Nikolozi has updated Mela, available as a FREE download with optional in-app purchases.
What’s new in version 7.8:
- Entering Modulation Intensity
- Modulator intensity parameters now accept target values.
- Values prefixed with `=` are converted to the modulation intensity needed to move the current target value to that value
- For example, if a target ranges from -24 to 24 semitones and is currently set to 0, `=12 sets the intensity to 25%.
- By default, the target value is matched when the Mod signal reaches 100%.
- The `@` symbol provides a different Mod signal reference value.
- The reference is a percentage, and the `% suffix is optional.
- Examples: `=500ms` reaches 500ms at a 100% Mod sianal. `=400Hz@50%` reaches 400Hz at a 50% Mod signal, while =G2@-50` reaches G2 at a -50% Mod signal.
- Remotes
- Remote views are now more compact.
- When there are 1 or 2 assignments standard dials are used. With 3 or more smaller dials are used
- Dials are stacked vertically, and if there are more than 6, thev are placed in a scroll view.
- When there are 1 or 2 remote assignments a Slider or XY layout can be selected from the Remotes submenu.
- Other Changes
- Euclid: Added the Retrig parameter, which determines whether the pattern restarts on the first note-on event or follows the host grid.
- Preset Format: Simplified how module information is stored in presets.
- Modules: Module UI state now participates in undo and redo, including collapse and expand state and active tab selection, such as the modulator targets view.
- Lanes: The actions menu is simplified by removing the Collapse All and Expand All actions. Tap/Click on Global instead.
- Edit Modulation: Updated the border contour to better match the popover corner radii used in iOS 26 and macOS 26
- Voice Alignment: Fixed an issue where the MIDI In module’s Panic action did not reset voice allocations, preventing voices across lanes from being resynchronised,
- Module Actions: Fixed an issue where
- Replace > Paste did not undo as a single action.
- Lane Preset: Fixed a crash when inserting a Group module during new lane creation,
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, XY.
Mela is available to iOS and MacOS users (AUv3).
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