
Meet your instructor and get an overview of the course content.
Discover the different versions of Melodyne, their functionalities and which one is right for you.
Learn how to install the Melodyne software, access the standalone version and launch the plugin version from a Digital Audio Workstation.
An in-depth look at the tools and menus within Melodyne and instructions for basic use of the software.
Discover the pitch and time grids and how to temporarily disable them for fine edits.
Your instructor will demonstrate the use of Melodyne on a professionally recorded vocal as it would occur in the studio.
Learn to create convincing false harmonies using the lead vocal line to add complexity and depth to music productions.
Discover the best practices and house keeping rules for rendering audio files and exporting to send to other producers/engineers.
Many people don't realise that Melodyne can be used on any recorded audio and even a virtual instrument to correct or change the performance after it has taken place. You can fix a bass player's take if a string was out of tune and even change a synth solo from a minor key to a major one.
Discover the secrets of creating the Daft Punk and T-Pain vocal effects convincingly with Melodyne.
A light hearted video to finish up the course where you will learn how to take spoken word video recordings and turn them into a singing meme.
Melodyne is the leading software tool for correcting pitch and timing of vocals and any other recorded instrument. It is used on most commercial releases to get a commercial grade lead vocal without sounding auto-tuned.
Your instructor, Nat Pike brings 12 years experience as a recording studio engineer and electronic music producer to teach you everything you need to know about Melodyne, one of his favourite plugins. In this course you will be shown how Melodyne can be used in a home studio/laptop producer scenario and also how it is used in a professional high end recording studio.
Melodyne is a versatile plugin that can be used to fix an out of tune guitar after it has been recorded and can also be used creativley to change the notes that have been recorded, make false harmonies and generate special effects such as the Daft Punk and T-Pain vocal.
This course can be completed by those on both PC and Mac
The instructor will be mainly be demonstrating how Melodyne works as a plugin in a Digital Audio Workstation.
Workflow and examples are shown in Ableton Live and Pro-Tools but you can use any D.A.W to follow along as the concepts work in any software that supports the plugin.
Mastering the Melodyne software can save a lot of time in the studio. Instead of having to record a lead vocal 10+ times to get the perfect take you can simply do 2-3 reasonable takes and fix small pitch and timing issues in post production.