melodyne data is stored within your session structure making archiving and passing on projects easier Occasionally however you may wish to integrate the stand alone version of Melodyne into Pro Tools as a Rewire client This can be useful if for example you wish to adjust samples quickly to the project tempo When the program is integrated via Rewire this happens automatically as soon as you drag a sample from the finder or explorer and drop it in the Melodyne window You can then play back the samples at the correct tempo via Rewire
158. there s no count in this will give you an aural cue and the tempo prior to your entry as you record Now click the record enable button in the transport pane conn 120 000 414 Dee 4 The record button will light up and the meter beneath the transport keys will indicate the level of the incoming audio signal Adjust the output of your mixer or playback device until the maximum level is reached before the onset of clipping To begin the actual recording click the play button corgo 120 000 4 4 SE You can stop the recording at any time by clicking the record enable button a second time and resume by clicking it yet again it s a toggle in other words that allows you to punch in and out at will during the performance Clicking the stop button also ends the recording stopping the cursor at the same time A recording can begin and end in the same places as a previous recording in which case the earlier recording will be erased unless that is after a bad performance you use the Undo command to roll back to the previous take Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 95 Melodyne essential You can listen to a recording even when the detection analysis is still underway and undo it in the same way Related topics e Transferring audio material to Melodyne Plugin e Managing audio files and assigning missing files e Loading and saving audio
159. tical zoom factor as this will make it easier for you to locate the value you want H ey Cent Hertz 45 0 441 23 L 400 ok aa oor SI a F d F L350 os By right clicking any of the marks on the ruler you can open a small context menu This offers a number of pointers to help you bring the pitch grid swifly into line with a particular tuning m he 4 440 0 Hz Standard 440 0 Default 440 0 Detected 443 1 Set as Default oo eee akon Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 149 Melodyne essential e At the top you will see the current frequency of the note selected e Standard bases the tuning on modern standard concert pitch where A4 440 Hz e Default bases the tuning on the frequency currently assigned to A in the Preferences dialog e Detected bases the tuning on Melodyne s analysis of the music being edited the original tuning e Set as Default tells Melodyne to use the current value as the default tuning for new documents and adjusts the value in the Preferences dialog accordingly The various values for A4 incidentally can be found quickly by clicking the tuning fork icon at the top of the reference pitch ruler By typing into the box immediately below this icon you can assign to A4 any frequency you like Selecting the tonic and scale variety The wider ruler next to the reference pitch ruler is the scale
160. til the very last moment This is convenient but as long as the plug in remains active it is draining the resources of your system You can make your Melodyne editing permanent by recording the edited track or edited passages to a new audio file or files This will deprive you of further access to your Melodyne editing but allow you to deactivate the plug in and thereby free up resources Recording your Melodyne edits as audio tracks has the further advantage of allowing you to pass projects on to colleagues who don t have Melodyne To render i e make permanent your Melodyne editing on a Pro Tools track proceed as follows Using the bypass function in the mixer or insert area of the track deactivate the affects you do not wish to be included in the recording on the new track The EQ and compression for example are things you will also wish to adjust on the new track so these should not be included Automation is a similar case decide whether it should be included in the transfer or whether you would prefer to copy the existing automation to the new track later in order to retain access to it there If that is the case deactivate beforehand the automation in the left hand track area of the edit window INSERTS A E To begin the procedure choose New Track from the track s Output menu Then decide whether you wish to record a mono or a stereo track and assign a name to it Pro Tools creates a new track routing to its
161. tivated and ready to use If your Melodyne came in a box the Assistant will guide you through all the steps that are necessary for registration and activation The activation is performed on line If your computer is not connected to the Internet the Assistant will propose a method of activating the program offline You can reach the Activation Assistant whenever you need to via License in Melodyne s Help menu All the options offered by the Assistant are explained in the Assistant itself The following sections explain how these options relate to one another as well as providing important background information regarding activation Please read them through carefully as they are concerned directly with such questions as when why and how often you can install and use Melodyne on computers e Two computer based activations Melodyne activation is by default computer based in other words the activation is tied to the computer upon which it is performed A Melodyne license entitles you to activate and use Melodyne on two different computers simultaneously such as your studio computer and your laptop The activations are managed and granted by our server You will see how many activation credits you have at any given moment in your myCelemony account as soon as you log in e Deactivating a computer We allow you complete control over the allocation of your activation rights by allowing you the option also of deactivating computers Suppose
