MNodes by Mario Nieto
ONE PLUGIN. INFINITE INSTRUMENTS. ZERO LIMITS.
MNodes by Mario Nieto is a single plugin that morphs into anything — synths, samplers, drum machines, MIDI effects, sequencers, and more. Load a ready-made instrument from the Hub, let the LAB conjure a brand-new plugin at the click of a button, or wire up your own from 332+ modular building blocks. No code. No subscriptions. No ceiling.
- The LAB: One-click AI-style plugin generator — every result is unique, playable, and yours to keep
- 332+ Nodes: 31 generators, 66 effects, 48 CV & sequencing, 33 MIDI tools, 32 UI widgets, 71 logic/math/data nodes
- Built-in VST3 Host: Drop any VST3 plugin into the graph and modulate its parameters directly
- Custom UI Builder: Design your own control surface, then switch to Perform mode and play it live
- The Hub: Browse, download and load ready-made instruments, effects, and sound libraries in one click
- Microtonal Support: EDO, just intonation, and Scala quantizers built in
- Polyphony: Poly modules up to 16 voices with full per-voice modulation
- Yours to Share or Sell: Anything you build can be distributed or sold — any MNodes user can open it
PLEASE NOTE: This product will not qualify for any promotional discounts at any time.
USER GUIDE: MNodes GuideMNodes by Mario Nieto
ONE PLUGIN. INFINITE INSTRUMENTS. ZERO LIMITS.
MNodes by Mario Nieto is a single plugin that morphs into anything — synths, samplers, drum machines, MIDI effects, sequencers, and more. Load a ready-made instrument from the Hub, let the LAB conjure a brand-new plugin at the click of a button, or wire up your own from 332+ modular building blocks. No code. No subscriptions. No ceiling.
- The LAB: One-click AI-style plugin generator — every result is unique, playable, and yours to keep
- 332+ Nodes: 31 generators, 66 effects, 48 CV & sequencing, 33 MIDI tools, 32 UI widgets, 71 logic/math/data nodes
- Built-in VST3 Host: Drop any VST3 plugin into the graph and modulate its parameters directly
- Custom UI Builder: Design your own control surface, then switch to Perform mode and play it live
- The Hub: Browse, download and load ready-made instruments, effects, and sound libraries in one click
- Microtonal Support: EDO, just intonation, and Scala quantizers built in
- Polyphony: Poly modules up to 16 voices with full per-voice modulation
- Yours to Share or Sell: Anything you build can be distributed or sold — any MNodes user can open it
PLEASE NOTE: This product will not qualify for any promotional discounts at any time.
USER GUIDE: MNodes Guide
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September 13, 2026
This reviewer bought this product from our store.
The kind of plugin I've dreamed about
Node-based plugins are great, but most of them just host the stuff you already own and tend to be a little clunky. MNodes can do everything they can do, but it also has a wide variety of built-in effects and ways of changing them that allows for you to make essentially anything you want. The workflow might be initially confusing for those unfamiliar with working with nodes, but once it starts to click, the sky's the limit. Easily the most fun I've had with a plugin in years.
I recommend this product
September 13, 2026
This reviewer bought this product from our store.
The kind of plugin I've dreamed about
Node-based plugins are great, but most of them just host the stuff you already own and tend to be a little clunky. MNodes can do everything they can do, but it also has a wide variety of built-in effects and ways of changing them that allows for you to make essentially anything you want. The workflow might be initially confusing for those unfamiliar with working with nodes, but once it starts to click, the sky's the limit. Easily the most fun I've had with a plugin in years.
I recommend this product
MNodes by Mario Nieto
What if a single plugin could be every instrument you’ve ever needed — and every one you haven’t invented yet? That’s the idea behind MNodes. Built by Mario Nieto, it’s a self-contained modular environment that lives inside one plugin window and can become absolutely anything: a lush polyphonic synth, a granular sampler, a rhythmic MIDI processor, a generative sequencer, a custom effects chain with its own bespoke interface. Load it, shape it, perform it.
