<< " This is not true at all. The program is not dependent on ARA at all. Just like Melodyne was not dependent on ARA. Pro Tool Users could use Melodyne before Pro Tools ever had ARA.
If you watch this video you will see that it can be used in any DAW and what ARA is doing in Studio One because of the ARA on the chord track which is in Studio One. Tonalic First Steps – Getting Started with Tonalics
Apple Logic Pro is getting it's chord track updated this month. What this has to do with is the chord track." >>

Thanks for the clarification, Brian. I agree with you on the narrow technical point, and I'll correct my phrasing.

Tonalic is not technically dependent on ARA in the sense that it will not run without it, just as Melodyne could function prior to ARA adoption in Pro Tools. That’s fair.

Where I still stand by my point is where Tonalic’s primary value proposition currently resides.

In the demo video in the thread, 'New from Celemony', I'm referencing around the 6:30 mark, the “intelligent humanization,” bar-to-bar continuity, voice leading, and chord-aware performance shaping were presented as a major feature and capability meaningfully to Tonalic. Yesterday’s comment that “this applies to the ARA part”, currently supported only in Studio One and Fender Studio Pro, strongly suggests that those features are most fully realized when Tonalic can interact directly with the DAW’s chord track via ARA as you noted today.

So while Tonalic can be used in any DAW, this headline functionality is not yet universally accessible, because many users cannot currently access the chord-aware, continuously adaptive behavior that’s being highlighted in the marketing and demonstrations.

That’s all I meant by saying the release promises more potential than it presently delivers universally. It’s not a criticism of the technology itself, it’s my observation about availability of one of its most emphasized features across the broader DAW software today.

As more DAWs adopt the necessary ARA/chord-track integration, that limitation will likely diminish. At this point, though, it remains a practical constraint for a significant portion of users. However, the humanization feature has long been an integral part of the BIAB algorithm.

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