Tonalic x Melodyne

As a Melodyne user, you know how to appreciate high-quality tools for music production. That's why we're excited to introduce you to Tonalic, a musician by your side. Where Melodyne edits what you recorded, Tonalic brings a real performance in.

Tonalic is a new way to produce music. Real session musicians, recorded in studios around the world, played the performances, and the Tonalic Engine reshapes them to your song's chords, tempo and groove. Build expressive arrangements, try variations, and shape your music while the song is still moving. Fast, intuitive and always musical.

What’s Included in Tonalic essential

As a Melodyne 5 user, you get Tonalic essential as our gift: a curated collection of acoustic and electric guitars, performed and produced by Uwe Bossert, guitarist of the pop-rock band Reamonn. Studio-grade and made for professional productions, from the first idea to the final mix, and just as much at home in songwriting and quick arrangements. It includes the full Tonalic Engine with chord, tempo and groove adaptation. Your license is perpetual and can be upgraded to the larger edition at any time.

Real Performances – Adapted to Your Song

Real musicians playing real instruments, shaped to your chords, tempo and groove. It feels like a session player responding to your track, full of nuance, intention and life. In a real session, the take is finished the moment it is played. Tonalic reshapes the same performance instead, so your arrangement stays open right up to the last minute.

Integrated through ARA

In Studio One, Fender Studio Pro, Cubase, Nuendo, Luna and Waveform Pro, Tonalic opens through ARA right beside your song and previews against it. When you're ready, drop a Tonalic onto your timeline, where you place, extend and arrange it like the audio and MIDI tracks you already know. The musical adaptation happens in the background, chords, tempo and feel lock in automatically, so you stay in the flow and keep creating. In every other DAW, Tonalic works as a plug-in.

Included – Expand When Ready

Tonalic essential is our gift to Melodyne 5 users, and gives you signature guitar performances by Uwe Bossert for your Pop and Rock tracks. It is a full edition with the complete engine, and everything you build with it carries over when you upgrade. Preview Tonalics from the larger edition and move up whenever you want more musicians and more instruments.

GET STARTED WITH TONALIC

Start with the welcome film: it explains what Tonalic essential is and what comes with it. The tutorials were filmed in different DAWs, so the concepts apply everywhere and only the first step, opening Tonalic, differs from DAW to DAW.

Inside the sessions

Tonalic essential is your built-in introduction to the Tonalic world, with a curated set of expressive Pop and Rock performances by Uwe Bossert. Join Uwe in the studio to explore the concept, the recording process and the musical intent at the heart of Tonalic.

FAQ

Is Tonalic AI?

No. Tonalic works from real studio recordings and reshapes them using Celemony's DNA technology. No audio is synthesised. Everything you hear comes from a recording made by the musician credited, reshaped to fit your song. It is not MIDI either: the performances are audio.

What do I get with Tonalic essential, and what is not included?

Tonalic essential is a full edition, not a demo or a trial. You get the complete Tonalic Engine and a curated collection of acoustic and electric guitars by Uwe Bossert. Bass, drums, percussion and the other musicians live in Tonalic arranger, and note-level editing with the Refine page and the sound controls live in Tonalic studio. Everything you build with essential carries over when you upgrade.

Does it follow my chords?

Yes. In Studio One Pro, Fender Studio Pro, Cubase, Nuendo, Luna and Waveform Pro, Tonalic reads the chord track of your session directly, so whatever you set there is what the performance plays. In every other DAW, Tonalic runs as a plug-in with a chord track of its own.

Is Tonalic essential really free, or does it expire?

Tonalic essential is our gift to Melodyne 5 users, at no cost, and the licence is perpetual: it does not expire, and there is no subscription attached to it. You collect it in your Melodyne account and create a free Tonalic account to activate it. The larger editions, Tonalic arranger and Tonalic studio, are available as a monthly or annual subscription, or as prepaid licences through music dealers, whenever you want more musicians and instruments.

Do I need to be online?

An internet connection is needed to search for and download Tonalics and to verify your licence. Once the content is on your disk you can work offline, and the engine does all the reshaping locally, on your own machine.


Tonalic feels like having a musician by your side.
No AI, no loops, no MIDI. Just a musician playing along to every chord, every tempo, every groove. Effortlessly.

The result? Authentic guitar, bass, and drum tracks in your song – with the sound, the emotion, and all the performance magic that happens between the notes.

From Celemony, the creators of Melodyne.
Played by world-class studio musicians.
Driven by your song.

Tonalic – a musician by your side