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Celemony Melodyne 5 Essential

Monophonic Pitch and Time Shifting Software with Melodic and Percussive Pitched Algorithms, Musically Weighted Pitch Analysis, Leveling Macro, Recallable Search, and ARA Compatibility - Mac/PC Standalone, AAX Native, VST 3, AU
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Easy and Affordable Pitch and Time Editor

Celemony's Melodyne 5 essential offers a cost-effective entry into the powerful world of pitch and time correction. You get Melodyne's main tools for pitch and timing correction, enabling you to nudge notes until their timing is just right and tweak the pitch of notes while maintaining a natural sound. Melodyne 5 essential contains a bevy of cutting-edge enhancements, such as Melodic and Percussive Pitched algorithms, musically weighted pitch analysis, the Leveling Macro, and recallable search. ARA compatibility completes the package. Mix engineers have counted on Melodyne for years to ensure less-than-perfect takes can make the final mix, and Melodyne 5 essential gives you the essential tools at a great price.

Exciting new features for better results in less time

Melodyne 5 essential has a lot of changes under the hood. Its Melodic algorithm edits pitched and noise-like components separately, supplying you with ultra-musical pitch deviation analysis. Chord Track enables you to bring notes into line harmonically, and to extract chords from audio. You can also use the Leveling Macro to minimize volume disparities between notes. There’s an additional Percussive Pitched algorithm, along with other algorithm improvements, plus recallable search functions for keyboard shortcuts. A lot of us here at Sweetwater use Melodyne, and this is the best version yet!

A number of ways to integrate Melodyne

There are several ways to integrate Melodyne 5 essential into your workflow. It works standalone or as a plug-in in your DAW. Using Melodyne as a plug-in works flawlessly; however, you must first transfer each musical passage into Melodyne before any pitch- or time-correction can occur. This takes time. For complete DAW integration, you’ll want to use Melodyne’s ARA interface. With it, you can open and edit tracks directly in Melodyne. Check with your DAW’s manufacturer to find out if it’s ARA-compatible or call your Sales Engineer. More DAWs are jumping on the ARA bandwagon every day!

Celemony Melodyne 5 essential Features:

  • Powerful pitch and time adjustment tool
  • Automatic or manual correction of intonation and timing errors
  • Powerful adjustment tool allows you to polish audio tracks
  • Automatic and manual timing and note length correction
  • Automatic and manual pitch and pitch drift correction
  • Melodic algorithm edits pitched and noise-like components separately
  • Musically weighted pitch analysis supplies psychoacoustically optimal intonation correction
  • Leveling Macro minimizes the volume disparities between notes
  • Chord Track brings notes into line harmonically and extract chords from audio
  • Percussive Pitched algorithm for instruments such as tabla, berimbau, and 808 kick drums
  • Recallable search functions for keyboard shortcuts
  • Experiment with different melodies, timing, and rhythm
  • Easily transpose your audio, and even adjust it to scales
  • Easy-to-use, logical layout makes navigation ultra-simple
  • Works standalone or as a plug-in in your DAW
  • ARA interface provides complete integration with selected DAWs

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Tech Specs

  • Software Type: Pitch/Time Correction
  • Platform: Mac, PC
  • Upgrade/Full: Full
  • Download/Boxed: Download
  • Bit Depth: 64-bit
  • Format: AAX, VST3, AU, ARA, Standalone
  • Hardware Requirements - Mac: Intel Core 2 Duo or higher, 8GB RAM or more recommended
  • Hardware Requirements - PC: Intel Core 2 Duo / AMD Athlon 64 X2 or higher, 8GB RAM or more recommended
  • OS Requirements - Mac: macOS 10.12 or later
  • OS Requirements - PC: Windows 10 or later
  • Manufacturer Part Number: 10-11303

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Rated 4/5

It does what I needed to do

I purchased Melodyne Essentials after spending a bit of time on Celemony's website looking at the various options. I needed to do some modest pitch correction along with bit of sibilance reduction on a vocal track and the tools that came bundled with Apple Logic Pro X were just too crude. Spent a few dollars to salvage what was otherwise a really good vocal performance.

Not ready to spring for the full-featured version but the reviews that I've read have all been very good.
Music background: Singer-Songwriter
Rated 5/5

Can't be beat!

I used the Melodyne free trial and I do not know how I lived without it so I had to upgrade. by far the best software for pitch correction, and with the awesome help from Sweetwater I had no worries that it would work for my computer.
Music background: Band leader, lead singer, Plays most Instruments.
Rated 5/5

Great Tuning Software

Melodyne 5 Essential is just what I was looking for. Pitch correction is a breeze with this app. I highly recommend this software if you are looking for a tool to help you tune your vocals.
Rated 5/5

Great software for careful work

I am very favorably impressed with this software. You can adjust pitch, timing, and dynamics of individual notes in a vocal recording. It's quite easy to use. Going one note at a time it takes some time to process a song, but the results can be excellent, cleaning up a vocal performance that strays off pitch or off time. There is a lot of useful information on the company's website. The "essential" version is monophonic, so to apply this approach to guitar or keyboard you would need at least the "editor" level of Melodyne, but for vocals you can do a lot with this inexpensive package.
Rated 5/5

MELODYNE

HAS BEEN AN IMPORTANT PART OF MY PRODUCTION EFFORTS WITH RECORDING AND POST PRODUCITON IN MY STUDIO.
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