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Posted by Endgame on Apr-18-2008 01:44:

Direct Note Access: Insane music/editing software

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Music recording software just took another giant leap, now able to do what was thought to be impossible. Direct Note Access individually manipulates groups of musical notes (chords), giving recording engineers the ability to completely and undetectably create pitch-perfect performances, even from groups of tone-deaf musicians playing together. Created by German programmer and erstwhile guitar maker Peter Neub�cker, his company, Celemony, will offer the software as a plug-in for its Melodyne voice and instrument tuning software.

Until now, this trick was only possible with single notes � an exaggerated example can be heard in Cher�s 1998 hit, �Believe,� which used the competing Auto-Tune system. For more than a decade, that software has been the recording industry�s dirty little secret, fixing any out-of-tune notes crooned by an individual singer or played on any single-note instrument. But this breakthrough takes that magic manipulation many steps further, allowing engineers to create entirely new music from existing recordings.

With this astonishing software, engineers can dig deep into a mix. For example, they could change each individual note of a guitar chord, or fix one wrong note played by a musician in a symphony orchestra. It�s like Photoshop for music. Available this fall, let�s hope Direct Note Access is ready in time to fix up next season's American Idol performances, especially the auditions. Randy Jackson might like the resulting absence of "pitchiness," but then maybe some humanity of performance will be lost, too.

Source: http://dvice.com/archives/2008/04/miraculous_dire.php



I'm not sure if I should be wildly excited at the thought of being able to manipulate recorded music in such a way...or if I'm kind of sad at the thought that this will take performed music to that next technological level. The level where regardless of how tone-deaf a band/singer is they can still make a hit record depending on the quality of the producer.

Still, I'd like to hope it will just expand the boundaries of music in general without damaging the sanctity of natural and live performance.

It will be interesting to see what comes of it.


Posted by I_Am_Vince on Apr-18-2008 02:56:

WOWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! That is truly amazing!!


Posted by Anas Attia on Apr-18-2008 03:24:

sick shit


Posted by MarkT on Apr-18-2008 03:29:

very interesting...

does this mean we're going to see a whole new generation of 'pretty' pop stars who sound fantastic on their album, but can't even hold a tune when "unplugged"?


Posted by zookeeper on Apr-18-2008 03:51:

Lisa beat ya to the punch...

http://www.tranceaddict.com/forums/...520#post8686520


Posted by Endgame on Apr-18-2008 04:29:

Lol, I always think that with the amount I browse the forums I wouldn't miss anything... Ah well.


Posted by *~LiSa-LoO~* on Apr-18-2008 04:46:

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Originally posted by Endgame
Lol, I always think that with the amount I browse the forums I wouldn't miss anything... Ah well.


idiot


Posted by mnemonic. on Apr-18-2008 04:59:

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Originally posted by *~LiSa-LoO~*


way to go lisa


Posted by knacker on Apr-18-2008 16:10:

Melodyne software has been available for at least 3 years now... so its been used on many vocal recordings already.
Just now you can change notes within chords (which is crazy)


Posted by LKD on Apr-18-2008 17:16:

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Originally posted by MarkT
very interesting...

does this mean we're going to see a whole new generation of 'pretty' pop stars who sound fantastic on their album, but can't even hold a tune when "unplugged"?


fixing notes on vocals can be done without this. there is only a single note sung at a time (unless u do throat singing).

what melodyne direct note access allows changing a chord (which contains multiple notes in it)



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