Nikolozi has updated Mela, available as a FREE download with optional in-app purchases.
What’s new in version 7.14:
- Pitch-to-Amp
- The new Pitch-to-Amp module uses the Pitch signal to control audio levels.
- Range sets how much the audio level changes across the pitch range. Positive values make higher pitches louder and lower pitches quieter. Negative values do the opposite.
- Center sets the pitch that keeps its original audio level.
- In Poly mode, level is applied independently to each voice.
- Pitch-to-Amp is a Mela Lab module and part of Collection 5.
- Vel-to-Amp
- Replaced Curve with the Range parameter for more predictable dynamics
- Patch Management
- Patch Library: Added a Latest smart folder for browsing newly added factory patches grouped by Mela version.
- Patch Library: Added a Copy action to patch menus, including factory patches
- Patch Renaming: Saving a patch while editing its name now uses the new name instead of the previous one
- Factory Patches: Added “Matrix Taps” to the Audio FX folder, demonstrating how the Matrix module can be used to create a feature-rich multi-tap delay.
- Factory Patches: Added “Lo-Fi Keys” and “Sad FM” to the Keys folder.
- Factory Patches: Added “Lethal” to the Pads folder.
- Other Changes
- Splitter: Graduated from Mela Lab to the Signal Router category.
- Phasor-based modules: Improved timing accuracy, preventing gradual drift at slow rates.
- Fixed an issue where tempo-synced modules could incorrectly initialise their timing at 120 BPM after the host reset the plug-in.
- Fixed MIDI-to-Poly modules sometimes displaying inconsistent polyphony settings after loading a patch.
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, Splitter, Vel-to-Amp.
- Collection 5: CC Modulator, Frequency Shifter, Limiter, MIDI Echo, Mod Oscilloscope, Mod Steps, Pitch-to-Amp, Slew, Unison, XY
Mela is available to iOS and MacOS users (AUv3).
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