Mela Lab: Sublane Module
in progress
Nikolozi
I've been working on the ability to add groups and sublanes to Mela for 5 months now and the first module with this ability is finally ready for beta testing. The Sublane module is likely to be quite buggy, but I wanted to get it out ASAP to give it some beta testing oxygen. It also makes it easier for me to do proper user testing myself.
Sublane Module
- Sublane is the first module that will be able to contain other modules.
- Sublanes can be nested.
- The Input and Output parameters let you set how the signals flow in and out of the Sublane.
- Sublane is a Mela Lab module and part of Collection 4.
Signal Flow Indicators
- This feature was added to make it easier to distinguish mono/Audio signal vs Poly.
- Right-pointing chevrons now indicate signal flow direction between modules.
- Double-chevron means that Poly signal type flows between modules.
Known Issues:
- Changing the Sublane's Input or Output parameter value doesn't currently refresh signal flow indicators.
- As a workaround, you can collapse/expand the root level lane.
- Duplicating Sublane doesn't currently duplicate its submodules.
Of course, there will be more modules that will support sublanes.
Jon Diercks
Nikolozi - so elsewhere we talked about using sublanes together with feedback module as part of the DIY comb / physical modeling thing ... other than the visual aesthetic of it, I'm not seeing where sublanes gain us much over just running the feedback look through its own first-class lane. Looks like the feedback module is still going to require the use of bus input/output routing ... am I missing something?
Nikolozi
Jon Diercks No you aren't missing anything. You can think of a sublane as a general feature that any module can have. So, the Comb Filter will have a sublane at some point. This module is the simplest module with a sublane. just a way to group things. It's a way to get experience with this feature before it will be added to the other modules. The simplest use case is that it lets you group modules. You can move multiple modules around by dragging the Sublane module, and bypass them all at once. I originally called it Group, but after adding Input and Output parameters I realised it made sense to call it a Sublane. There are other uses, for example, you can leave input enabled and disable output. You can use 2 Sublane modules with that config and both receive the same note/pitch data while each has an oscillator and filter. With Audio Out modules at the end of the sublanes. This will allow you to have a parallel osc/filter synth config. You can of course do this already with the first-class lanes. And the future Stack module will make this even easier. Hope this makes sense.
Jon Diercks
Nikolozi Ah, got it! Cool.
Nikolozi
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