Melodyne Essential 4 update is available

I just received the email from Celemony.  The download says
"Installation program for Windows – contains the stand-alone and all plug-in implementations of Melodyne" so I'm going to do it.
 
http://www.celemony.com/c...1qJJIeWn0/0.0.21.3.9.0

pharohoknaughty
I installed it and it will not activate.
 
Instead of activating it created a bunch of hex data in the copy/paste command and I sent it off to Celemony.
 
They are going to help me "as soon as possible."
 
Perhaps my internet connection was too slow for them to validate me.
 
Suerte.
 

Same thing here. So, I am sure it is a bug. Well, I feel like it is anyway.

declan
Sorry you're having a problem.  I uninstalled per instruction, then installed the new version and then activated it using the standalone. Then rescanned my VSTs in Sonar and all is well here.

Thanks for the info.
 
I didn't un-install first.  I didn't see any instructions. Just a Zip file with a Setup.exe (BTW, Microsoft identified it as not a valid program and I had to override the "do not run").
 
The setup seemed to be successful.
 
I rescanned VSTs and the program was scanned properly and was running in the play only mode, ready to be activated. 
 
It gave me a message to try again later. I re-booted and tried again, but same result.
 
I tried stand alone mode but got the same error.
 
I suspect they sent out the update, and everybody and his brother is trying to activate online, and they are overloaded. But is is just a guess.
 
I'll let you know what turns out.
 
Lucky I created a system restore point before all of this.
 
 

Hello,
 
Same here except that I kept hitting the retry. On the 4th try,  the page came up that allowed me to authorize. You then have to exit Sonar (if open) and re-enter. IHTH...

I had the same experience as blazingedgepro. I also tried checking for an update from the Settings screen in Melodyne, and it told me it couldn't connect to the server.

Yes they are not responding.
 
They are putting out messages like "the requested application was not found".
 
But it kind of makes me mad that they tell me the problem is MY internet connection. If my internet connection didn't work I couldn't post this.
 
In the past I have tried Melodyne but always ended up removing it after a fair amount of frustration. When I got the email offer for ver 4 I decided to give them another try. Perhaps even upgrade to their better version.
 
But their old habits come shining through.
 
If anybody wants a nice rant against Celemony just ask me and I will deliver.
 
I really hope the Cakewalk staff will eventually reject Celemony and make a pitch corrector of their own. Pitch correction is no longer a magic thing. I am sure if the staff at Cakewalk tried they could figure out an in-house built in pitch corrector. And it would be much better than Melodyne because it would function rather than soak up your time.

I had the same issue a week ago with the demo and did a restore. I actually sent their own activation link back to them in the email, which contains my machine ID. Apparently this is a one-time thing, so if you are unfortunate and get an activation failure, their server removes the activation option (for demo) on subsequent attempts.

I upgraded and unlike others in his thread had no problem.  Checked it in Sonar Platinum and activated and working OK.
 
My only gripe is the CCC does not pick up that Melodyne has been upgraded.

Yes, it's not ideal. There's a discussion about multi-track editing in the posts here:
http://forum.cakewalk.com/FindPost/3354809
 
Hopefully Sonar will improve it's ARA implementation soon.
 
Cheers, Peter.

Looks like Celemony's server is working again, although it's painfully slow. I was able to upgrade, and now I'm downloading Essentials 4.