drathbun (and others): I bought Sonar 5 PE for the primary reason that they had V-Vocal. While it's useful occasionally, I think in retrospect I would've rather bought Cubase SX3. V-Vocal is not a very transparent shifter - you can hear some pretty serious phasing in it on some voices, especially if they're breathy or airy. It sounds like MP3 compression in your song, which is not so attractive. I don't know anything about Melodyne, but I'm certainly curious. Anyway, bottom line, if V-Vocal is the only reason you're thinking about getting Sonar 5 PE... think some more, because I don't think it's worth the extra $$.