162. tive to running Melodyne as a plug in You should take advantage of this possibility if your DAW has no plug in interface or is incompatible with Melodyne but does support ReWire In terms of core functions there is no difference between the plug in and stand alone implementations of Melodyne both offer the same possibilities for editing your audio material Areas of the user interface and their functions Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 15 Melodyne essential Editing pane and notes toolbox and inspector Transfer button Plugin or transport bar Stand Alone Pitch ruler and scale area Macros for pitch and time correction Real time volume Stand Alone pitch and formant Plugin only controls Zoom and scroll bars NOOR WN Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 16 Melodyne essential Plugin Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 17 Melodyne essential Transfers and replace ranges Whereas with Melodyne Stand Alone you load the material to be edited by opening the relevant audio file with Melodyne Plugin you do this by performing a transfer This means that once you have opened the plug in in the relevant track you must transfer to it the passages that need to be worked on so that you can s
163. tool F3 Open correct pitch macro Command Shift P Open quantize time macro Command Shift T Note selection and copying Standard techniques such as clicking Shift clicking and lassoing to select and deselect notes Shift click and then drag the mouse to enter Snake Selection mode Select notes by clicking or dragging in the pitch ruler double clicking selects notes with the same name in all octaves rather than simply at the pitch clicked In the pitch ruler also you can Shift click or Shift drag to add or remove notes from the selection In the Edit menu you will find the usual Select All command Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 22 Melodyne essential Q Melodyne allows you to cut copy and paste blobs If prior to pasting a blob the source blob you select another the target blob when you paste the former will replace the latter If no blob is selected at the time of pasting the source blob will be pasted at the cursor position If however the blob was offset from the grid prior to copying it will be offset from the playback cursor after pasting and by the same amount if you want the insert point and the cursor position to coincide exactly set the time grid to Seconds prior to pasting Macros and tools The pitch and time correction macros reached via the Correct Pitch and Quantize Time buttons respectively in the top right
164. transfer the refrain only to Melodyne and not the verse as well In this way you can prevent Melodyne claiming RAM it doesn t need This does not mean of course that you cannot transfer longer passages to Melodyne when you need to edit them Only that you should not do so unless it is necessary If you are aware of the problem and adopt the measures we recommend to avoid wasting RAM when you do need to edit longer passages you will be able to do so without experiencing the instability associated with RAM shortage Transfer one track at a time Admittedly you can save time by selecting multiple tracks for transfer and transferring them all in one go but such a procedure requires considerably more RAM than the track by track method By transferring your material one track at a time you can avoid the spikes in demand that are inevitable when Melodyne has to analyze or detect multiple tracks simultaneously Reduce the maximum number of undo steps Melodyne allows you to undo up to 100 editing steps However managing the undo history also requires memory and the more undo steps are stored there the greater the memory requirement Each possible undo step therefore costs memory and does so in all instances of Melodyne plugin For this reason since version 2 1 of Melodyne editor assistant and essential it has been possible to reduce the maximum number of undo steps and with it the amount of RAM needed by the undo function By default th
165. u to force a reinterpretation of the material igs Edit Algorithm View Hel N Melodic ransfer Percussive l m Polyphonic r Depending upon the material it can be necessary to edit the detection manually and reassign detected notes With melodic material a note may occasionally be confused with the same note an octave higher or lower Before editing such material you need to reassign these notes to their correct pitches otherwise tonal artifacts could be produced when the material comes to be edited The aim is to ensure that the notes you see in Melodyne correspond as closely as possible to the notes actually played e Select the Note Assignment tool which is set slightly apart from the others to switch to Note Assignment mode You can leave Note Assignment mode at any time simply by selecting another tool Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 19 Melodyne essential vee e If anote is displayed at the wrong octave drag it towards the correct one and Melodyne will intensify its search in the area indicated and relocate it alternatively if a hollow note is already displayed at the correct octave just double click on it e The waveform icon beside it switches from the original sound to the monitoring synthesizer of which it is also the volume control The monitoring synthesizer plays only the visible notes and therefore makes it easier to discern
