NewTone can convert audio to MIDI. If you have a sung melody but want it played by a synthesizer, NewTone can analyze the pitch and export the MIDI data directly to your Channel Rack.
| Feature | Newtone | Melodyne 5 (Assistant) | Waves Tune | Auto-Tune Pro (Graphical) | |--------|---------|----------------|------------|----------------------| | Price (standalone) | ~$99 | ~$250 | ~$180 | ~$450 | | Polyphonic editing | No | Yes (Melodyne DNA) | No | No | | ARA support | No | Yes | Yes (Cubase/Studio One) | No | | Formant tool | Yes | Advanced | Yes | Basic | | MIDI export | Yes | Yes | No | No | | CPU load | Very low | Medium | Medium | High | | Workflow speed | Medium | Fast (ARA) | Fast (ARA) | Medium |
NewTone often works in tandem with (another FL plugin).
At its heart, NewTone is a pitch editor. It analyzes audio and displays it as "notes" on a piano roll. You can drag these notes up or down to correct pitch, or use the "center" and "variation" knobs to flatten out vibrato or snap a vocal to a specific key.
Newtone is not as widely known outside FL Studio circles because it’s bundled with FL Studio’s higher editions (Producer and above), but it’s a full-featured, editor-style VST for surgical pitch/timing editing.
Use the Pitch Center knob to pull all notes toward their nearest semitone. For a more natural sound, edit notes individually by dragging them. If you're going for the "Auto-Tune" effect, turn the Pitch Variation all the way down to create a perfectly flat, robotic pitch.
