The two exceptions just referred to and the detailed operation of the Tempo Editor are subjects dealt with in separate tours.ĭetermining the tempo in the stand-alone implementation In the following, we present the fundamental concepts for the handling of tempo in the stand-alone implementation of Melodyne. In the ARA version of the Melodyne plug-in, there are functions for editing the tempo background that correspond to those in the stand-alone implementation, as – thanks to ARA – the DAW also profits from Melodyne and can, for example, adopt the tempo detected by, and edited using, Melodyne throughout the song.The plug-in offers functions for “learning” tempo progressions, if any are created in the DAW after the transfer or are changed subsequently.In consequence, the plug-in implementation of Melodyne has no functions for the editing of tempo.
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The same does not apply to the stand-alone implementation, from which you have full control of the tempo. Naturally with the Melodyne plug-in you can edit the timing in a multitude of ways, but it would be more than a little counterproductive to begin manipulating the tempo, as this would inevitably result in Melodyne and the DAW parting company. The reason is simple: The plug-in operates within a DAW from which it adopts not only the audio material but also all tempo information. Melodyne’s tempo detection only plays a role in the stand-alone implementation of the program not in the plug-in. Tempo in the stand-alone and plug-in implementations In short: Melodyne offers you for the editing of musical tempo the same unique freedom and power as for working with notes. The grid that emerges from the detection is still open to optimization, either by tightening it up or by redrawing the tempo map. This done, you could, for example, make the timing of a band recording tighter by quantizing the recording – not to a rigid grid but to one derived from the music itself, reflecting all the fluctuations and changes in tempo found in the original recording. In this way, you create the ideal foundations for the actual tempo editing.
You are invariably able to edit and improve upon the results of the tempo detection, overruling Melodyne’s decisions wherever necessary with decisions based upon your own knowledge of the music and thereby ensuring that the tempo map corresponds exactly to the music. Whether in its detection of notes or in its detection of tempo, Melodyne never obliges you to be content with the dictates of algorithmic fate. The music, in other words, dictates to the timeline – not the other way around. The trick is simple: Instead of playing to the click resulting in a rigid timeline, with Melodyne you can simply adopt the tempo map of the actual recording – with all the minor fluctuations in tempo, sudden or gradual tempo changes, and changes in time signature it contains. With Melodyne, you can dispense with the use of a click when recording and still retain a timing reference. Often this metronomic click is felt to be constraining: Without the click, there is greater freedom and the music that results sounds more dynamic and vibrant it is capable of ‘breathing’. People often record to a click so that a timing reference will be available later.
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