MDrumLeveler is a unique tool specially designed for drum kits and percussion materials. It will improve drum kit performance, stabilize drum hit levels, eliminate bleed and ambience, and allow you to control drum hits better than ever with traditional tools.

Truly transparent event-based processing

Traditional dynamic processors (compressors, expanders, gates...) detect input sample levels and transform them according to the transfer curve. This means that the gain is changing on every sample. This can be very useful for shaping the sound itself, but it is difficult to do transparently if you want to level individual drum hits. MDrumLeveler, on the other hand, analyzes the incoming audio, detects events (drum hits, for example) in it, and transforms them in some way. In this way, it adjusts the level of each event, but does not alter the actual sound or color, so the results are incredibly transparent.

Improves drum performances

No drummer's performance is perfect, every hit has a different velocity, and the difference in levels is even exaggerated by the recording equipment. But there is a very high standard for perfection in the performances of most modern styles. Vocalists regularly use the auto-tuner, drummers now have MDrumLeveler. It can equalize drum hit levels, so the performance will sound perfect even if, well, it isn't.

Eliminates bleed and ambience.

Traditionally, you use gates to attenuate the audio between separate hits to eliminate ambience and bleed from other instruments. That is necessary for modern compact mixes and very difficult to achieve with standard tools. MDrumLeveler can do it with incredible ease and provides incredible results thanks to advanced event-based processing.

Shape the drum envelope

MDrumLeveler allows you to shape the envelope of each drum hit. Whether you want a longer body or a faster release, there is no problem for MDrumLeveler. And you don't need to spend hours experimenting, MDrumLeveler gives you direct control over these parameters.

Adjustable to any audio material

Drum recordings are rarely flawless, they generally contain a lot of bleed, ambience, artifacts... MDrumLeveler's event detector is highly adjustable. Among other settings, you can use 2 parallel resonant band-pass filters to target the dominant frequencies of the drum you are interested in.

Can be used live

MDrumLeveler's work cannot be done without looking "ahead". By default, it looks 20 ms ahead, which provides 100% accuracy for all standard drums. But you can get much lower: in most cases, anticipation below 5 ms still works perfectly, good enough to use it live. MDrumLeveler can know how hard the drum is hit just a few milliseconds after it does.

Features

The most advanced user interface on the market: elegant, resizable, and GPU accelerated

• Modern user interfaces should not only be easy and fast to use, but also versatile and the complete visual appearance should inspire you. MDrumLeveler features the most advanced GUI engine on the market. It remains the first and only GUI engine, which can be resized and freely designed. It also allows you to choose between knobs, sliders, or buttons, whatever you like best.
• The plugin can look like old vintage equipment if you are working on old-school rock music. Or like a super modern futuristic device if you are working on modern electronic music.
• If your screen does not have a high resolution, you can make the plugin smaller. If the fonts are too small, you can make the plugin larger and save your eyes.
• All graphics are accelerated using your GPU, graphics interface, which provides a fast response and keeps your CPU focused on the audio.

Unique display engine with classic meters and time graphs

• Your ears should always be the main judge, but a smart measurement system can often be a great help. MDrumLeveler provides the most advanced measurement system that exists. The plugin can show the measurements of all relevant values using classic meters, or you can even show them over time using the time graphs. Everything is customizable as always.Modulators

multi-parameters

• MDrumLeveler provides 4 modulators with all the features that can control any set of parameters, including other modulators. Each modulator works as an LFO, level follower, midi/audio triggered ADSR envelope, randomizer, or pitch detector, or even a combination, and can listen to the plugin's sidechain.
• It can make the sound move over time, be less static and more interesting. You can make several parameters depend on the input level (or the sidechain) or even listen to the input pitch.

M/S, single channel, up to 8 channels Envelope processing...

• MDrumLeveler allows you to control multiple parameters using a single multi-parameter. This can not only be useful for automation, for example, but multi-parameters are very smart units and you can use them to switch intelligently between preset banks, for example. All in the name of creativity!

Automatic gain compensation (AGC)

• Most plugins change the volume of the output audio, which makes navigating through presets an inconvenience, not to mention randomization. MDrumLeveler includes automatic gain compensation, which quickly adapts to the current setting and ensures that the output sounds as loud as the input. This even protects you from thinking that something sounds better when it is louder.

Safety limiter

• Some plugins can intensely increase the gain when exposed to specific audio materials. MDrumLeveler provides a safety brick wall limiter, which ensures that the output stays below 0dB and automatically prevents your equipment and your ears from suffering potential danger.

Adjustable 1x-16x oversampling

• Digital audio provides a much higher audio quality compared to old analog equipment, but there are also problems. The main problem is aliasing, which can be noticeable when using non-linear processes such as compression or saturation. MDrumLeveler includes high-quality minimum phase and linear phase oversampling algorithms, which prevent aliasing.

MIDI controllers with MIDI Learn

• MDrumLeveler contains a powerful MIDI processor, which listens to MIDI controllers and the MIDI keyboard and controls any parameter in real time.

64-bit processing and unlimited sample rate

• MDrumLeveler provides the maximum audio quality you can get. It uses 64-bit audio processing and can handle any sample rate. It doesn't make much sense to go past 192kHz, but if you think it's a good idea, the plugin can do it.

Extremely fast, optimized for the newest processors with AVX capability

• Computers are now extremely fast, but algorithms are more complex and projects are larger, so we still have to use processing power carefully. MDrumLeveler uses the fastest algorithms, takes advantage of the latest processor capabilities, allows your GPU to handle the graphics, and shares resources with other MeldaProduction plugins. The plugin is among the fastest on the market and, yet, provides the best possible audio quality.

Global preset management and inline preset swapping

• MDrumLeveler presets are carefully stored in a system database and you can access them quickly from any project in any host. The plugin can automatically share your presets and download presets from other users from our servers. We are building a community and you can be part of it!

Supports VST, VST3, AU, and AAX interfaces on Windows and Mac

• MDrumLeveler is compatible with all major hosts on both platforms. See the system requirements for information on compatibility and installation.

No dongle or Internet access required for activation

• How many times have you forgotten your USB dongle? We are an honest company and we expect the same from our customers. Our software uses license files to activate your software. And the licenses are personal, so you can use it on all your computers as long as you are the user.

Free updates for life

• When you buy the software, you are entitled to free updates, forever. No more money wasted on major updates as happens with other companies. And we update our software a lot!

System requirements

Windows

• Windows Vista/7/8/10 (64-bit only)
• Host compatible with VST/VST3/AAX (64-bit only)
• Intel/AMD processor with SSE2 support

Mac OS X

• Mac OS X 10.9 and later (64-bit only)
• Host compatible with VST / VST3 / AU / AAX (64-bit only)
• Intel/AMD processor with SSE2 support or Apple Silicon processor

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