I'm sure I've seen a little cake-bird whisper something about nice-price updates to Melodyne Editor for X3 customers.. 
 
Anyone else heard these whispers..?
Anyone knows when this could become a reality?.. .. Cakewalk, maybe..? ..Maybe you know something? .. 
 
I reeeeally want the full version!! (pre)NOW! :P

You know, I have a vague inkling of having read something like that on this forum but I have no idea where, and I'm not 100% certain I read what I think I read. I would literally do back flips if there was some kind of deal because $299 for the editor upgrade is way out of my league for a plug....

Thru 10/31/13:
 
 
http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=sonar&L=1%3FL%3D1
 

bobletteross
Thru 10/31/13:
 
 
http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=sonar&L=1%3FL%3D1
 

That's to update from Melodyne Editor 1 to Editor 2. We mean the update from Melodyne Essentials to Melodyne Editor, which currently stands at $299. 

My bad!

bobletteross
My bad!

If it's any consolation, I felt the same brief pang of excitement when I saw that page yesterday before I realized what it meant. 

Melodyne is not just a plugin...
 
Also, Celemony had an upgrade discount for S1 users and if I remember correctly it was around $200. Try registering your Essentials key then go through the upgrade options on the site and see if the price is discounted.

Hmm...
Thanks, Sweet Tooth. You got me to investigate this some more... I couldn't find a place to log in, so I still don't know if we'll get a discount, but the visit to their site got me thinking..
 
Actually, it seems like Melodyne assistant have all the features I'm after.. Melodyne Assistant's got:

• Main tool for pitch, timing and note separations 
• Advanced pitch tools (transitions, modulation, drift) 
• Formant tool (shifting and transitions)
• Amplitude tool (volume, transitions, mute) 
• Amplitude tool (volume, transitions, mute) 
• Dedicated Note Separation tool 
• Dedicated Timing tool

(where Essential only have the first one; Main tool for pitch, timing and note separations)
 
The only two tools Editor's got that Assistant's missing are: Attack Speed tool and Time Handles for the time course within notes.. You also get the functions User-definable scales and Scale Detective (detect and extract scales) in Editor but not in Assistant.
 
Here's the comparison chart: http://www.celemony.com/cms/index.php?id=383
 
The update price from Essential to Editor is €299
The update price from Essential to Assistant is €99
 
.. Anyone that can tell what makes the editor version worth €200 more than Assistant?
 
Edit:
Alright... I missed that Editor's the only version that has Direct Note Access for polyphonic material... That's kind of big and something that would be kind of nice to have.. =/ ... But I'm not paying €200 for it.

The major difference would be the Polyphonic DNA feature.

Gotta admit it would be reeaaaalllly nice to be able to put down synth chords with my guitar. I'm no keyboard player and still find it difficult to change chords fast, whereas I can finger any chord changes with lightning speed on guitar. I hear about a guitar-to-MIDI plugin talked about on the software forum sometimes and might try that because I believe it's close to $100 which is way less than Melodyne Editor.