Melodyne 5 Studio

• Grammy Award-winning technology, including DNA Direct Note Access.
• Exceptionally musical and intuitive note-based way of working.
• The Algorithms: Melodic (with Sibilant Detection), Percussive, Universal, Polyphonic.
• Multitrack Note Editing  – edit multiple tracks in a single Melodyne window.
• The complete Melodyne toolkit.
• Macros for correcting intonation, timing quantization and levelling - even across tracks.
• The Chord Track and Chord Grid with automatic chord recognition.
• Tempo detection and editing.
• The Sound Editor, offering unique control overtone colours.
• Comprehensive functions for the editing of scales, tuning systems and temperaments.
• Inspectors for quick access to all parameters.
• Polyphonic audio-to-MIDI export.
• Full compatibility: VST 3, AU, AAX, stand-alone.
• Integration via ARA Audio Random Access (depending on the DAW).

1. Notes instead of waveforms. With Melodyne, you see the notes in your recordings and samples, and can manipulate and modify them at will. Even with polyphonic instruments like the piano and guitar.

2. Tools and macros. Edit intonation, melody and harmony, but also rhythms and grooves, dynamics, formants and much more. Using intelligent macros or – with great precision – by hand.

3. Multitrack Note Editing. See and edit the notes of multiple tracks simultaneously in a single window. Only Melodyne makes music this transparent and tangible.

4. All that counts musically. Melodyne also recognizes chords, keys, tunings and tempos. And the editing functions for these important musical parameters are just as comprehensive as for the notes themselves.

5. Innovative sound design. Access the overtones of your instruments directly and change their tone color in unique ways. Using an ultra-musical equalizer, resynthesis and morphing.

6. Compatibility and user-friendliness. Melodyne can be operated via ARA or as a plug-in directly in a DAW. Or even as a stand-alone program. Its flexible interface adapts perfectly to the requirements of each situation.

Melodyne grants you unrivalled access to all the musical details in your recordings and samples – note by note.

This is made possible by a sophisticated analysis that delves deeply into your recordings and samples and recognizes and understands the musical relationships within them: the individual notes and their characteristics, the scales, keys and chords, the timing, the tempo, the tone colour.

And with Melodyne, you can edit all these things intuitively. With vocals, but every type of instrument as well – including polyphonic ones, such as the piano and guitar.

In Melodyne, notes are represented by blobs.

By manipulating these with Melodyne’s powerful tools, you can edit (among other things) the pitch, vibrato, volume, sibilants, length, timing and formants of each note. In this way, you can enhance in a musical yet straightforward manner the intonation, phrasing, dynamics and timbre of a performance. While ingenious algorithms ensure your editing’s almost always inaudible, sensitive, natural.

Melodyne 5 essential

The easy way to begin. With Melodyne 5 essential, you edit your vocals using the basic functions for pitch and timing. Musical, quick and easy. And if you need more, you can always upgrade, paying only the difference.

Melodyne 5 assistant

The path to professional vocals. Melodyne 5 assistant offers the complete Melodyne toolkit for pitch, timing, vibrato, phrasing, formants and dynamics. Everything you need for professional vocal editing.

Melodyne 5 editor

Melodyne power for vocals, instruments of all kinds, and samples. Melodyne 5 editor contains all the professional vocal functions. Plus the legendary DNA algorithm for polyphonic audio. With it, you can adapt any library sample to the chords of your song.

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 native 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, ASIO-compatible audio hardware.
• Activation - Computer-based or iLok USB dongle (2nd or 3rd generation), Melodyne essential only computer-based. Internet access is required for the first activation.
• Interfaces - Plug-in operation via VST3, AU or AAX. ARA integration with compatible DAWs, as set out in the section on DAW compatibility.

The system requirements listed above apply when Melodyne is running as a stand-alone program. When it is running as a plug-in, however, the system requirements of the DAW must also be met. You will find further information regarding DAW compatibility in the following frame.