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How in the hell do I get Mela 4 modules to send out midi? [Solved, I think]
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Well, now I’m curious how it might be solved haha
It would work but just loading Mela into the midi slot of whatever host and then pointing that midi to your AUV3 of choice. It’s always worked for me.
For what it's worth, I was expecting various modules to output midi, then realized they processed incoming midi data. Nothing in that pull down menu appeared to generate midi, but I really need to spend some time with that synth and learn how its organized and all what it can do. I also have Mela 3, which I have shamefully not delved into yet, despite owning it for quite a while...
Individual modules don't send MIDI to the plug-in output, but the lanes can.
A MIDI lane has MIDI input and MIDI output. The modules process incoming MIDI serially and then send them to the lane's output. You can choose MIDI Out 1-4 (for external) or MIDI But 1-4 (to send to other lanes). Inside your host, you can configure how MIDI Out 1-4 are routed to the inputs of other plug-ins. Let me know if still not clear and I'll be happy to help.
And anytime you have a question about Mela feel free to tag me
Thank you for the offer, that’s very generous of you! I’m really enjoying both Mela 3&4, now that I’m not letting them lie dormant. Leaving reviews today…
Hi @Nikolozi, I found an issue regarding exporting and importing patches.
1) I have both Mela 2&3 on iPadOS and I use both Mela 2&3 on macOS desktop (I have an M1 iMac).
2) I exported a patch from iPadOS to iCloud, then brought the patch over to my computer to use on desktop... but I have discovered I cannot import the patch to either Mela 2 or 3 on desktop, no matter what I do. (I was able to bring over and import patches previously).
Perhaps something changed in the recent Apple software update which has disabled this ability?
Please look into this when you get a chance. Thanks.
UPDATE: OK, this is weird. Despite not showing up when I repeatedly imported the patch in question, it now shows up on the desktop version of Mela 3... so, I guess the only problem is it didn't show up in the patch library when I imported it, but it's visible once the Logic Pro file is opened with Mela as the AU. Very odd.
It works fine for me. Here's a video demo. Is this how you did it?
The only thing I can think of is that maybe the files weren't downloaded on your Mac yet. Because with iCloud you can see files before they are even downloaded on your device. Maybe they just needed downloading?
Actually, the file was downloaded to the desktop so that couldn't be the issue. Despite loading the patch into Mela a number of times, it just didn't show up for me until the project itself was opened in Logic Pro and I opened Mela. Like I said, it's a very weird issue. Until proven otherwise, I'm going to blame this latest iPadOS/macOS update as the source of the problem.
NOTE: I just tried it again and now it works. Unbelievable. Some weird things going on here.