Help & reference
Melody help & node reference
Reference for every one of Melody's 167 node types and 111 ready-made rigs — the free in-browser modular synth. New here? Start with making your first sound.
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Ready-made rigs
- 808 Band-SplitINTERNAL fragment (Stage 4 F5) — the 808 processor: split into a CLEAN sub band (low-pass,
- Acid BassThe squelchy 303-style ACID BASS — a detuned saw driven through the resonant 4-pole LADDER
- Ambient PadA playable spectral PAD — a wide oscillator swelling through a spectral MORPH, a long reve
- Amp StackA guitar-AMP voice — play notes into an oscillator, an envelope, an oversampled OVERDRIVE
- Amp TremoloVintage amp tremolo — a steady amplitude throb, the pulse under 60s surf and psych.
- Analysis BenchSEE A SOUND FOUR WAYS — a workbench of the whole Analysis family reading one signal. A fat
- AnalyzerThe ANALYZER block — a mastering-grade, multi-lens READ of one signal. Wire any sound in a
- ArpeggiatorThe ARPEGGIATOR block — hold a chord and it plays the notes in a pattern you SCULPT: draw
- ArpeggiatorHold a chord, hear an arpeggio. A Keyboard (or MIDI In) feeds an ARPEGGIATOR that plays th
- ArrangementA ready-to-play multitrack rig — an Arranger wired to a Clock (the transport), out to the
- BassAn EASY-MODE add-on BAND (not a palette card): a step_sequencer → wavetable voice, seeded
- BassA deep subtractive BASS — a detuned saw through a low resonant filter with a punchy envelo
- Bounce to SampleBOUNCE A SOUND INTO A SAMPLE — capture any patch as a reusable, playable clip. A default o
- Bowed Pad (Tasto · Normale · Ponticello)A BOWED STRING PAD — a string section under one bow. The EFFORT node is the bow arm: press
- Channel StripThe CHANNEL STRIP block — a whole console channel as ONE card: a low-CUT filter -> a 3-ban
- Chord SynthBuild a chord progression — drop it and a I–V–vi–IV in C major plays through a polyphonic
- Chord → MIDICompose a chord progression and PRINT it to MIDI — the gun-and-target workflow. Edit chord
- ChordsAn EASY-MODE add-on BAND (not a palette card): a polyphonic step_sequencer → wavetable voi
- CompressorThe COMPRESSOR block — tame dynamic range the direct-signal way: bend the in->out TRANSFER
- Crisp HatsHats made tight and bright — a transient shaper sharpens the attack and shortens the tail
- Cross-Synth ReverbCROSS-SYNTH REVERB — convolution reverb, generalised. Play a synth voice; it fans to a Spe
- Cymbal ShimmerA pro cymbal treatment — a high-pass to clear the low bleed → a gentle EQ that tames the h
- DelayThe DELAY block (moderate-mode Rack) — a true EFFECT block: audio IN → feedback delay → au
- Dimension ChorusLush, slow stereo chorus — a wide ensemble shimmer over pads, guitars, or organ (the Rolan
- DriveThe DRIVE block (moderate-mode Rack) — a true EFFECT block: audio IN → overdrive → cabinet
- Drone (Harmonium · Bagpipe)ONE parametric DRONE instrument — pick the voice on the pad and the whole rig BECOMES it.
