Select the Main Tool (denoted by an arrow) from either the toolbox or the context menu of the Note Editor or by pressing the [F1] key of your computer keyboard. (If you wish to assign a different shortcut to this tool, you may do so after choosing Melodyne > Preferences > Shortcuts > Editing Tools from the main menu.)

With the Main Tool, move the arrow to a point near the center of a blob and press and hold the mouse button as you drag it upwards or downwards (to alter its pitch) or left or right (to move it forwards or backwards in time). It is the initial movement (whether vertical or horizontal) that decides whether the pitch or timing of the note is altered. Before changing axis, you must first release the note. If you hold down the [Alt] key as you drag the note, the Pitch Grid or Time Grid, even if active, will temporarily be ignored, allowing you to position the note exactly where you want it.

Modifying note lengths

– If you hold down the Alt key as you drag, the grid will be deactivated and you will be able to move the note by smaller amounts (in steps of a cent).– If it’s the right note but simply out of tune (“off key”), double-click on it and it will snap at once to the intended pitch.

Drag the front part of a note to the right or left. Hold down the [Alt] key as you do so if you wish to override an active time grid. Now only the beginning of the note moves; the end remains anchored, so the note is either being stretched or compressed.

…by making it begin earlier or later: Click the left-hand side of the blob and drag it, respectively, to the left or right. …by making it end earlier or later: Click the right-hand side of the blob and drag it, respectively, to the left or right.– If you hold down the Alt key as you drag, this will deactivate the grid, allowing you to position the beginning or end of the note freely.

the blob; the appearance of the mouse pointer will then change, and you will be able to split the note with a double click. This can give you greater flexibility when correcting or reshaping notes.– The note separation that is created can be removed with a double click to reunite the two segments. If this behavior is not what you want, you can change the ‘soft’ separation between the notes into a ‘hard’

Editing note separations

which moves notes to, or towards (you decide how far), the nearest semitone. How far they move also depends upon how badly out of tune they were to begin with. With the second slider, you can rein in pitch drift within notes. If you move the mouse pointer to the upper part of a note (above the horizontal line), the Main Tool adopts the appearance, and emulates the functions, of the Note Separation Tool. If you double-click now, you can create a note separation – i.e. slice the note in two.

Don’ allows you to make loud notes quieter, or quiet notes louder, or both. In this way, you can smooth out disparities in volume and give your recordings greater homogeneity. It is also the perfect way to optimize input to any compressor after Melodyne in the signal chain.

s plenty more to discover and to learn. Take a look at the list of topics on the left: In the Help Center, you will find each of these topics explained in detail as well as a wide range of video tutorials. You can access these any time via Melodyne’s Help menu.If you select several notes and move a note separation, the note separations of the other selected notes will also be moved. If you double-click one of the note separations to remove it, those of the other selected notes will also be removed.

If you have selected several notes that overlap, you can simultaneously insert a note separation at the same point in all of them, as well as move or remove one.