Melodyne 4 - Basics of Vocal Tuning

In this video I cover the basics of vocal tuning in Melodyne 4. I'm using the Melodyne Studio version, but you'll see most of what I'm covering in the Editor version as well. Some options will be missing in the Essential and Assistant versions of Melodyne.

[@SosChilla]

7:31 who lives a pineapple under the sea

[@DJWattyAus1]

I'm disappointed this hasn't got more likes :(

[@Iamdrewharmony]

LOOOL!!!

[@HasimFN]

HAHAHAHAHHAHA

[@jaredmichael7325]

Im dead....

[@mistawil]

Terrence Sos oh shit son!! 😂😂😂😂

[@celemony]

Hey Josh, thanks a lot for this video! Great to see you like working with Melodyne. :) If you want to speed up your Melodyne workflow, you could make yourself familiar with a few keyboard shortcuts (e.g. switching tools). Keep up the good work!

[@goku21youtub]

the only thing which sucks in melodyne is the key-detection, not only would choosing in a list of all available scales to quick align be a killer feature for all electronic and remix producers , but also because key detection is often wrong, so its really needed anyways.

[@celemony]

Melodyne actually comes with a huge selection of scales to choose from. But usually Melodyne is pretty good at finding the song key. The correct detection depends on the number of different notes that Melodyne can find in your material. Obviously, a melody with only three different notes is more ambiguous than one that has all the scale notes in it. If you need further assistance with Melodyne, please feel free to contact our Tech Support: [e-mail]. Thanks!

[@rickyarte]

hi dear! is that possible tune the note manually, like auto tune, like put C E A etc... here i can´t see this possibility

[@TheRealCellus]

How to find the key of the song

[@ofcorson]

I'm sure he was just trying to make it clear for viewers!

[@lll-xp9re]

1:10 - 22:28 Diference

[@WrektSK]

@@pullthereins There's a good chance you might be tone deaf then lol

[@joshuawalker3935]

This was extremely helpful! I had not used Melodyne in years and this instantly put me back in the game.

[@youssefnasser7400]

Can't deny how much I love these videos. Very informative and so good at explaining. Thank you!

[@danielhadida3915]

At some point you mention how you're not the best singer out there and how it forces you to change a lot of things with Melodyne. Well, you not being the greatest singer is EXACTLY why this tutorial is useful. Thank you for the detailed explanation, watching your video was a time very well spent !

[@BenjaminIstvanCseko]

I know NOTHING about music editing, and this fascinated me!

[@JeyakanthanNitharsan2]

I'm actually learning music for score to my future film. I mostly watch you tutorial so cool and easy. one again thanks.

[@killwithvolume]

I've been searching for a good instruction video for Melodyne and this one ticks all the boxes imo! Nice work many thanks

[@getyalife5200]

Nice tutorial... I noticed that Melodyne is very integrated with Presonus studio one DAW.. You don’t have to hit transfer - you click “edit with melodyne” and it sets the whole thing up ready to go...and you can hit space bar to play n stop. Or if you’re working in other DAWS just solo the vocal track then use the space bar to play n stop (I think that’ll work)

[@rmv2333]

Your vocals sound pretty amazing dude! I'd say you will be an easy singer to work with (from my experience as a producer).

[@leonardmalm9459]

Nice tutorial! But the "S"-sounds really should be cut off the note prior to changing the note pitch. They hardly contain any pitch information and will sound "screechy" if moved with the rest of the note.

[@leonardmalm9459]

In fact, cutting off all consonants at the beginning and at the end of words is recommended to minimize audible artifacts.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Thanks, I'm aware of that. But this is a basics video I didn't want to get into that here. Perhaps I'll do a video where I cut out the consonants to demonstrate that.

[@JakobRobert00]

but i think voiced consonants like z, l, m still have a pitch. you can sing just with "m" for example, but with s or f i think it is impossible, they are like white noise and have no real harmonics.

[@peterveer7798]

MusicTechHelpGuy What microphone you used for this? it sounds great !!!!!!!

