> I have almost the same question - except, , I'm especially wondering > how good the *time*-shift aspect of 'polyphonic' mode is in Studio. > I've tested Cre8 against Logic's built-in time-shift, and they're > about the same (although not identical, so sometimes I can use Cre8 > without artifacts, and sometimes Logic's is better.) > > Celemony strongly implies that the polyphonic routine can time-shift > large chunks of full mixes without artifacts. (From the Melodyne > manual in the Tempo section: 'The sound quality that Melodyne is able > to achieve...astound[s] even hard-bitten audio professionals...." ) > > Can anyone corroborate this? (The 'astounds' part, it does't matter > how hard you've been bitten....although, then again, maybe these > things are not unrelated... :-) ) > > Thanks > > Steven Rowat I have not been able to do this without hearing what I would term slight degradation of the audio, not necessarily artifacts, BUT it may be operator error. I say that because the program works very well indeed on small to moderate shifts with monophonic audio, the less complex the better; and they (Celemony) may be able to achieve what they claim, even if I haven't yet. I would buy it again anyway. HTH, YMMV, Peace, Ed Billeaud Snowflake Studio P.O. Box 7637 Breckenridge, CO 80424 970-453-6830 edva@earthlink.net http://www.soundclick.com/edbilleaud

> I have not been able to do this without hearing what > I would term slight degradation of the audio, not necessarily > artifacts, BUT it may be operator error. I say that because > the program works very well indeed on small to moderate > shifts with monophonic audio, the less complex the better; > and they (Celemony) may be able to achieve what they claim, > even if I haven't yet. I would buy it again anyway. > HTH, YMMV, About Melodyne and sound degratation; I have been using Melodyne now for a couple of years and though it's the best tool out there for correcting pitch errors, it ALWAYS degrades the sound in some little way. (Listen in headphones for details) The best way to use it, without getting artefacts is to only alter pitch, and stay away from pitch drift and pitch modulation. Having said that, Melodyne is still the best out there, Auto tune is really horrible. And the time stretch in Melodyne is awesome!