- Drum MachineA drum machine — drop it and a beat loops through the General MIDI drum KIT; a Clock drive
- Drum Machine (Synth)A SYNTH drum machine — drop it and a beat loops through a kernel-synthesised kit (Kick / S
- DrumsThe DRUMS block (moderate-mode Rack) — a self-clocked synth drum machine as ONE card: a St
- Easy StartThe EASY-MODE starting rig — a pentatonic Lead you paint on a glowing step grid (it can't
- FMThe FM block (moderate-mode Rack) — a 2-operator FM voice as ONE card: Keyboard + MIDI In
- FM SynthA 2-operator FM voice — the bell, electric-piano, and clangorous-bass character the subtra
- Gated ReverbINTERNAL fragment (Stage 4 F5) — the iconic 80s snare send: the lane's audio flows through
- Glue BusWhole-kit cohesion in one drop — a gentle bus compressor with a slow attack (the transient
- GM RollA Piano Roll drives a POLYPHONIC multisample Instrument (load a sample or the GM sound set
- Grain CloudA GRANULAR texture machine — load a sound and it's shattered into a cloud of tiny grains,
- HarmonyThe HARMONY block — build a chord PROGRESSION by walking the circle of fifths, then wire i
- Harmony WorkbenchWATCH HARMONY AS YOU BUILD IT — a Chord Progression plays through a warm GM pad Instrument
- Instrument PlayerA playable multisample INSTRUMENT — load a recording into the File Input and play it acros
- Key & ScaleThe KEY & SCALE block — the patch's master tuning + a note QUANTIZER. Pick a scale system
- Kick FXA pro kick chain in one drop — a low/click EQ → a transient shaper for punch → saturation
- Klatt VoiceA synth that SINGS. Play the Keyboard and the Klatt Voice sings the vowel /a/ — a saw osci
- LeadA bright, cutting LEAD — a punchy envelope into a resonant open filter, trailing into a fe
- Lo-FiLo-fi degrade — a composite: bitcrush grit → a lowpass roll-off (old-radio band-limiting)
- Loop PedalA clock-synced LOOP PEDAL you sing (or play) into: a live Microphone → a Looper → the Spea
- Loud BusMaximum punch and loudness — a tighter bus compressor → a hard-clip that tames peaks and a
- MasterThe MASTER block (moderate-mode Rack) — the bus you route your mix INTO: audio IN → EQ → c
- Mastering ChainA master-bus chain to polish a finished mix — a File Input feeds your bounced track throug
- MicrotonalPlay in any TUNING. A SCALE node sets the master tonality — here Hindustani raga Yaman in
- Moderate StudioThe MODERATE-mode home rig skeleton — an empty Arranger (the song timeline) wired to a Clo
- ModulationA MODULATED filter — an LFO sweeps the cutoff for the signature wobble (the whole modulati
- Noise DrumA synth PERCUSSION voice from pure noise — press a key and a burst of filtered noise fires
- NY CompINTERNAL fragment (Stage 4 F5) — parallel 'New York' compression: the lane's audio is SLAM
- Octave FuzzOctave-up lead fuzz (Octavia-style) into a gentle lowpass — the ringing, gated octave hear
- Oscillator LabA classic subtractive synth voice — a fat, detuned sawtooth (the Roland staple: 6 voices,
- OvertoneHear the harmonic series — the natural intervals a vibrating string makes. The Arpeggiator
- PadA lush, evolving PAD — a wide 5-voice oscillator with a slow swell, opened up through chor
- Parametric EQThe PARAMETRIC EQ block — sculpt tone the direct-signal way: drag a band ON the response c
- Perc SpaceINTERNAL fragment (Stage 4 F5) — auxiliary percussion pushed WIDE and given breathing SPAC
- Phaser SweepA slow, deep phaser — the swirling psychedelic notch washing across the spectrum.
- Plate SnapThe classic snare treatment — a transient shaper for crack → a short bright plate reverb f
- PumpA rhythmic PUMP — a fat drone chopped by a clock-locked gate (the trance-gate / sidechain
- Pure ChordsADAPTIVE JUST INTONATION — every chord locks beat-free. A I–V–vi–IV in C plays through a p
- RadarThe RADAR block — the visual sibling of an instrument. Wire any sound into it and watch it
- ReverbThe REVERB block (moderate-mode Rack) — a true EFFECT block: audio IN → reverb → audio OUT
- Reverb SendINTERNAL fragment (Stage 4 F2) — the first AUDIO-THROUGH lane send: a parallel reverb AUX.
