Hi Mike - as always, great info! Just an FYI - when you adjust doubled vocals, there is a tool to make pitch/timing variations for you. It's under Edit\Add Random Deviations. Then you can choose Pitch or Timing and add Subtle/Moderate/Drastic deviations. Works well if you first select all notes (Ctrl+A) then apply the random deviations to all at the same time.
@xlsxmusic2 ай бұрын
Beat me to it 👍🏻
@xlsxmusic2 ай бұрын
Beat me to it! 👍🏻
@Puh107 күн бұрын
Thank you so much, Mike! Please make more videos like this. Your content is incredibly useful, well-structured, and easy to understand. Great work!🎷
@doodaman49902 ай бұрын
Been using Melodyne Studio for some time and it is invaluable to make my vocals sound better, more on pitch, and great to help create harmonies. Your section on separating the notes was a feature I had tried to use, but with limited success. Your section pointed out what steps I was omitting! Thanks for your work here, I always look forward to your videos, please keep them coming!!
@CreativeSauce2 ай бұрын
Glad it was helpful, thank you!
@djsomerset20 күн бұрын
Mike, thanks as always for an informative video. What I learned for the first time was the reason for the FORMAT TOOL. Yeah, I had no idea. I have Melodyne Studio 5 and I'm still getting into the fine details of what can be done.
@CaptainMoto2 ай бұрын
Hey Mike, Great refresher. Thanks for sticking your neck out and using your “real” vocals. 😊 That was excellent!
@jamiecrowther24102 ай бұрын
Very clear tutorial. I didn't realise melodyne was so powerful. Nice!
@johncostopoulos774116 күн бұрын
all 5 tips are useful Mike. Profuse thanks as always!!
@PAL-MUSIC-12 ай бұрын
Melodyne studio would be the icing on the top of the cake-walk... 😊
@dp_recording87182 ай бұрын
Thanks for the demo. Those high vocal harmonies can be ballbusters. I'm so impressed you showed your raw vocal - it's something I struggle with in Melodyne also. I learned a bunch.
@WillKruger2 ай бұрын
Wonderful as usual, Mike. That showed me a whole bunch of things I did not know. Thank you
@PeterCalvert-cf6vb2 ай бұрын
Brilliant thank you, the separation tool, I hadn't used, and also the getting rid of pitch drift, that's invaluable. Thank you so much.
@Shawn-uc6ds2 ай бұрын
This is your best video, so far. I was able to keep up with you, I didn't have to rewind. I like how you get to the point, zoom in, highlite. It's very easy to absorb everything. You make the best how to video's on youtube. The best. keep up the great work, thanks.
@Jmjazz47112 ай бұрын
Great tutorial! I’m that guy who “didn’t read the whole manual”, but just jumped right in and learned by trial and error 😅. I occasionally use the doubling trick with my trumpet for some nice results. Typically, I’ll double it and simply make one copy just slightly off tune, but I like your “by note” method. Thanks for the tips!
@neilerickson41632 ай бұрын
Thanks Mike. I didn't realize how the note separation tool can be employed to alter just a portion of a note. Super useful.
@allancoster129821 күн бұрын
Thanks Mike only just jumped into Melodyne today, first learning!
@fxsonic2 ай бұрын
Exelent video! Thank you for sharing this!
@davidnollmusic3632 ай бұрын
Thank you so much Mike. Your videos are always very helpful (and well done.)
@barryeaton67962 ай бұрын
The timing..ie being able to change a notes legnth..but not affecting adjacent note.. I've been (badly) using melodyne for 15 years.and.. a you so rightly say..never read ANY manual.. CHEERS mate ..have learned a lot from this vid.
@dontucker2 ай бұрын
I've been using Melodyne for a little over a year now. You showed three tricks that I didn't know. Thanks
@phildimopoulos60102 ай бұрын
manually adjusting things is way better I agree... quantizing, especially on faster/more "quantity-dense" vocals, really just doesn't ever work out how you want it to... btw if you don't want to turn off "Active" for the time grid, you can always press and hold ALT then drag the beginning of the note. Another great vid! I'm pretty average at using Melodyne so these tips are super helpful
@nabbalight12 ай бұрын
great vid, working on a female vox myself atm, so this could really help, with not having to travel again for a 2nd session, fab!
