The company was founded 10 years ago, and Melodyne has been with us 10 years, so yeah, that’s a reason to celebrate. During this time, Melodyne has become one of the most valuable tools out there.
History behind Celemony & Melodyne
In 1997, Peter Neubäcker was working on a research experiment with sound and began developing the idea behind Melodyne. This experiment later turned into the Melodyne pitch correction product.
Together with his wife, Prof. Dr. Hildegard Sourgens, and the software developer and Technical Director, Carsten Gehle, founded Celemony Software GmbH, which is based in Munich.
Melodyne was presented for the first time in 2001, at the Winter NAMM Show, and has won numerous international prizes both for its innovative approach and for its fantastic sound quality.
Celemony Today
These days, the staff of Celemony totals more than twenty people. There are several tenthousand registered Melodyne users and the program is sold all over the world by local distributors as well as via the Internet.
Technology Breakthrough
The latest technology by Celemony is Direct Note Access, which allows independent manipulation of individual notes within chords and polyphonic recordings. Originally announced at Musikmesse 2008 to be released at the end of that year, it was later postponed to the 1st quarter of 2009, and was finally released on November 16, 2009 as part of Melodyne Editor and Melodyne Studio. Along with Prosoniq’s sonicWORX Pro, announced at the same time, Melodyne was among the first programs to support this.
Win With A Birthday Greeting
To celebrate their 10-year anniversary, Celemony is giving away 10 “Anniversary Boxes”. What’s that? Yeah, you’ll get 10 years of free access to all Celemony Products, including Melodyne Editor, Melodyne Studio, and future updates! Tell me that’s not fabulous!
To participate in the prize draw, all you have to do is leave the guys a birthday greeting on their Forum, Facebook wall, or on their MySpace page—whichever you like. Three people whose names are drawn from among those leaving greetings will each receive one of the ten boxes. The fourth box will go to the person who comes up with the best greeting, selected by Celemony’s jury.
Terms & Conditions
Eligible are persons over the age of 18. Employees of Celemony and their immediate families are not allowed to enter the draw. By participating in the draw the participant shall consent to their names being published. No legal recourse is permitted. Deadline for entries is 16th of January 2011. We will notify the winners until 31st of January 2011. Please make sure that you have left a valid e-mail address at the respective service (Forum, Facebook, MySpace) and that we can contact you there. Organizer for the competition is Celemony Software GmbH. Please direct any further questions to info@celemony.com.
Insider Tip: They’re looking for greetings with a touch of originality—a short film, a Melodyne anecdote, a poem or something of that kind.
The closing date for entries is the 16th January 2011, the last day of the NAMM Show, where Melodyne was presented for the first time 10 years ago.
Winners will be contacted January as well as announcing their names on this page. We wish you the best of luck!
More details on Celemony’s Homepage. (celemony.com)
