“No AI, no loops, no MIDI”: Celemony’s Tonalic puts a world-class session player in your DAW that intelligently adapts to your arrangement

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NAMM 2026: Celemony, the company behind Melodyne, has announced the release of a new plugin that puts a world-class session player in your DAW, adapting authentic studio recordings to the harmony, tempo and groove of your track while preserving the feel of the original performance.

Running as a software instrument in your DAW, Tonalic doesn’t rely on loops, MIDI or even AI to work its magic. The plugin employs the sophisticated polyphonic note separation and manipulation technology found in Melodyne to reshape its extensive library of more than 7000 recordings to gel with an existing arrangement using its one-of-a-kind Tonalics engine. It’s a unique concept, a hybrid of virtual instrument and session player that combines the organic feel of authentic performance with the flexibility of DAW-based editing.