• Better vocals, less time spent editing, more natural sound, because the Melodic Algorithm can now edit pitched and unpitched (noise) components separately (Sibilant Detection).
• Perfect control, precision-targeted de-esser function with the tool for balancing the volume ratio of pitched to unpitched components.
• Musically perfect intonation correction thanks to the improved weighting of pitch deviations.
• Adapt recordings and samples swiftly to your own songs with the Chord Track and Chord Grid.
• No knowledge of music theory required thanks to integrated chord recognition.
• Per-note dynamic editing, even in polyphonic material with the Fade Tool and Leveling Macro.

Thanks to our patented DNA Direct Note Access technology, you can also edit polyphonic recordings and samples such as piano or guitar tracks – right down to the individual notes within chords – using Melodyne’s well-known tools. Turn a major chord into a minor one, a quiet third into a loud one, a chord into an arpeggio.

You can also, either manually or with the help of the chord track, adapt polyphonic recordings and samples to fit the chords of your current project following a simple, lightning-fast procedure. In this way, you can turn a short sample into an accompaniment running the entire length of the song in next to no time.

Why do some notes sound out of tune and not others? Fluctuations in pitch contribute to the quality of a vocal performance, because it is through them that passion and emotional complexity find expression. They give it, in other words, its human dimension. But for their contribution to be a positive one, the nature, scope and precise timing of such fluctuations is of crucial importance.

A note doesn’t necessarily sound sharp or flat just because it isn’t “spot on” mathematically. Just particular, often very brief segments of the note annoy us. Sometimes at the beginning, sometimes at the end, sometimes somewhere in between. It is these crucial segments that have to be perfectly in tune; if they are, the note will sound right to us. The presence of any fluctuations before or after to such segments doesn’t trouble us – to the contrary, we feel they add life to the performance and sound natural.

Melodyne now identifies these problem areas precisely, and the offset shown in the Note Inspector is calculated from the pitch of each note at the crucial moment only – not its entire lifetime. As a result, double-clicking (to set a note’s offset to zero) now yields precisely the right musical result. Also the macro profits from this new, even more musical approach: Each individual note is pitched to perfection. Yet everything still sounds natural and alive.

Note-based fades. The Fade Tool gives you highly effective control over the dynamics of your recording. For each note individually. Even within a chord. This is unique and offers totally new creative possibilities for dynamic editing. And since in Melodyne the fades belong to the notes, they are automatically preserved when the notes are moved or copied.

Controlling the dynamic range. The Leveling Macro makes loud notes quieter and quiet ones louder, it adjusts volume disparities. Even – thanks to Melodyne technology – in polyphonic recordings. So if one or more notes in a chord are too quiet and being drowned out by the rest, you can raise them effortlessly to the desired level.

For Melodyne 5 essential, assistant, editor and studio.

macOS: Intel Dual Core processor (Quad Core or better recommended), 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended), macOS 10.12 (64-bit) or higher. Melodyne 5.2 or higher runs natively on Apple Silicon Macs.

Windows: Intel or AMD Dual Core processor (Quad Core or better recommended), 4 GB RAM (8 GB or more recommended), Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 11 or higher, ASIO-compatible audio hardware

Activation: computer-based or iLok USB dongle (second or third generation). Melodyne essential computer-based only. For the initial activation, Internet access is required.