Speaking as a total Melda fanboy, I have to say that MDrummer is one of the most infuriating and confusing VSTs I've ever tried to use.Frantz wrote: Sun Jan 05, 2025 9:52 pm This weekend I decided to give MDrummer another try. I bought it a long time ago but shelved it after getting frustrated with it. I finally had a breakthough where I understand most of it now and am getting results but it was an uphill struggle.
With a plugin this deep and complex, the learning curve is increased unnecessarily by choosing confusing names for key bits of functionality. Even though I understand it now, in 6 months I will probably forget these details.
Well actually... I bought it, so I DID use it intensively for a month or so.
I was simply trying to build a kit for EDM production, and wow... what a shitshow.
The thing that really finished me off, was when I realised that certain cymbals etc were hardwired to "Overhead" channels outputs, and could not be reassigned.
Every other fking drumpad could be reassigned to Output 1 or whatever, but there was this handful of drumpads that simply would not allow it!
So bizarre.
So after many hours of sweating over this "Monster" drum machine, I finally realised that it wasn't as flexible as I expected, and had just wasted however much money the damn thing was, I forget.
So for you, who is getting their first Melda experience from that thing, I really do feel your pain
But for everyone talking about Melda in general...
Not sure how good this analogy is, but hey, it kinda works:
Let's say you have been taking Public Transport to work every day for a year.
After a year or so, do you wake up, and think:
"oh shit, I've got this walk to the bus stop, 20 min wait, and then I have to remember the stop I get off at, so I can ring the bell, get off the bus, walk left, take 3rd right" etc, etc.
No, because after a year, you are not even thinking about such things, because you were forced to master the mechanisms, otherwise you're paying for an Uber.
Well as you know, we have an abundance of cheap Uber options in the VST world.
So I think people who choose Melda are people who want to explore the audio world, learning as they go.
Whereas VST Uber is more for people who just want to get from A to B.
Honestly, I can see the merits of both sides, but there is certainly Melda plugins that I would HATE to be without.
For example MdelayMB. And a big part of the appeal is the sheer (near unlimited) depth.
I have never contemplated replacing MdelayMB with something else.
Not even once
(ok maybe replaced it one time with Objeq Delay
)
