Bee_Abney
How long have I been out?
That should be good.
It takes a lot of work to get the most out of Melda plugins. Not because they are hard to use: basic use is very easy. But because they are capable of so much.
Yes, although I’d rather say “it CAN take a lot of work” (a lot of deep editing power) but “the presets CAN also do a lot of heavy lifting if one’s in a hurry” (great out of the box sound).That should be good.
It takes a lot of work to get the most out of Melda plugins. Not because they are hard to use: basic use is very easy. But because they are capable of so much.
I found MDummer inside Msoundfactory as follows:I don't have any of his instruments, but the effect plugins I have are VERY good, evidently a talented and very well-organized programmer.
I'm personally eyeing MDrummer, would love to hear first-hand experiences of that one
I found MDummer inside Msoundfactory as follows:
1. Open MSF empty preset.
2. Click Edit tab.
3. Right click in Generator (opens selection of plugins)
4. Select MDrummer listed under Generators listing.
Tip: vi Member Chandler is the MSF guru with tons of online tutorials to learn this synth. I have a long list of other vsts to learn first, but, got at least that far when I first downloaded MSF and the free mDrum pack. Steps 1-4 will get you started.
TBH on initial purchase + download, I only took it this far so can't tell you whether I have pieces of Mdrummer or only some drum sampler offshoot inside MSF (I assumed it to be MDrummer). Someone more MSF savvy could clarify.MDrummer isn't in my list of generators. There is the following drum-related options:
Drum Multisampler
Drum Scratcher
Drum SubSampleSynth
Drum Synthesizer4NN
I don't know if these amount to MDrummer.
This clarifies it succinctly José. Thank you!@doctoremmet probably is more of the zen master on this one. I haven't read all the post yet but he probably answered.
MDrummer isn't part of MSoundFactory but the library is....
Msoundfactory has drum sampler modules but it isn't MDrummer which is a separate product as far as I can tell. For me shit gets so confusing some times it's hard to keep up.Wait. Now I’m confused. I’m pretty sure you *can* have all of MDrummer, UI included.
If you click open a square in the grid in Edit>FX, it should be an option under—I’m on my phone and can’t completely remember, but I think it’s “Generators” or something synonymish. Should be the whole deal.
The caveat here is that I don’t have MDrummer separately, so I don’t know for sure that it’s the full thing, but what I get in the FX tab looks like the pictures of MDrummer on the Melda website.
This is what I'm getting:Msoundfactory has drum sampler modules but it isn't MDrummer which is a separate product as far as I can tell. For me shit gets so confusing some times it's hard to keep up.
Messaged Melda Prod to clarify. Above suggests MSF can use MDrummer _ if MD has also been purchased.MDrummer isn't in my list of generators. There is the following drum-related options:
Drum Multisampler
Drum Scratcher
Drum SubSampleSynth
Drum Synthesizer4NN
I don't know if these amount to MDrummer.
No. That is the MDrummer library in Msoundfactory drum sampler. Not Mdrummer which is this.
No. That is the MDrummer library in Msoundfactory drum sampler. Not Mdrummer which is this.
Oh, man. I feel a little bit crazy continuing to disagree, because I'm pretty sure you know more about it than I do, and because the Melda stuff is sufficiently confusing that I absolutely might be completely wrong here, but I looked into it, and I'm pretty sure, now, that it's actually the full thing.
I figured from the UI that the video you shared was of an older version of MDrummer, so I looked up the intro video on Melda's website, here:
I compared the UI tabs and functionalities from the video to what I have open in MSF. As far as I can tell, the version of MDrummer I'm loading in the MSF FX tab has all of the functionality and UI screens I saw in the video.
I did the same thing with PowerSynth. It's available in the Synthesis category on the FX Tab, and it has the same UI as is shown on the PowerSynth product page on Melda's website.
Since I don't own a license for PowerSynth or MDrummer, I'm pretty convinced that the plugins are actually there for all Soundfactory owners, regardless of whether they own the other plugins separately or not.
But...
...I could definitely be missing something; it wouldn't surprise me to discover a whole other tab or set of functions I just didn't see when I did my comparisons.
Yep! I can! I used up an MSoundfactory Trial a few years ago doing KVR's OSC, so I've had the plugin on my harddrive for years, but activated it when I bought a license in December.can you play these instruments in your MSF?
Also, everything Melda has an implicit trial license for so many days, which might confuse the issue - i.e. things work for a while until the implied trial is up
Haha, agreed! My last muddying-of-the-waters: I ran through the "Song," and "Rhythm Editor," tabs, and they worked, as well! Buuuut....I could be missing something .I think at this point @doctoremmet needs to clarify both our confusion but as far as I know Mdrummer is a Drum sequencer type plugin and not just a sample play back device. But I will be back in the studio tonight and fully research it.
Ahhhhh! That could be what I'm missing! It's been nearly two months, so I'm still skeptical, but as we've all been saying - we might just need clarification from Chandler.What I'm wondering now is, if maybe you're on implicit trial version licenses of MDrummer and PowerSynth.