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Editing Transferring audio (plug-in) How Melodyne works • Transferring audio to the plug-in implementation of Melodyne • Replace Ranges Working with ARA Track Mode • Multi-track view in Track Mode • Clip Mode • Switching from Track Mode to Clip Mode and from clip to clip • Local playback in Melodyne • Tempo and tempo adjustment with ARA integration • Tempo and the Time Grid • Quantizing notes • Copying and pasting notes • The Sound Editor in Track Mode and Clip Mode • The Compare switch Loading and saving audio (stand-alone) Tempo adjustment when audio files are loaded • Loading files from the menu • Loading files by drag 'n' drop • The File Browser • Saving audio: the Export window • The 'Replace Audio' command Recording audio (stand-alone) Audio and recording preferences • Handling the tempo and the metronome • Enabling, starting and stopping recording © Celemony Software GmbH 2018 • Last updated on 18.04.2018 • Help Center • www.celemony.com 2 Melodyne 4 studio Audio characteristics and algorithms The detection process • The Melodic algorithm • The Percussive algorithm • The Polyphonic (Sustain/Decay) algorithm • The Universal algorithm • Switching algorithms • Automatic or manual algorithm selection Playback, navigation, zooming Resizing the window • Controlling playback using the keyboard and transport bar • Controlling playback, scrubbing and zooming using the Time Ruler • Scrolling and zooming in the Note Editor • Playback functions in Melodyne Stand-Alone and the plug-in (when the DAW is stopped) • Navigation and zoom functions Cycle mode Cycle mode in the track pane and Note Editor • Defining the cycle range • Switching cycle mode on and off • Changing the length of, and moving, the cycle range • Defining the cycle range using a blob selection Selecting notes Standard selection techniques • Snake selection • Selection using the Pitch Ruler • Selection commands in the menu Correct Pitch Macro Opening and using the macro • Closing the macro and correction values when it is reopened Quantize Time Macro Quantizing timing: What is moved and where to? • Opening the Quantize Time Macro and setting the parameters • Closing the macro and correction values on reopening The Time Grid Activating and setting the Time Grid • Moving notes when the grid is active Pitch Grid and scales The functions of the Pitch Ruler and access to the Pitch Grid • Activating the Pitch Grid and selecting display options • The Scale Ruler and the Reference Pitch Ruler • Adjusting the master tuning • Selecting the tonic and scale variety • The Scale Window • Saving a scale © Celemony Software GmbH 2018 • Last updated on 18.04.2018 • Help Center • www.celemony.com 3 Melodyne 4 studio Editing scales Displaying the extended scale area • Editing modes • Editing intervals • Intervals displayed as frequency ratios • Defining intervals • Creating your own scales • Working with stretch tuning Identifying scales Showing the Scale Detective and adjusting its sensitivity • Scale detection options • Applying the detected scale. Main Tool Modifying the pitch and timing of notes • Modifying note lengths • Editing note separations Pitch Tool Shifting the pitch center • Monitoring pitch shifts • Editing pitch with the inspectors • Correcting pitch with a double click • Pitch transitions • Resetting individual edits and introducing random deviations Pitch modulation and drift Editing pitch modulation and drift • The inspector for pitch modulation and drift • The Reset commands Formant Tool Shifting formants • The inspector for the formants • Formant transitions • The Reset commands Amplitude Tool Editing amplitude • Editing amplitude using the inspectors • Amplitude transitions • Muting notes • The reset commands Timing Tool Modifying the position and length of notes • Timing changes in the case of connected notes • Correcting timing with a double-click • Adding random deviations • The reset commands Time Handles and Attack Speed How time handles and the Attack Speed Tool work • Modifying the evolution of notes using time handles • Changing the attack speed of notes • Combining time handles with the Attack Speed Tool © Celemony Software GmbH 2018 • Last updated on 18.04.2018 • Help Center • www.celemony.com 4 Melodyne 4 studio Note separation tools Inserting, moving and removing note separations • Editing note separations with multiple notes selected • Soft and hard note separations • Switching between hard and soft separations with the