Mela 7.1
The Mela 7.1 update introduces Collection 5, featuring creative and essential audio modules such as Frequency Shifter for metallic and inharmonic textures, a transparent brickwall Limiter, plus new modulation tools including Slew, CC Modulator, and Mod Oscilloscope.
Collection 5 will continue to expand with every 7.x update and is available as a one-time purchase.
Frequency Shifter
- Frequency Shifter offsets all frequency components in the Audio signal by a fixed amount, producing metallic or inharmonic textures unlike pitch shifting.
- Provides useful tweaks with parameters: Shift, Range, Mode, Stereo, Mix.
- Shift: Sets the shift amount within the selected Range. Linear ranges map directly, while Cubic uses a non-linear curve for finer control near 0.
- Range: Selects the maximum shift amount. Linear ranges map -100% to 100% directly. Cubic is non-linear and spans ±5 kHz.
- Mode: Selects how energy behaves around 0 Hz. Clean is single-sideband. Reflect preserves down-shifted components below 0 Hz. Duplicate adds mirrored components when shifting up. Both combines reflect and duplicate.
- Stereo: When enabled, left and right channels shift in opposite directions.
Limiter
- Limiter is a brickwall limiter that provides transparent peak control using a lookahead gain envelope.
- Includes standard controls such as input gain, attack, release, and channel linking, along with a gain reduction meter.
- Offers character modes for either faster response or smoother, lower-distortion limiting.
Slew
- Slew is a modulator that smoothly ramps the Mod signal toward a target value.
- The target is set by the Value parameter and can itself be modulated to smooth another Mod signal.
- Ramping can be linear, exponential, or a blend of both, controlled by the Curve parameter.
- The Rise and Fall parameters determine how quickly the Mod signal responds when the Value parameter changes.
- The indicator lets you visualise the current value of the Mod signal.
CC Modulator
- CC Modulator uses incoming MIDI CC messages to modulate parameters.
- Unlike other modulators, each target can be configured to use a different MIDI CC source.
- This provides an alternative way to automate parameters from the host.
- The host can send MIDI CC automation curves, which are translated into parameter modulation.
- CC Modulator is a Mela Lab module.
Mod Oscilloscope
- Mod Oscilloscope visualises the modulated value of its Offset parameter.
- Modulating Offset at 100% intensity displays the modulator’s Mod signal directly.
- For best results, set Offset to 0% for unipolar Mod signals and to 50% for bipolar signals.
- The module can also be used to visualise how another parameter is being modulated.
- To do so, apply the same modulation settings to Offset as the target parameter.
MIDI Meter
- Added the MIDI Meter module for visualising incoming MIDI values.
- Displays a 16-circle vertical meter and a numeric value readout.
- MIDI Meter is part of Collection 0 and listed under the Visualiser category.
Arpeggiator
- Added an indicator that visualises the active note position within the chord.
- Added Manual mode, where the new Position parameter selects the next chord position across the active Oct Range.
- The Position parameter is a great target for automation or modulation, enabling custom arpeggio patterns.
Other Changes
- Meter: The module now has a more minimalistic appearance with no sidebar, as there is little benefit to keeping it collapsed or showing its name.
- Meter: Updated the DSP implementation for a more natural response.
- Band Pass: Now supports Poly mode and no longer collapses Poly signal to Mono.
- Module Actions Menu: The menu now displays the module name as the title. If the type is not clear from the name, the type name is appended in brackets.
- Modulators: Refined the appearance of the modulators’ drag target icon.
- Module Categories: Replaced the Utility module category with Visualiser.
- Pitch Ramp: The module has graduated from Mela Lab and can now be found under the Pitch Processor category.
- Presets: Updated the default preset to use MIDI Meter.
- Automation: Fixed a 7.0 regression that prevented parameter automation from working in some hosts.
- Note Stack: The module now ensures that generated note-off events precede note-on events within the same sample call.