Where Does Melodyne Store Transfers and Data?
Melodyne keeps transfer audio in Documents Celemony Separations on Windows, with licenses in Application Support on Mac.
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Melodyne needs scratch space for transfer audio, and that space is a folder called Separations inside Documents Celemony. Every transfer you record lands there before edits apply. The folder grows quietly and surprises people checking disk usage.
Licenses live apart from audio. On Mac they sit in Application Support under Celemony, and activation runs through your account. ARA mode keeps edits inside the DAW project itself, so the Separations folder matters most for old transfer based sessions.
Where Celemony Melodyne stores this, by platform
%USERPROFILE%\Documents\Celemony\Separations
Transfer audio scratch space created at install. Give Defender an exclusion for this folder or reads crawl. Project edits for ARA live in the DAW instead.
~/Documents/Celemony/Separations
Same Documents relative layout for transfers on Mac. Licenses sit in ~/Library/Application Support/Celemony. Activate through your account rather than copying license files.
Frequently asked questions
Why does Melodyne run slowly on Windows?
Add a Defender exclusion for the Separations folder, since real time scanning slows every transfer read. Celemony creates the exclusion at install, but updates and managed PCs remove it. Exclude the folder rather than disabling protection outright.
How do I move Melodyne work to a new computer?
Copy the Separations folder plus the project files with the DAW closed. Licenses travel through your Celemony account or iLok, never as files worth copying. ARA sessions store edits in the DAW project, so back that up too.
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