Melodyne Tutorial - How To Use Melodyne FAST

Time for a Melodyne Tutorial. In this video, I show you the basics of editing vocals in Melodyne!
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In this Melodyne tutorial, we will specifically be using Melodyne in Pro Tools. We’re also using a version of Melodyne Studio while editing. The concepts and techniques that I will be showing you today are the same in every version of Melodyne, and it doesn’t matter what DAW you’re using because the entire tutorial takes place inside the actual Celemony Melodyne plugin.

Vocal tuning is a necessity for getting clean, polished vocal tracks. Tuned tracks in Melodyne before and after have a night and day difference. However, unlike autotune, Melodyne Studio (and every other version of Melodyne) give you very natural sounding vocals.

Because you have so many detailed controls in Melodyne, even in Melodyne Essential, tuning vocals in Melodyne can be kind of intimidating. If that’s the case, I’ve got you covered. By the end of this video, tuning vocals in Melodyne will be fast and easy.

First things first, it doesn’t matter if this is a Melodyne Studio tutorial or a Melodyne 4 tutorial - you need to bring your audio into the Melodyne plugin in order to edit anything.

Once you do that, Melodyne autotune is easy. Use the note separation tool to cut off consonant sounds from vowel sounds, and then double-click or drag pitches to their desired pitch.

Those are the basics when learning how to use Melodyne in Pro Tools. Throughout the tutorial, I share some Melodyne tips on keeping your vocals sounding natural. These Melodyne tips and tricks are just things you become more aware of the longer you use the plugin, but I show you how to recognize some potential problems that you’ll face in this video.

With that being said, by the end of this video, you should have a pretty solid grasp on how to Melodyne your vocals fast!

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[erikmiller]

Dude that vocal course is legit a life saver ty so much!! ❤️❤️

[ripstah]

In Melodyne there is actually a setting underneath 'Options' and 'Note Editor' that is listed as 'Show Sibilants'; if you uncheck this then you no longer will have to manually cut out all of those unnecessary S sounds. (:

[DocHollidayGames]

Melodyne 5 finally recognizes sibilance and automatically prevents tuning it. It saves a LOT of time!

[stylestep]

Finally someone that doesn't overtune and recognizes when it starts to get overcooked and weird sounding. Thanks for the tips on natural sounding tuning!

[microtonalmilio]

It’s so satisfying to watch the pitches be resolved into their correct spots.

[jordanpowers]

Just impulse purchased Melodyne and couldn't even figure out how transfer the notes into it. Saw Gareth Emery use it in his Masterclass and I was sold. Great video. Opening up your vocal course now, thanks for that!

[baselinesweb]

The consonant/vowel separation was a great thing to explain - I did not know that. I can see where it will be a big help. It's a great video that would have eliminated about a year of me learning it by myself! I still have problems with possibly using the formant when I create harmonies that are far away from the original track. Perhaps the vowel/consonant thing will help that. Thank you!

[RipRecords]

Dude. Those vocals on track 1 are recorded SUPER hot. I hope you have 32-bit (float) recording lol

[imnotjacob.]

That was by far the best tutorial I've seen on Melodyne, you made it really easy to understand because you actually explained everything that most people just gloss over. Thanks mate!

[SirMalikCobra]

For those trying to drag the blobs bigger it's ''option drag" on the slide bar at the bottom.

[lijisoffline]

question: let’s say i tuned a lead vocal in melodyne and then i exported the midi of that tuned track. could i apply that midi to an identical vocal track or maybe a vocal that was an octave higher or lower, so that it’s tuned to the same notes, the midi being sort of like a guide? it would save tons of time tuning each individual vocal track

[pegtownmanproductions]

Excellent tutorial. Thank you. I have a weird issue where I can double click on the note and it'll move but I can't manually move notes, they automatically snap back. Not sure what to do. Any thoughts for me? TIA

[gajanannayak]

one of the best melodyne tutorials ive watched so far

[jr_oantonio]

very direct, straight forward tutorial. Thanks, man

[RohanDreamerz]

Nice tutorial! was helpful! thanks man!

[GrantFoxOfficial]

I'm new to singing, do I need pro tools to use Melodyne?

[BjutifulMinds]

I just love your straight to the point tutorials. you got a new subscriber

[TheMattJames]

if im doing it on a chorus which repeats itself, how do i ensure melodyne repeats the same edit for each section ?

[lijisoffline]

i’ve been using melodyne for and i didn’t know about holding the option key to slightly off pitch notes!!! thank you for that. question that i’ve been trying to look into for a while: is there a way to auto separate all the notes? for instance, the blobs at 8:15 that you could manually separate but is there a way to select the entire file and do them all at once?

[Revilkappa]

Is there any way to loop melodyne automation? I'm using logic and font want to have to edit loops manually