[@OFFICIALTAEIO]

Your videos have helped me tremendously with many things regarding mixing. Thank you for sharing some knowledge.

[@brendancaldwell5317]

That's a sick guitar riff

[@TriyboGaming]

Brendan Caldwell hell yea brother😂😂🤙🏽

[@EdwardOberon]

"WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYY-EEEEEEEEEE!"

[@davearooney]

In Pro Tools 12, you can just commit the changes - no need to bounce out to another track... Great video

[@100chuckjones]

the double click note separation is what I was missing. thanks a lot for clearing this up for me. great job on the video.

[@Jasonlovesmusic559]

Great video! I just got Melodyne and was trying to figure out basics, and this is so helpful!

[@CliffConway]

uggh that verse riff was actually money...reminded me of that band C.K.Y. kinda. thanks MTHG....been watching your vids since 2016. thanks for all your help

[@RyanPatrickFlannery]

great video man. Learned a TON from this thanks so much!

[@YumeBasil]

7:31 I lost it there

[@gautamtamangmusic]

20:49 How to change the key signature

[@SidneyAugustoDaSilva]

Your videos are just great! So helpful and full of info! Cheers from Brazil!

[@dambykoz]

You can double click anywhere to start playback. It doesn't need to be up in the time bar.

[@zeclomal2265]

Dude, you say you're not the perfect singer to work with but I'd say the song was quite alright and your voice rocks.

[@johnfeodorov]

Very informative, thank you. I'm using a trial version of Melodyne 4 and it seems worth the $99 for the basic version. Logic X's flex pitch gets frustrating, often leaving digital artifacts or that dreaded robotic sound. My hope is that Melodyne will do a better job being more subtle. Thanks again!

[@NN-rs1ny]

thank you for this i love all your videos i been watching them since the 1st logic x tutorials that you upload i hope you come with more techniques and tricks for melodyne 4 and also for logic x to

[@gallardoy9211]

Do we need to know the chords on the piano to learn how to use melodyne?

[@sheiseli]

"whyy do we always have to say goodbye " love it

[@EmceeEmphasis]

20:27 for scale editor

[@NickShillitoMusic]

Fantastic video. One question - do you know how to avoid the slight sonic artefacting which occurs at 12:29 on the word "say"? It only sounds very subtle here but I recognised it instantly because I've come across it countless times to much more extreme degrees when pitching vocals in Melodyne. The sound kind of becomes squelchy and fizzy sounding. Any idea how to avoid this?

[@camdenwyeth316]

Guitar riff is so nice dude, relaxed and djenty. This whole songs feels like Three Days Grace meets Periphery.

[@dorcap7]

Pro Tools Asks you if you want to bounce the file in mono, multiple mono or interleaved (1 stereo). Plus you can consolidate inserts in Pro Tools. Thanks for the tutorial! very helpful.

[@49Macman]

I like that you explain at the beginning which version you are using. Thanks.

[@b1na276]

how do i fix chipmunk voice? i only moved my track from A to E. I used Melodyne.

[@sarahtonin4649]

I've no experience with Logic, but the integration of Melodyne is pretty different in Studio One. You can take any track or clip, right click, and select "edit with Melodyne" which quickly detects the notes and opens the editing window. The functionality within Melodyne seems to be the same, but after you're done, there's a faint purple line in the clip, indicating at a glance that it's been "Melodyned." If you need to adjust something, you just double click on the clip and you're back in the Melodyne window. If you decide for some reason you need to go back to the original audio, you just right click on the clip and select "remove Melodyne." When I'm done editing with Melodyne, I like to bounce the clip or the track, just to make sure the changes are stable, and to reduce the CPU load. I guess it would make sense that the implementation of Melodyne might be different given the differences in software of the various DAWs, I'm just glad it's so easy in mine. :-)

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Yes, studio one is the only DAW to integrate it like that, that I know of. With Pro Tools, Logic, and others, you have to load it as an audio FX plug-in.

