I'm actually going to cough up the 2 bills to upgrade after this experience.

You won't regret it. I actually really like that they went with an external program solution in this case (as opposed to V-Vocal). The integration is still right and the program plays at the heighest level of the industry. If you ever switch DAWs you can bring it and many a studio uses it.

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You won't regret it. I actually really like that they went with an external program solution in this case (as opposed to V-Vocal). The integration is still right and the program plays at the heighest level of the industry. If you ever switch DAWs you can bring it and many a studio uses it.

Just curious; what do we need V-Vocal for now that we have Melodyne? Vibrato?

Pretty much. Melodyne only increases natural vibrato but doesn't add the artificial kind like V-Vocal can. Also, some people really like the "pen"-tool in V-Vocal of which Melodyne doesn't have an equivalent. You can do pretty much anything the pen tool does but Melodyne just uses a different approach where you have to split notes/blobs and edit the transitions and such.

I also like VVocal's way of compressing/expanding regions within the clip.  But I rarely need that so Melodyne is 95% of what I need (or more). 
 

If I understand you correctly you can do that with Melodyne too. And AudioSnap for that matter.

It's actually the UI aspect of how Vvocal does it that I like vs Melodyne.   AS has the same general vibe but I feel like VV is more focused on that area, if that makes any sense.   Either way it's an infrequent thing for me - I have yet to open VV in SPlat.
 

Right. I never used that a whole lot in VV. I use timing corrections often in Melodyne though.

So, I'm looking to buy the Celemony Melodyne Editor 2 Upgrade - from Melodyne Essential and all the US retailers I usually deal with want $250 US. I thought I saw it for $200, but I guess I was wrong.
 
I asked CW if they sell it in the CW store, but I have a feeling the answer is niet.
 
Does anyone know if there is an offer to sell the upgrade for $200, or was that a long time ago, or was that wishful thinking?
 
Thanks,

There was (is?) a deal on the upgrade price, it came straight from Melodyne's maker, Celemony. Used to be, after registering Essentials (that you got with Sonar) with Celemony, you had ten days to upgrade to Melodyne Editor for a deal price. Users here reported that if they missed the 10-day deadline, they wrote to Celemony who honored the special anyway. In short, the upgrade deal was from Celemony, write to them and ask if they can do anything for you. A little hassle, perhaps, but the upgrade is worth it (and more).