Mela – AUv3: Synth, FX, MIDI

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, patches 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 patches 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 patches created in one type can be opened in another. Mela includes over 200 patches 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, 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 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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