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MELD is a new workflow.

"Multichannel workflow designed by professionals for professionals."
- John Hanes

John Hanes at MixStars Studios

For three decades, John Hanes has been an instrumental force in shaping the sound of modern music from the helm of the world-renowned MixStar Studios. Through a landmark collaboration, MELD now provides unprecedented access to his expertise. We worked directly with John to deconstruct and meticulously model the modern and cutting-edge immersive workflows he has perfected at the industry's highest level. MELD is more than a product; it's a direct line to a master's process.

John Hanes

Whether working from mix stems, or working in the original session and breaking out parts out for Immersive mixing, we needed a tool that could recapture that stereo mix buss glue, the compression and limiting that hits the mix buss when everything is playing together.
On top of that, we also need to recapture what mastering is doing to the stereo mix; more levels of EQ, compression, limiting, and loudness that define the "modern" mix.
I asked Make Believe to create MELD for me to do that work.. It brings back that stereo mix buss and mastering glue to the Immersive mix.
So much of your mix sound is defined by your stereo mix buss and how it melds the sounds of the mix together; you don't want to lose that when you break it down and build it back again as an Immersive mix.
MELD will help you keep the MIX sounding like THE mix.

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  • User-Selectable Over-sampling (up to 16x)

  • World-class Signal Processing and Workflow

  • unlimited channel processing

  • Includes loudness, saturation, EQ and compression from some of your favorite Make Believe and Metric Halo's plugins

  • floating side chain for virtual bussing

  • A unique browser base workflow that allows you to work from any instance

  • DC-block filter removes any residual DC offset

  • Dither allows you to dither the output to 16 through 24-bits

  • Many presets included

  • Adjustable UI size

  • MH Preset Manager - Provides cross-platform presets

Key Features

System Requirements

  • Mac OS X 10.10 or newer. Intel Processor or Apple Silicon. AU, VST 2 & 3 or AAX (Pro Tools 11 & newer Native) host. 64 bit

  • Windows 7 or newer Intel Processor. VST or AAX (Pro Tools 10, 11 & 12 & Native) host. 64 bit.

Licensing Requirements

  • iLok.com account.

  • License includes two activations for your account.

  • iLok dongle is optional 

  • Only one license required

  • Activation instructions 

Works in Any DAW

  • AU, VST 2 & 3 or AAX

  • AVID Protools, Logic, Studio One, Nuendo... 

  • Support on MIO Console 

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