This isn’t a preset browser dressed up as something deeper. MNodes is a fully-featured node-based signal environment — 332 building blocks and counting — wrapped in a workflow that’s genuinely approachable. You don’t need to write a single line of code. You just connect, create, and play.
The Hub: Ready to Play, Right Now
Not in the mood to build from scratch? The Hub has you covered. It’s a curated, ever-expanding library of ready-made instruments and effects — synths, drum machines, keys, pads, MIDI tools, sequencers — contributed by Mario and the growing MNodes community. Browse, download, load. One click and you’re making music. New projects are added continuously, so there’s always something fresh to explore.
The LAB: Pure Creative Magic
Staring at a blank patch wondering where to start? Hit the wand. The LAB generates a completely new, fully playable plugin from scratch — its own sound design, its own control layout, its own character. No two results are ever the same. Don’t love it? Click again. When something sparks, keep it, tweak it, save it. The LAB is equally useful as a creative springboard for producers who know exactly what they want and a lifesaver when inspiration has gone quiet.
Build Your Own: 332+ Nodes and Counting
For those who want to go deeper, MNodes is a fully modular playground. Connect, disconnect, rewire — every signal path is yours to define. Drop in your own VST3 plugins and route modulation directly into any of their parameters. The node library spans every corner of audio and MIDI production:
- 31 Generators & Envelopes: Sine, saw, triangle, square, pulse, wavetable, subtractive, additive, supersaw/unison, FM voice, FM op, PM op, west coast, drum synth, Karplus-Strong, formant synthesis, granular, AM/ring mod, convolver, player, looper, recorder, noise, and more
- 66 Effects & Dynamics: Six-band parametric EQ, filters, allpass, resonator, reverb, stereo/mono delay, chorus, pitch shift, frequency shifter, vocoder (up to 100 bands), OTT, compressor, limiter, maximiser, expander, noise gate, transient shaper, beat repeat, waveshaper, tube saturation, bitcrush, foldback, stereo width, wow/flutter, tape damage, and more
- 48 CV & Sequencing: LFO, clock, clock divider, PPQ divider, step sequencer, slider sequencer, toggle sequencer, route sequencer, quantise, microtonal quantisers (EDO, just intonation, Scala), scale keyboard, curve, sample & hold, glide, detune, transpose, octave, BPM/Hz conversion, transport, trigger, random trigger, counter, and more
- 33 MIDI Tools: Keyboard, arpeggiator, chord, scale, riff generator, transpose, velocity, split, merge, channel filter, note filter, CC transform, convert, voice allocator, monitor, looper, pattern to MIDI file, MIDI file player, and more
- 32 UI Widgets: Knobs, vertical sliders, range sliders, XY pads, buttons, combo boxes, filmstrip, image, pendulum, sampler view, sample map, envelope view, state morpher, and more
- 71 Logic, Math & Data Nodes: Everything you need for complex modulation routing, conditional logic, data transformation, and advanced signal flow
Design Your Own Interface
MNodes doesn’t just let you build the sound — it lets you build the instrument. The UI designer lets you arrange widgets, assign controls, and craft a visual layout that’s entirely your own. Switch to Perform mode and you’ve got a polished, expressive instrument ready for the stage or the studio. It looks and feels like a plugin you’d buy — because it is one. Yours.
It’s Yours to Keep, Share, or Sell
Everything you create in MNodes belongs entirely to you. Build a synth, a multi-effects processor, a generative sequencer, a full performance instrument — then drag it into your DAW, share it with collaborators, give it away, or sell it. Anyone with MNodes can load and play your creation. There are no royalties, no restrictions, no catches. You made it; it’s yours.
Under the Hood
MNodes ships as a VST3, AU, and Standalone application for both Windows and macOS. It includes a built-in VST3 host so you can wire third-party plugins directly into your node graph. Polyphonic modules support up to 16 voices. Microtonal systems — EDO, just intonation, and Scala — are baked in. The vocoder runs up to 100 bands. The parametric EQ spans six bands. OTT and multiband dynamics are right there in the node library. This is a deep, professional environment that grows with you — and with its community.
Up to 3 activations, works offline, and backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee. One licence, yours forever — no subscription, ever.
Frequently Asked Questions
A: Yes. MNodes is available as VST3 and AU, so it works in any DAW that supports those formats — including Ableton Live, Logic Pro, Cubase, Studio One, Bitwig, and more. It also runs as a fully standalone application.
A: Not at all. You can load ready-made instruments and effects from the Hub with a single click, or use the LAB to generate brand-new plugins instantly — no patching required. If you do want to build your own instruments from the 332+ node library, it’s all done visually by connecting nodes, with zero code involved.
A: The LAB is MNodes’ one-click plugin generator. Hit the wand icon and it builds a completely unique, fully playable instrument from scratch — with its own sound design and its own control layout. Every result is different. If you don’t love it, click again. When you find something you like, you can keep it, tweak it, and save it as your own.
A: Yes. MNodes includes a built-in VST3 host node, which lets you drop any VST3 plugin directly into your node graph. You can then route MNodes’ modulation sources — LFOs, envelopes, sequencers, and more — into any of the plugin’s parameters.
A: Absolutely. Anything you create in MNodes is entirely yours — there are no royalties, no licensing restrictions, and no catches. You can share your creations freely, sell them however you like, or distribute them to collaborators. Any MNodes user can load and play what you’ve built.
A: Your MNodes licence allows up to 3 activations. It also works fully offline, so you’re not dependent on an internet connection to use it once activated.
A: Yes. MNodes comes with a 30-day money-back guarantee. If it’s not for you, you can get a full refund within 30 days of purchase — no questions asked.
A: Yes. The node library, the Hub, and the wider MNodes ecosystem are actively growing — with new instruments, effects, and nodes being added by Mario and the community on an ongoing basis. It’s a one-time purchase with no subscription, and all updates are included.
Important Information
## v1.1.2 – 12 September 2026
MNodes 1.1.2
NEW
– Joints on the cables -> Alt-click a cable to drop a joint, and drag it to route the cable where you want it; Alt-click or double-click it and it is gone. As many as you like, saved with the project, one undo step each.
– The little i beside a parameter says what it does -> two out of three used to open on nothing but the name and the range. Nearly three thousand of them now say what they do, what each end gives you and what Off means, across every node.
– The State Morpher and the Spectral Morph can be exposed to the DAW -> tick Expose to DAW and the two axes of the pad become two host parameters to automate or map, X and Y on one, Shape and Detail on the other. No more extra knob wired into the pad to get there.
– Unused Outputs, on the Plugin Host -> Omnisphere runs nine stereo outs by default and pays for every one. Set Unused Outputs to Off and the buses beyond Output Pairs stop running, the way a DAW switches them off. Active is still the default.
– Play Again, on the Audio Player and the Recorder -> what a second press of Play does while the file runs: Restart, Pause, Stop or Nothing. Each node keeps its old habit as the default, and the Recorder gains a Loop switch with its pin.
– A Data output on the MIDI CC Extract -> Data Out sends the value the moment a matching CC arrives, and nothing in between, so a step or a counter is no longer fed the resting value by a CV To Data. The Value pin is unchanged.
– Every project in the library shows its file date -> the date the file was last written, at the end of each card’s line. The Newest and Oldest sort orders work now.
– A knob’s ticks can be dots -> Tick Shape: Lines, as always, or Dots. A dot is as wide as its line is long, so Tick Length sizes both.
IMPROVED
– A project opens where it is -> drag a .mnprt in and it opens from its own folder, with Save writing back to the same file, instead of a silent copy into Projects/User under a numbered name. Copy to Library is there when you want one, and a project that is moved or left on a drive you unplug shows as MISSING, to locate or remove. Bundles, module packs and Hub downloads still land in the library.
– One library folder for the standalone and the plugins -> the folder is remembered the first time it is resolved, so a machine whose Music folder resolves differently for two programs no longer keeps two libraries, one on E: and one on C:, with the same project in both.