[@ChrisSunk]

Can you pitch shift live vocals in with Melodyne?

[@danboniface914]

This is the best video Ive seen on how to use this plug in - thank you. Need your advice - Im using Presonus Studio One Pro and got the Melodyne Assistant Version. Would it be a good idea to do a complete mixdown of all of the music tracks, and then import that into a new session to record all of the vocals over? I say this because I want to lower the music a half step so its more within my vocal range. Also, I have about 8 vocal backing tracks I need to do. Thanks!

[@RecordingBlog]

Great tutrorial, thanks a lot. Can you (or anybody out there) tell me, what makes Melodyne superior to the logic-implemented flex-mode?

[@_inspiritandintruth]

Great video! Thank you for a clear and concise tutorial.

[@TooruOfficial]

Quick question. Sometimes I do acoustic recordings, guitar and voice per say, and the guitar might be off tune by idk.. 15 cents. How do you fix the scale detune so that when you go to pitch centering, it corrects it straight ahead to the 15 cents detuning? Had trouble with that and for that particular example i had to correct sillable by sillable, manually; but i'm sure there's a faster way to do it! @musictechhelpguy

[@denisalexisflorentino7060]

Dude. I could give u a Hugh right now. . thanks , for Goin over the details that no one talks about. .

[@drtyslzy]

Denis Alexis Florentino please leave Hugh out of this.

[@basiafadeeva9032]

Hi there! Thanks for very interesting video. I have a question, any tip would be much appreciated! I have Cubase Elements 10 and I'm looking for pitch correction plug-in that would be cheaper than Cubase Pro Version (that has VariAudio pitch correction tool). I'm a hobbyist singer, having small home recording studio - would Melody Essentials be enough for me to correct my pitch if there's something a little bit off?

[@supersonicsroots]

So I have a question.. I just got Melodyne 5 (Logic) and when I transfer a vocal, it comes up very loud... it's a lot louder than without Melodyne so to speak. When I shut off the plugin in Logic, you can clearly hear the difference, it's crazy loud. Any idea what this might be, am I doing something wrong here? And thank you for the video, it explains it great! Edit: I've just looked at the difference, it's exactly 5 db louder. So I can make the whole transfer within Melodyne -5db to match it up.... but that still raises the question why it makes it louder in the first place.. hope you can help!

[@jaredholton3145]

Great tutorial! Question for you though. When I'm tuning notes in melodyne, sometimes notes that don't have a lot of energy in the middle/average of note seem to be corrected very poorly. For example your "bye" and "live." Any suggestions on how to handle notes that the intended pitch winds up being at the "peak" of the waveform?

[@svetlanarozhkova9502]

Thank you so much for such helpful tutorial!!! Especially the trick with the starts of the notes (smth like 'scoob' as far as I can hear). I have a lot of such notes in vocal and was completely confused how to tune them)

[@LastCallComedy]

Very nice brother. continued success and blessings your way.

[@galantreentrant]

7:31 When T-Pain stubs his toe

[@dustinvaldeztv]

Anybody know why my Note Assignment Mode icon would be grayed out? I can't click on it. Thanks in advance.

[@LastoftheReal]

This video was really enjoyable to watch

[@eddytang490]

if im using antares auto tune do I still have to insert melodyne first?

[@ImpOfSacs]

Eddy Tang yes Of Course

[@KipCount]

Thanks for the video. I used to use Melodyne Editor 2. Unwisely sold it off. Currently have Essential but am looking to step up to Assistant or even Editor 4. Which parts of this video CANNOT be done in Assistant? From what I'm reading everything you did in this video can be done on Assistant except for the Scale Detective stuff. Let me know if I've got that correct. Thanks again, great walkthrough. I've been using Waves Tune for a while and like it, so I forget the workflow in Melodyne a bit (I don't use Essential, way too limited).

[@kaylaloomis9786]

Great Video. Super helpful. Thanks!

