by Alessandro Petrolati
The two Granular Synthesis devices for Ableton Live (Instrument and Fx), implements respectively a sound file granulator (wav,aiff or mp3) and live-buffer granulator. The first must be loaded this on Ableton Live MIDI track, the second can be loaded either on audio or MIDI tracks like a normal Ableton Live device Fx.
Density.m4l fx
Density.m4l instr
Pulsaret.m4l
Granular Synthesis plugins for Ableton Live.
DensityM4L Instrument and DensityM4L FX, implements respectively a polyphonic sound file granulator (wav, aiff or mp3) and a polyphonic live-buffer granulator.
DensityM4L is a new real-time software designed especially for LIVE asynchronous granular synthesis and sound file granulation, a genuine granular playground able to generate a wide range of usual and not so usual effects: time/pitch shifting, time/pitch jittering, intricate textures, grain fountain/pulverizer, recording and manipulation of buffers, complex scrub pad exploration, dynamic envelope shape drawing and many more.
Besides the basic tools, even more advanced tools are available to control the grains!
You have smooth transitions (interpolation) between global presets (snapshots), you can navigate with hyperVectorial pads or/and sequence your snaps using the “snap rhythm improviser” which provides an unique & powerful way to generate incredible sound phrases.
All is packed in an optimized visually sharp interface, easy to use and access when fast improvising live or lazy composing in a studio.
Density/Pulsaret.m4l latest features:
• Max 6 support
• New granulator engine 64 bit
• Pulsaret fine grains scheduling
Density.m4l FX only 2.0.8 features:
• reset, loop and append ignore-clicks bug fixed
Density.m4l 2.0.7 (april 2011)
• OSC I/O now it work well
ver. 2.0.6 (april 2011)
• polyphonic granulation, now you can play Density.m4l from master keyboard polyphonically • polyphonic keyboard triggers
• keyboard octave transposition
• ADSR (Attack Decay Sustain Release) note envelope
• add limiter amplitude signal ver. 2.0.5 (april 2011)
• transport link bug fix when Hot-Swap device
• HV_pad save last X Y position in device
• Snap_sequencer save last step count in device • new OSC I/O support
• new ape.Filter independent device
• FILTER now is an independent device
• FILTER improved and refined
• FILTER enabled for transitions
• new micropad 2D-nodes
ver. 2.0.4 (april 2011)
• Snap_sequencer save last step count in device
• new OSC I/O support
ver 2.0.2 features: (march 2011)
• transport link bug fix when Hot-Swap device • HV_pad save last X Y position in device
ver 2.0 (march 2011)
• new GUI look
• new dialog-box windows, does not stop audio
• new tool bar quick functions access
• new HV_pad 2D nodes parameters interpolation
• add HV_pad jitter exploration
• add HV_pad in “reflects”, “jitter” and “drunk” now you can interact with the pad • HV_pad on/off monitor bar in main HV_Pad window
• new Parameters rescale, multiply/divide (/4 /2 x2 x3 x4)
• panning now update correctly value when you select manual
• panning removed auto update knob when automatic or random
• snap-seq add global transport enable/disable trigger
• FILTER add filters types select
• FILTER add cutoff, gain and Q/S fine controller
• FILTER dry/wet knob
• FILTER dynamic filter allocation, until 24
• FILTER auto generate filter bands: Harmonic, Geometric, Scalar and Fibonacci • FILTER frequency zoom in/out
• New detailed user manual online
• WAVEPAD new scan mode wrap/mirror/once
