MMultibandChorus

I just bought this on a whim because it's in this week's Melda sale. Hmm, should this be in deals? Well not really, I just thought I'd relate what freakin' fun I've been having with this marvelous plugin tonight. It's worth buying whether it's on sale or not. This is definitely the infinitely tweakable chorus I've been looking for....wow! A tweaker's paradise. 

That chorus is brilliant. Another one I picked up on impulse was the multi band tremolo. That is capable of some very unusual effects when you have different rates, depths and shapes on different bands of a harmonically rich sound.

I have been good as far as not giving in to the urge to buy plugins (partially due to being broke), but so many melda plugins intruige me.

Sharke, I almost pulled the trigger on Mrhythmizer but saw your comments on it in another thread. I find most of these type of plugins either sound too formulaic and/or unintuitive. 

dubdisciple
Sharke, I almost pulled the trigger on Mrhythmizer but saw your comments on it in another thread. I find most of these type of plugins either sound too formulaic and/or unintuitive. 

It basically allows you to program glitches and rhythmic filter sweeps etc - nothing new, but interface leaves a lot to be desired, is counter intuitive and frequently leaves me asking questions that aren't answered in the manual. The same could be said of Rayzoon's Jamstix, although I have managed to piece together an understanding of that. I think part of the problem is that Melda uses a non-standard GUI kit that has that "Java look" about it, which means the widgets aren't what you're used to. And on top of that, you're either good at writing manuals or you aren't, and I don't think the guys at Melda are particularly talented in that area. Compare the manuals that come with Melda products with something like the superb Geist manual for instance - it's like night and day.

dmbaer

sharke
I think part of the problem is that Melda uses a non-standard GUI kit that has that "Java look" about it, which means the widgets aren't what you're used to. And on top of that, you're either good at writing manuals or you aren't, and I don't think the guys at Melda are particularly talented in that area. Compare the manuals that come with Melda products with something like the superb Geist manual for instance - it's like night and day.

Vojtech said he's currently working on a *major* update to the classes shared by all his software.  Hopefully that will include improvements to the GUI as well.  However, the typical inscrutability is also attributable to the depth.  There are usually so many friggin' controls and parameters in a Melda plug-in that it's intimidating.
 
I agree about the documentation.  We can only hope he prospers to the extent that he can afford to hire a professional tech writer.  At least there are some very helpful video tutorials available.  If you have not checked those out, you really should make it a point to do so.  They make things a whole lot more comprehensible than the documentation does.

That sounds promising. I look forward to any updates. I definitely think that technical software requires a non-technical person to write it. Technical geniuses aren't noted for their ability to explain stuff to the layman, primarily because they can't seem to help making assumptions about what the layman already knows. What seems completely and utterly obvious to them is gobbledygook to the average person. I saw this when learning C and asking questions on forums. 

I've got a bunch of chorus plugins, but most are only used infrequently. Including this one, good as it is.
 
The two exceptions are ValhallaDSP's UberMod and the ancient but still stellar Kjaerhus Classic Chorus. Both get called into duty on a regular basis. 
 

My main problem with chorus is mono-compatibility, not so much with making frequencies disappear when collapsed to mono, but making the instrument sound kind of detuned and wobbly. Generally I use chorus to add a bit of stereo width and it sounds great (e.g. on a Rhodes part), but oftentimes when I check in mono I prefer the sound of it turned off.