Granulator 2 Ableton Download
Ableton Granulator 2 Download

Granular synthesis doesn’t get much attention in music production. In this article, we cover what it is, how you’re already using it, and some granular sound design techniques.
I have 2.2.2, but Ableton isn't recognising it. May 29, 2019 This is probably a stupid question, but I'm confused on how to get the max for live granulator II. On one Ableton site it says 'download granulator II for Ableton 9.granulator II is already included in Live 10 Suite'.

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Max for Live: The Monolake Granulator After more than a decade of obsession over granular synthesis, Robert Henke aka Monolake releases his signature Granulator for Max for Live. Get the ins 1p4. Quality Organic Fertilizer Granulating Machine manufacturers & exporter - buy Flat Die Extrusion Granulator, Organic Fertilizer Flat Die Granulator, 2.5T/H from China manufacturer. Granulator is a new free instrument for Ableton Live with Max for Live. Basically Live is already based on granular.

Sound artist Robert Henke creates the tools that define his sound. Using Max for Live, Robert made the 'Granulator', which can transform any sound into a lush soundscape or a wall of noise. 'Granulator' is a sample-based granular synthesizer.
Aptly called a sound artist, Robert Henke spans the divide between musician and technician. A preeminent figure in modern electronic music, Robert and his collaborative music project Monolake have had an immeasurable influence on the sound of Berlin techno. As one of the founders of Ableton, Robert is no stranger to creating new tools for electronic music production and performance.
Creating the ultimate customized granular synthesizer has been a labor of love for Robert for more than a decade. Enter the Granulator: a granular synthesis-based sample playback instrument.
What is Granular Synthesis
Granular synthesis is a technique that involves dividing a sample into very short pieces, and then playing the pieces back superimposed and crossfaded with one another. These pieces, or 'grains,' are usually under 50 milliseconds long and sound like short clicks when heard individually. But when layered together, grains can produce lush textures with rich modulation possibilities.
Using the Granulator
To use the Granulator, drag a sample onto its waveform display. You can then adjust the length of the grains and the density of their overlap with the Grain control. The playback position within the soundfile is set with the FilePos knob and can be modulated randomly or via the built-in LFO.
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In addition to controls that influence the playback of the grains, there are also a number of 'classical' synthesis parameters such as an ADSR envelope, two multimode filters and an FM oscillator that can dramatically alter the overall timbre.
Granulator Companion Device

Granulator comes with a companion device called GranulatorInput that enables live input functionality for the Granulator. When the GranulatorInput device is on a track, any audio on that track can be captured in real-time by pressing Granulator's Grab button. The captured audio is then loaded into the Granulator automatically.

Granulator II is a Max4Live synthesizer based on the principle of quasi-synchronous granular synthesis. It creates a constant stream of short crossfading sections of the source sample, and the pitch, position and volume of each grain can be modulated in many ways to create a great variety of interesting sounds. Granulator II also offers two multimode filters in series to further shape the resulting timbre. Granulator II is the latest incarnation of a series of granular based synthesizers I wrote for my own usage since the additon of real time audio processing to Max in 1997. [0] Listen to a more complex sound example of Granulator with a singing bowl as sound source embedded in a bit of long reverb.

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This instrument is the result of lot of love and dedication. Feel free to explore its internals by opening the underlying Max patch. Do not remove my copyright tags inside the patchers and the CC license. If you use modified versions of it for your own purposes, credit me too. Also it is not allowed to sell any MAX patches based on my patches. If there are questions regarding this policy - ask me. Also have a look at the CC BY-NC 3.0 license. Crack

In case you really enjoy the instrument, and you are going to use it for your own artistic works, I would love to get something back from you. Send me your music, send me a book you like, or what ever you think could be inspiring.

Feature Overview - Display

Samples can be dragged from the finder, Live's browser or from Session/Arrangement into Granulator's waveform display. Mono samples are shown in dark violet, stereo samples are color-coded blue/red for the left/right channel. Grain position can be changed by clicking in the waveform. It is possible to zoom in / out / show all / by using the zoom buttons. It is also possible to zoom in vertically dragging the little number box left of the 'zoom in' button. Granulator displays the total length of a sample in the upper left corner, followed by its current (static) position. While notes are playing, the actual position of each voice is displayed as vertical line(s). The display also shows if hold pedal is active (MIDI CC # 64), the last incoming MIDI note number, and on the right lower corner, the number of currently active voices.

The display of Granulator II is divided in two parts that can be switched with the Grain/Filter switch on the left side.

Grain Size

The higher the frequency of the Grain parameter, the more grains per second are created and the shorter they become. Grain size can be modulated as a function of incoming note key, they can have a random fluctuation and via the LFO. It is also possible to have slightly different grain sizes for the left and right audio channel. This is essential for rich stereophonic modulations.

Sound examples: [1] Original sample.[2] Static grain with slow envelope, adding random detune, adding left-right spreading of grain size, adding FM modulation.
File Position, Spray, LFO

Unlike in a sampler, by default the grain position is not moving but instead is playing back the same single position within a soundfile. Things start getting interesting, as soon as there is some random variation of this position for each grain ('Spray'), or if the position is modulated via an LFO. The LFO can also modulate the Grain Size parameter. It features several waveforms and can operate with very long cycles up to several minutes for slowly evolving textures.

Sound examples: [3] Changing Spray, Grain, and Position while chord is playing.
[4] Applying LFO to grain position and playing with LFO parameters.
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Scan

It is possible to scan through the file while it is playing. This can be used to create rough timestretch and compression effects, vocoder-like sound or complex movements in combination with additional position modulation via LFO and Spray. Scan speed can be a function of velocity. The curve parameter modifies the scanning speed as a function of tim. Sound example: [5] playing several notes with sampler-like one shot playback, rough timestretching, speed controlled via velocity, slight spray and stereo spread.

Window Function

The shape of the window or envelope around each individual grain has an important influence on the overall sound. Typically one wants to have an equal power crossfade for smoothest granulation. However, sometimes other window shapes can be of interest. Granulator offers four shapes including a 'broken' shape that consists of a noise waveform and creates - noisy results. Shapes can be modified with the Shape and Spike parameters.

Sound examples: [7] changing window shape: smooth, fall, rise, noise with longer grains
Amplitude Modulation

It is possible to modulate the volume of each grain with a random signal. For arbitrary reasons, I called this 'Fluxus'. Two kinds of modulation are possible: random muti