By default, Melodyne prefers the set language. For “F minor”, for example, you can spell the chord in any of the following ways: “Fminor”, “Fmin”, “Fm” or “F-” (with the “F” in upper or lower case). Melodyne accepts all the standard conventions for denoting chords.
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In areas of the Chord Track where no chord symbols are displayed, you can enter them simply by double-clicking in the appropriate places and typing them in. To do this, select an existing chord (a frame will appear, highlighting the chord selected) and type in text in the normal way: Independently of the results of the chord detection, you can also fill in the Chord Track manually, by typing in the names of the chords or standard chord symbols. If the chord, for example, consists of three notes: C, E and G, this can only sensibly be interpreted as “C Major”. Of course, in the case of very basic chords, there will be fewer alternatives and in some cases only one. For this reason, Melodyne offers you all plausible interpretations and lets you choose between them. These are questions of content but also of taste that are best left for you, the user, to answer. Both interpretations are legitimate, but which is the more apt might depend on the degree to which the various notes are emphasized Does the highest note sound loudly and clearly, for instance, or is it barely perceptible? The most appropriate interpretation might depend also on the surrounding chords or the prevailing key (or ‘tonality’) of the passage in question. The alternatives suggested are simply alternative interpretations of the audio material.Ī chord made up of the notes C, E, G and A, for example, could be interpreted as either C6 or Am7. These, we must stress, are not compositional suggestions, as in “here you could also play this chord”. The context (right-click) menu of the Chord Track suggests alternatives for the chords detected: Selecting between alternative designations The solution in such cases is to the copy the audio file to a new track, delete the offending blobs, and trigger a fresh chord analysis based on that track only. There could, however, be cases – if you were analyzing the chords of a complete mix, for example – when certain blobs (attributable to the kick drum, say, or the cymbals) might lead to confusion. That would in any case make no sense from a musical point of view, as the less information taken into account, the less accurately the chords displayed would reflect the overall musical content of the recording. It is not possible to influence the analysis by selecting or deselecting individual blobs. Note: The chord analysis is invariably based on all the notes in selected areas of the Chord Track. If you click on one chord and then press Cmd+A, all the chords will be selected.To select two or more chords, use the Shift and Cmd keys.If it’s only certain chords that need to be reexamined, select the chords in question in the Chord Track and choose “Analyze Chords”.You might do this, for example, after recording a new guitar part containing different chords.
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You can repeat the “Analyze Chords” command at any time to update the analysis.
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If the musical material is particularly complex, it may be useful to further optimize the tempo detection. Melodyne detects the tempo automatically when you load an audio file. Please note: Before optimal results can be obtained from the chord recognition function, the detected tempo must be correct otherwise the chord symbols may be aligned with the wrong beats. You will then see a ‘lead sheet’ of your recording.
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In Melodyne studio, you can open multiple tracks simultaneously in the Note Editor (e.g. Open the recording of a polyphonic instrument (e.g.To get Melodyne to identify the chords, proceed as follows: