Software

 

               Note: All legacy software is offered on an "as is" basis, with no guarantees or support.

 
 

NEW GRANULATOR PLUGIN

Raphael Radna and I are working on a new granulator plugin that is easier to use than EmissionControl2. In addition, it responds to MIDI note messages and supports microtonal scales.

 
 
 

EmissionControl2

October 2020

The Center for Research in Electronic Art Technology (CREATE) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) has released a new software app for sound granulation: EmissionControl2 for MacOSX, Linux, and Windows. EmissionControl2 is a granular sound synthesizer. The theory of granular synthesis is described in the book Microsound (Curtis Roads, 2001, MIT Press). Granular synthesis is one of the most important methods of sound design.

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CloudGenerator

Cloud Generator synthesizes granular sounds in units called "clouds" and also "granulates" stereo sound files. The program uses the AIFF file format. 

(Note: After downloading the zip file, only open with MacOS9 Classic.)

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PulsarGenerator

The program, developed by Alberto de Campo and Curtis Roads, generates sound particles called pulsars. The theory of pulsar synthesis is explained in the March 2001 issue of the Journal of the Audio Engineering Society.

(Note: After downloading the zip file, only open with MacOS9 Classic.)

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EmissionControl

EmissionControl (EC) is a prototype granulation program written by David Thall (MS, Media Arts and Technology, UCSB 2005, updated 2008) in consultation with Curtis Roads. EC is an interactive real-time program for granular synthesis and sound file granulation, with many novel features, including modulation of synthesis parameters, multiple sound file input, and variable-Q filtering on a grain-by-grain basis.

(Note: After downloading the zip file, only open with MacOS 10.4.X PowerMac G5.)

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Recommended software

 

Borderlands Granular for iPad by Chris Carlson

www.borderlands-granular.com

 

nuPG (New PulsarGenerator) for OSX by Marcin Pietruszewski

www.marcinpietruszewski.com