Mela – AUv3: Synth, FX, MIDI
iOS Universel / Musique
DREAM UP AN INSTRUMENT, THEN BUILD IT
Mela is a modular music-making tool that grows with you, from your first patch to deep custom designs. Create polyphonic synthesisers, unique audio effects, and complex MIDI processors. Mela runs standalone on iOS and macOS, or as an AUv3 plug-in inside your favourite DAW, including Ableton Live, AUM, Cubasis, Drambo, and Logic Pro.
EVERYTHING IS A MODULE
In Mela, there are no virtual cables to untangle. Instead, a patch is a tree of nested modules, where a module can chain its submodules in series or run them in parallel. The layout of your patch is its signal flow. Almost any parameter can be modulated or automated. Everything moves with a drag, and a patch can stay tiny or grow wonderfully elaborate.
MEET THE MODULES
Each module is focused yet powerful, and built-in help lets you quickly learn how it works. Here is a quick tour.
• MIDI processors: arpeggiator, chord, Euclidean sequencer, groove, note echo, note modifiers, quantiser, scale, strummer, MIDI capture.
• Synth building blocks: virtual-analog oscillator, FM operator, phaseshaping, noise, glide, unison, VA filter, amp envelope.
• Modulators: envelope generator, envelope follower, LFO, mod sequencer, XY pad, macro control, random.
• Audio effects: reverb, delay, chorus, flanger, phaser, distortion, ring mod, dynamics, EQ, pitch and frequency shifters, stereo tools.
• Visualisers: level and correlation metering, oscilloscopes, MIDI logger, notepad.
The full module list is at the very end.
NOT SURE WHERE TO BEGIN?
Load Mela as an Instrument, an Audio Effect, or a MIDI Processor, and pick from over 200 included patches to play, pull apart, and learn from.
PAY ONCE, OWN FOREVER
Mela ships with 109 modules and counting, organised into collections. Collection 0 is free and has everything you need to learn how Mela works. The rest are single purchases. A patch that uses modules you do not own still plays in full. Locked modules process signals as normal, and a purchase simply unlocks their controls.
SAY HELLO
Mela keeps evolving, shaped by its long-term vision and the people who use it. Wondering if Mela can do something specific? Just ask. The answer often arrives as a short demo video of a patch doing exactly that. And emailed feature requests somehow keep jumping the queue. Say hello, ask anything, and help shape where Mela goes next.
Contact: nikolozi.com/contact
User Guide: nikolozi.com/mela/user-guide
Tutorials: nikolozi.com/mela/tutorials
Changelog: nikolozi.com/mela/changelog
FAQ: nikolozi.com/mela/faq
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 Shifter, Slew, Unison, XY.
Quoi de neuf dans la dernière version ?
Splitter
- The Splitter module works like a Stack, but the submodules at odd positions, starting with the first, act as audio splitters.
- A splitter processes its input and passes its output to the following submodule.
- Subtracting that output from the original input leaves a residual, which is passed to the next splitter and processed in the same way.
- The module's output is the sum of all processed signals and any residual remaining at the end.
- The Splitter module can create many types of effects.
- Using filters at odd positions creates a multi-band processor.
- Stereo Tool or Mid-Side modules enable independent left/right or mid/side processing.
- A Level module can act as a crossfader between two processing chains.
- Modulating the Level module with an Envelope Follower makes it possible to process transients and sustain independently.
- Added Splitter as an option to the Nest submenu.
- Factory Patches: Added a “Haas Effect” subpatch demonstrating how easily the effect can be created using the Splitter, Stereo Tool, and Delay modules.
- Splitter is a Mela Lab module and part of Collection 4.
Other Changes
- Arpeggiator: Modelled after Mod Steps, the Sync parameter now includes a Free mode, letting you instantly play and hold the note selected by Position, ignoring Mode, Gate, Offset, and Retrigger.
- Arpeggiator: Smoothed the animation when switching to and from Manual mode.
- Unison and Stack: Improved interfaces with stack item selectors now also showing signal flow indicators and the add module button, allowing modules to be quickly appended to the stack.
- Unison and Stack: Modulators, Audio Out, and MIDI Out now respect the On parameter of their containing Stack or Unison module.
- Frequency Shifter: The Mix parameter now defaults to 100%.
- Chorus, Flanger, Phaser: Updated their layouts to match newer modules, improving their appearance and making them more compact.
- Nest Submenu: Added Digital Delay as an option to quickly insert the selected module inside a Digital Delay's sublane.
- Level Meter: Now correctly displays an empty meter and −inf before the host starts processing audio.
- Patches: Empty Untitled and restored patches no longer show a discard confirmation when selecting another patch.
- Patches: Saving a factory patch now asks for confirmation before overwriting a patch with the same name in the destination folder.
- Modules: Dropping a module back into its original position no longer creates an undo action.
