Melodyne 5 Explained®
Chapter 1 : Getting Around the GUI
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5:33 Welcome to Melodyne 5
Take a first look around the Melodyne interface, see what it looks like in various DAWs, and find out where some of the new v.5 features are located.
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4:11 Transferring Audio to Melodyne in Real Time
See how real time transfers to Melodyne are done in Pro Tools, and learn about replace ranges, and basic file management.
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5:11 Melodyne & ARA
See how the Audio Random Access version of Melodyne provides immediate access to audio in Studio One, Cubase, and Logic Pro X.
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4:36 Controlling Playback in Your DAW
Learn to control basic playback functions when working with Melodyne inside your DAW, including soloing from within Melodyne, confining playback to a specific range, scrubbing, and more.
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3:49 The Editing Mix Fader
Discover how this is used when working wth multiple Melodyne tracks, to control which tracks are heard when playing back in the Note Editor.
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3:58 Navigating the Note Editor
Discover the various ways of scrolling and zooming in the Note Editor window.
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3:19 Cycle Mode
Learn how to use Cycle Mode in Melodyne 5 to loop playback to specific areas in the timeline.
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5:38 Making Selections
Learn about track edit mode vs clip edit mode, and various methods for selecting single, multiple, contiguous, and non contiguous notes.
Chapter 2 : Basic Editing
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5:24 The Correct Pitch Macro
Discover how this macro control is used for simple, and effective, basic tuning.
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8:12 Working with the Chord Track
Explore Melodyne 5?s new Chord Track functions and learn how to analyze, re-analyze, edit, and audition chords all from within Melodyne.
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5:50 The Key Track & Pitch Grid
Discover how the key signature track works, and how this, along with the chord track, integrates with the Pitch Grid display and snapping options.
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5:47 The Pitch Grid in Action
Watch as the pitch grid and double click snapping behaviours are used to correct some harmony vocals that are incorrect due to changes made to the underlying chords of the song after they were recorded.
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2:23 Snap To Chord Scale & the Correct Pitch Macro
Here?s a bit of ?instant gratification?, using the Correct Pitch Macro, combined with the new Snap to Chord Scale function.
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5:57 The Time Grid & The Quantize Time Macro
Discover how the time grid and the quantize time macro interacts with note separations and the musical starting points of notes.
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6:21 The Note Levelling Macro
Hear how this fabulous new Melodyne 5 feature is used to reduce or eliminate excessive volume differences between notes on a track, or on multiple tracks.
Chapter 3 : Working with the Tools
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7:11 The Main Tool
Explore the three zones of this smart tool, and see how it is used for transposing, tuning, adjusting timing between notes, and separating long notes into multiple shorter ones.
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7:20 The Pitch Tool
Explore the functions of the dedicated Pitch Tool, and see how to edit pitch numerically, as well as how to add random offsets to both timing and pitch.
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6:38 Pitch Modulation & Pitch Drift
Learn how to work with these tools creatively and correctively. Used to the extreme, they create the stepped quantized pitch transitions we are familiar with from T-Pain and Cher. Used more moderately, they even out deep vibrato, and correct notes where the pitch wanders.
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4:30 The Formant Tool
See and hear how this works to lower or raise the timbre of a vocal. It is great for creating a subtly darker or brighter quality, without actually changing the pitch of the note.
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3:57 The Amplitude Tool
Explore the Amplitude Tool and see how it is used to adjust the level and transitions between notes.
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3:47 The Fade Tool
See how this tool is used to create dynamic fade ins and outs on individual notes.
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5:49 The Sibilant Balance Tool
Hear how this tool is used to deal with the non pitched, sibilant or fricative components of vocals.
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5:21 The Timing Tool
Discover how this tool is used to edit the horizontal position and length of notes, with or without quantization.
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5:28 Time Handles & Attack Speed Tools
Explore how these are used to alter the internal timing and envelope of individual notes.
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5:06 Note Separation Tools
Learn how these tools are used to cut notes, move and remove note transitions, and convert between hard and soft note separations.
