when listening to music from autechre or mouse on mars etc. i sometimes wonder if they simply have a multi purpose plug which rhythmically spits out cool granularish beats and voices when they randomly put samples in it.
whenever i try any of my granular synths/plugs etc., nothing useful comes out of it.
what's the trick? what do you use?
i love that kind of sound but i have no idea how to effectively produce it (and control it!).
laq
granular to go
granular to go
yup.
smart electronix
The secret is to play with the grain size and distance between grains. I have use KT Granulator with good success it's available for free at smartelectronix.com. It is on of Koen's plugs. Good luck.
Jon
Jon
Well, I think Autechre use a lot of algorithmic composition, and they *do* own the most powerful granular workstation, the Symbolic Sound Kyma, you might wanna check that out - I think it starts at around the 3000 dollar mark 
There's some heavy-heavy duty programming going on in Autechre music, and I can't always tell what's algorithmic or "manual" input.
Andreas
There's some heavy-heavy duty programming going on in Autechre music, and I can't always tell what's algorithmic or "manual" input.
Andreas
that kyma thing looks good.
but can it do things i can't (theoretically) do with max/msp or reaktor?
i'm not experienced with either one yet, but i own them and was wondering which was the tool i should get more involved with.
i guess they can do similar things, but the kyma looks more powerful and maybe easier and more effective in handling?
but can it do things i can't (theoretically) do with max/msp or reaktor?
i'm not experienced with either one yet, but i own them and was wondering which was the tool i should get more involved with.
i guess they can do similar things, but the kyma looks more powerful and maybe easier and more effective in handling?
yup.
