Upgrade from Melodyne Essential

[Lipica]

Hi there,
I’m thinking about upgrading from Melodyne Essential to Assistant, just for the way it treats sibilants, which I find amazing (I’m doing it one-by-one with automation as for now).
2 questions :
1) Do you think it’s a good idea ?
2) Is that even possible ? Will Melodyne still be launched in S1 as before upgrade ?

 

[John Vere]

Over time I would upgrade one version at a time with the Black Friday deals. They are definitely worth waiting for. I now have Studio and basically got it for Half Price.
Melodyne has become as important as my Daw for working with audio. I actually don’t use much pitch correction on vocals. I use the amplitude and timing and overall tweaking of vocals and now with Studio full guitar chords.
You can also use it for tempo extraction and audio to midi.
Definitely watch the excellent videos they put out regularly.

 

[Lipica]

Thanks for the advice !

 

[Craig Anderton]

I’m thinking about upgrading from Melodyne Essential to Assistant, just for the way it treats sibilants, which I find amazing (I’m doing it one-by-one with automation as for now).

Manually is definitely the most nuanced way to deal with sibilance, but have you tried Studio One's De-Esser? It's really quite good. If de-essing is the only reason for upgrading, you might find the Studio One plugin does the job. It takes a little effort to understand what the settings do and dial in the right parameter values for your needs, but I wrote a blog post that describes in detail how to adjust the parameters. They work together as a team, so the right setting is kind of like a combination lock - once you get all the values right, it works.

 

[Trucky]

Yes (like @Craig Anderton is suggesting) I'd recommend using the De-Esser in Studio One.

 

[Lipica]

Manually is definitely the most nuanced way to deal with sibilance, but have you tried Studio One's De-Esser? It's really quite good. If de-essing is the only reason for upgrading, you might find the Studio One plugin does the job. It takes a little effort to understand what the settings do and dial in the right parameter values for your needs, but I wrote a blog post that describes in detail how to adjust the parameters. They work together as a team, so the right setting is kind of like a combination lock - once you get all the values right, it works.

Thanks for this answer !
I didn’t even know this blog’s existence, this is pure gold !
I will try the De-Esser as you describe it in your blog. I didn’t want that by default because I have experience from old De-Essers from 15 years ago that were so bad, but I assume great improvements have been made since then !

 

[Craig Anderton]

Thanks for the props on the blog posts! I should probably mention that The Huge Book of Studio One Tips and Tricks mentioned in my sig consolidates and updates my blog posts going back to 2017. There's also a dedicated thread in this forum for people who have questions about the tips, or suggestions for future eBook updates (which so far have been free to registered eBook owners).

And yes...de-essers have gotten a LOT better

 

[darren]

Hi there,
I’m thinking about upgrading from Melodyne Essential to Assistant, just for the way it treats sibilants, which I find amazing (I’m doing it one-by-one with automation as for now).
2 questions :
1) Do you think it’s a good idea ?
2) Is that even possible ? Will Melodyne still be launched in S1 as before upgrade ?

I got melodyne essential with Studio One and then gradually, sale by sale upgraded in steps until I got studio. Looking back I wish I'd just gone straight to studio because every other edition is like working with one hand tied behind your back. When you can properly look at and edit multiple tracks in one window you realise that is exactly how melodyne is meant to be used.

Don't get me wrong, there's plenty of incredibly useful stuff in every edition but I find it all a bit half-arsed compared to studio.

Just my thoughts looking back - we all have different workflow and different needs so that may not be true for you.

 

[Lipica]

Thanks for this feedback, darren !

 

[Gary Shepherd]

Melodyne Studio is a bit of a game changer with the polyphonic editing. But what is also good is the sidebar where you can switch between audio tracks (can't remember if this was available in the bundled version) - so great for harmony vocals. I just use the editing on vocals for basic pitch correction so can't speak about anything more sophisticated - but polyphonic editing great for guitars and other instruments if any bum notes or overhanging discordant resonances. So I would recommend it.

 

[lokeyfly]

I'm going to pay more attention to the supplied Studio One De-Esser. I'd never used it, as I have others, and some cover any high and low pass filter cutoff.

 

[darren]

Melodyne Studio is a bit of a game changer with the polyphonic editing. But what is also good is the sidebar where you can switch between audio tracks (can't remember if this was available in the bundled version) - so great for harmony vocals. I just use the editing on vocals for basic pitch correction so can't speak about anything more sophisticated - but polyphonic editing great for guitars and other instruments if any bum notes or overhanging discordant resonances. So I would recommend it.

Iirc, the polyphonic editing is available in either the assistant or editor editions. I agree, this is really useful as it makes melodyne a tool for more than just vocals/bass.

Being able to edit multiple tracks in the same window is only on the studio edition and this really was a game changer for me. Being able to work on all the vocal tracks at the same time (I'm pretty much always working with at least a double and sometimes a big vocal stack) really did make a massive difference to my workflow.

It also enabled me to finally rid myself of some other software which I was itching to dump (won't derail this thread by naming and shaming).