@paulpedersen86232 ай бұрын
I've done well with pitch adjustments and reducing breaths and sibilance. Adjustments to timing have always eluded me so I'll be reviewing that section. Thanks for another helpful video, Mike.
@GehMemories2 ай бұрын
Great video Mike. You can deactivate Time Grid - 'Active' by pressing 'Alt'; and deactivate Pitch Grid - 'No Snap' by pressing 'Alt' if I'm not wrong
@georgyj111111Ай бұрын
The note separation was most helpful for me.
@StevenTymecАй бұрын
I've been using Melodyne Assistant for years, but wasn't aware of the doubling tips you provided. I've tried various convoluted methods to widen/thicken my vocals, to no avail. I will definitely try the methods you presented using Melodyne. Thank you so much!
@timspencer12 ай бұрын
Brilliant. Thanks Mike. I did know many of these - but you present this so much better than Melodyne's official tutorials! Easy to understand and inspiring. I am off to see if I can double my guitar parts in this way!
@ServingMyJesus2 ай бұрын
I love the doubling feature and the method of making vocals more on pitch.
@leonardo414772 ай бұрын
All of this was great. Thanks for the tip on unlocking the timing tool. Also, the tip on manipulating the formants was revealing and quote helpful.
@thebasspapa2 ай бұрын
finally, you brought me some understanding in melodyne. Very happy, big thank you
@rewind2play2 ай бұрын
I never knew what the formant tool was for. The doubling seems like a lot of work, easier to record another vocal track, or get Waves Abbby road ADT plugin. However, your Melodyne example is very useful in certain circumstances. Thanks Mike...
@BAIJUT-t4h2 ай бұрын
This video is very helpful and hope for more videos like this. Wish you all the happiness in life❤️
@correlblue2 ай бұрын
Thanks for this great video Mike. I've been using Melodyne for a lot of years yet I found a few things I didn't know. I especially got a lot out of the doubling portion of your video. I've been watching your videos for as long as you have been doing them and always look forward to a new one. Thanks for all of your hard work!
@mimojapan2 ай бұрын
The most valuable info for me was the separation of adjacent notes for better time adjustments. Thanks much for sharing!
@PinoyListener2 ай бұрын
I’m hoping 😌🙏 I’ve watched a lot of your videos i am still learning this will help my 1st song if i win this 🙏
@LASmith-uy3rl2 ай бұрын
All were very useful, but I really liked the tip on vocal doubling. Thanks!
@GonDSEED2 ай бұрын
The Pitch tool Tip is fantastic! Thanks!
@pierrecarter30902 ай бұрын
Hello Mike. I currently use Melodyne Editor version and I'm very happy with it. Thanks a lot, you brought back some tips I forgot, such as the pitch modulation tool and the pitch drift tool. I also liked the Formant tool, I learned something.
@MegaMoxica2 ай бұрын
You must be in direct contact with the doctor, because of how often you deliver just what he ordered! THX! :)
@jezebabe2 ай бұрын
Great video! Melodyne would be super! 👍
@davebops24782 ай бұрын
Nice video Mike. I use Melodyne and I think I'm getting better at it - slowly! 😁
@rager19692 ай бұрын
I like that future Mike dude, but past Mike was the best in the video.
@paulsantamaria26052 ай бұрын
Great refresher video for me. Been using many of these techniques myself but did not know how to use the pitch drift tool! One other thing that could have been done (to see if it helps avoid the left + right panning of the same track imaging in the center) is to lessen the vibrato a bit in the copies only. A real singer would have some kind of vibrato in notes sung that are natural to that person on certain notes, but that vibrato would never be exactly the same on all notes, so randomizing (lessening to different degrees on the copies) those squiggles in the middle pitch correction tool would be useful. To super newbies: do NOT center every note that is off pitch - that is human. I don't know if I should mention a competitor in the Y space here, but FIL does a great comparison between Kelly Clarkson and Judy Garland singing "Over The Rainbow: ... Judy's vibrato was naturally "flat ascending" and it's gorgeous. Sometimes it's best to just manually correct a few notes here and there. Great video Mike! I'm subscribed.
@bwmacАй бұрын
Wow very cool Mike. Thanks
@joev44832 ай бұрын
thank you!
