Pitch-shifters

Melodyne can do far more than fix dodgy vocals. It’s also a source of inspirational guitar effects...

Pitch correction of vocal parts is now commonplace in all but a few genres. Find out how to craft a professional-sounding result.

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In its new Direct Note Access, the latest version of Celemony's Melodyne introduces what might just be the most hotly anticipated piece of music technology ever. Will mixing and remixing ever be the same again?

Auto-Tune has been the industry standard pitch-correction tool for many years, and version 5 introduces many new features, but it faces its strongest competition yet from the new plug-in version of Celemony's Melodyne. So which one should you buy?