A friend of mine recently put me onto this and I think it's going to change the way music is made forever. Basically, have you ever wanted to sample something but there's just one chord that you wish was different? Or how about just taking the vocals completely out of a song and just sampling the bassline. I think it's the most frequently asked question by amature beatmakers who are just starting to mess with the idea of sampling. "how can i take the vocals out of a song?". Of course, this is not only impossible.. but seemed like it would never be possible. Until Now.Melodyne Direct Note Access allows you to literally CHANGE ANY note that is being played in a song, not only the pitch but the TIMING within the audio file as well. To put it simply, you can now edit an AUDIO FILE the same way you can edit a MIDI file. If your a producer or engineer you understand how mind blowing that is.
This really takes sampling to a whole nother level. It will be a HELL of a lot easier to get around clearing samples too because now you can totally rearrange the composition of a melody therefor making it your own. I believe there would still be some legal issues involved in using the master recording(the sounds) but if you change it enough people will never know.
Melodyne comes out Fall 2008 and I'm already lining up a stack of records that i have always wanted to be able to change if only I had magic powers (or now, Melodyne).
