I had been previously using Cakewalk by BandLab w out having Melodyne installed simply because I had already used up my 2 licenses from my Splat days on a couple of other computers .
I missed being able to convert mono phonic audio to midi so I installed a licensed version of Melodyne Essentials I had gotten from Tracktion Waveform ...
What a big diff ...I sure missed having those audio to midi functions in Cakewalk once I had gotten them back .
This upgrade from Essentials to Assistant was simply too good a deal to pass up
I may end up actually learning how to use Melodyne Assistant now that I have access to a lot more funtions that can be done while using it .
all the best,
Kenny