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| Product | Grainz |
| Developer | SKnote |
| Primary Type | Synth (Granular) |
| Price (MSRP) | Free |
Plug-in Formats
| Instrument(s) |  |
Operating System Availability
| Operating System |
Latest Version |
Download | Is it Available? |
 | 0.4 | Free Download |  |
Miscellaneous Information
| Copy Protection | None |
| Supported Sample Formats include | WAV |
Compatibility Unknown
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Grainz is a granular / hybrid synth.
Features:
- Two granular oscillators: Loads mono .WAV files and "granulizes" them. From sample playing to complete destruction. Position, grain width, grain fade-out, single-shot/loop, position LFO.
- One physical modeled "string" oscillator (plucked, bowed): Plucking/bowing position, pickup position, stiffness, damp.
- Multi-stage drag-able envelopes for amplitude, grain position, filter frequency.
- Granular -> physical modeled oscillators interaction. From resonance to weird effects
- Multi-mode resonant filters with resonance and "action" control.
- "Spread" effects.
- Pre-post-filter delay lines with feedback. Separate send for each oscillator.
All KVR Audio news items relating to Grainz.
| SKnote releases Grainz v0.4.0 | 19th June 2006 |
| SKnote releases Grainz v0.2.1 | 2nd June 2006 |
| SKnote releases Grainz v0.1 (alpha version) | 10th February 2006 |
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