Is Sonar the 1st/only DAW to integrate melodyne into their UI?
If they released a mac version they could really eat up some market share from the other big boys.
 
partnering with celemony was a HUGE SCORE.  When it was first mentioned I completely thought it was a joke (and too good to be true).
 
Unless it doesn't work well, in which case it is the unmitigated disaster all the haters are hoping for!!

I believe studio one had Melodyne integrated for some time.

Indeed it was in introduced a year ago or so in Studio One. And it works excellent! When they developed ARA with Celemony, I did look at Studio One users with envy. Glad to see it coming to Sonar!

Mesh
I believe studio one had Melodyne integrated for some time.

Yup, and it's the only feature that I really miss from S1.  Soooooo glad to see it in X3 and, according to Noel, X3's implementation of Melodyne ARA is deeper than that in S1. 

I'm shocked I didn't hear about it!  I guess I do disappear from the forums for extended periods.....
Luckily for us it wasn't an exclusive deal with S1!
What were the limitations in S1?  and what will be our limitations as compared to the full version of Melodyne?

You guys are definitely in for a treat :)

Dan Gonzalez [Cakewalk]
You guys are definitely in for a treat :)

Yup, my sticking around is the biggest treat of all
(or is it?)
 

I have used melodyne on a big project in another studio.  I had to learn it just to do that single job, but then back in my studio I still didn't have it.  Now I'm almost relieved that I punted on buying it.

I hope the Melodyne Essentials (as in X3) gives us all the power and fine control that V-Vocal does/did. I read up on Essentials I while ago and it really didn't seem to offer as many features. In order to get what V-Vocal offered, you had to upgrade to , I think, Editor.

Actually, in S1 there weren't really any limitations, only advantages. Think V-Vocal integration, only with Melodyne, a far supperiour pitch correction tool IMO, from what I have seen of it. I love Melodyne so this is perfect for me.

A really cool thing about it is that it uses whatever version of Melodyne you have installed. So no limitations to the software either, just great integration with your work environment.

And from what I understand from Seth's and Dan's subtle teases, it will be even better than what S1 can do with ARA and Melodyne so this should be a pretty cool upgrade for those of us who utilize Melodyne extensively;)