Melodyne in Sonar X2...I was amazed...!

Been working on a project with a swing/jazz band in the studio.  Was mixing yesterday and the guitar player was in the control room with me.  During one of the songs he says.... "wait....back that up and play it again".  Low and behold he had hit a major chord where a minor chord should have been in this one segment.

I pulled up the passage of the guitar track in Melodyne Editor and was able to change the major 3rd to a minor 3rd in a matter of seconds.

I had read in the Melodyne manual that this was possible, and even saw it done in a video on youtube.....but to be able to fix...not only single notes, but notes in chords...just amazes me...!


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Definitely changes the "feel" of the song...!

sharke


How about remixing an entire minor tune into a major key? 

Riders On The Storm remixed in major: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQpyyeh-vcY

I cannot even begin to imagine what's going on at the waveform level to determine, and edit, pitches in a chord. One of these days I'm gonna learn. 

Bob...I'll have to give that a try.  I'm thinking of adding a kick drum sample to the kick I recorded in this band.  I haven't even tried it with audio snap in Sonar yet.

Some things I have done with Melodyne other than fix vocals:

• A guitar sample did not sustain long enough on the last note of the song.  I used the timing tool in Melodyne to stretch it out to sustain as long as the other instruments so I could do a smooth fade.
• After recording a guitar and having the note sustain for four beats, I realized it conflicted with another part, so I shortened it to two beats so it was gone before the chord change.
• Removed vibrato from a harmonica sample to make it sound like a melodica.

So Ted, no problems with Editor in X2? I've been hesitating to install it. Thanks. Paul

And the guitarist said?

I've used it to fix one out of tune string on an acoustic guitar playing chords. Also as someone already mentioned it can be used to turn audio into midi. I usually end up doing a good amount of editing due to miss triggered notes though. 

Teds_Studio


Been working on a project with a swing/jazz band in the studio.  Was mixing yesterday and the guitar player was in the control room with me.  During one of the songs he says.... "wait....back that up and play it again".  Low and behold he had hit a major chord where a minor chord should have been in this one segment.

I pulled up the passage of the guitar track in Melodyne Editor and was able to change the major 3rd to a minor 3rd in a matter of seconds.

I had read in the Melodyne manual that this was possible, and even saw it done in a video on youtube.....but to be able to fix...not only single notes, but notes in chords...just amazes me...!


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I think Melodyne is friggin awesome. (The "editor" version.). Many people mistakingly think it is only good for vocal corrections. How wrong that is. I once took a 15 second clip of a black bird singing, reached in melodyne, reorganized the notes and copied new ones, and had the bird sing MY song. FRiggin friggin incredible what one can do creativly with this software once you really know how to us it. Don't like a few note sin a guitar solo? Reach in and change them. Bass player screw up a riff? Fix it. Love it!

Paul,


I've had zero problems with Melodyne Editor in X2.  I've only had it for a couple of months...but it is absolutely incredible in what it can do.  I love working with it.

Paul G


So Ted, no problems with Editor in X2? I've been hesitating to install it. Thanks. Paul