Mela 5.1 Update — New Module for Note-taking, UI Zoom
This update primarily focuses on internal changes to transition away from Mac Catalyst and towards becoming a fully native macOS app. The goal is to enhance Mela’s performance on macOS and address bugs specific to Mac Catalyst. Due to the scope of this change, the transition will occur over several updates.
Node Pad Module
- Introducing a new module for simple note-taking purposes.
- It serves as a tool for describing presets or jotting down session notes.
- The module supports limited Markdown features for text formatting: regular, bold, italic, strikethrough, monospaced, and links.
- Artists, creating and distributing Mela presets, can utilise it to provide detailed information about how to best use a given preset, along with links to their websites and social media.
- A new preset called Session Notes in the Audio FX group features the Note Pad module.
- The Note Pad module is part of Collection 3.
UI Zoom
- Mela’s UI can now be scaled.
- Supported zoom levels: 75%, 100%, 125%, and 150%.
- The zoom setting can be found in Settings under the Look & Feel section.
Check out the Changelog for the full details about this Mela update.
Why should I get Mela? What’s so special about it?
I saw a few people around the web ask this question. I thought I’d address it here. Simply put, Mela is a modular music-making tool that scales with your needs. Expanding this, its 3 core strengths are:
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Mela is Visual and Modular. With its intuitive interface, you can seamlessly build fully custom polyphonic synthesisers, unique audio effects, and complex MIDI processors.
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Mela Scales. It can be a core part of your system or be used as a small utility to let you perform niche tasks. Mela can run as a standalone app or as multiple plug-in instances in a host, on macOS and iOS.
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Mela has Great Support. Its capabilities continuously improve, evolve and expand. A new version of Mela comes out every few weeks with new features and modules designed around user feedback.
Artist Presets & Themes
There are dedicated pages for Artist Presets and Artist Themes. If you have created Mela presets (whether paid or free) or a theme that you want to share with others let me know and I’ll happily link them there.
About Me
Hi, my name is Nikolozi Meladze. I’m the creator of Mela. I’m developing it as my primary tool for music-making and live performance. I’ve been releasing music since 2010, exploring all sub-genres of electronic music. Be sure to check out my discography.