@eshortsax2 ай бұрын
Wonderful tips! Wish I had this 3 years ago 😆
@Gabrielicus2 ай бұрын
Excellent tutorial, as usual. Clear presentation and perfect concepts and examples to understand the processes. Thanks a lot, once again, Mike! 🎵🎶
@kevro20002 ай бұрын
This is a fantastic video: you're way of explaining things is right on pitch!
@PelicanMultimedia2 ай бұрын
Great Melodyne demo! The vocal doubling tips are mostly automated in Melodyne 5’s most complete version (Studio). Just select the notes you want to affect, and in the Edit menu, look for “add random deviations” for either pitch or timing or both. You can select one of 3 severity levels for each. I use the most aggressive ones and it works really well to create a convincing vocal double. It’s a shame that there is no option to do this with formant as well, you have to do that as you demonstrated.
@tonystrignert2 ай бұрын
The formant tool I didn´t know about 😍
@colinowenuk2 ай бұрын
Excellent vid Mike. Thanks.
@michaeltablet85772 ай бұрын
Your videos are always helpful! Thank you so very much!
@gerhardgeldenhuys71322 ай бұрын
Love your tutorials. I learned so much from you. Thank you!
@CefshahАй бұрын
Great instruction video!! 🙂
@frankdigiovanni55752 ай бұрын
Great Melodyne video - I think many of us would appreciate a deep dive on formant.
@arseface77922 ай бұрын
Cracking vid Mike
@rewind2play2 ай бұрын
As always, it's a great easy to follow video..
@anthonywoolcock467118 күн бұрын
They were all good for me thanks👍
@declanturley86882 ай бұрын
Hi Mike , Great Information, The Formant and Advanced Pitch Control Thanks Declan
@tonyrapa-tonyrapa2 ай бұрын
Great video Mike. I'd love to get my hands on the Studio version - currently use the basic version provided by Studio One. BTW - the trousers must have been tight for those harmonies!
@ocorapatricklumumba55882 ай бұрын
Hopefully I will win one of the 3 licences , I have waited for this chance for long
@erenguney18342 ай бұрын
Would love to add melodyne to my projects!
@andrzejd.15852 ай бұрын
last tip is the best
@JoaquinGonzalez20142 ай бұрын
Thanks Mike! 👍
@crillux2 ай бұрын
Thanks Mike! Excellent, as always.
@willrobinson75782 ай бұрын
Most useful tool in the box!
@bingers_tv2 ай бұрын
Great video, very helpful
@HishamKhalaf12 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for those tips. Actually all of them are very interesting.
@gacleite2 ай бұрын
Thats it! Ill be haunted for the rest of my life with those harmony vocals… my nightmares finally got the soundtrack they deserve
@gacleite2 ай бұрын
Great video by the way 😉
@caryharlow44902 ай бұрын
Very useful! Thanks again, Mike!
@timsmay38322 ай бұрын
Thanks for explaining why I could never get the timing adjuster to work!
@jukkajalo2292 ай бұрын
Formant shift was nice.
@SantaAgain772 ай бұрын
I didn't know some of the things You show! o_O Thank You so much!!! God bless !!
@mikebozik2 ай бұрын
Vocal doubling was the best tip!
@milanpalicka25072 ай бұрын
So I won't win anymore, it's too late... But I also have some tips for you: You can use Melodyne for any instrument, not just singing ;-) Vertical rulers - they are there but not visible. You just need to set more contrast in the settings. When editing a bass guitar, I found that in monophonic mode, Melodyne can't detect octave jumps and stays on the same pitch. But it recognizes them in polyphonic mode. I have the "Essential" version (got it with "Studio One") so I can't edit polyphonic tracks. You can see the polyphonic track in gray. But you can copy it to a MIDI instrument track and edit it there - just like MIDI.
@CreativeSauce2 ай бұрын
Please note there was an error on the form when it originally went up. You still have time to enter!
@cassgascoigne2 ай бұрын
I Like all your tips mate.
@Barksy722 ай бұрын
More melodyne tips Mike, these were great!
@timothygilman30102 ай бұрын
Mike thank you for another excellent master class. I've had Melodyne since the basic version was offered with Sonar. I upgraded to pro and continue to upgrade, but really only use it to convert monophonic and melodic lines to midi. I've always hated the way my processed vocals turned rendered out. I tend to see weird phase and pitch glitches, so kind of abandoned using it. I'm sure it was a 100% user error. I would like to see more content on how you use melodyne. I'm curious why you ended up shifting the formant down on both the lead and the double in your last harmony example. All I know is that it clearly worked. Thanks again as always for the excellent content. Love your channel.
