Nikolozi has updated Mela, available as a FREE download with optional in-app purchases.
Collections 1, 2, 3 and 4 are now only $13.99 each, (usually $19.99 each).
What’s new in version 7.0:
The 7.0 update brings long-awaited Undo and Redo, making it easy to revert unwanted changes. Perform View has been generalised into remote views, allowing remote controls to be assigned to any Group or Stack module. The design has also been refined across the app to improve consistency and visual cohesion.
- Undo/Redo Support
- Changing a parameter value.
- Adding, duplicating, moving, replacing, removing, or renaming a module or lane.
- Adding, removing, or replacing a modulation assignment.
- Grouping or ungrouping a module.
- Adding, removing, or renaming a remote control.
- Remote Views
- The Perform View feature has been generalised and is now referred to as remote view.
- Remote view consists of remote controls,
- Group and Stack modules. in all their forms, support remote controls,
- Any submodule parameter can be exposed and controlled by an ancestor module
- Since lanes are Group modules, they also support remote controls.
- Because every preset is powered by a root- evel Stack module. Perform View assignments in existing presets automatically migrate to remote controls and appear in the Global remote view,
- Remote controls can be created or removed via the actions menu.
- All parameter types are supported including list and toggle parameters
- Remote controls can be renamed with custom names
- Controls are automatically ordered ta match their appearance in the preset structure.
- Lanes
- Collapsed lanes now move to the bottom or a horizontal scroll view. where their remote controls remain accessible
- They still participate in lane and module drag-and-drop for rearranging.
- Tapping the lane sidebar scrolls all the way to the left, unless it is already scrolled, in which case it collapses as it normally does.
- Tapping the Global sidebar lets vou collapse or expand all lanes.
- MIDI Source
- The Input parameter has been replaced with Source and Number (or Note)
- To configure the module to respond to CC messages, set Source to “Control Change” and specify the CC number using the Number parameter.
- The Number parameter lets you limit the module to a specific note when Source is set to “Note-On/Off Gate” or “Flip-Flop on Note- On”.
- Source now includes a “Note Number” mode, similar to “Kev Track”
- While “Kev Track” is optimised for frequency-based modulation, “Note Number” maps the full MIDI note range [0 1271 preciselv to a [0%, 100%1 Mod sianal.
- For example. modulatina the Control Change module’s Value parameter with MID Source set to “Note Number” lets vou convert note numbers directly into CC values
- Stack Module
- Previous updates made the On parameters more performance-oriented, and this update introduces further refinements so the Stack module feels more intearated with other modules.
- Toggling off a Stack submodule’s On parameter now stops outputting submodule signals completely, rather than outputting the same signal as its input.
- In Sum Audio and Ring Mod modes, the Stack module’s On parameter acts as a crossfade between its input and output, just like the Audio Processor modules.
- Other Changes
- Toolbar: When there is not enough horizontal space, toolbar buttons appear as menu items when tapping the toolbar’s ellipsis button.
- Preset Selector: An asterisk now appears next to the selected preset name whenever there are unsaved changes – Presets: Trying to load another preset when there are unsaved changes now displays a confirmation dialog
- Preset Browser: Folder icons are now displayed in front of preset group titles instead of chevrons
- Preset Browser: The User and custom group folder icons include a user badge to make them easier to distinguish from the factory presets
- macOS: The window title bar and toolbar have been merqed
- Menu Bar: Added manv useful actions along with keyboard shortcuts, to the menu par in the standalone app
- Zoom: The preset browser, toolbar, and
- Zoom: The macOS and iOS zoom resolutions now match exactly.
- About view no longer follow the zoom setting
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 using modules arranged on lanes, where signals flowing through the lanes are processed by the modules. Audio and MIDI signals can be sent and received to and from the host or routed between lanes using internal buses. Modulator modules can target any module parameter on any lane. Lanes and modules are easily added, removed, or rearranged, allowing you to design presets as simple or complex as needed. Mela comes with 76 modules, with new ones added with every update. The following are some examples from different categories.
Mela can be loaded inside a host as one of the following plug-in types: Instrument, Audio Effect or MIDI Processor. The only difference 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, allowing you to test out Mela’s features. Other collections can be purchased via in-app purchases. The following is a list of all modules.
- Collection 0: Amp Envelope, Arpeggiator, Audio In, Audio Out, Group, LFO, Meter, MIDI In, MIDI Out, MIDI-to-Poly, Notepad, Overlap Remover, Poly-to-Audio, 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, 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, Band Pass, Correlation, Digital Delay, Dual Pan, Euclid, Macro Button, Mid-Side, Multiply-Add, Noise Gate, Note Chance, Note Event, Pitch Follower, Reverb, Ring Mod, Simple LFO, Stereo Pan, Stereo Tool.
- Collection 4: Crossover, Delay, Effect, Feedback, Gain, Gain Computer, Groove, MIDI Delay, Note Hold, Note Pulse, Note-to-Pitch, Phase Distortion, Pitch Ramp, Quantiser, Stack, Vel-to-Amp.
Mela is available to iOS and MacOS users (AUv3).
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