[@slimbucketchimp5]

Solid Melodyne intro vid fer sho. Plus, dude is hilarious. "Let's have fun with this word, 'skips'."

[@markrobinson8254]

nice detail in the tutorial will watch again ...... and again to learn the pgm thanks

[@JasonFarnham]

Great tutorial of Melodyne 4 Studio!

[@anthonygrooms4015]

Should you transfer the melodyne recording with the effects on or no?

[@RumblinMan]

Very helpful tutorial, thanks! Subscribed.

[@xynthiawan]

Hey so tried your tutorial but my back group music track ( except my vocal) is not playing :(

[@heythere6983]

can someone explain what part of this is missing in the essential version? I tried looking at the list and figuring out but I honestly dont notice what is missing

[@user-dk6io3oq2h]

Where can I download the vst plugin melodune 4? Separately, only the plugin is needed.

[@fox_productionibackgroundm8356]

Thanks a lot for this video! It helps me a lot! Great work :)

[@AndyBrookMusic]

Very clear and instructive. Thanks

[@jasonhernandez8187]

great video! but the tuning of the vocals are always after tu finish the song and everything or it can be before you star the beat so you are ready everything in tune?

[@LisaMurphy]

I sing to instrumental tracks that are pitch altered before I lay down my vocal. So it's all going to be slightly off from the conventional chromatic scale. So I'm wondering how the program is going to handle this. That said, I would think if a singer is singing to a guitar that may be a little off the pitch too, so how does the program deal with that?

[@nicholascowan1731]

Lisa Murphy it shows you the cents that it's off by, you can use a cents/hertz chart to figure out where to put ebruthj f

[@musicproductionvideos5019]

Wish they would please give us a Pref setting to "ignore" or "snip" breaths & esses! The software already detects & shows where they are... (as in not a pitch)... so why not just give us a button? That will save so much time. I've been using it since it came out and love it, but this is a no brainer.

[@benja303]

Edit Vocals In Phrases Edit Mode Note Assignmment Mode: Grab notes and move them to their correct location

[@TrippleOptix]

I just started toying with melodyne & I can already see the potential it has for sample based hip hop beats! I made a violin loop sound like a violinist playing over the beat in about 25 minutes! I could see it working well for guitar & flute loops too! Just transfer the loop into it 4 or more times & change some of the notes around each time & it’s no longer just a loop! 😉

[@metrickrattana5537]

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

[@glenallan6279]

Why don't you emphasize the use of the right click contextual menu in this plugin? It's super handy, and honestly i wish Logic would adopt a similar approach with tool use, with whatever other contextual items below.

[@beatweezl]

Great tut man! Thanks! Learned a lot. Good vocals and sharp ear!

[@FlaviusPopaMusic]

Thanks for the tutorial,but how you save end edit in fl studio 20?

[@JoelBrandonMedia]

Hey man, do you think it's worth it to get Studio vs Editor? Seems like Editor is fine unless you want to do multitrack stuff

[@Joelfrancis]

Good looking man . Thanks for the video

[@AyanMukhopadhyayAudioworks]

Great video!! Thanks this was really helpful!!

[@benchang1022]

I can’t sing on note if my life depended on it. Great vid. I can finally bring out my ideas on digits.

[@caliba88]

try some tutorials, real singing is much easier than learning to pitch-correct/autotune. not joking, after two years you are a decent singer, after 5 i still can not remotly use pitch-correction without everything automated. my ex sings opera, shes doing it for over a decade now. just start about pitch-corr and she gets angry sooo overhelmed she gets. remember, it was made to dig oil and someway they made it a musical device.

[@hydrefyricon804]

Is there a way to tune unseparated vocals?

[@DMKahn]

Thanks man, great tutorial

[@winiarjt]

Could you explain how to change the key manually. Right now in your video it shows SNAP TO A MINOR, how would you change it to say G. Thanks in advance for all your hard work! John

[@Merthalophor]

hint: watch the video

[@cleverestx]

Very useful tips, thanks a lot for this.

