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, Cubasis, 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 91 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. - 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. - Utilities: level and correlation metering, audio oscilloscope, MIDI capture, MIDI logger, notepad. 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. Every Mela 6.x update will add new modules to Collection 4. You only need to purchase it once. 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 , Audio-to-Mod, Band , 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, , Groove, MIDI Delay, Note-to-Pitch, Note Hold, Note Pulse, Quantiser, Stack, Vel-to-Amp. Mela's capabilities continuously improve, evolve and expand, driven by its long-term vision and . Feel free to get in touch for anything Mela-related. Say Hello: nikolozi.com/ Tutorials: nikolozi.com/mela/tutorials Changelog: nikolozi.com/mela/changelog FAQ: nikolozi.com/mela/faq Mela Classic vs Mela: nikolozi.com/mela/-guide/#mela-classic-vs-mela 62q2f
Group Module
- The Group module is now even more versatile.
- The module lets you group a sequence of modules using its sublane.
- The signal flow between the containing lane and the sublane depends on the selected mode: Insert, Isolate, Split, or Merge.
- The module actions menu icon displays the current mode instead of the ellipsis used by other modules.
- Tapping it opens a menu to change the mode and access standard module actions.
Insert Mode
- The Group module es its input signals to the sublane and forwards the sublane's output to its output.
- Ideal for organising modules.
Isolate Mode
- The Group module doesn't provide input to the sublane and ignores its output.
- The module input and output remain identical.
- Ideal for creating an independent sublane that appears inline with the containing lane.
- For example, it can be used for generating an envelope follower signal from a side-chain input.
Split Mode
- The Group module forwards a copy of the input signals to its sublane and ignores its output.
- The module input and output remain identical.
- Ideal for pre-processing signals before sending them to Audio Out, MIDI Out, or Envelope Follower modules.
Merge Mode
- The Group module doesn't provide any input to the sublane, but merges the sublane's output signals with the module's input.
- The module's MIDI output is a merge of its input and the sublane's output MIDI signals.
- The Audio output is the sum of the module's input and the sublane's output signals.
- The output signal is Poly only if both the module's input and the sublane's output are Poly.
- Ideal for pre-processing signals coming from Audio In, , or MIDI In modules before merging.
Poly Buses
- Audio buses in Mela now Poly signals.
- This means the Audio In, Audio Out, and modules can send and receive Poly Audio signals.
- If a bus sender or receiver module isn't receiving a Poly signal as input, the bus signal collapses to Stereo Audio at the receiver before merging with the lane Audio signal.
Note Hold Module
- The Note Hold module blocks note-off MIDI events and converts every second note-on event of a given note into a note-off event.
- Hold Parameter: When turned off, all held notes are released, and new events through the module. You can automate or modulate this parameter as needed.
- Notes View: The view displays up to 9 held notes. If there are more, an ellipsis symbol appears.
- Note Hold is part of Collection 4.
Module
- The built-in hard clipper threshold can now be set to +6, +12, or +24 dBFS.
- In most cases, +6 dBFS is recommended, but higher thresholds can be useful. For example, when creating a phaser effect with .
- The new clip indicator shows when the clipper is triggered. If you're not using clipping creatively, adjust parameters to avoid activation.
- The Level parameter range has been changed to [–100, +100] %.
- Like the Digital Delay module, it now flushes noise below -160 dBFS to prevent buildup from the digital noise floor.
- To prevent a circular dependency, the module does not collapse the incoming Poly Audio signal even if the signal received from the bus is non-Poly. This differs from the behaviour of the Audio In module.
- The module has graduated from Mela Lab and is now under the Signal Router category.
Other Changes
- Group & Stack: The Mode parameters are now treated as internal, meaning they can't be modulated within Mela or automated from the host.
- Lanes: Group modules used as lanes are always in Isolate mode. Turning a Group module into a lane automatically sets its Mode parameter to Isolate.
- MIDI Source: In the new "Flip-Flop on Note-On" mode, the modulation signal toggles between 0% and 100% on each note-on event.
- Modules: Since modules can be freely renamed, the module type may not always be clear. To address this, the action menu now displays the module's type.
- Modules: The add module menu now displays the name of the parent module.
