MeldaProduction

I don't like leaving a negative review on a MeldaProduction product, as they are hands down my favorite plug-in house.

But I have a warning on this one: while the sounds are excellent, it only allows for 6 of them in each "machine." Also, it doesn't do choking, so you can't do a realistic hi hat interaction.

The problem with only 6 slots in a classic drum machine emulation is that most drum machines have/had at least 8, sometimes 12.

Kick, Clap, Snare, OH, CH, Crash, Hi Tom, Lo Tom at minimum.

For this reason, DreamMachines is not useful to me at all. MeldaProduction explained the slots limitation by saying that MSoundFactory is limited to 6 outputs, which still doesn't make sense to me. How about doubling up one or two of those outputs by routing open and closed hi hats to one and hi and lo toms to the other?

And a drum machine with no choking? Even my old TR-606 back in 1982 had hi hat choking.

All this is to say that if you're looking for something by MeldaProduction to take on the duty of vintage drum machine emulation, this is not it. It comes at no extra cost with MDrummer and MSoundFactory(LE), so no harm there, but don't buy it for MSoundFactory Player.

2 stars because the sounds are excellent, but only 2 because of the limitations of the interface.

Mdrummer is great when it works. I have Bitwig 5.1 and I cannot get it to sync properly for the life of me. Theres times when it gets hung up...I'd press the play button, the time line moves but it generates no sound. Sometimes the time line freezes randomly and it stops playing music. Its buggy. In addition, it does not work with Bitwig. Bitwig would play the MIDI note corresponding to the correct loop and there is a 1 bar delay for it to start playing...and again, sometimes it does nothing.

Also there is no easy, simple way to direct Mdrummer to custom file paths, which is ashamed since this is not a sample management software, the least they could do is give you greater flexibility with custom sample paths. You would think in the last 10 years, it would work flawlessly.

Why am I still giving it 4 stars? Because there is nothing like it on the market. Its a powerhouse hands down. If you truly know the software, you do anything you want. The ability to easily layer drums with other samples and drum synths is unheard of. The main thing that I love about the software is that it allows you to build entire compositions from simple loops, which I dont see anyone else doing. Many drum softwares now are basically loop based and it ends there...after 4-8 bars. Mdrummer gives you the ability to structure your drum loops into greater musical ideas while retaining YOUR style. I dont see this out now.

For now, Im using a sequencers while driving my custom drumkits in Mdrummer...until they can get this DAW Sync thing right.

The VERY vocoder plugin. Much better than all I've tested. Lots of editing power features, serious and full sound. Loved the matrix page and the Eqs.

Well, I have to say that Mdrummer is the best virtual drum machine I have ever used, and I have used quite a few, Mdrummer is versatile, reliable, stable, you can do anything that requires percussion, the features in the mixer where you can use all the Melda plugins, from el, saturation, compression, effects is fantastic. I am more than satisfied with Mdrummer.

The Melda multiband reverb has lots of options to edit the reverb. I've not gotten deep into the settings yet, however I'm liking the effect I'm getting now. I am one that likes to edit, and this certainly will allow it. You can use a preset to start light or go very extreme.

Another thing I appreciated was downloading and activation. It was very fast from purchase to being listed on my account. A quick login to the account on the PC where my DAW is, and it's activated and ready to work.

Outstanding comb filter. Comes in the FreeFXBundle and is way more capable that some similar plug-ins that cost twice what it does to upgrade the FreeFXBundle to the pro version.

I love tempo-sync'd modulation FX, and this one lets you set up 4 different poles that can be modulated in a variety of ways. Envelope following, generated, free form, or static if you don't want any movement.

If you have it sitting in your plug-in collection and not checked it out due to not really getting what it's supposed to do, rack it up and start walking through the presets.

I like to put it on drum tracks, makes the whole kit sound like it's rolling across the floor.

The last delay you'll ever need to buy. It covers absolutely everything and then more. The "device" GUI's really help those who may have been put off by Meldaproduction's NASA Mission Control UI in the past.

La mejor herramienta que pude haber encontrado para distorsionar, alterar y hacer oir los sonidos del delirio, y ademas la puerta de entrada a los plugins de audio, no soy músico, hago unos podcast bien distorsionados, como suena la existencia en mis oidos.