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Jun 24

Wavetable Oscillator Module

Over the years Mela users have been asking for support for Wavetable oscillators. So, I'm creating a post to track that. Feel free to comment to add more details about the kinds of features you would like to see in such a module.
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Jan 8, 2025

Any news? Soon the idea will be 2 years old, But there is still no WT :-(

Jan 9, 2025

Hey Eugen Strukov, I get the frustration, but some tasks do take me 2-⁠3 years to get to them after the request has been made. But you can be certain I haven't taken any break from working on Mela. There are so many feature requests and issues to resolve all the time. I can't make promises in advance when I get to any one feature request. I usually decide what are the next most important thing to work on and focus on that. Currently, it's Grouping and Sublanes, which requires a lot of internal and user-facing work. **3 aspects help me decide if I'll work on the feature next:** 1. Is it the next most important thing for Mela's long-term vision? 2. Do many users want the feature? 3. How easy is it to implement? For WTO it goes something like this: 1. WTO is an important module to have, but IMO it's not the next most important thing. 2. Super popular. 3. Not easy, it would require quite a bit of internal work. Sometimes, when something is easy to do, somewhat popular and makes Mela better overall I may implement it sooner rather than later. That's why you may see modules added that don't seem as important as WTO. For example, I recently added the Note Pulse Module, which took me only a day. On the other hand, I've been working on sublane/grouping stuff for 5 months now, and it's still not done.

Jan 10, 2025

Thank you for the detailed answer. I didn't want my question to look like a claim at all! I like Mela and respect your work! I hope to see the WTO in this year, if it possible. :)

Jun 29, 2024

https://youtu.be/exI9KvrGvSQ?si=B7TSJv0nraiLWVVA https://youtu.be/IgI8L_sTRmw?si=-t8vWKAaO-u-hFyq Having wavetable morph modes similar to those found in synths like Vital can add for more interesting sound design capabilities. I especially like the sound of spectral and harmonic effects on synths!

Jun 19, 2024

WT import would be great. I don't need to see the waveform in 3D, I imagine that would be resource heavy? Perhaps optional? An option to resample your current patch into a WT would be sick.

May 1, 2024

Would definitely love to see this added at some point.

Jul 7, 2023

Maybe make a 3d wavetable? It’s consist for example 8 tables 8x8 with smooth morphing between waves in table and between tables. It’s realised in eurorack module Piston Honda mk2/mk3.

Jun 26, 2023

WaveTable/Impaulsives import and able to shape the waveform and another separate option like PolyWave where we can maybe draw in a waveform 👍🏼

Jun 24, 2023

This would be another nice addition! Most important for me would be a selection of wavetables with natural-sounding formant progressions similar to acoustic instruments, and smooth indexing/morphing through the tables when modulated by breath or other CCs.