Nikolozi has updated Mela, available as a FREE download with optional in-app purchase Collections, each still currently available for $14.99, (usually $24.99 each). The price drops.end April 22nd (tomorrow)!!
What’s new in version 7.5:
- Action Menus
- Lane and module action menus have been reworked, with simplified terminology and improved grouping of related items.
- As an alternative to drag-and-drop, action menus now provide Cut, Copy, and Paste actions.
- A module can be inserted, appended, or used to replace another via the Paste action.
- A copied module can be pasted into another instance of Mela, as a file in Finder or Files, or as text in a text editor.
- A preset copied from Finder or Files can be pasted as a module into an instance of Mela.
- Presets can be edited in a text editor, for example by changing parameter values, then pasted back as modules (as long as the format remains intact).
- The Duplicate action now behaves like Copy and Paste, also duplicating external modulations and remotes.
- Other Changes
- Velocity Module: Now uses a more compact layout.
- Remotes: If more than 2 controls are assigned, smaller controls are used in the remotes view to keep the module compact.
- Remotes: Renaming a remote control to an empty string now resets it to the parameter name.
- Preset Format: JSON keys are now ordered alphabetically, making them easier to edit in text editors.
- Updated the “Bouncing Ball” MIDI FX factory preset by simplifying its design using new modules.
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, MIDI Echo.
Mela is available to iOS and MacOS users (AUv3).
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