Nikolozi Meladzi has updated Mela 5 with new additions and changes, available as a FREE download with various in-app purchases available to unlock the various modules. One of the Module collections is also provided for FREE. In-app purchase Collections 1, 2 and 3 are currently $9.99 each, (usually $19.99 each).
What’s new in version 5.8.3:
- Factory Presets
- DC Ring Bass: Demonstrates how to turn the Ring Mod module into an oscillator by feeding it a DC signal.
- Audio-to-ADSR: Demonstrates how to convert audio signal levels into note events to drive an envelope generator.
- Event Symphony: Demonstrates how to use Random and Note Event module instances to create generative music.
- Other Presets: Church Bells, Consistent, Drum Bus, Stereo Wah Wah, Tuned Noise + FM, and Tuned Noise + FM 2.
- Improvements
- Collections: Updated the description for Collection 3.
- Fixes
- Reverb: Fixed a bug where the HSF Decay parameter wasn’t initialised correctly in DSP.
- UI (macOS): Fixed a bug where the selected modulation target menu item displayed two checkmarks.
- UI (macOS): Fixed a bug where locked modules incorrectly displayed two shopping carts under the insert module menu.
Mela is a modular music-making tool that scales with your needs. With its intuitive interface, you can seamlessly build fully custom polyphonic synthesisers, unique audio effects, and complex MIDI processors. Mela can run as a standalone app on iOS and macOS or as an AUv3 plug-in inside your favourite DAW such as AUM, Drambo, Logic Pro and many more.
In Mela, presets are constructed from modules arranged on lanes, each processing audio and MIDI signals. Lanes can receive and send signals to and from the host and other lanes. Modulator modules can modulate any parameter of any module on any lane. Lanes and modules can be easily added, removed, or rearranged, making the preset as complex or simple as desired. Mela comes with 58 modules, with new ones added with every update. The following are some examples from different categories.
- MIDI processors: arpeggiator, chord, note echo, scale, strummer
- Synth building blocks: virtual-analog oscillator, FM operator, phaseshaping, noise, VA filter, amp envelope
- Modulators: envelope follower, envelope generator, LFO, macro control, MIDI source, random
- Audio effects: chorus, delay, distortion, flanger, phaser, compressor, comb filter, EQ, stereo panner
- Utility: level metering, audio oscilloscope, MIDI capture, MIDI logger
Mela can be loaded inside a host as one of the following plug-in types: Instrument, Audio Effect or MIDI Processor. The only difference between them is the number of audio and MIDI inputs and outputs. Otherwise, the features are identical and a preset created in one type can be opened by another.
Modules are organised into collections. Collection 0 is FREE, providing you with the opportunity to test out Mela’s features. Other collections can be purchased via in-app purchases. New modules will be added to Collection 3 throughout 2024. That means you can purchase it now and have new modules appear unlocked as they become available.
The following is a list of all modules:
- Collection 0: Amp Envelope, Arpeggiator, LFO, Meter, Relative Pitch, Stereo Delay, Transposer, VA Filter, VA Oscillator, Volume.
- Collection 1: Balance, Chord, Chorus, Control Change, Compressor, Distortion, DS Oscillator, Envelope Generator, Envelope Follower, Flanger, Glide, Level, MIDI Logger, MIDI Source, Mono, Noise Oscillator, Note Echo, Note Length, Note Range, Panic, Phaser, Pitch Bend, Random, Scale, Strummer, Velocity.
- Collection 2: Clipper, Comb Filter, DC Blocker, Degrader, EQ Band, Fixed Pitch, FM Operator, Macro, MIDI Capture, MIDI Channel, Oscilloscope, Pitch Ratio, Rectifier, Vibrato, Voice Activity, VPS Oscillator.
- Collection 3: All Pass, Audio-to-Mod, Digital Delay, Dual Pan, Macro Button, Mid-Side, Multiply-Add, Noise Gate, Note Event, Note Pad, Phase Inverter, Simple LFO, Stereo Pan.
Mela 5 is available to iOS and MacOS users (AUv3).
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