166. u hold down the Alt key the time grid will be ignored Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 122 Melodyne essential If you Shift click near either of the cycle borders it will move to the designated position If as you do so you hold down the Alt key the time grid will be ignored 1 2 3 To move the cycle locators to the beginning and end of the current blob selection Snapping to the grid hold the Shift key and double click anywhere in the cycle zone If you hold the Alt key as well as the Shift key as you do this instead of snapping to the grid the locators will be placed at the beginning of the first and end of the last blob in the selection Related topics e Time grid selection e Matching Melodyne Stand Alone s time grid to the audio Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 123 Melodyne essential Select display options In this tour you will learn about the options Melodyne offers you for working with your audio notes All the following options are to be found in the View menu Auto Scroll If you activate auto scrolling by checking the Auto Scroll entry in the menu the note display in Melodyne will follow the playback cursor thm Help w Auto Scroll 2 Show Pitch Curve of Show Note Separations f Show Blob Info oy SSS Show Intended Notes ES Show Repl
167. u reach the file manager via Plugin s Settings menu Soi Edit Algorithm View Help File Manager p Settings In the central area of the window you will see a list of all the transferred audio extracts belonging to the instance that is open Each entry in the list represents an audio file that Melodyne has stored on the hard disk and that it requires for this instance to operate correctly Above the list you will see the storage path of the folder in which Melodyne is currently storing these transfer files By default this is a folder in your Music directory which is therefore the storage location for all new projects Certain DAWs however use a different path for each new project and behave also in other respects differently to the manner we are about to describe for these please read the note entitled Exceptions below Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 97 Melodyne essential Store Transfers to Users media Files When you click the button next to where the current path is displayed a file selection box opens to allow you to select a different folder as a storage location The choice you make applies to the current project only If from one instance of Melodyne you choose a new storage path for the project the choice applies then to all instances within that project All the transfer files already created will be moved to the new stora
168. udio driver to 1 024 samples Smaller values lead to a marked increase in the CPU load To alter the buffer size in Cubase or Nuendo choose Device gt Device Setup from the menu bar From Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 64 Melodyne essential the left hand side of the window select your audio device under VST Audio System From the content that appears on the right hand side of the window select Control Panel In the next window set the buffer size Should you require a smaller buffer e g when adjusting the headphone mix directly in your computer and not via an external channel strip or mixer switch all instances of Melodyne during the recording to bypass Reactivate Melodyne as soon as you begin editing your new track 32 64 bit If you are running a 64 bit version of Cubase Nuendo do not use the Bit Bridge to link with the 32 bit version of Melodyne Instead use the 64 bit version of Melodyne which is far more powerful Synchronization out by cycle length If you activate Cubase Nuendo s cycle function but commence playback at a point after the cycle range Melodyne will be noticeably out of sync Workaround if you wish to play back the song from a later position deactivate the Cubase Nuendo cycle function Local playback and blob monitoring To ensure blob monitoring and Melodyne s local playback function remain activated deselect the following option
169. ve been manufactured packaged and shipped some time ago having spent months in the warehouse of the distributor or dealer The drivers contained on the CD supplied with such a device may well be out of date and you will find the latest ones online SUP Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 35 Melodyne essential If our tips are of no help If you encounter problems when using Melodyne and the troubleshooting techniques outlined here fail to help please send an e mail to our support team support celemony com Related topics e Managing audio files and assigning missing files e Transferring audio material to Melodyne Plugin e Installation and Activation Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 36 Melodyne essential Preferences This tour looks at Melodyne s preferences property sheet which governs fundamental aspects of the way the program operates Melodyne Plugin s preferences property sheet In Melodyne Plugin select Preferences from the Settings menu Language English Pitch Names English sis A 440 0 Hz Look Default Maximum Undo Levels 25 oo This Version Melodyne essential 2 1 0 b 28 32 bit Check for Updates Weekly Check Now Last Check 05 29 2012 15 55 Status No newer version exists Next Check 06 05 2012 i Extended Keyboard Support Detect audio aft
170. way a 10 session can be imported into Pro Tools 11 and an 11 session into Pro Tools 10 This bidirectional compatibility is subject however to one condition the same version of Melodyne v 2 1 2 must be installed on both systems Pro Tools 10 and 11 Transfer path for sessions In Pro Tools 11 2 you do not need to worry about the transfer path for your Melodyne files These are automatically stored within the session hierarchy in a sub folder within the Plugin Settings folder In Pro Tools 11 0 you had to set this path for each new session manually Loading the Melodyne plug in Insert Melodyne into one of the plug in slots of the desired track You will find Melodyne Plugin in the Other category This is not to be confused with the category Instrument from which the Rewire device described below can be loaded Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 40 Melodyne essential no insert multichannel plug in EQ multi mono plug in Dynamics Tia Delay Modulation Harmonic Dither Sound Field Instrument Other MasterMeter stereo Avid Marketplace ss Ble ed lke Sk You are advised as a rule to insert Melodyne in the first plug in slot before the compressor EQ or other effects The reason is this during the transfer Melodyne records the input signal you intend to edit and with it all effects ahead of it in the signal chain which a
