Nikolozi has updated Mela, available as a FREE download with optional in-app purchases.
What’s new in version 7.10:
- Pitch Shifter
- The Pitch Shifter module changes the pitch of the Audio signal using a classic delay-line pitch-shifting algorithm, offering Shift. Window and Spread controls ⁃ Shift: Adjusts the pitch by up to 24 semitones in either direction.
- Window: Sets the length of the overlapping segments used for pitch shifting, from 5 to 500 ms. Shorter windows respond more quickly, while longer windows generally sound smoother.
- Spread: Detunes the left and right channels in opposite directions by up to 50 cents.
- Frequency Shifter
- Replaced the Stereo toggle with a bipolar Spread parameter.
- Shift applies to both channels, while Spread offsets them in opposite directions: left uses Shift minus Spread and right uses Shift plus Spread.
- Shift and Spread are scaled independently by the selected Range, including the Cubic range
- Ring Mod
- Added a Spread parameter that offsets carrier frequency between stereo channels.
- At 200%. the left channel runs at half the Frequency value and the right channel runs at double the value. At 50%, the scaling is reversed,
- Spread provides useful presets such as -5 c and +20 c. Other values can be entered in cents and are automatically converted to percentages.
- Mid-Side
- Replaced a single parameter with two independent controls for mid and side siqnals, making it easier to adjust stereo width without affecting the centre,
- Both controls support values up to 200%
- Other Changes
- Noise Gate: Improved the DSP for smoother gating
- Parameters with semitone units now use st` instead of `s to avoid confusion with seconds.
- Factory Patches: Added a “Feedback Delay” subpatch that makes it easy to create an audio feedback loop with a delay| – Stack has moved from Collection 4 to the free Collection 0, making it available to all users. Like Group, Stack is a fundamental building block for building patches, offering parallel processing alongside Group’s serial processing.
- Mod Steps: The module has graduated from Mela Lab and can now be found under the Modulator category.
- MIDI Echo: The module has graduated from Mela Lab and can now be found under the MIDI Processor category.
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 Group, MIDI In, MIDI Meter MIDI Out, MIDI-to-Poly, Notepad, Overlap Remover, Poly-to-Mono, Relative Pitch, Stack, Stereo Delay, Transposer, VA Filter, VA Oscillator, Volume.
- Collection 1: Balance. Chord, Chorus. Compressor. Control Change, Distortion, DS Oscillator, Envelope Follower, Envelope Generator, Flanger, Glide, Level. MIDI Logger, MIDI Source, Noise, Note Echo, Note Length, Note Range, Note Stack, 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 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. Vel-to-Amp.
- Collection 5: CC Modulator, Frequency Shifter, Limiter, MIDI Echo, Mod Oscilloscope, Mod Steps, Slew, Unison, XY
Mela is available to iOS and MacOS users (AUv3).
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