Melodyne 5 Studio offers the full panoply of multitrack polyphonic editing options, but, if you mainly work with monophonic material, the more affordable Melodyne 5 Assistant still delivers many of the essential new features. You will also find the new ‘Percussive Pitched’ algorithm, DAW-oriented keyboard shortcuts and other smaller tweaks. Melodyne isn’t just about vocals, however, and the Chord Track and Grid help with any type of material. Combine this with the new Levelling Macro (for quick balancing between quiet and loud elements) and you have the perfect vocal finessing tool. The software now also makes a better job of analysing pitch deviations within a note and adds note-based fades. The headline feature in Melodyne 5, is the new ‘Melodic’ algorithm, which now allows you to edit pitched and noise-based components (such as sibilants) separately – including the way in which they are moved when altering the timing of pitched notes. If you can handle its workflow (and price), Revoice Pro is an incredible useful vocal doubling and manipulation tool. However, you need to bear in mind that Waves concentrate on top sound quality and ease of use rather then snazzy features. AT Pro is Auto-Tune in its most powerful, usable incarnation yet, and it easily maintains its position as one of the two best retuning solutions available the other, of course, being Celemony’s Melodyne.Īt £725, the Waves Vocal Bundle is certainly a costly package.