171. were to align the 1 with the first note played rather than with the start of the file when you tried later to reintegrate the track into the original project you d discover the synchronicity had been lost To avoid this check Set Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 143 Melodyne essential Bar 1 to start of file Melodyne will now align the rulers Bar One 1 with the first sample word in the audio file and the track when restored to the original project will be perfectly in sync Redetecting the tempo With the option Redetect tempo in the define tempo dialog you can force Melodyne to conduct a fresh analysis of the tempo of the document being edited This can be useful for example when you have entered the tempo manually messed things up and want now to return to the status quo immediately after the initial detection Select the option and exit the define tempo window with OK to trigger a fresh analysis Related topics e Time grid selection e Adjusting to tempo variation in the DAW Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 144 Melodyne essential Adjusting to tempo variation in the DAW Normally Melodyne Plugin keeps step with your DAW and the bar rulers and tempo displays of the DAW and Plugin show the same things If however you have a tempo change in your DAW between two sections you h
172. whether or not these correspond to those actually played e In Melodyne Stand Alone Shift space bar switches the playback between the original sound and the monitoring synthesizer In Plugin Shift double click in the bar ruler has the same effect Navigation playback functions and cycle mode All the detected tones are displayed as blobs in the editing area The size of the editing area can be altered and the blob display zoomed and scrolled e To resize the window also in Plugin drag the bottom right corner e Hold down the Command key and drag the editing background to move the area displayed Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 20 Melodyne essential Use the mouse wheel to scroll up and down or else holding the Shift key left and right Press Commandgd Alt and drag in the editing area to zoom the display horizontally and or vertically Press Command Alt and use the mouse wheel to zoom both axes simultaneously Press Command and double click to zoom in on a blob or the current selection Press Command and double click in the editing background to zoom back Drag the scrollers to move the display horizontally or vertically Drag the ends of the slider to zoom horizontally or vertically Pull one end of the horizontal or vertical slider as far as it will go and hold it to increase the size of the section displayed important in the plug in e g when you h
173. y them out in the editing area and they will remain mute during playback In the file manager they will be listed in red BBBAEED4 4 749 41 FF FA2 076 7292508F4 w Users modia BBEESBAE4 23584 4451 BDAF F6D9694F 2966 1 Users meda P1A23808 239B0C 4F29 902D AF65CF 4E24E 1 Users media If you know in which folder the missing files are to be found you can use the Find File drop down menu in the file manager Select the entry Find Missing Files Find File m Find Missing Files 3 l Copy Selected Filenames stance pen ee a eer n SS P Delete Navigate then in the file selection box to the folder containing the missing files and exit with OK The missing files in the folder will then be reassigned Be careful though for this assignment you do not have to select the files themselves which would in any case be somewhat tricky given their automatically generated and less than intuitive names but simply the folder in which they are located lts contents will then be searched automatically for the missing files Bear in mind however that sub folders will not be searched only files found directly in the folder selected For any sub folders containing missing files you will have to go through the same procedure in order that they too can be searched What if you have received a project with missing files from someone else and want to inform them by e mail for example of the names of the missing files Here the command Co
174. yne in any sensible way if you switch clips during the transfer Melodyne will still record the contents but do so along the linear time axis that is determined by the arrangement And the contents will be played back accordingly It is therefore not possible to reproduce in Melodyne clip changes implemented in Live s Session View as Melodyne is always guided by Live s linear Arrangement Time rather by that of individual clips You are therefore recommended to use Melodyne only when working in Live s Arrangement View But you would presumably do this anyway when editing vocals or other instruments Besides which Live offers user friendly functions for transforming clips into building blocks of the arrangement editing them there in Melodyne and then rendering them once more as clips Celemony Software GmbH 2015 Last updated on 14 01 2015 Online Manual e www celemony com 80 Melodyne essential Backing up and exchanging projects During the transfer Melodyne captures the track s signal creating recordings of the corresponding passages The resulting audio files are stored in a folder of their own that you create in Melodyne via Settings File Manager It makes sense to create a subfolder like this within the project folder of each Live project Then assign your transfers to this folder in the first instance of Melodyne you create To do this choose within Melodyne Settings gt File Manager gt Store Transfers to and then n

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