Nikolozi has updated Mela, available as a FREE download with optional in-app purchase Collections, each currently available for $14.99, (usually $24.99 each).
What’s new in version 7.4:
- Mod Steps
- The Mod Steps module is a simple yet powerful 16-step sequencer modulator. – Its flexible parameters enable sophisticated, evolving patterns
- Modulate Start and Lenath to create moving sequences
- Retrig controls whether the sequence allows the host or restarts on note-on
- Cycles sets how long the sequence runs.
- Modulating Cycles between 0 and infinity can freeze the pattern at intervals.
- Mode adapts the sequencer for different uses, including note and MIDI generation.
- Each step can be modulated for dynamic patterns.
- The module includes actions to randomise or reset step values.
- Mod Steps is a Mela Lab module and part of Collection 5.
- Note Pulse + Mod Steps
- Note Event and Note Pulse pair naturally with Mod Steps.
- For example, 3 Mod Steps modules with Note Pulse can build a note sequencer
- One in Pitch +12 mode controls pitch.
- One in MIDI mode controls velocity
- One in Unipolar mode controls note length,
- Check out the Note Sequencer preset in the Parts group, which demonstrates this setup.
- Factory Presets
- Added a new factory preset group called Parts.
- Starting with 3 presets, this group will grow over time with reusable presets that can be dragged and dropped into your own presets.
- Added the “Pulser” MIDI preset, showcased in the latest Note Pulse demo video.
- Added the “Drone 1” and “RM Resonators” presets to the Pads group.
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, Mod Steps, Slew, Unison,
Mela is available to iOS and MacOS users (AUv3).
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