Mela – AUv3: Synth, FX, MIDI
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Mela is a modular music-making tool that scales with your needs. Its intuitive interface lets you build custom polyphonic synthesisers, unique audio effects, and complex MIDI processors. Mela runs as a standalone app on iOS and macOS or as an AUv3 plug-in inside your favourite DAW, including Ableton Live, AUM, Cubasis, Drambo, and Logic Pro.
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 107 modules, with new ones added with every update. The following are some examples from different categories.
- MIDI processors: arpeggiator, chord, Euclidean sequencer, note echo, note modifiers, scale, strummer, MIDI capture.
- Synth building blocks: virtual-analog oscillator, FM operator, phaseshaping, noise, VA filter, amp envelope.
- Modulators: envelope follower, envelope generator, LFO, macro control, MIDI source, random.
- Audio effects: chorus, delay, distortion, flanger, phaser, dynamics processors, comb filter, EQ, stereo panner.
- Visualisers: level and correlation metering, oscilloscopes, MIDI logger, notepad.
Mela can be loaded in a host as an Instrument, Audio Effect, or MIDI Processor plug-in. The only difference between them is the number of audio and MIDI inputs and outputs. Otherwise, all features are identical, and presets created in one type can be opened in another. Mela includes over 200 presets that showcase different ways to combine modules and shape your unique sound.
Modules are organised into collections. Collection 0 is free, letting you explore Mela’s features. Other collections can be purchased via in-app purchases. Collection 5 will continue to grow with new modules in upcoming 7.x updates. Each collection is a one-time purchase. Below is the full list of 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, 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, Stack, Vel-to-Amp.
Collection 5:
CC Modulator, Frequency Shifter, Limiter, MIDI Echo, Mod Oscilloscope, Mod Steps, Slew, Unison, XY.
Mela continuously evolves and expands, shaped by its long-term vision and user feedback. Feel free to get in touch about anything Mela-related.
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User Guide: nikolozi.com/mela/user-guide
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Changelog: nikolozi.com/mela/changelog
FAQ: nikolozi.com/mela/faq
Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?
This update focuses on simplifying patch management and reinforcing Mela's "everything is a module" philosophy. As Mela has evolved, Presets, Preset Groups, and the Preset Browser have become better described as Patches, Folders, and the Library. The toolbar, preset selector, and root Stack module have also been unified into a single design, making it clearer that a patch is simply the root module and everything contained within it.
Root Module
- The root module sidebar is now presented as a header.
- The header combines the functionality previously spread across the toolbar, preset selector, and Global view.
- Root module remotes now collapse into the header when the patch is scrolled.
- Tapping the patch name, which is also the root module name, now turns it into an editable text field for renaming.
- The patch name can now be dragged and dropped to another instance, the Library, or Files/Finder to export the active patch.
- The root module, or active patch, now offers Init, Copy, Paste, Revert, and Delete actions.
- Init removes all lanes and initialises the patch name to "Untitled".
- Copy copies the root module as a patch to the clipboard.
- Paste replaces the root module with a patch from the clipboard.
- Revert discards changes made to the active patch by restoring its original state.
- Delete removes the patch from the Library.
- The Save Patch button now provides single-action save behaviour.
- Long pressing the Save Patch button presents additional actions such as "Save to" and "Export".
- The filled save icon indicates that there are no unsaved changes.
- The folder containing the active patch is now displayed below the patch name.
- If the active patch is not linked to a file in the Library, "Detached" is displayed below the patch name.
- Renaming the active patch unlinks it from the Library, allowing it to be saved under a new name.
- Mela now automatically relinks restored host states to their corresponding Library patches and indicates whether unsaved changes exist.
- Toolbar buttons move into an overflow menu when there is insufficient width.
- The file menu has been updated to match the root module actions.
- Replaced the preset selector help text with a new "Patches" section in the Getting Started guide.
Library and Patches
- The Library UI has been refreshed to complement the new root module design.
- Its toolbar includes buttons for selecting the previous and next patch.
- Mela plug-in no longer loads the Default patch when instantiated.
- New instances now start with a blank patch, and the Library scrolled to the relevant folder.
- The previous Default patch can be found in the Keys, Audio FX, and MIDI FX folders.
- Deleting an empty folder no longer requires confirmation.
- Renamed the Parts folder to Subpatches.
Other Changes
- Library and toolbar buttons once again scale with the zoom setting.
- Improved the layout of actions in module menus.
- Patch and module names can no longer contain filename-unsafe characters.
