bapu
I'll be all over the E2->S4 upgrade next week. I'm chomping at the bit.

Will you remind me when you do... I got to this thread by wondering about the timeline for the upgrade and what might be coming with So(new)nar.
 
I am really glad I don't need to buy Capstan. It must be one heck of a program! I know someone who has some original reel to reel tapes from WAY back of him and Blind Willie McTell playing out on the street near The Varsity restaurant in Atlanta. It was made with the little portable reel to reel machines that were popular in the early 50s, though I am not sure exactly when the recordings were made. If Statesboro Blues is n there it would be worth it.
I would be afraid to try and play them but I've always been interested in trying to get him to let me find someone to try and convert and save the recordings.
They are very rare. I'm sure the "estate" would step up if they surfaced though...
 
J

I use it all the time, and with my vocals it's indispensable. And not just for pitch correction.

I don't enunciate lyrics very well so I get notes that are held too long or too loud or too much emphasis on a syllable or a held note is too warbly.

Usually I can correct those things with Melodyne fairly quickly. But I do get some pretty bad artifacts once in a while too so then I'll have to redo that section.

  I am not afraid to admit that I like Melodyne and I use it.  I was very excited by the news of this new version.  I will definitely buy it when I can afford it.

yorolpal
Yes sir, me sir.  Along with most every other producer on planet Earth.  And please don't kid yourself.  Melodyne and Autotune are used on even the best of singers if only for minor tweaks.  It is used just like you would use a compressor or an eq or any other processor...to enhance the recorded performance.  If you are not using it or its equivalent on your singer you're shortchanging them.  Why not just stick an SM57 in front of the artist(s) and record every instrument and vocal directly to a wax cylinder?  Sheesh.
 

Hopefully you're not assuming I'm dissing using Melodyne. In fact quite the opposite and my 1st post hopefully showed that.  I'm actually more interested in hearing about the "creative" uses (polyphonic mode, etc), versus the time and pitch correction or altering.  When I use a synth like Z3Ta, I'm not finding a need for it on that track, as an example.  However, making MIDI with Melodyne might offer some great input for my Z3Ta tracks....as a "for instance".
Thx for all the replies so far!

mixmkr

yorolpal
Yes sir, me sir.  Along with most every other producer on planet Earth.  And please don't kid yourself.  Melodyne and Autotune are used on even the best of singers if only for minor tweaks.  It is used just like you would use a compressor or an eq or any other processor...to enhance the recorded performance.  If you are not using it or its equivalent on your singer you're shortchanging them.  Why not just stick an SM57 in front of the artist(s) and record every instrument and vocal directly to a wax cylinder?  Sheesh.
 

Hopefully you're not assuming I'm dissing using Melodyne. In fact quite the opposite and my 1st post hopefully showed that.  I'm actually more interested in hearing about the "creative" uses (polyphonic mode, etc), versus the time and pitch correction or altering.  When I use a synth like Z3Ta, I'm not finding a need for it on that track, as an example.  However, making MIDI with Melodyne might offer some great input for my Z3Ta tracks....as a "for instance".
Thx for all the replies so far!

Absolutely... aside from pitch and timing corrections, that's one of my favorite uses!   It's so easy to drag an audio clip to a instrument track and then see how different synths/patches can augment the corresponding recorded audio track - without having to play (or my case figure out) every note of the original audio.  I can find better and more creative things to do with my time.  

I use it on my guitar tracks all the time.  I can take a great take with just one clam and turn it into a gem! I've changed a single note, changed a scale or tightened up timing. Definitely part of my workflow now.

 I don't do vocals but I've used it for converting to midi. I had an old orchestra project that was done in Sonar using Gigastudio.  Unfortunately I lost the midi files but the audio is still there.
 Live's audio to midi conversion is on par with Melodyne.
 
 

Frank Sinatra, Patsy Clyne didn't have or need Melodyne. This old geezer does! Also need to pitch correct my son's trumpet parts. Normally he' spot on playing live, but put a set of headphones on and he's just a hair out of tune...
 
Walt 

Back up vocals almost every time.
I have used it as well to crisp up timing on rhythm guitar parts.
I use it like salt...not too much, but when it is not there I can taste it.
 
JR
 

Pitch to MIDI is very useful. Sing a melody, convert to MIDI and send it to a synth. I have also used it (editor) to covert things I played on my mountain dulcimer to MIDI.

Editor could be useful if you use loops. You could for example edit a guitar loop to change a major chord to a minor.