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.
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.)
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.)
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.)
Recommended software
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nuPG (New PulsarGenerator) for OSX by Marcin Pietruszewski