Because Direct Note Access makes it possible to change the harmonies within a recording, now you are able to modify the DNA (so to speak) of your audio material: to take any guitar track, for instance, transpose it from C major to F# minor and integrate it into the song you’re working on now. Naturally, the tempo and timing of polyphonic material will also be variable. You’ll be able to move the notes of a chord not only in pitch but also in time. With Direct Note Access, you won’t believe how flexible your audio material has become.

Using the familiar Melodyne tools, you will be able to modify the pitch, position in time, duration, vibrato, pitch drift, formant spectrum, and volume of each note. That gives you unheard-of freedom to create new acoustic realities: You can make individual notes within a chord louder or softer or change their tone color by shifting their formants. You can copy a note on the marimba and use it to replace the notes in a piano chord: the music remains the same but it’s a whole new sound. And imagine the extent to which Direct Note Access will enhance the value of your sample libraries. You’ll no longer be restricted to samples that match the harmony of your song, but will be able to base your choice of samples upon sonic, rhythmic or musical criteria – and then transform the harmonies of the sample with total freedom to obtain the effect desired.