SonicLAB: 4ms Meta Module V2.0 Update

4MS Meta Module has now reached V2.0. and Paulee Bow takes a look at the new features and modules in an update to their original review.

Its a free update for the Meta Module (£550/$649) all info can be found here: https://metamodule.info/

New Firmware Features

• Context menus (aka right-click menus) are accessible from MetaModule
• Controls update on screen more accurately: Knobs can "snap" to positions, Modules can change their own params, Knobs/switches with text names like "120BPM" display properly
• Catchup Knob Modes You can select one of three catchup modes to handle what happens when the virtual and physical knobs are not pointing at the same values
• Full-screen module view mode
• CPU optimizations: modules are sorted between cores more efficiently
• File browser: modules that save or load files such as samples can now let users browse the SD Card or USB Drive.
• MIDI Streams: Modules have access to raw MIDI input or output streams
• MIDI Output works (MetaModule is a USB MIDI host
• MIDI Channel is supported for all MIDI mappings (can be exported in the patch from VCV, or set on the MetaModule.
• MIDI Gate on Note can be mapped to knobs/switches/buttons
• More complete support for Rack API, which allows plugins to be ported from VCV Rack to MetaModule easily

Modules

• Added all Valley modules as built-ins (no Valley plugin required anymore) - Amalgam, Feline, Interzone
• RackCore: Added CV-MIDI and MIDIToCVInterface modules (Huge!)
• 4ms: MultiLFO has Fast/Slow switch and tempo LED. Bug fixes on EnOsc, KPLS, QCD

Plugins

• Many more plugins available for v2.0: about 1400 total modules in 45 brands!
  • New brands in v2.0:
    • Amalgamated Harmonics
    • Bastl (Kompas)
    • Bidoo
    • Cella
    • Fehler Fabrick
    • JW-Modules
    • KRT PluginA
    • MSM
    • Mockba Modular
    • NOI
    • Nozoid
    • Phase Oscillator
    • RPJ
    • Rigatoni
    • Sanguine Monsters
    • Sanguine Mutants
    • Seaside Modular
    • Sickozell
    • Sonus Modular
    • mscHack
    • Squinky Labs
    • Voxglitch

Original Meta Module video here:

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