• WAVEPAD new out-of-range mode: loop
• WAVEPAD out-of-range mode: none (now can be disabled)
• WAVEPAD SR Size Rescale bug fixed, now you can load and play correctly any sound file • SNAP-SEQ step jump bug fixed
• SNAP-SEQ add portamento transition
• SNAP-SEQ some gui adjustments
1.1.5 features
• add windowing multi files samples support (until 6)
• add additive multisliders (csound gen10 like)
• additive mutisliders transitions, save presets in the device • snapshots clear when init device, bug fixed
• windowing “draw defaults all”, now reset shape correctly • windowing “draw”, refined gui
• save/reload correctly the windowing shape
• reseall, now does not clear all snapshots
• some bugs fixed
1.0.0 features
• instrument and fx Ableton Live devices integration
• dynamic wave-pad scrub,
• wrap-around selection,
• crop, normalize draw, etc…
• grid quantize: zero-crossing, bpm, phase and samples
• fine scanning explorations
• envelope/windowing menage up to 12 pre-generated shape (prototypes)
• envelope/windowing loading and menage one sound-files (aiff,wav, mp3)
• instrument save sound file loaded in device preset
• dynamic envelope buffer load/save, normalize, crop, resize length etc…
• snapshots (presets) memory: up to 24
• fast buttons snapshots store/recall
• clients manage: include/exclude widgets from transitions
• micro-pad interpolating between four snapshots
• HV_pad (i.e. hyper vectorial pad), 9 snapshots pad (4 pad near), and auto-explorer (spiral, dunk, reflects)
engine
• Snapshots sequencer rhythms improviser unit snapshots list,
• Ableton Tempo synchronize triggers shorts key,
• fully managing save/load/hot-swap as a normal Ableton Device
• drag and drop support: stream/windowing wave-pads (audio files)
• panning rotation: manual, cycle, random
==== Requirements ====
Macintosh
Density.m4l requires a Mac PPC or Intel machine running OS X 10.4 or later, and 1 GB RAM.
Windows
Density.m4l requires a Windows XP/Vista/7 machine and 1 GB RAM.
Density.m4l requires Live 8.2.2 and Max For Live. Details about Max For Live can be found at Ableton.com. This bundle will only work in Ableton Live (not in the MaxMSP application).
Max for Live puts the power and potential of Max/MSP inside Live. Create all the instruments, effects and extensions you’ve ever wanted. Go beyond the common and predictable, and transcend the limits that conventional tools impose. Build completely unique synths and effects, create algorithmic composition tools, or fuse Live and controller hardware into radical, new music machines. Join a society of makers and share ingenuity.
Max for Live was co-developed by Ableton Live and Cycling ’74.
Density.m4l uses QuickTime in order to read correctly media files (including MP3), therefore QuickTime must be installed on your system. On Windows we recommend a complete installation of QuickTime choosing all optional components.
www.densitygs.com
Pulsaret.m4l is a new interactive real-time tool for asynchronous/synchronous prototypes granular synthesis.
Pulsaret.m4l implements a wide range of time-domain varieties of granular synthesis: glisson, grainlet, trainlet pulsar
etc…
Sound disintegration, pulverizer, sampled envelope “convolution”, dynamic draw envelope/ shape, interpolation-
transitions and Hyper Vectorial pads they simplify the creation of incredible sound objects.
Matrix & LFO provide a powerful way to connect one parameter with a dependent parameter/s, implementing all grainlets kind.
