Feature Requests

Users on the Loopy Pro Forum expressed frustration not being able to view help and use tweak the help at the same time. 2 possible improvements can be made in this area: Instead of showing the module help view as a popover, display it next to it arranged like a module, or below/above in between the lanes. (Possibly experiment here) Consider generating the User Guide pdf and/or html based on the built-in help views. Samu > @Nikolozi Personally I think it would be good idea to have a document with all the modules help-texts in once place for quick reference. > Currently it's not possible to tweak a module while the help text pop-up is displayed as one example. > Having all the 'help-texts' in a separate document would also make it easier to 'read & study' what each module is intended to do. (Think something like Module Help Reference Document or something similar). > I know it would add yet another layer of documentation chore but it would also allow potentially new customers to discover what Mela and its modules are capable of doing :) motmeister : > Is there any chance of making the help panels at least selectable? That way a user could copy them into a text file for offline use. Without some way to do that, constantly leaving the main interface to go to a help screen, then returning, is not only irritating, but interrupts the flow of using the app. motmeister > Having documentation separate from the app allowing a user to look at the documentation on another screen, an iPad or Mac for example, while experimenting with apps would be the most helpful. Preferably the document would be in pdf form, downloadable from the app's web site.

Over the years Mela users have been asking for support for Wavetable oscillators. So, I'm creating a post to track that. Feel free to comment to add more details about the kinds of features you would like to see in such a module.

While discussing the possibility of adding a selectable key and scale in MIDI Scale module, the idea of module presets came up. It would make sense to add a general feature to Mela, where each module can have a mini preset browser. Some modules will even have factory presets. The user will be able to save their own for any module. This feature makes even more sense when you consider complex modules like Compressor or Stereo Delay.

Add the ability to undo or redo every action in the plug-ins, including: Parameter/Control value changes. Selected preset. Perform View assignments.

A Mela user has the following use case which requires precise ratios with the fundamental frequency: >These would be handy for synthesizing hi-hats and other ‘metallic’ sounds :) > http://joesul.li/van/synthesizing-hi-hats/ >(Yeah, it’s the ‘metallic’ 808-type hi-hat sound). >The above would in Mela 4 would require the following fractions... >2/1 >3/1 >104/25 >543/100 >679/100 >821/100 This could be a separate module or it might make sense to be part of the Pitch Ratio module with an additional mode of operation. Note that, you can still achieve any fractional ratio if you use a bit of Math and Relative Pitch module. Use the following formula to convert the ratio to semitones & cents. 12*log10(x)/log10(2) Where x is the desired pitch ratio to be converted.

Samu had a great suggestion : > One thing I've been playing around with in Drambo lately is processing modulation signals like they would be audio and using them to modulate parameters. (various pulse thru a filtered delay/echo as one example). > As for Mela a module that converts modulation signal to audio and back could be something to add at some point? Some thoughts: I imagine it will be similar to the Audio-to-Mod modulator module, except it will have a sublane and a modulatable dial. The sublane will not receive any input and won't merge its output. It will have a dial/slider that the user will modulate. The modulation signal then will be sent to the sublane as input. The user will have audio processors in the sublane to transform the modulation signal. The processed audio will be converted back to the modulation signal. There probably will be a Depth parameter. Visualiser of the resulting modulation signal will also be useful.

It could be good to have an option to smooth values produced by the random module, or perhaps a separate MIDI module that smooths incoming values.

Build Mela Labs into a framework that can be open sourced such that users can create their own mela labs modules, or port from other open source models such as Lua or Supercollider.

Would love to be able to switch between different sounds/presets and keep a persistent arpeggiator, for example

Allow MELA 4 to disconnect from the Host sync and run its own Tempo settings. This will allow for a lot more flexible use in DAW‘s.