Why isn't Melda more popular?

[magmagwa]

Here's 2 great examples of why I love Melda. I use(d) Izotopes vocalsynth and ozone. They gave great sounds "easily". But when I wanted to adjust and tweak. They had insufficient features for "adjustability". Also, I didn't learn any reusable ideas from them.
I now use MXXX by 'copying' most of the ozone generated chain. Then I can adjust down to the finest detail. I make it sound the same, then I go from there. Now I don't use Ozone except as a recommendation.
Same for vocalsynth, it sounded great, but poor "adjustability". So I emulated it in MXXX and now I can construct the same sounds but with much better modulation, oscilator configs, unison, compression, etc. etc. etc.
I am also converting my Amplitube sounds to Melda amp/cabs. That will take some time as I await presets and learn how to do that.
Melda helps me learn more basic concepts. Reusable concepts. That's very hard at first (I bought MAutoDynEQ and didn't use it for a year!) but reusable foundational DSP concepts are at the heart of Melda. That's why he pumps out so many plugins and kinda scoffs at all the "emulations". He approaches the problem as an engineer.
Ultimately Melda is highly functional and does not spend time "sounding like the classics" (or looking like them). This is inline with my opinion.
I want more love for the Mac tho'. I still get crashes and the response is typically "because of Apple" which is not the case. The crashes are somewhere in a caching layer and there is a race condition.

[Mrs_Midi]

I want more love for the Mac tho'. I still get crashes and the response is typically "because of Apple" which is not the case.

They respond with that? Really?

[Hexspa]

Here's 2 great examples of why I love Melda. I use(d) Izotopes vocalsynth and ozone. They gave great sounds "easily". But when I wanted to adjust and tweak. They had insufficient features for "adjustability". Also, I didn't learn any reusable ideas from them.
I now use MXXX by 'copying' most of the ozone generated chain. Then I can adjust down to the finest detail. I make it sound the same, then I go from there. Now I don't use Ozone except as a recommendation.
Same for vocalsynth, it sounded great, but poor "adjustability". So I emulated it in MXXX and now I can construct the same sounds but with much better modulation, oscilator configs, unison, compression, etc. etc. etc.
I am also converting my Amplitube sounds to Melda amp/cabs. That will take some time as I await presets and learn how to do that.
Melda helps me learn more basic concepts. Reusable concepts. That's very hard at first (I bought MAutoDynEQ and didn't use it for a year!) but reusable foundational DSP concepts are at the heart of Melda. That's why he pumps out so many plugins and kinda scoffs at all the "emulations". He approaches the problem as an engineer.
Ultimately Melda is highly functional and does not spend time "sounding like the classics" (or looking like them). This is inline with my opinion.
I want more love for the Mac tho'. I still get crashes and the response is typically "because of Apple" which is not the case. The crashes are somewhere in a caching layer and there is a race condition.

This is half the reason I got melda - to keep learning the fundamentals of digital audio. A big neural connection I made was how Melda implements modular 'synth-like' control signals into the range as, of course, 'modulators'. It was just drawing that parallel between the two worlds that opened up by brain some.

It really blurs the line between generator and effect.

[sekim]

There's another thing that could be improved - the presets. They have strange names and deliver even more strange sounds but you rarely find any really good sounding presets.

I'm not much of a presets person though I get it why good ones are so important to so many people.

As such I've not spent a ton of time auditioning presets except in MFilter, and the wah presets in particular. They are quite good imo. Not dead ringer emulations of existing gear (which I have anyway) but are great sounding presets in their own right. And you have the options to trigger it any way Melda supports which is pretty much any way imaginable.

Crazy good sounds out of this plugin. Plus its on sale right now for those thinking about it....

[frizzbee]

honest question: who cares? use it if you like it, don't use it if you hate it. don't bother why others don't share your opinion, you will not change them and it doesn't matter for your projects at all

[sekim]

I don't think anyone is trying to change anyone's mind. But some people are interested in hearing others opinions...

[frizzbee]

and you can see how well other opinions are welcomed by the melda community in many other topics including very similar ones to this

[chk071]

honest question: who cares? use it if you like it, don't use it if you hate it. don't bother why others don't share your opinion, you will not change them and it doesn't matter for your projects at all

I'm always puzzled why common sense posts like these get a thumbs down.

Bad times for common sense I guess.

[Michael L]

I want more love for the Mac tho'. I still get crashes and the response is typically "because of Apple" which is not the case.

They respond with that? Really?

https://www.meldaproduction.com/tutoria ... to-windows

[Tyrs]

honest question: who cares? use it if you like it, don't use it if you hate it. don't bother why others don't share your opinion, you will not change them and it doesn't matter for your projects at all

I'm always puzzled why common sense posts like these get a thumbs down.

Bad times for common sense I guess.

Maybe because it misses to answer the question about Melda's popularity and doesn't add anything to the content? Just a thought....

[chk071]

Why would it when the question is pointless in the first place? 1. Who says that Melda is unpopular? 2. Who cares if it is? There's a lot of stuff out there which isn't that popular, and still kicks ass.

I only own the MFreeFXBundle, but, I really don't know anything comparably in terms of extent, coverage and features.

I guess the only person who could say if Melda's plugins are unpopular is Vojtech himself, as he knows how many copies he's selling, and maybe has an insight on general sales amounts of comparable plugins or plugins suites. Anything else is speculative and pointless. But, hey, when did that ever stop a discussion here?

[Hexspa]

I think it's a valid inquiry.

If we never wondered what was going on outside camp, we'd all still be living in Africa.

By looking into this, we can possibly uncover how to make what we have better.

Or, possibly, we're all deluded and should stick with the developers that spend the most on advertising - though I doubt it.

[Mrs_Midi]

Why would it when the question is pointless in the first place? 1. Who says that Melda is unpopular? 2. Who cares if it is? There's a lot of stuff out there which isn't that popular, and still kicks ass.

I only own the MFreeFXBundle, but, I really don't know anything comparably in terms of extent, coverage and features.

I guess the only person who could say if Melda's plugins are unpopular is Vojtech himself, as he knows how many copies he's selling, and maybe has an insight on general sales amounts of comparable plugins or plugins suites. Anything else is speculative and pointless. But, hey, when did that ever stop a discussion here?

[machinesworking]

I want more love for the Mac tho'. I still get crashes and the response is typically "because of Apple" which is not the case.

They respond with that? Really?

https://www.meldaproduction.com/tutoria ... to-windows

When an estimated half your buying audience you spend years alienating, you cannot be surprised at your sales numbers.

This is potentially not going to play out well for them at all. If early reports of the "worst" M1 Apple Silicon macs Apple will release are anything to go by, there will be even more people using macs in the next couple years.

[zerocrossing]

I think it comes down to two things. First, it’s not just the UI that is different, but his entire approach is different. This puts a lot of people off, but I think it’s great. It’s almost like he’s never used a hardware synth in his life and just thought, “well what should a software synth be?”

The second thing is, there’s a trend now to sound “analog” and his synths and effects don’t really sound analog. I don’t personally care, but I can see why other plugins get more attention these days.