Originally Posted By: Sundance
So just to be perfectly clear to an admitted borderline midiot - are you guys saying I can sing a part into Melodyne and then replace the resulting midi file with another instrument and it will be as expressive as what he's doing with the cello in the video without me having to do a bunch of midi editing?

Josie


DANG! I knew somebody would ask that!

Truth is, I don't know yet. I haven't had a chance to test it yet (regarding whether the nuance translates to the MIDI in Melodyne)

Everything else I can vouch for, as I have done all those things in the past in Melodyne. HOWEVER...

I know that Melodyne RECOGNIZES volume variance in its blobs, because it provides a way to control it. If it save expressive change as volume CCs, then it wouldn't be as good as Imitone, because all the good synths get their layering cues from VELOCITY.

But if it does recognize and export velocity, then I'd put a lot of faith in Melodyne.

The answer is easy to verify if you have Melodyne and the time to test it.
1) open Melodyne and sing your test melody, making sure there is lots of dynamic change in it.

2) export as MIDI and open it up in RB

3) go to piano roll and set the bottom piano roll window to see the velocity. If the velocity markers are all in a straight line, then it isn't capturing that information. If they are at different heights, then it is.

I'm trying to do my taxes today, but next time I take a break, I'll test this and report back.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0