Celemony Melodyne Direct Note Access (DNA) Technology News: Direct Note Access is a technology that makes the impossible possible: for the first time in audio recording history you can identify and edit individual notes within polyphonic audio material.
Theoretically, this is impossible but watch this video. Digital Village does not take any responsibility for any breakages caused when viewing this video, for example, your jaw dropping on the floor and smashing - this is just insane technology!
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Celemony say that once DNA has hit the market, studio engineers and producers will be able to think the same way about piano takes, for example, as they do currently with vocal recordings, where a slight blemish can be ‘fixed’ at a later date. This could change the way studio sessions run, and reduce the requirement for overdubbing or re-recording entire takes after minor player errors.
But it’s not just achieving perfect takes that Direct Note Access is capable of. Using the pitch-shifting and time-stretching capabilities to their extremes, some fairly radical effects can be created. But also, melodic material can be transposed, so if you fancy changing a guitar solo from major to minor, you can do so with just a few mouse-clicks.
Celemony are expecting that sample-library users will embrace the technology to turn loops that were previously only playable in the key that they were recorded in into templates that can be transposed to suit the project they're working on.
If you have watched the video, we're pretty sure that Melodyne with Direct Note Access has filled you with enthusiasm and will render your music-making simpler, more inventive and more productive. How many products actually do this?
The first Melodyne product with Direct Note Access will be Version 2 of Melodyne plugin (available Autumn 2008). In the course of time, Direct Note Access will then be integrated into all the products in the Melodyne product family. The most comprehensive Direct Note Access functionality will be offered by Melodyne studio.
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The full version of Celemony Melodyne Plug In Version 2 will cost £289 including VAT. However, if you purchase Celemony Melodyne Plug-In Version 1 from Digital Village in-store, online or via telephone mail-order on or after 12th March 2008 you will recieve a free update to Meyodyne Plug In Version 2 (with Direct Note Access) when released.
Anyone who has purchased Melodyne Plug In before 12th March 2008 will have to purchase an upgrade to version 2 - we are expecting the upgrade to cost £99 including VAT