iZotope Nectar 3 Plus

Verdict
For Great ‘Melodic’ algorithm
Edit pitch and noise separately
Melodyne feels like part of your DAW
Excellent tools such as Sibilant
Against Takes some work to get the
best out of it
An exceptional tool for manipulating audio
in functional and creative ways
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76 / COMPUTER MUSIC / August 2022
Celemony
Melodyne 5 €99 - €699
Where Antares have made the ‘Cher
sound’ famous with Auto-Tune,
Celemony’s Melodyne brings more
natural tuning to vocals – and indeed,
anything else. You can even edit
polyphonic material, part of the black
magic tech that Celemony have been
ine-tuning since 2009. And with the
latest versions – there are several price
bands you can buy into – integration
with your DAW has never been better.
Recent additions include a Melodic
algorithm that allows editing of noise-
based sibilants to be carried out
separately from pitch-based parts. Vocal
pitch editing is also now incredibly
natural due to features like a Levelling
Macro that balances quiet and loud
elements, and even the tiniest of pitch
deviations can be tweaked.
Melodyne 5 Studio ofers the full
panoply of multitrack polyphonic
editing options, but, if you mainly work
with monophonic material, the more
afordable Melodyne 5 Assistant still
delivers many essential features.
Whatever version, Melodyne remains an
exceptional tool for manipulating audio
in functional and creative ways.
celemony.com
TYPE: Automatic tuning plugin | PRICING: Melodyne 5 Essential (€99, edit your vocals using the basic functions for pitch and timing); Melodyne 5 Assistant (€249, the
toolkit for pitch, timing, vibrato, phrasing, formants and dynamics); Melodyne 5 Editor (€399, all the pro vocal functions plus the DNA algorithm for polyphonic audio);
Melodyne 5 editor (€399, the complete Melodyne, with all Melodyne’s functions and possibilities) | KEY FEATURES: Edit pitched and noise components separately with
‘Melodic’ algorithm. Musical analysis of pitch deviations. Fade Tool and Levelling Macro. ‘Percussive Pitched’ algorithm | SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS: AAX/AU/VST3 (64Bit)
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