JimmyBoy
what version of melodyne would be able to do this effect. 

See http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=383
 
I think you would use pitch adjustment (Essential)
Modulation & Drift (Assistant)
Attack Speed (Editor)
 
So the short answer is Editor.

Doh! wish there was a hobbyist license/fee for these tools

Is there a chance I can unwatch the linked video or will it always be a part of my memory?

Grum.

grumbleweed4162
Is there a chance I can unwatch the linked video or will it always be a part of my memory?

Grum.

Hi Grum,
 
Be nice, I wanted to know how to reproduce the effect and I did say it is random... Try this instead, it might unwind what you watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yReTfUQR3M
 

I don't think you would really "need" the attack speed. For starters, that's a rather unique feature of Melodyne, and based on the material I really doubt the producers of that Fin track used it. It was probably a simpler catch-all/ruin-all plug like Autotune. So in my mind, Assistant would do.
 
There's also actually a couple of free Autotune-style plugins that might be worth a try;
http://bedroomproducersbl...to-tune-vstau-plugins/
 

JimmyBoy
Try this instead, it might unwind what you watched http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4yReTfUQR3M

THANKS !!!   I was planning to get a frontal lobotomy, but I'll just watch that video instead.  You have saved me thousands of dollars.
 

JimmyBoy
Doh! wish there was a hobbyist license/fee for these tools

There is.  If you buy X3, you get the basic Melodyne FOR FREE.  And Celemony were offering an upgrade to Editor for a very reasonable price.  I don't know if that offer is still available.