Melodyne 4 Explained
In this in-depth video tutorial series computer music guru Eli Krantzberg shows you how Celemony Melodyne 4 gives you complete control over the pitch and timing of every track in your project. You’ll see how you can use Melodyne both surgically and creatively, on individual tracks and even entire songs!
Videos
• Introduction (04:11) - See what will be covered in this series, and get a first look at the Melodyne workspace.
• Transferring Audio into Melodyne (05:30) - Learn about the basic preferences and how to set where the files used by Melodyne will be placed. Discover the basic properties of each of the available algorithms.
• Basic Pitch Editing (04:48) - Learn how to transpose individual note pitches either chromatically or conforming to the detected scale, while maintaining their natural offsets; and see how to quantize notes to the perfect tuning of their intended pitches.
• Pitch Drift & Pitch Modulation (04:10) - The pitch drift tool is used to correct the intonation of a note’s pitch over time, and how the pitch modulation tool is used to edit vibrato. Also, see how to quantize pitch and pitch modulation in order to create the T-Pain, or “Cher”, vocal effect.
• Getting Around the GUI (05:00) - Discover various ways of controlling playback from within the Melodyne plug-in, scrub through blobs, zoom and scroll the display, and work with cycle ranges.
• Working with the Timing Tool (04:56) - The Timing Tool is used to stretch, compress, move, and quantize single or multiple blob selections. Also, learn how to separate adjacent notes so they can move independently, and see how to add a random deviation to humanize the timing.
• Time Handle & Attack Speed Tools (04:14) - Learn to use the Attack Speed Tool to either sharpen or make duller the attack portion of notes, and how the Time Handle Tool is used to stretch or compress areas within a single blob. Also see how to use the Note Separation Tool to split notes into multiple blobs, so their pitch (or timing) envelopes can be altered separately.
• Note Separation, Formant, Amplitude, & Timing Tool in Action (07:02) - Eli demonstrates how these various tools are used to clean up a guitar solo.
• The Correct Pitch Macro (05:13) - See how this tool is used to make broad changes on basic tuning and pitch drift on multiple notes together.
• The Quantize Time Macro (04:41) - Explore the nuanced time correction possibilities available with the quantize time macro, See how multiple notes are moved and automatically trimmed in relation to the chosen grid value.
• Selection Techniques (03:26) - Learn methods of selecting notes contiguously, non contiguously, based on pitch, octave, position in time, using the mouse, contextual menus, and key commands.
• Getting Started with Note Detection Mode (05:11) - See how this mode is used to tweak the detection of overtones and fundamental tones, limit the vertical range of detection, and control the amount of energy split between fundamental tones and overtones.
• Note Detection & Note Separations (05:32) - Discover how the various note separation tools and workflows in note detection mode are used to work with and edit detected note start and end points.
• Working with the Algorithm Inspector (05:02) - Eli demonstrates how to optimize and tweak the note detection using the various algorithm inspector controls.
• Polyphonic Note Editing (03:54) - See how chords are quantized while the notes maintain their relative distance to each other. Learn how the pitch of individual notes within a chord are changed using Melodyne’s Direct Note Access.
• Copy & Paste (07:30) - Learn how to use the copy and paste functions to repeat polyphonic phrases, create vocal doubling effects, and generate harmonies.
• Getting to Know the Pitch Grid & Scale Functions (05:44) - This video covers the pitch grid’s various snap and display options. Learn how to edit key and scale info, and have notes automatically conform to changes.
• Master Tuning & The Scale Window (05:10) - Learn how to change the master tuning used by Melodyne, and see how to access and use exotic alternate scales.
• Working with Drums (06:16) - Explore some ideas on how to add spice to a drum loop analyzed using Melodyne’s Percussive algorithm.
• Audio to MIDI in Action (05:28) - Three ways to creatively use Melodyne’s Audio to MIDI export function.