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mesaone · Post by **mesaone** » Fri May 27, 2016 1:59 am

I had no idea this was even an option until I started to dig deeper than usual into Melda's tweaky multiband stuff, and I started watching the YouTube videos on the Melda channel.

Set multiband Melda plug to use Level crossover
Create modulator modulator, link it to the crossover level control, triggered by input level

This opens up a whole new world for all sorts of melda multiband stuff, but for me specifically I'm going to be using it with MMultiBandSaturator. In most saturation tools, the more a signal is pushed means more distortion and harmonics are present (and conversely, less; less). But now I can make it introduce a different harmonic profile when the level gets higher - for example, incrementing the amount of 3rd harmonics upwards for each successive band. This makes it so I can make super-customized "tape vs. tube" saturation effects.

Kudos, Vojtech.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Fri May 27, 2016 2:19 am

Yes, I agree, a good feature - I did a video a while ago using the level crossover, starts around 1:20 (already embedded in the link):

jmg8 · Post by **jmg8** » Fri May 27, 2016 8:06 am

ZentralmassivSound · Post by **ZentralmassivSound** » Fri May 27, 2016 10:10 am

mesaone wrote:I had no idea this was even an option until I started to dig deeper than usual into Melda's tweaky multiband stuff, and I started watching the YouTube videos on the Melda channel.

Set multiband Melda plug to use Level crossover

Create modulator modulator, link it to the crossover level control, triggered by input level
This opens up a whole new world for all sorts of melda multiband stuff, but for me specifically I'm going to be using it with MMultiBandSaturator. In most saturation tools, the more a signal is pushed means more distortion and harmonics are present (and conversely, less; less). But now I can make it introduce a different harmonic profile when the level gets higher - for example, incrementing the amount of 3rd harmonics upwards for each successive band. This makes it so I can make super-customized "tape vs. tube" saturation effects.

Kudos, Vojtech.

Sounds good! Do you have a sound example?

jmg8 · Post by **jmg8** » Fri May 27, 2016 10:42 am

Another good use of the level crossover is to set the transient modulation so that you can independently effect the attack and release.

mesaone · Post by **mesaone** » Fri May 27, 2016 11:54 pm

Oops, please ignore the "modulator modulator" there, I think my brain took a nap for a second. I meant "level follower modulator"

ZentralMassiv, I'm going to play with it over the next week or so. Once I cook up some presets for MMultiBandSaturator I'll be sure to post them here.

MeldaProduction · Post by **MeldaProduction** » Mon May 30, 2016 7:07 pm

Chandlerhimself · Post by **Chandlerhimself** » Tue May 31, 2016 2:45 am

That is a really cool feature. I had no idea you could do this. I imagine you could do some interesting ducking delay effects with this as well.

mccy · Post by **mccy** » Tue May 31, 2016 12:45 pm

... so we can build the absolute over-hyper- Noisereduction- tool as a combination of gating & spectrum corrections... Wow, it will be worth investing a little experiments.
I'm doing some nature recordings in the last days and the best noise reduction is needed for the ultimate experience...

mesaone · Post by **mesaone** » Tue May 31, 2016 5:28 pm

Cool video jmg8, that's a lot more instructive than a text post.

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"Level" crossover type is so cool