Recording artists and engineers have known about Melodyne for years. For a long time, though, it was only monophonic vocal and instrumental parts that could benefit from Melodyne’s much-admired editing algorithms: algorithms capable of everything from minor corrections of intonation to extreme pitch shifting and from the subtle modification of grooves to drastic time stretching.

 Melodyne studio 3 introduces this magic to full chords and complex audio signals as well; so now harmonic material (such as rhythm guitar or piano parts) can be transposed (without altering the tempo), slowed down or sped up (without altering the pitch) and even quantized.* What’s more, all this can be done in real time with the highest sound quality for which Melodyne is famous. You might already know pitch shifting and time stretching from other programs, yet with Melodyne, even extreme alterations still sound natural and convincing.

Although Melodyne studio is the perfect tool for correcting timing and intonation of audio recordings, it is also far more than just that. It is a full multi-track application which allows for complete song productions and creative arrangements. Melodyne studio offers you an unlimited number of audio tracks – depending on your computer system.

Just as the big Melodyne Studio, Melodyne cre8 is a multitrack program. Up to eight audio tracks can be recorded and edited (unlimited number of tracks in Melodyne studio). Although you cannot handle polyphonic recordings or complete songs in cre8 (only possible in Melodyne studio), the high quality Melodyne algorithms and macros are available nevertheless: from minor corrections of intonation to extreme pitch shifting and from the subtle modification of grooves to drastic time stretching.

Melodyne cre8 is ideal for creating a complete choir arrangement from a single lead vocal. Just copy the vocal to the other tracks, select a key and move the additional voices in pitch. Melodyne cre8 will automatically adjust the new tracks to the correct key and give you authentic sounding backing voices within a few minutes – if you wish even with slight deviations in pitch, rhythm and colour to make them sound even more realistic. In the same way you can create a string quartet from a solo violin or you let your brass section sound a little fatter. The possibilities are endless!

Of course you can use Melodyne cre8 – like the other versions of Melodyne – to correct and refine little successful recording performances, too. For this you don't need to run cre8 as a standalone program, but you can connect to your familiar recording software (eg. Cubase, ProTools, Logic,  Sonar and more) via ReWire or the MelodyneBridge.

Melodyne cre8 can read sample libraries created using Melodyne technology such as those of Ueberschall’s Liquid Instruments (from version 3.0) or the Melodyne Sound Libraries (from version 3.1), thereby obtaining access to an almost inexhaustible supply of licks and phrases.

Even if you are familiar with previous versions of Melodyne cre8, you might want to consider an update to version 3 to benefit from the automatic and reliable note recognition or the Correct Pitch and Quantize Time macros, which allow the most common flaws in vocal and instrumental recordings to be removed with a few mouse clicks. With the Melody Manager you can comfortably browse audio files on your hard disk.  

Melodyne editor (formerly called Melodyne plugin 2) offers for single audio tracks all the possibilities that have made Melodyne legendary. And DNA opens up unique new possibilities for the correction and refashioning of audio material. Melodyne editor can run as a plug-in or stand-alone and will be available in spring 2009.

Melodyne editor represents both functionally and technically the next Melodyne generation. It brings all the perfected, tried-and-tested editing functions made famous by the existing editions of Melodyne and is therefore outstandingly well suited to the editing of vocals and other monophonic instruments. With the integration of DNA, however, even the harmonies in an audio file can now be seen, accessed and shaped—note by note. Users can quite literally intervene in the chords of their recordings and change individual notes within them. This offers sensational new possibilities for the correction and refashioning of audio.