Melodyne DNA?
Had a conversation with a friend the other day, was trying to explain to me what Melodyne is. Googled it and checked out the website, but still can’t grasp the idea. Is it like an Auto-tune or does it extract midi notes from audio? Has anyone ever used it before?
Does the same thing as auto tune. I use it to fix vocals for work.
It does not do the same thing as autotune.
Basically…you play audio through it and analyze it, and it gives you something like a midi panio roll but with the audio, and you can change things.
The polyphonic version can actually pick out individual notes from chords in a lot of cases.
You can use it to just make things fit a scale better–like if the performer sucked and was playing/singing sharp/flat–but the impressive part is re-writing melodies after they’ve been recorded if–for example–you liked the performance but they hit a wrong note or decided they wanted to change something.
Auto-tune is just the world’s worst vocoder that smashes things into a scale instead of using a formant/key input and a complete waste of time and money.
Yes, I’m aware that it’s popular and used a lot…but it’s used when performers suck. A lot of the “auto-tune” sound was done with real vocoders and people think it’s auto-tune because Antares’s marketing is good.