Reference manual
MEY 320 is a stereo dimensional chorus. It widens and moves a signal by mixing modulated voices back with the dry sound. The panel is deliberately small: a mode selector to pick the character of the movement, one mix knob to set how much of it you hear, and four preset slots to keep the settings you like. This page walks through every control. It describes MEY 320 v0.1.0.
Stereo in, stereo out
MEY 320 processes in stereo. The panel labels the connections on both sides: Input A and Input B on the right, Output A and Output B on the left, with a (mono) marking for the times a channel is fed a single signal. In a DAW you don't wire these by hand: load MEY 320 on a stereo channel or bus and the host connects them for you. A mono source still works: the chorus builds its width from the modulated voices, so even a mono input comes out with stereo movement.
Four movement characters
The Mode Selector is where the movement is set: four faders numbered 1 to 4 under a Check indicator. Each mode sets a different modulation character: its own rate (how fast the voices move) and its own depth (how far they move). Picking a mode is picking the feel of the movement, from a slow, wide drift to a faster, tighter shimmer. The small S · MEY-320 readout under the faders shows the selector's state, and the Check lamp confirms the engine is live. Start by auditioning the four modes with the mix up, then pull the mix back to taste once you've found the one that suits the source.
Dry against wet, in one knob
The Mix knob blends the dry signal against the modulated (wet) signal: Dry to the left, Wet to the right. Because the effect is a blend, MEY 320 works as a parallel processor: low mix settings keep the source solid and add just a sense of space and width, while higher settings push the chorus out front for an obvious, dimensional swirl. For most sources a little goes a long way: set the mode first, then bring the mix up until the movement is present but the note still sits where you put it.
Four slots you write yourself
The bottom row holds four preset slots (A, B, C and D) plus a Write control. Click a lettered slot to recall what's stored there. To save the current mode and mix, arm Write and then click the slot you want to store into; the slot lamp shows which presets are filled and which one is active. It's built for quick A/B'ing: park a subtle setting in one slot and a stronger one in another, and switch between them while the track plays to hear which sits better.
A true reference
MEY 320 carries a standard bypass, so you can drop the effect out and hear the dry source at the same level for an honest comparison. Bypass is also exposed to your host, so it automates and maps to a controller like any other parameter.
VST3 and Audio Unit
On macOS, MEY 320 installs as a VST3 and an Audio Unit; on Windows, as a VST3. Download the build for your platform from the product page, unzip it, and copy the plug-in into your plug-ins folder: ~/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 (and /Components for the AU) on macOS, or your VST3 folder on Windows. Rescan in your DAW and MEY 320 appears under modulation effects, by MEY Audio Engineering.
Free, no key, no account
MEY 320 is free and needs no licence key and no account. Press the button for your platform on theproduct page and the download starts; installing it is all it takes to run. This is an early release (v0.1.0); the sound and the controls may still change as it settles, and updates land on the same download links.
More detail is coming
Exact rate and depth figures for each mode, and a fuller description of the sound, will be added here as the release settles. Until then, MEY 320 is free to download and explore, and questions are welcome at info@wearemey.com.