Nikolozi has updated Mela and reduced the price of uts in-app purchases for a limited time. Mela itself is FREE, in-app purchase Collections have each been reduced to $9.99, (usually $19.99). Collection 5 is available for $9.99.
What’s new in version 7.1:
The 7.1 update introduces Collection 5, kicking off with creative and essential audio tools. It includes Frequency Shifter for metallic and inharmonic textures, a transparent brickwall Limiter, and powerful new modulation tools: Slew, CC Modulator, and Mod Oscilloscope.
Collection 5 will continue to expand with every 7.x update and is available as a one- time purchase.
- Frequency Shifter
- Frequency Shifter offsets all frequency components in the Audio signal by a fixed amount, producing metallic or inharmonic textures unlike pitch shifting.
- Provides useful tweaks with parameters: Shift, Range, Mode, Stereo, Mix
- Shift: Sets the shift amount within the selected Range. Linear ranges map directly while Cubic uses a non-linear curve for finer control near O.
- Range: Selects the maximum shift amount Linear ranges map -100% to 100% directly. Cubic is non-linear and spans +5 kHz
- Mode: Selects how energy behaves around ○ Hz. Clean is single-sideband. Reflect preserves down-shifted components below O Hz. Duplicate adds mirrored components when shifting up. Both combines reflect and duplicate.
- Stereo: When enabled, left and riaht channels shift in opposite directions
- Limiter
- Limiter is a brickwall limiter that provides transparent peak control using a lookahead gain envelope.
- Includes standard controls such as input gain, attack, release, and channel linking, along with a gain reduction meter
- Offers character modes for either faster response or smoother. lower-distortion limiting.
- Slew
- Slew is a modulator that smoothly ramps the Mod signal toward a target value.
- The target is set by the Value parameter and can itself be modulated to smooth another Mod signal.
- Ramping can be linear, exponential, or a blend of both, controlled by the Curve parameter.
- The Rise and Fall parameters determine how quickly the Mod signal responds when the Value parameter changes.
- The indicator lets you visualise the current value of the Mod signal.
- CC Modulator
- CC Modulator uses incoming MIDI CC messages to modulate parameters
- Unlike other modulators, each target car be confiqured to use a different MIDI CC source.
- This provides an alternative way to automate parameters from the host.
- The host can send MIDI CC automatior curves, which are translated into parameter modulation.
- CC Modulator is a Mela Lab module
- Mod Oscilloscope
- Mod Oscilloscope visualises the modulated value of its Offset parameter
- Modulating Offset at 100% intensity displays the modulator’s Mod signal directly
- For best results, set Offset to 0% for unipolar Mod signals and to 50% for bipolar signals.
- The module can also be used to visualise how another parameter is being modulated.
- To do so, apply the same modulation settings to Offset as the target parameter
- MIDI Meter
- Added the MIDI Meter module for visualising incoming MIDI values.
- Displays a 16-circle vertical meter and a numeric value readout
- MIDI Meter is part of Collection 0 and listed under the Visualiser category.
- Arpeggiator
- Added an indicator that visualises the active note position within the chord
- Added Manual mode. where the new Position parameter selects the next chord position across the active Oct Range
- The Position parameter is a great target for automation or modulation, enabling custom arpeggio patterns.
- Other Changes
- Meter: The module now has a more minimalistic appearance with no sidebar, as there is little benefit to keeping it collapse or showing its name,
- Meter: Updated the DSP implementation for a more natural response
- Band Pass: Now supports Poly mode and no longer collapses Poly signal to Mono
- Module Actions Menu: The menu now displays the module name as the title. If the type is not clear from the name, the type name is appended in brackets.
- Modulators: Refined the appearance of the modulators’ drag target icon
- Module Categories: Replaced the Utility module category with Visualiser.
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, Groove, MIDI Delay, Note-to-Pitch, Note Hold, Note Pulse, Quantiser, Stack, Vel-to-Amp.
- Collection 5: CC Modulator, Frequency Shifter, Limiter, Mod Oscilloscope, Slew.
Mela is available to iOS and MacOS users (AUv3).
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