Sound Particles – GrainDust (Windows)

Description

🌪 GrainDust – Granular Synthesizer Overview

GrainDust is an innovative granular synthesizer designed for music producers and sound designers who want to create deep, evolving atmospheres and cinematic textures. With four fully independent granular layers, GrainDust allows each grain of sound to shift, move, and breathe in real-time—giving you living, organic soundscapes full of motion and dimension.

Whether you’re producing electronic music, scoring films, or crafting experimental audio, GrainDust offers immersive sonic possibilities with 3D audio support, extensive modulation tools, advanced envelopes, and a powerful effects engine.

🎛 Key Features

🎚 Sound Engine

• 4 independent granular layers

• 1200+ samples & multi-format support (WAV, AIFF, FLAC, OGG, AIF)

• +250 presets with MPE compatibility & random preset generator

• Polyphonic synthesizer with motion-enhanced granular engines

🎼 Modulation & Control

• 15 LFO waveforms + 70 waveform modifiers

• Advanced envelopes: ADSR, AHDSR, DAHDSR, ADDSR, and more

• 8 extra LFOs & 8 extra Envelope Generators

• Full modulation matrix (source/destination routing)

• Curve editor for precise control

🎹 Arpeggiator & Sequencer

• Arpeggiator with 7 modes & scale snap

• Polyphonic sequencer (up to 128 steps)

• Step keyboard, motion controls & sequence parameters

🎚 Filters & Pitch

• 6 filter types: Low Pass, High Pass, Band Pass, Peak, Low Shelf, High Shelf

• Granular filter engine and pitch control via EG + LFO

🎧 3D Spatial & Output Formats

• Spatial Envelopes & Spatial LFOs for 3D movement

• Personalized binaural (SOFA), dedicated panorama & speaker motion

• Output formats: Mono, Stereo (VBAP, MS, XY, Blumlein), Binaural, Ambisonics up to 6th order, Multichannel

🎨 Effects

• 10 built-in effects: Delay, Reverb, Distortion, Chorus, Phaser, Bit Crush, Flanger & more

• Filter mixer for advanced audio blending

🎵 Perfect For

✔ Ambient & cinematic music
✔ Game audio and film scoring
✔ Experimental electronic production
✔ Sound design, atmospheres & evolving textures