FIXED
– Five things the Inspector was promising and not doing -> the File Drop ignored its six gradient settings, the Beat Repeat its Body Background and Frame Colour, the Soft Clipper in stereo had no descriptions at all, and the Delay named two of its three ways of setting the time. Found while writing the new ones.
– The State Morpher’s puck stuttered under automation when a Map fed it -> a Map reached the pad twice, as a value and as a stream, one block apart. The wired stream now owns its axis. A puck driven by an LFO also moves while the pad is off screen.
– The right-click palette opens under the cursor again -> since 1.1.1 it could land above the click, below it or off the edge of the screen. It places itself now, top-left corner under the cursor, like a menu.
– Save As says when the name is already taken elsewhere in your library -> saving under another category quietly made a second file with the same name, and the browser listed it twice. It now asks: keep both, or replace the one you have.
– An imported preset that lands under a numbered name says so inside -> the copy was “Name 2.mnprt” with “Name” still written inside it, so the browser showed two rows called the same. The numbered name goes into the copy now.
– A Plugin Host’s exposed parameters name their output pins again -> since 1.0.6 the output pin was a bare dot, the only unnamed outputs on the canvas.
## v1.1.0 – 7 September 2026
NEW
* Preset Manager — the preset system of the device you build, on its front panel: prev/next, favourite, name, Save and a browser. A preset is the panel and nothing else, so it survives a rewire. Yours ship as the factory set; users’ saves sit in their own folder, untouched by Hub updates. Every action is a pin.
* Jack Out, Jack In and patch cables — sockets you drag a cable between while the instrument plays. A real graph edge, not a picture: it saves with the project and obeys the usual type and feedback rules.
* Sidechain from the DAW — MNodes FX declares a second bus, off until the host routes to it. Pick a track as you would for a compressor; Sidechain In carries SC 1–8 into the patch, and never mixes with Audio In.
* Sample maps as one file — a .mnsmap with every sample packed inside, unpacking itself into the library on any machine.
* Sampler: One Shot and Normalize per zone — One Shot plays to the end whatever the key does. Normalize trims that zone’s Gain to full scale: a pin, undoable, file untouched.
* Chord Palette — a MIDI In, so holding keys holds chords, and 64 pads with their own trigger keys.
* New nodes — MIDI Program Change, MIDI Filter (which kinds of message get through), File Info, Is Extension.
* Fewer steps to a wired patch — Shift-drag a node onto a cable to drop it into the chain, or away to lift it out and close the gap. Drop a cable on empty canvas and the node list opens filtered, already connected; on a wrong-type pin and the converter goes in for you. Ctrl/Cmd brings the neighbouring pins along.
* Also — Show Node Latency badges, bypass driven from the patch, a Show Panel pin on Modules, an endless Knob, a checkbox Toggle, Peak and RMS out of the Meter, 64-slot Clip Tracks, and a new Home screen.
IMPROVED
* The Nodes explorer reads at a glance — six fixed tabs in signal order, underlined in their cable colours; mono/stereo pairs on one row.
* Categories filed by what a node does — Utilities held 36 unrelated nodes. It’s empty now.
* Settings is seven short pages, not five long ones, with Shortcuts learning new keys.
* A quieter Inspector — icons on hover, foldable sections, a knob opens at 14 lines instead of 84, and the search survives the next click.
* Crash reports name the module and offset, not a misleading nearby symbol.
* Modules show up in right-click search; Data Select is now Input Select; every delay line reaches 10 seconds.
FIXED
* States capture every widget again, and no longer crash inside a Module or Subgraph.
* Latency is right: parallel paths line up, bypass no longer shifts time, and spectral nodes stop under-reporting by 512 samples.
* DAW automation — a preset recall no longer makes an exposed control one-way, plus three defects on the way in.
* Clip Track — Launch fires the row you picked, and slots 9+ have their defaults.
* The Piano Roll listens to its own control pins, projects open faster, and the Hub tells an update from the copy you already have.
v1.0.3 – Initial Release
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