$49 at Musicians friend.

Apparently the upgrade to Editor for $149 is exclusive to Celemony.

I got an email from Ginny @ AD saying that the offer was only available
directly from Celemony...

that's still the best price I've seen for this...

Essentials is just a tease IMO. Cause without these functions, it's not really Melodyne but just another pitch corrector.

Advanced pitch tools (transitions, modulation, drift) 
 
 
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Formant tool (shifting and transitions) 
 
 
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Amplitude tool (volume, transitions, mute) 
 
 
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Dedicated Note Separation tool 
 
 
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Dedicated Timing tool 
 
 
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Attack Speed tool 
 
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Time Handles for the time course within notes 
 

I bought the cheap $39 version when it was a M/F stupid deal of the day about a year ago.  For me it was a waste of $$, I have an old cheap version of Antares Autotune and it works much better. 

I just received an offer from Celemony to upgrade Studio for $49. I paid $300 (!) for the product in 2006 and have never upgraded despite multiple offers over the years. I think they've finally come down to a pricepoint I can't say no to.

Yup...it is just a tease...but a dern good one.  Once folks see what ol Mel O'Dyne can do for em and how easy it is...they're bound to upgrade to Editor.  And why not? 

And to my ol pal Fireberd I'd just say put Melodyne Editor up against Autotune any day of the week and twice on Sunday and ol Autotune will run cryin to it's momma.  And yea, I've got both;-)

Myolpal,

Am autotune's mama named Cher?

xactly.

This may or may not be a deal breaker, but the trial version says it requires an internet connection not only for the usual initial set up but also "on each program launch" - so no good for me as there is no way my DAW pc is ever going on the www. Don't know if this also applies once you own it or not - maybe one of the regular users can tell us ?

So I finally upgraded from Melodyne Cre8 to Melodyne Studio. Note to anyone upgrading from one edition to a different one: save yourself some frustration and uninstall the old one first! 

paulo, an internet connection is not mandatory, at least not for the full version.