Music Hackspace Granular Synthesis Getting Started with Grainflow by Christopher Poovey

Grainflow is a package for Max / MSP that utilizes gen~ and the MC wrapper to allow users to control large numbers of sample accurate grains.

Learning outcomes

Develop an understanding of granulation and granular synthesis
Use Grainflow to build a granular file player
Use Grainflow for live granulation
Build a granular time-stretching tool
Use the MC output of Grainflow to bus grains stochastically to different effects

Course content:

Workshop Materials

Part 1 - Basics of Granulation
Part 2 - Intro to Grainflow
Part 3 - Grainflow Parameters
Part 4 - Live Granulation
Part 5 - Bussing-Panning With Grainflow
Part 6 - Temporal Effects