For most folks working in home hobby studios who want good vocal tracks, I'm of the opinion that the essentials version of Melodyne is generally sufficient.

A little pitch correction on a solo track and maybe move a note or two to fix timing issues... Essentials works fine.

I loved the quote I saw while reading through the site.... more like skimming.... "nail the vibe and the groove then let melodyne fix the pitch and timing issues"..... or something to that nature.

I've been saying for years that using melodyne properly is totally transparent, and this illustrates it. I've challenged people to point out where I have used it in a song and no one takes that challenge. Used properly, no one can tell where you used it because it doesn't alter the feel, the emotion, the groove or the spirit in the music.... just the pitch and timing. That's what makes this such a great and useful tool for home studios as well as the pros.

Between this and Ozone.... you have my 2 favorite plugs. Both are amazing.

edit to add: I have the Melodyne Editor.... version 2 I think.... it's full poly. I have used it a time or two to fix a piano chord or a guitar chord with a wanky note in it... for full disclosure, there was still some engineering work that was needed to make the version I have more useful in the poly mode. I tended to use it mainly to remove the notes I didn't want as opposed to "fixing" those notes by sliding them up or down. Perhaps in the years since my version, the new flagship has resolved those sorts of issues. I'm sure that German guy with the beard has been hard at work on it.

Last edited by Guitarhacker; 01/20/16 03:12 AM.
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