Separation Type Tool • Separate Notes as Trills • Separate Note Copying notes The selection, cursor and grid when copying • Tempo adjustment when copying: the Auto Stretch Switch • Copying in a multi-track context The Note Inspector The parameters of the Note Inspector • Entering values and handling multiple selected notes The Edit menu Resetting edits • Adding random deviations Display and other options Showing and hiding elements of the user interface • Show Pitch Curve • Show Note Separations • Show Note Tails • Show Blob Info • Show Intended Notes • Highlight Notes During Playback • Show Replace Ranges (in the plug-in implementation only) • Highlight Track Affiliation • Monitor When Editing Blobs • Show Clip Borders Multitrack editing Multi-tracking in Melodyne • Differences between the stand-alone and plug-in implementations • The track headers • The Track Inspector in the stand-alone implementation • The Editing Mix Fader • The track pane and working with tracks in the stand-alone implementation • Copying between documents, tracks and instances The Sound Editor Opening the Sound Editor • The mean spectrum • Emphasis and Dynamics • Bypass, Gain and the global Sound Editor menu • The working areas • The Harmonics, Hi and Lo working areas • The harmonics bars and how to use them • The Harmonics, Lo and Hi macro controls • The EQ working area • The EQ macro sliders • Formants • The envelopes in the Synth working area • The Resynthesis parameters in the Synth working area © Celemony Software GmbH 2018 • Last updated on 18.04.2018 • Help Center • www.celemony.com 5 Melodyne 4 studio The Project Browser Opening the Project Browser • The Project Browser in the stand-alone implementation • The Project Browser and transfers in the plug-in • Automatic selection of the path for transfers • Unused and missing audio files • Commands in the drop-down and context menus Project documents (stand-alone) Opening a project document • Creating a new project document and switching between projects • Closing and saving projects • The audio folder of a project • Copying audio from one open project to another • Importing projects Note Assignment Mode What editing the detection involves • What is edited and where • The Algorithm Inspector • The Main Tool in Note Assignment Mode • The Activation Tool • The slider and the Energy Image • The Venetian Blinds • Starting point lines and designated starting points • The Note Separation Tool and the Separation Type Tool • The Starting Point Tool • The Energy Share Tool • The Note Inspector Tempo detection and Auto Stretch Introduction • Tempo in the stand-alone and plug-in implementations • Determining the tempo in the stand-alone implementation • Auto Stretch when importing additional audio files • Auto Stretch when notes are moved or copied • The difference between editing and assigning tempo Editing tempo (stand-alone) Opening the Tempo Editor and overview • Editing the tempo curve • Tempo changes in the transport bar • The contextual menu • Constant tempo and the start of Bar 1 • Copying and pasting tempo maps • Importing a tempo map • Exporting a tempo map Time signature changes (stand-alone, ARA) Changing the time signature. • Moving the beginning of the first bar • Inserting and editing time signatures • The time signature display near the tempo display Assigning tempo What purpose does Assign Tempo Mode serve? • Overview of the Tempo Editor in Assign Tempo Mode • Editing the tempo curve using the tools • The tools for changing the tempo locally through the insertion of beats • Tempo regions • Tempo regions and sub-beats • Assigning the tempo designation "free" • Triggering a redetection of the tempo • The assignent of individual file tempos • Commands in the context menu • Enhanced tempo detection with the Universal Algorithm © Celemony Software GmbH 2018 • Last updated on 18.04.2018 • Help Center • www.celemony.com 6 Melodyne 4 studio Variable tempo in the DAW (plug-in) A new constant tempo • A new variable tempo • Important when working with variable tempo Using Rewire (stand-alone) About the Rewire interface • Establishing the Rewire link • Activating Rewire in your DAW • The transmission of audio via Rewire • Starting and stopping playback • Synchronization Saving audio as MIDI About Audio-to-MIDI • Saving MIDI from the stand-alone implementation of Melodyne • Saving MIDI from the plug-in implementation Preferences and keyboard shortcuts Opening the window and general settings • Audio and recording preferences •