Celemony became the first German software company ever to be honored by the Recording Academy with a Technical Grammy for Melodyne. The distinction was presented in recognition of “contributions of outstanding technical significance to the recording field.”
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Celemony revolutionized recording studio technology around ten years ago with a program called Melodyne that offered a radically new and distinctly musical approach to audio editing. Polished, expanded and recognized many times with awards over the years, Melodyne today counts almost all musicians and producers of note among its customers. The Who guitarist Pete Townshend regards the software as “a miracle”, Ultravox singer Midge Ure calls it “black magic”, Katy Perry producer Dr. Luke and multimedia visionary Peter Gabriel both love it, and jazz legend Herbie Hancock considers it a “must-have” for musicians.
Melodyne is a crazy cool tool. Here's an example of it in action:
