If you have access to a big studio room, Pro Tools, couple of DSP hardware units and a console then I dare say it's the mutts nuts.
 
You know what I would like a dedicated Universal Audio setup and maybe some Analogue modelled Waves and Sonnox running in the background. It took me an age to get around Sonar because I wasn't a regular user. Now I kind of do everything in it.
 
 

Double post....

Thedoccal
The Manual is 272 pages long for Melodyne Studio.  I'm only on page 19, but I now know why, and when to use Region FX and when to use the FX Bin.  The difference is crucial, as it turns out.  But as a rule I now follow this regimen:
 
Region Effect - When I am working on a single track, perhaps with split up clips in it or the track as a whole.
FX Bin - When I am working on a track with take lanes (comped)
 
We have talked about the difference before and concluded there wasn't much of a difference if any at all.  There is a difference. A huge difference.  When working on a track with take lanes - Always Insert Melodyne into the FX Bin.
 
UPDATE: That rule just flew out the window.  The FX bin did not accomplish what I thought the manual said it would.  Come back rule!  Come back!  Alas...it is gone.

FWIW, the 06 update now allows comping of Melodyne clips - you can slip edit, split, etc., while retaining the Region FX.   And with Melodyne Studio you can view/edit multiple clips/tracks in the same Melodyne window, choosing either Clip or Track mode to control the blobs you see.  Good stuff.

stevec
 
FWIW, the 06 update now allows comping of Melodyne clips - you can slip edit, split, etc., while retaining the Region FX.   And with Melodyne Studio you can view/edit multiple clips/tracks in the same Melodyne window, choosing either Clip or Track mode to control the blobs you see.  Good stuff.

Thanks.  I think the rule may be back...viewing comped tracks in Clip Mode was what I was missing.
Indeed, in clip mode, with many comped lanes "Melodyned", I can double-click on the comped track in (Sonar's Track View) and it will appear in the Melodyne window.  I was hoping to populate the Track View in Melodyne with a list of comped tracks, but it will only list the "Mother" and any other regular tracks opened into Melodyne.  But this is OK as Sonar's track view is just a screen away and I get a better visual cue of the comped track I want to fix next from it.  But my fantasy "rule" about the FX bin is pretty much a moot point, since inserted in the FX Bin, Melodyne no longer uses ARA...so actually I'm back to wondering what use it is in the FX bin.  Using Region FX activates ARA, and that is what we are after.  More...
 
In Track mode, Melodyne and Sonar will show me all the clips at once that I am working on, with no ability to ghost any of them.  In Clip mode, Melodyne and Sonar will let me see clip at a time, but I can double click Melodyne-enabled clips in Sonar's track view to change the blob sequence to another clip.
 
I imagine a future feature may be to populate that Track View list in Melodyne with Sonar take lane clips, so they can be ghosted like an ordinary track.  This was what I originally thought might be the case if inserted into the FX bin...but that isn't close to being accurate at the moment...or ever.