Beat it in a major key

[Gert van Santen]

Op 7-4-2013 12:17, Romain / rXg schreef:
> Gert, so it seems you are maybe the only one from the list who
> used it :)

That is not impossible :-)

> this melodyne program seems to be the dream for studio,

Depends on what you want to do with it. If you find yourself 
doing lots of vocal or instrument correction, or if you love 
exeperimenting, it might be the thing for you. As it is, I find 
that most of the stuff I need, I can also find in Ableton Live 
and probably in Logic now. Thing is, ten years ago Melodyne was 
awesome. Today it is most of it is rather "normal".

I fyou like deconstructing complete tracks, this might the best 
and only software to go, but it doesn't always work perfect of 
course, so you might want to take a couple of days off for your 
audio editing ;-)

> I think
> you need quite a fast computer to use it, is it correct ?

Not really. I think you might find the info on that on the 
Celemony website. I've used it on rather slow laptops, and didn't 
encounter any problems.

> I watched some stuff about it on youtube few month ago  maybe a
> year and i was blast about what this program can do ...
> I wonder with your experience what you think of melodyne also
> will you recommend it ?

Well, interestingly, I have used it mostly on voice overs, where 
the client wanted me to change the voice of certain characters in 
a script so they would sound more different from other 
characters. That worked quite well, because you can change the 
pitch and the formants of the audio, and of course the speed.

I have seldomly used it for other stuff, so, although I was very 
enthusiastic with the software in the beginning, I think it 
totally depends on what your actual usage is.

Also, don't expect true miracles. There's definitely artefacts in 
the audio when using more extreme settings.

Wishing all of you a wonderful Sunday!

Gert

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