[@dw3beats904]

Just Masterful! Thank you!

[@jeremie_tessier]

If all of the effects on my Vocals are on a bus, should I put the melodyne plugin on the bus my vocals are sent to before my effects ( like reverb, compressor ) ?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

No, put it directly on the vocal channel before any effects.

[@jeremie_tessier]

MusicTechHelpGuy Ok, thank you !

[@eksanrianzah4980]

Bro, if we use cubase 10. Can melodyne work in cubase 10?

[@emreuludogann]

what is the difference between note assignment mode and pitch correction then?

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

Note Assignment mode allows you to correct Melodyne's interpretation of the the material. For example, with male singers, sometimes Melodyne will assign notes to the wrong octave. It confuses the 2nd harmonic for the fundamental sometimes. So you can go into Note Assignment mode fix the analysis, then go back into track and tune the vocal.

[@stephenalcaide1778]

Awesome tutorial man. Thanks!

[@DemiAndHisSyndromes]

Excuse me is it good to tune with Melodyne and then fix timing with Flex Time?

[@muzikm8ker]

Great Video, very easy to follow!!

[@anniiaha]

I do the scoop when I sing lol...this was life changing

[@Becausetheinternet2]

When I go to audio units, Melodyne does not show up???

[@CristianMJC]

How come when i bounce the track in place with the melodyne plugin active and changes made, i have unchecked the box “bypass effect plugins”, the new audio file is created without my melodyne edits. This is highly frustrating, is there a solution somehow please?

[@DJReachOfficial]

because the information is stored within melodyne. The only way I do it is by resampling.

[@trox6512]

Hey man, really great videos been supporting u since 2014, u deliver always quality. thanks..... I had a question thats bothering me for long time now and i seem cant find answer for it... so i thought why not, maybe u can help me eventually.... when u record vocal does each phrase/word have to start or be on the beat ? i mean whats the basics how a vocal should sit on the grid in the program ? is there any theory for this? is just that each time a word starts had to be on the beatline straight ? thanks again!

[@nonoface5633]

Great video, thanks for doing this.

[@vikaskaushal9389]

my audio volume is decreased after exporting from Melodyne, any reasons

[@jaybyrddoggie]

Melodyne does not function on Presonus Studio One 3. Kinda sad because earlier versions did.

[@chotonbarua5049]

It does.. mine is studio one 3 pro and melodyne works smoothly

[@irecki1]

Very cool presentation, my opinion your voice doesn't require much tuning,

[@vittogol]

I don't knwo but I don't see much difference from doing this with Logic Flex pitch options. Overdoing this make in any case the recording unreal and I prefer to record i again or leave it with authentic little issues. Thanks anyway for the video.

[@MusicTechHelpGuy]

+vittogol the problem is that logics fled pitch is extremely inaccurate and causes much more noise on the signal. To the point where I just can't even use it.

[@ImNaviar]

My experience with Flex Pitch is that it introduces artifacts, whereas Melodyne doesn’t. I like the Flex Pitch interface more though; I just wish it didn’t introduce those artifacts.

[@dillonbarber3159]

What's the word for when you alter your voice in a song? Like sometimes in a rap song there will be like creepy or demonic or robotic voices and I have no idea how to refer to it... And what DAW specializes in this specific category? I have a very specific idea in mind for a few of my choruses... Thank you so much to whoever has any helpful information!

[@dillonbarber3159]

@thony Ant Thank you so much bud! I'm definitely gonna try that out. Just for being the 1st person to respond, you get to hear my trash song first lmao

[@dillonbarber3159]

@thony Ant I already have the free beat, chorus, and verses completely finished... I just need to find a local Producer who can properly record and mix my songs. I wanted to do all of that stuff myself, but I recently discovered just how complicated it actually is and how WAYYYY OVER MY HEAD I was haha

[@efibau1]

Does it change a song tone up or down?

[@baller420]

thanks. you make it seem so easy

[@shawnlauderback]

Is there a way to bounce the audio to mono?