@JasonDodgeMusic2 ай бұрын
This was a very clear and helpful tutorial - thanks so much. I’m sure I will find all 5 of these techniques useful in my future mixes. Would LOVE to win a free melodyne licence to be able to include with my new studio equipment upgrade! Thanks!! 🙏🏻
@soundmanlab6592 ай бұрын
GOOD STUFF!
@LesSand752 ай бұрын
Yes, I’m Will.
@stepett7692 ай бұрын
Thanks Mike, Nice job.
@ChrisM5412 ай бұрын
As an audio engineer of many years, I've been using Melodyne since it's first release (2001) up to current v5 version. It is indeed incredibly powerful and has been at the heart of virtually every studio for almost as long (while Antares Auto-Tune is very capable, it's Celemony's Melodyne that's #1 in pro studios). Melodyne is also the #1 reason virtually 100% of today's 'pop' music has been tuned...to the Max. Melodyne's abuse is certainly complete with everyone under 30 today having been completely indoctrinated into accepting computer-perfect, dehumanized 'fake' music. It's also the reason virtually every 'artist' mimes at (cough) live concerts. It's also the reason so many 'new' re-releases of classic artists/albums have appeared over recent years, and that's assuming of course, the buyer is ok with/doesn't notice the extreme tuning applied...which most certainly does completely ruin/dehumanise those original fantastic singers.
@danobrien36952 ай бұрын
Your falsetto's are fantastic
@Multi_ToBi2 ай бұрын
Interesting! Thank you!
@michaelschnell56332 ай бұрын
Very Helpful ! Astonishing that Melodyne does not feature a "humanization" (i.e. randomize) to automate doubling. IMHO modifying the Vibrato instead of the pitch could be a good way to doubling without the danger of introducing too much phasing,
@TavaresProject2 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Lots a great ideas.
@catlestocai3924Ай бұрын
You can hold down the ALT key to temporarily disable snap. And funny enough, the hotkeys for scrolling/zoom are the same as in Ableton
@scottyelstromm8812 ай бұрын
I love Melodyne. It is great on de ess. Just wish it was artifact free in pitch! It is fine for super small increments or background work.
@brettmarlar41542 ай бұрын
I like the formant tool best. You can make an adult sound like a child and vice versa.
@henrykdandyk61642 ай бұрын
Exelent video!
@petersvan78802 ай бұрын
Excellent video Mike, greetings from Sweden! Edit: regarding sibilance (unvoiced consonants), these are so important for intelligibility. Don't trim them down too much :)
@fookoo56727 күн бұрын
Great!
@TheBinaryWolf2 ай бұрын
Thanks.
@Javier_Salas2 ай бұрын
Thanks!!!
@jeromeweaver8092 ай бұрын
Hey, Mike. Can the freq be adjusted with Melodyne? Especially the bass.
@redplanet20102 ай бұрын
I've used Melodyne to succesfully and transparently change the pitch on bass notes....with Studio you can even re-pitch individual strings on a guitar chord. (Which I've done)
@bazzzzz61752 ай бұрын
Getting rid of breaths! A heinous affront lol. Compressor dialled in just to accentuate breaths. Great demo for melodyne though.
@CreativeSauce2 ай бұрын
Haha true! They do give a human/expressive element. However, when you have layers of vocals, and the short breaths all hit at a slightly different time - I'm happy ro eliminate them from all but the lead.
@twangman-52242 ай бұрын
I've been looking for a simple tip, which so far has eluded me - how on earth do you adjust the overall playback volume? There doesn't seem to be a main playback volume control anywhere! Some tracks I have, playback too loudly, but I don't want to reduce their note volumes, I just want to turn the volume down for the whole thing .
@hakansoder52792 ай бұрын
Hi Mike. Love all your vids. I think the Formant tool was a great take away for me. Very interesting idea. I heard about the doubeling that John Lennon liked very much so he didn't need to sing twice. Any thoughts on that technique? How many milliseconds would give a good result? Should you treat the tracks differently in any way? Cheers from Sweden.
@AndersLundqvist-wf3qh2 ай бұрын
Great video, Mike. Are these tricks possible also in Melodyne 5 Essential?