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3:55 Copy & Paste
Learn how to get the most out of Melodyne's copy & paste functions.
Chapter 4 : Detection & Note Assignment Mode
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7:07 The Detection Algorithms
Learn about Melodyne 5?s different detection algorithms and when they are best used.
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5:31 Note Assignment Mode: Pitch Tools
Explore how this mode is used to check whether Melodyne has identified the notes within your material accurately, and if necessary, correct any mistakes in detection.
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5:54 Note Assignment Mode: Timing Tools
See how the note separation tools work with the detected starting points in Note Assignment Mode.
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3:20 The Sibilant Range Tool
Learn how to use this tool to detect, edit, create, and delete sibilant ranges at the beginnings or endings of blobs.
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2:48 The Energy Share Tool
Explore how this is used to redistribute the energy between chords or intervals sharing the same overtones.
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8:33 The Algorithm Inspector
Explore deep under the hood of the note assignment functions, and see how to modify and control some of Melodyne?s default detection behaviors.
Product Overview
Studio guru Eli Krantzberg delivers comprehensive Melodyne 5 video tutorials! Learn all the basics, its features and functions, and how to use them effectively to manipulate your audio track's pitch and time, with incredible results. These videos are designed for new Melodyne 5 users. If you have experience with Melodyne 5 and are looking for some cool tips and tricks, checkout Melodyne 5 Tips & Tricks.
Eli welcomes you and gives you a first look around the new Melodyne 5 interface, what it looks like in various DAWs, and where some of the new v.5 features are located. Next you'll learn the important basics like transferring audio to Melodyne in real-time, using the Audio Random Access (ARA) feature, navigating and controlling playback in your DAW, and more.
Basic editing is up next, and you'll learn to use the Correct Pitch Macro for simple and effective basic tuning, utilize the new Chord Track functions to analyze, re-analyze, edit, and audition chords all from within Melodyne for alien-like control over your chords. This feature alone makes Melodyne 5 a weapons grade sonic manipulator that anyone working with audio should have.
There is so much info covered in this series; working with all the individual Melodyne tools, choosing and using different detection algorithms for specific tasks, understanding the different note assignment modes, and much, much more.
To see what these detailed Melodyne 5 video tutorials show you, and how they'll get you up and running and using Melodyne 5 to its fullest capabilities, see the individual Melodyne 5 tutorial descriptions on this page. Learn Melodyne 5 with this comprehensive video manual taught by one of the best pro audio instructors in the biz... Watch "Melodyne 5 Explained®" today.
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Reviews
Submitted 1 month ago
Good overview of main features
Good overview of the main features and a nice best practice at the end of the lessons. These lessons do skip a few of the advanced features that most people will never need anyway. Descriptions and explanations are very clear and easy to follow.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 1 month ago
Very good indeed!
Takes a while to get to the note editing but worthwhile. Comprehensive as expected.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 2 months ago
Melodyne 5 ... really explained!
So clear and concise - quickly up and running and able to get the best out of my recordings.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Reaper
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 3 months ago
Excellent overview.
Really good, in-depth look at Melodyne, I learned tons of new stuff, highly recommended!
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 3 months ago
It's Eli, so you know it's damned good.
I upgraded to Melodyne Studio 5 without having used it in a good while. So when I opened it to use it I was full on deer in the headlights and completely clueless. Eli brought me back up to speed in spades and I'm more than back to where I used to be. A couple quibbles on things left out, in spite of my 5-star rating. One very important use for me is tempo map extraction for things not performed to a click track. I know that the export of a MIDI track with the tempo information embedded is that way to do this but it is not shown. The other thing lacking is the Clip Mode which on my Melodyne is between the Track Mode and Note Assignment Mode while opened in a DAW. I will have to dig into the manual to find how to do both these things or look on YouTube. Other than that there is a wealth of information in these videos and I can't wait to stop writing this and dig in.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Reaper
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 4 months ago
Still cranking out good, solid tips
Eli’s tutorials hark back to my earliest explorations of Melodyne and I was glad to see this first-out-of-the-gate series on the latest release. Aside from a few editing details I wish had been attended to (however, I recognize this is a features showcase and not an editing session), I found this comfortable and helpful territory. If there is a part 2 Advanced series in the works, I’ll look forward to more insights.
