The lack of pitch bends in Editor's audio-MIDI conversion was sort of a let down to me as well. The conversion can cause more chaos than aid as a tool for composition. Ideally it would be nice to use voice to tailor MIDI to drive a soft synth, but its use for this is limited and can require a lot of PRV overhead. That conversion can turn something highly articulated into "blah."

Anderton
I have X1, X2, and X3 installed on my computer and they get along fine. I think sometimes they go out for drinks at night when I'm not around.
 
If you want V-Vocal you don't need to install all of X2, just the base program. But mess with Melodyne for a while. You may find, as I did, that V-Vocal became irrelevant.
 
Be forewarned that Melodyne looks simple but it is deep. For example, the Split Notes tool is what allows you to really tame vibrato correctly - flatten it out, emphasize it, etc. The combination of note splitting and the modulation tool is what replaces the pencil.
 
You'll probably go through a "is this all there is?" phase, then dig deeper, watch the videos, and find out how much you can do with it.

Are you speaking about Melodyne Editor or Studio? It seems that many people are unhappy about certain functionality lacking in the Editor version, although I don't understand a lot of the complaints as I don't know the program.
I always have a problem to sing without vibrato so the pencil tool came in handy in VV! Are you saying that Melodyne Editor can do this equally well, or even better?
Thanks again

I believe most of the complaints were about Melodyne Essential vs. Melodyne Editor when compared to V-Vocal. Melodyne Essential is the product bundled with X3 Studio and Producer. Melodyne Editor is the full featured version of Melodyne Singletrack. I do not recall much discussion about Melodyne Studio, it is a 32bit application.

I've found that Melodyne Essential is "essentially" autotune with the ability to also move individual notes by semi-tones. You can't (that I've found) tune very short segments manually - need to upgrade for that. So, for the time being since I still have 7 installed I use Melodyne for the "autotune" quick hitters and still use VV if I need more surgical precision or to adjust timing (which I may have used more than tuning in the past - very cool feature).

Guess who is confused again! So, we have Melodyne Essential. If you got to Celemony's website, they have 3 versions. Essential($99), Assistant($249), EDITOR($399), and Studio Bundle($699). I tried to upgrade to Assistant, but it says I don't have the rights to that upgrade?  I tend to do progressive upgrades due to cash flow. I can't remember that last time I bought the top shelf out of the gate. They all run the editor, but only EDITOR has poly so? 

So.... get Editor. You will not regret it once you realize that no tool of this nature will ever make a bad singer into a good singer. Melodyne will fix the occasional slightly sharp/flat note as long as the timber and vibrato is within the range of the rest of the track. +/- a whole step will generally yield desirable results.
 
WRT to guitar parts, remember the poly will only work of relatively clean parts. Think Strat thru Fender Deluxe not too drivern or acoutic (nylon or steel) and even piano. BigDistorto Guits are dificult at best to fix with Melodyne. Impossible most of the time, IMO.

As others have said, at that price the update is a no brainer. Well worth it!

Dang it, I had it all typed up and poof, it's gone...anyways
 
PER CELEMONY's Website, from what I can gather:
 
Essential has editor and what we get with Sonar
Assistant comes with the editor with "extras"
EDITOR comes  with DNA for poly(thus the caps)
Studio -EDITOR with "extras"
 
But then why does the editor in Essential have a poly mode? 
 
And why does it say 
ArticlePrice 

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Melodyne studio 3 as download
Upgrade from Melodyne essential (all versions)
US$599DeleteThe update/upgrade is valid for the following license in your account:
This update doesn't fit to any Melodyne product in your account.    
No matter which upgrade I choose, I get the same result, no upgrade for me. My license is registered and activated........

charlyg. Not sure sine I went with Meldyne Editor back in the 8.5/X1 days.

charlyg
Dang it, I had it all typed up and poof, it's gone...anyways
 
PER CELEMONY's Website, from what I can gather:
 
Essential has editor and what we get with Sonar
Assistant comes with the editor with "extras"
EDITOR comes  with DNA for poly(thus the caps)
Studio -EDITOR with "extras"
 
But then why does the editor in Essential have a poly mode? 
 
And why does it say ArticlePrice 

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Melodyne studio 3 as download
Upgrade from Melodyne essential (all versions)
US$599DeleteThe update/upgrade is valid for the following license in your account:
This update doesn't fit to any Melodyne product in your account.    
No matter which upgrade I choose, I get the same result, no upgrade for me. My license is registered and activated........

Just send them an email. They are a great bunch of people to deal with.