Updates and upgrades

Terminology: major and minor updates, upgrades

Minor update: This is a free update containing bug fixes and perhaps new functions of lesser importance. In this case, although the version number is incremented, its first digit remains the same (e.g. from 5.0.3 to 5.1.0).

Major update: This is an update that contains significant new features and is indicated by a change in the first digit of the version number (e.g. from 4.2.1 to 5.0.0). These updates are not free of charge. Exception: Melodyne essential, for which even major updates are free of charge.

Upgrade: This is a change, for which you do have to pay, from a smaller edition of Melodyne to a larger one with more functions (e.g. from Melodyne essential to Melodyne assistant).

An upgrade may also contain a major update. For example, an upgrade from Melodyne 4 editor to Melodyne 5 studio. It is not necessary to update to editor 5 before upgrading to studio 5.

Checking for updates

Each time you launch Melodyne, it checks automatically to see whether a new and improved version is available for download. If this is the case, a page will open in your browser giving you details and allowing you to download the new version.

In Melodyne’s Preferences dialog, you will find a page entitled “Check for Updates” where you can switch from automatic checks (the default) to manual checks triggered by clicking the “Check Now” button. We recommend you to leave the default setting (“Automatically”) unchanged, so you never miss an important update.

Information about your edition, version and serial number

To discover which version of which edition you have, as well as your serial number, choose Melodyne > “About Melodyne” from the main menu.

The name of your edition and your serial number are also displayed in your user account. There you will also see which basic version you have (i.e. the first digit of your version number: 4, 5 etc.) but not which specific update is currently installed on your computer (e.g. 5.1.0).

How updates and upgrades are performed and what the process involves

When you are notified by Melodyne’s Check for Updates function or by newsletter that an update for your Melodyne is available, you will always be provided with a download link for the corresponding installation program. If you learn of an update in some other way or if you have purchased an upgrade, you will find the installation program in your user account.

Every update or upgrade requires you to install the latest version of Melodyne. In the case of a free-of-charge minor update, that’s all there is to it. In the case of a major update or an upgrade, on the other hand, you will be given a new license and at the same time your old one will expire. This also means that your old serial number will be replaced by a new one. So Melodyne may also need to be reactivated after the update or upgrade.

When you are reactivating the program after a major update or an upgrade, your old activations will no longer count, because along with your new license you will receive new activations.

A tip about updates: If you are running Melodyne on more than one computer, a major update is liable to involve many changes to the program, some of which may also affect the sound. For this reason, you will probably not want to update Melodyne on the production computer until the projects you are working on there are complete, but you may still want to try out the new version on your laptop. This is not a problem: if you buy an update from Melodyne 4 to Melodyne 5, your activations for Melodyne 4 will not be removed immediately but only after the installation of Melodyne 5. You can update Melodyne on one of the computers and continue to run Melodyne 4 on the other for a transitional period.

iLok when updating or upgrading

With iLok, too, a distinction has to be made between (on the one hand) a minor update and (on the other) a major update or an upgrade. In the case of a minor update, you don’t need to do anything; your iLok USB dongle will continue to work.

Compatibility after an update or upgrade

Egal ob Sie Melodyne-Neuling sind oder Melodyne schon länger in Pro Tools nutzen: Hier finden Sie die wesentlichen Infos, um Melodyne mit ARA in Pro Tools einzuseAn update will give you new features and possibilities, but will remain compatible with your existing projects. Please note, however, that we are talking here about upward

Parallel operation of old and new versions after an update or upgrade

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