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 4 months ago
Good Job
Everything you need to get started and then some. If you don't have Melodyne Studio, you'll definitely want it after watching this!
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 4 months ago
Better than Celemony's tutorials
I love the way Eli Krantzberg explains things. It's ordered and sequential. First this simple thing, then this more advanced technique, then this tricky thingy. So you build a foundation first. I've learned more in one night than I learned in a week at Celemony. I'm not saying Celemony's tutorials weren't helpful, but at times I felt I was watching an ad for what Melodyne is capable of doing, whereas Eli shows actually how to use it.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Sound for Film/TV, Ableton Live, Acid, Logic Pro, Pro Tools
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 5 months ago
Great tutorial!
This is a wonderful way to get to know Melodyne 5. The lessons are clear and concise with with no wasted time or words. While watching, I never had the urge to fast forward to the "important parts" because everything was relevant to the lesson. Thank you!
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Submitted 5 months ago
Very comprehensive
Finally - I think I know how to use Melodyne...
Ease of Use Quality of Videos Value of Training Access to Videos
Reviews
Submitted 1 month ago
Good overview of main features
Good overview of the main features and a nice best practice at the end of the lessons. These lessons do skip a few of the advanced features that most people will never need anyway. Descriptions and explanations are very clear and easy to follow.
Submitted 1 month ago
Very good indeed!
Takes a while to get to the note editing but worthwhile. Comprehensive as expected.
Submitted 2 months ago
Melodyne 5 ... really explained!
So clear and concise - quickly up and running and able to get the best out of my recordings.
I am a: Hobbyist, Musician, Reaper
Submitted 3 months ago
Excellent overview.
Really good, in-depth look at Melodyne, I learned tons of new stuff, highly recommended!
Submitted 3 months ago
It's Eli, so you know it's damned good.
I upgraded to Melodyne Studio 5 without having used it in a good while. So when I opened it to use it I was full on deer in the headlights and completely clueless. Eli brought me back up to speed in spades and I'm more than back to where I used to be. A couple quibbles on things left out, in spite of my 5-star rating. One very important use for me is tempo map extraction for things not performed to a click track. I know that the export of a MIDI track with the tempo information embedded is that way to do this but it is not shown. The other thing lacking is the Clip Mode which on my Melodyne is between the Track Mode and Note Assignment Mode while opened in a DAW. I will have to dig into the manual to find how to do both these things or look on YouTube. Other than that there is a wealth of information in these videos and I can't wait to stop writing this and dig in.
I am a: Semi-Pro, Musician, Producer, Reaper
Submitted 4 months ago
Still cranking out good, solid tips
Eli’s tutorials hark back to my earliest explorations of Melodyne and I was glad to see this first-out-of-the-gate series on the latest release. Aside from a few editing details I wish had been attended to (however, I recognize this is a features showcase and not an editing session), I found this comfortable and helpful territory. If there is a part 2 Advanced series in the works, I’ll look forward to more insights.
Submitted 4 months ago
Good Job
Everything you need to get started and then some. If you don't have Melodyne Studio, you'll definitely want it after watching this!
Submitted 4 months ago
Better than Celemony's tutorials
I love the way Eli Krantzberg explains things. It's ordered and sequential. First this simple thing, then this more advanced technique, then this tricky thingy. So you build a foundation first. I've learned more in one night than I learned in a week at Celemony. I'm not saying Celemony's tutorials weren't helpful, but at times I felt I was watching an ad for what Melodyne is capable of doing, whereas Eli shows actually how to use it.
