Celemony previews Direct Note Access March 13, 2008
Posted by ConnorSmith in : General Announcements, plugins (plug-ins), Studio Setup , trackbackWow. Everyone should watch the video link I have posted at the end of this article.
Celemony’s Melodyne plug-in has helped define pitch correction in recent years, but only for monophonic sources. The new Direct Note Access technology lets you manipulate audio from polyphonic sources. Yes, you heard right. Polyphonic audio. Guitar tracks, piano tracks, string quartets, you name it. Where Pro Tools made it possible to edit the timing of audio like MIDI (with the very powerful Elastic Audio), Celemony lets you dissect audio’s pitch like MIDI through Direct Note Access.
Once this technology gets released, you will be able to change the pitch, timing, and volume of any note in a polyphonic source. In the video, you can see manipulation of keyboards, guitars, and other sources. This technology was thought to be impossible, but now its a reality.
Celemony has said that the first product to integrate Direct Note Access will be the 2nd release of the Melodyne plugin, which is scheduled for sometime this fall. Personally, I am going to put the money away now, I want that the day it comes out. Check out the promotional video from Celemony.
Wow.
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that is nuts! that would certainly make me lazy while tracking. good thing I can’t afford it.
Ha^
Yeah, there’s no substitute for a perfectly played and recorded track, but Melodyne is going to give us a little wiggle room. I don’t know if it will be a feature in the less expensive versions right away, but I bet it will be eventually.
I need to change my pants. Wow…. I knew it was coming one of these days. I’m just thinking of all the possibilities!!!
What excites me is the likely inclusion of an export notes as MIDI function. Waves has it on Waves Tune, so I presume Celemony would put that in there. Which means I’ll be able to record a part on guitar and then use this to generate a MIDI duplicate of my performance (since I suck at keyboards) and patch that MIDI over to a VI and now I can double parts on keys without having to be a keyboard player or investing in a guitar/midi interface.
Ah!
I didn’t notice that. Very cool.
Plus, if you want to double your sounds on different instruments (likely in different octaves too), that becomes super easy.
I’m really excited about this release.