[sdiy] granular synth on AVR or Ucontrollers??

[Colin Hinz]

On Wed, 4 Apr 2012, Barry Klein wrote:

> I wonder if others think the same as I do:
> I think this is an exercise in technicality.  Granular isn't musical as much
> as a technical exercise.  I don't see how it really relates much to the
> original sample source or can be made musical.  I'm not saying it can't be
> used in one's work.  It is interesting to listen to to a degree - but it is
> kind of like trying to mess with manipulations of primary registers of a
> DX-7 oscillator - good luck with making sense of it.  I have a lot of
> granular capability in my Capybara 320 (not that I've used it much).  It is
> unique but not that different between sample sources and has its own
> character that although unique perhaps, I wouldn't know how to make it
> musical.

Years and years ago, I fed some Kenny G into Granulab. The results were
more listenable than the original, even if they did sound like an orgy
of coke-fiend mice.

YMMV, as they used to say on Usenet.

- Colin