Important product information
Before purchasing, please check if this product is an eLicence/Serial only digital download - eLicences have no box or physical product. If this is a cross-grade or upgrade, make sure you already own the required qualifying software.
If this is an Education Edition licence, please have your valid Education ID ready as proof of eligibility.
All licences are typically delivered within 1–2 business days. Peak holiday periods may affect delivery timelines.
Melodyne 5 essential puts professional vocal editing at your fingertips with intuitive pitch and timing correction tools that work musically and efficiently. Starting with the essential version gives you access to fundamental vocal editing capabilities, with the flexibility to upgrade later by paying only the difference when you need more advanced features.
What sets Melodyne apart is its sophisticated analysis engine that recognises and understands the musical relationships within your recordings. The software identifies individual notes and their characteristics, scales, keys, chords, timing, tempo and tone colour across all instrument types – from vocals to polyphonic instruments like piano and guitar. This deep musical understanding allows for intuitive editing of every musical detail in your recordings and samples.
The software represents notes as manipulable blobs, giving you precise control over pitch, vibrato, volume, sibilants, length, timing and formants for each individual note. Melodyne’s intelligent algorithms ensure your edits remain virtually inaudible while sounding completely natural, allowing you to enhance intonation, phrasing, dynamics and timbre with remarkable subtlety.
For vocal recordings specifically, Melodyne offers note-based editing that lets you make targeted corrections and improvements exactly where needed. The intelligent correction functions help bring vocal tracks closer to perfection while maintaining their natural character, and advanced users can even rearrange vocals, modify melodies, or create additional voices and harmonies.
- New: “Melodic” algorithm with sibilant detection – for perfect yet invariably natural-sounding results
- New: Musically weighted pitch analysis – for psycho-acoustically optimal intonation correction
- New: Levelling macro – reduce or eliminate excessive volume disparities between notes
- New: Chord Track and chord recognition – bring notes into line harmonically, extract chords from audio
- New: “Percussive Pitched” algorithm – for instruments such as tabla and berimbau or 808 kick drums
- All the algorithms without DNA – for melodic, percussive and complex material
- Edit note assignments – full control over the algorithms
- Melodyne’s Main Tool – edit the pitch, position and duration of notes and note separations
- Pitch and Time macros – perfect or improve intonation and timing with intelligent automation
- Stand-alone or in your DAW – integrated via ARA , AU, VST 3 or AAX
- Intercompatibility – open and edit projects created by other editions
- Compatibility with Melodyne 4 – open and edit Melodyne 4 projects