Density/Pulsaret.m4l latest features:
• Max 6 support
• New granulator engine 64 bit
• Pulsaret fine grains scheduling
ver. 2.0.6 (april 2011)
• polyphonic granulation, now you can play Pulsaret.m4l from master keyboard polyphonically • polyphonic keyboard triggers
• keyboard octave transposition
• ADSR (Attack Decay Sustain Release) note envelope
• add limiter amplitude signal
• transport link bug fix when Hot-Swap device
• HV_pad save last X Y position in device
• Snap_sequencer save last step count in device
• new OSC I/O support
• new ape.Filter independent device
• FILTER now is an indipendent device
• FILTER improved and refined
• FILTER enabled for transitions
• new micropad 2D-nodes
• Snap_sequencer save last step count in device
• new OSC I/O support
• transport link bug fix when Hot-Swap device
• HV_pad save last X Y position in device
• new GUI look
• new dialog-box windows, does not stop audio
• new tool bar quick functions access
• new HV_pad 2D nodes parameters interpolation
• add HV_pad jitter exploration
• add HV_pad in “reflects”, “jitter” and “drunk” now you can interact with the pad
• HV_pad on/off monitor bar in main HV_Pad window
• new Parameters rescale, multiply/divide (/4 /2 x2 x3 x4)
• panning now update correctly value when you select manual
• panning removed auto update knob when automatic or random
• snap-seq add global transport enable/disable trigger
• FILTER add filters types select
• FILTER add cutoff, gain and Q/S fine controller
• FILTER dry/wet knob
• FILTER dynamic filter allocation, until 24
• FILTER auto generate filter bands: Harmonic, Geometric, Scalar and Fibonacci
• FILTER frequency zoom in/out
• New detailed user manual online
• SNAP-SEQ step jump bug fixed
• SNAP-SEQ add portamento transition
• SNAP-SEQ some gui adjustments
• add windowing multi files samples support (until 6)
• add additive multisliders (csound gen10 like)
• additive mutisliders transitions, save presets in the device
• snapshots clear when init device, bug fixed
• windowing “draw defaults all”, now reset shape correctly
• windowing “draw”, refined gui
• save/reload correctly the windowing shape • reseall, now does not clear all snapshots
• some bugs fixed
ver. 1.0.2
• save/reload correctly the windowing shape
• reseall, now does not clear all snapshots
ver. 1.0.0
• instrument Ableton Live devices integration
• dynamic windowing pad: crop, normalize draw, grid quantize, zero-crossing, bpm, phase and samples
• envelope/windowing menage up to 16 pre-generated shape (prototypes)
• envelope/windowing loading and menage six sound-files (aiff,wav, mp3)
• instrument save sound files loaded in device preset
• snapshots (presets) memory: up to 24
• fast buttons snapshots store/recall
• clients menage: include/exclude widgets from transitions
• micro-pad interpolating between four snapshots
• HV_pad (i.e. hyper vectorial pad), 9 snapshots pad (4 pad near), and auto-explorer (spiral, dunk, reflects)
engine
• snapshots sequencer rhythms improviser unit
• snapshots list, consecutive rename
• Ableton Tempo synchronize
• triggers shorts key,
• fully managing save/load/hot-swap as a normal Ableton Device
• panning rotation: manual, cycle, random
• cascaded series of biquad filters
• matrix parameter linkage, rescale and LFO modulation range in Grainlet Synthesis
• pulsaret length/cps and vice versa dependency
• windowing envelope (attack/decay) deforms parameters
==== Requirements ====
IMPORTANT: PulsaretM4L requires Live 8.1 (better 8.2.2 or higher) and Max For Live. Details about Max For Live can be found at Ableton.com. DensityM4L plugins will only work in Ableton (not in the MaxMSP application).
Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows XP/7
QuickTime for the MPEG support
Macintosh
Density.m4l and Pulsaret.m4l require a Mac PPC or Intel machine running OS X 10.4 or later, and 1 GB RAM.
Windows
Density.m4l and Pulsaret.m4l require a Windows XP/Vista/7 machine and 1 GB RAM.
Density.m4l and Pulsaret.m4l require Live 9 and Max For Live. Details about Max For Live can be found at Ableton.com. This bundle will only work in Ableton Live (not in the MaxMSP application).
Max for Live puts the power and potential of Max/MSP inside Live. Create all the instruments, effects and extensions you’ve ever wanted. Go beyond the common and predictable, and transcend the limits that conventional tools impose. Build completely unique synths and effects, create algorithmic composition tools, or fuse Live and controller hardware into radical, new music machines. Join a society of makers and share ingenuity.
Max for Live was co-developed by Ableton Live and Cycling ’74.
Density.m4l and Pulsaret.m4l use QuickTime in order to read correctly media files (including MP3), therefore QuickTime must be installed on your system. On Windows we recommend a complete installation of QuickTime choosing all optional components.
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