I am a: Professional, Musician, Producer, Audio Engineer, Sound Designer, Sound for Film/TV, Ableton Live, Acid, Logic Pro, Pro Tools
Submitted 5 months ago
Great tutorial!
This is a wonderful way to get to know Melodyne 5. The lessons are clear and concise with with no wasted time or words. While watching, I never had the urge to fast forward to the "important parts" because everything was relevant to the lesson. Thank you!
Submitted 5 months ago
Very comprehensive
Finally - I think I know how to use Melodyne...
1. When did you start dabbling in music?
I started playing drums in high school at age fourteen. Like most kids my age around then, I was into progressive rock. Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, and Yes. They rocked my world. A few short years later though, my musical life changed. While studying music in college I discovered Charlie Parker, Milt Jackson, Sonny Stitt, and John Coltrane. Milt Jackson spoke to me in such a profound way that it left me no choice but to take up vibraphone.
These great players, along with drummers like Philly Joe Jones, Max Roach, Art Blakey, and Elvin Jones changed not only the way I thought about drumming, but also music - and by extension, life - as a whole. I realized life was meant to be a creative endeavor. The idea of improvising based on a loose set of guidelines and rules permeated into my psyche even when I wasn't holding a pair of drumsticks or mallets. But if I am going to be perfectly truthful, I have to hold Henry Miller and Woody Allen equally responsible for shaping the way I view and experience the world around me.
2. What training have you had?
I am currently an Apple certified Logic Pro. Young and cocky, and armed with only a partial University degree, I dropped out of school and began playing steady commercial hotel engagements and jazz gigs when I could. This went on for many years until I decided it was time to complete my degree - which I ultimately did with a major in Political Science and a minor in music.
It was at this point that I formed my current band Nightshift. We are going in to our twenty third year now - playing commercial one nighters like weddings, corporate events, etc. Don't turn your nose up at it though - it has allowed me a wonderful quality of life. It gave me the freedom to go back to school and complete a post graduate degree in Communications Studies - all the while supporting myself by playing weddings.
3. When did you get into recording?
It was in this graduate program - in the early nineties - that I found myself drawn to the fledgling emerging universe of hard disc recording and midi sequencing. Based on nothing more than the recommendation of one of my band mates who had an old Atari, I jumped in head first and bought a Mac LC ll, along with a version 1.1 of what was then Notator Logic. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. But, in hindsight, it was a decision of epic importance in my life - shaping my future as much as the music of Milt Jackson and Charlie Parker did fifteen years prior.
I opened up my own commercial home studio in 1998 and began doing a variety of projects, working on radio jingles, artist CD projects, and whatever came my way. A couple of years later a colleague called me up - desperate. He was working at a post production house and one of the editors had just quit. They were doing audio post for a weekly TV series and needed a Pro Tools editor - and fast! And so, once again, I jumped in head first into what would ultimately open up my world even more - the world of Pro Tools.
4. People you have worked with/for?
Focusing on Logic, I built up a small but loyal client base and my phone kept ringing for Logic tech support and instruction. Film composers and studio owners all over the city were calling me. Even the music stores were giving out my phone number at this point! This kind of stuff becomes a self fulfilling prophecy. The more of it you do, the more calls you get to keep doing it. At least that's the way it should be!
As my Logic chops kept growing, I was hired by an old buddy of mine, Len Sasso, who was then an associate editor at Electronic Musician magazine, and began writing some columns for them. I had a blast doing them - and really learned to focus and express my thoughts in a concise and clear manner. This lead to a collaboration with LA based composer Terry Michael Huud on the 2006 film called Civic Duty - which was certainly one of the highlights of my professional life as a composer.
5. Why are you so good at training people?
I wake up every day excited to boot up, and create. Whether it's instructional videos, creating music, working with a studio client, performing with my band, or teaching at the schools - my days are filled with what I love doing. Enriched by the stimulation and creative freedom this modern music making software brings to my life. I bring that excitement and passion to each and every training product I create. My years of experience both using and teaching these programs has taught me the best way to make the user comfortable with these complex programs.
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