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Media response
Here is a selection of videos and articles, in English as well as in German, which appeared in the media after the world premiere of Direct Note Access in March 2008.
Mix TV (Mix magazine)
"Melodyne Celemony DNA"
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At Musikmesse 2008, Melodyne inventor Peter Neubäcker unveils Celemony's new Direct Note Access technology to room packed with international music and audio press. Video ...
AudioNowcast
DNA Podcast
In their podcast episode 48, AudioNowcast discuss Direct Note Access. With Rob Arbittier (Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Hollywood scores), Andrew Scheps (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rick Rubin, Linkin Park), Scott Gershin (sound design for The Chronicles of Riddick) and Mike Rodriguez. MP3 (excerpt, 3.5 MB)
hispasonic
Musikmesse presentation
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A 14-minute video of Peter Neubäcker's DNA presentation at Frankfurt Musikmesse (March 2008). English with Spanish subtitles. Video ...
Sonic State
"Melodyne blows our Minds"
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Once in a while a product comes along that really takes things to another dimension take the Celemony Melodyne. Well, be prepared to have your mind blown once again. Video & article ...
Sound On Sound
"Celemony develop the unthinkable"
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Pitch-correction software is by no means new; it’s been around for over a decade. But so far, it has only worked effectively on monophonic sources, such as vocals and lead instruments. Until now, that is. Video & article ...
musotalk.de
Interview - Peter Neubäcker
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Peter Neubäcker is one of the founders and chief developers at Celemony. With "Direct Note Access" he will write music software history. At the Musikmesse 2008, i had the opportunity to talk to him. Video (German) ...
"A Music-Recognition Breakthrough"
Yes, Direct Note Access made it into the New York Times. And this is what they say: "O.K., whoa" and "Way cool." Article
A few weeks later another article was published.
"Digital Sound Separator"
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) talks about how this "new software can modify the individual notes of a recorded chord". Article
issue 5/2008 (May 2, 2008), p. 44
"Preview: Celemony DNA"
"We could convince ourselves that DNA does not work with prepared demo material only: other audio files that we brought along were as well analyzed and displayed as polyphonic blobs without hassle."
issue 13 (March 22, 2008), p. 158
"Photoshop for sounds"
The experts are astonished: a Bavarian inventor has developed a computer program that lets you rebuild every kind of music recording. Article (German, HTML & PDF) ...
"Tone benders and guitar bakers"
Carbon fibre guitars, electric ukuleles and software that dissolves chords: At the Frankfurt Musikmesse the music industry shows once again, that there is still room for musical innovations. Feature article (German) ...
"Sensation at Musikmesse: changing wave files like MIDI"
Today at Frankfurt Musikmesse, Celemony introduced their new software tool "Direct Note Access" for the editing of arbitrary polyphonic audio signals. The possibilities of this software reach from the correction of single voices in a complex recording to changing the entire harmonic structure of a song, which made some furore at the trade show. Article (German) ...