- Roll SynthA composing rig — a Piano Roll drives a POLYPHONIC synth voice (8 voices), with a Clock fo
- Rotary PercA slow auto-pan orbit — percussion that drifts across the stereo field for movement. One e
- RumbleA COMPLETE, tonally-balanced premium RUMBLE — a full-spectrum low end, not just a sub. FOU
- Rumble SendINTERNAL fragment (Stage 2 slice 2c) — the generative half of the Rumble rig, wired as a p
- Sample PlayerA sampler instrument, ready to load — a File Input feeds a clip into the Sampler's Sample
- SamplerThe SAMPLER block (moderate-mode Rack) — a multisample INSTRUMENT as ONE card: load a reco
- ShimmerA SHIMMER voice — play notes that ring up an octave through a pitch shifter, scatter throu
- Shimmer ReverbSHIMMER REVERB — a reverb that glimmers. Play a synth voice into a big Reverb, then a Spar
- Slow OrbitThe sound circles the listener — a slow binaural rotation (the rotary/Leslie swirl) for pa
- Song SketchSketch a whole song's FORM with a BAND. A Song node sets the structure — sections (Verse,
- Spectral VocoderSPECTRAL VOCODER — make a synth SPEAK, via the Spectral Blend. Play the on-screen Keyboard
- Squeezebox (Accordion · Bandoneón)ONE parametric FREE-REED squeezebox — pick the voice on the pad and the whole rig BECOMES
- Step SynthA step sequencer — drop it and an 8-step Cm7 arpeggio loops through a synth voice; a Clock
- Strip Silence → ClipsRemove the quiet parts of a recording: open an audio file 'as… Clips' and its non-silent r
- SynthThe SYNTH block (moderate-mode Rack) — a polyphonic subtractive voice as ONE card: Keyboar
- Synth VoiceA playable POLYPHONIC synth (8 voices) — play it from the on-screen Keyboard OR a hardware
- TalkboxMake a synth SPEAK with your voice — the classic talkbox / vocoder, live AND recordable, G
- Tape SaturationAnalog tape warmth — gentle saturation, fully wet, for body and glue without obvious disto
- TelephoneTelephone / old-radio voice — a narrow band-pass around 1.5 kHz with resonance, then a tou
- Tight & PunchyA tom made to hit — a transient shaper for punch (attack up) and a shorter tail (sustain d
- Trance HatsINTERNAL fragment (Stage 4 F5) — the trance hat send: a rhythmic delay → a high-pass → a d
- Transcribe (auto-detect)Open any isolated stem and let Melody DETECT what it is — a melody, a drum loop, or a chor
- Transcribe song (all stems)Drop a whole song's isolated stems at once and get a playable multitrack ARRANGEMENT. Melo
- Transcribe to ChordsOpen a POLYPHONIC stem (a pad, keys, strings, a vocal harmony) AS a chord progression — th
- Transcribe to DrumsTurn a clean, isolated DRUM stem into an editable beat. Open an audio file 'as… Drums': th
- Transcribe to NotesTurn a MONOPHONIC recording — a vocal, bass, lead synth, or single-note guitar line — into
- Trap ClapA clap given space — a stereo widener → a short bright room, a smeared transient spread wi
- Tube OverdriveWarm tube-style soft-clip — a touch of grit and brightness, mostly wet. A single configure
- TunerThe TUNER block — sing (or wire any monophonic sound) and watch the pitch glide onto the g
- Vocal ChainA singer-songwriter vocal chain — High-pass (cut rumble) → De-esser (tame sibilance) → Com
- Vocal ChainThe VOCAL CHAIN block — broadcast vocal processing as ONE left-to-right rail: a noise GATE
- Vocal CompThe VOCAL COMP block — offline, per-note pitch + time editing of a RECORDED vocal take (Me
- Vocal DuckerVOCAL DUCKER — a frequency-domain sidechain. Play a sustained synth PAD into a Spectral Bl
- Vocal ProductionAn integrated vocal chain — a live Microphone through a high-pass (rumble cut), a De-esser
- Vocal ResynthesisThe whole source-filter loop, live: SPEAK or SING into the mic and a synthetic Klatt voice
- Vocal TranscribeSING A MELODY → NOTES IN THE ROLL. A live Microphone feeds a Pitch node (YIN); its Pitch +
- Vocal TuneSING, TUNE IT, HEAR YOURSELF — not a synth. A live Microphone feeds a Pitch node that RECO
- Voice RecordingA singer-songwriter vocal-capture rig: a live Microphone → a Record node → a Sampler, with
- Voice SculptorPLAY a voice and SCULPT its manner by hand. Hold a note on the Keyboard and the Klatt Voic
- Voice SynthPLAY A SYNTH BY SINGING. A live Microphone feeds a Pitch node (YIN detection); its Pitch +
- Wall of FuzzThe 60s psych lead/rhythm wall — hard fuzz, a lowpass to tame the fizz, then a hard-clip e
- Warm BusAnalog color across the whole kit — tape-style saturation for warmth and harmonics → a gen
- Warm KeysThe play-first landing instrument — a gentle, warm polyphonic synth you can play the momen
- Wide & DryAuxiliary percussion, placed — a high-pass to clear the low-mid centre → a stereo widener
- Wind (Flute · Clarinet · Oboe · Sax)ONE parametric WIND instrument — pick the voice on the pad and the whole rig BECOMES it. T
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