Sound Design with Granular Synthesis
crusher-X key features

crusher-X Key features:
- Real-time live, glitch and static, polyphonic and multichannel granular synthesis engine that creates grains from live input signals or sound files
- Real-time modulation of all Grain Modulations: Delay, Length, Birth, Offset, GCO Mix, GCO Pitch, Speed, Sweep, WaveShaper, X-Crush, Bit-Crush, Filter, Diffuse, Volume and Pan
- Real-time, spectral, interactive, formant wave selection/trigger filter
- MIDI Polyphonic Expression (MPE) support
- Sidechain as an alternative audio input or to modulate, trigger and spawn grain modulation
- Grain Controlled Oscillator (GCO) system - crusher-X has Oscillator and Sample grain print-ins that can be generated and mixed with the live- or sidechain input
- Grain Controlled MIDI (GCM) system - crusher-X can generate MIDI Notes and MIDI Controllers along with each grain to keep external sound or light systems in sync with the grain generation
- Grain Life-Time (GLT) System - The life-time of each grainstream can be controlled via UI, LFOs, MIDI and the Live and Sidechain Audio Input
- Autotune and Pitch tracking system
- Unique Grain Controlled Feedback (GCF) system for shimmer reverb design
- Up to 10-channel surround outputs (e.g. 5.1, 6.1, 7.1, 8.2, 9.1) incl. 7.1.2 Atoms bed layout
- Microtonal tuning. Tuned Speed, GCO Pitch and Filter-Cut modulations (Grain-Arpeggiator). Comes with hundreds of different tuning scales and MIDI keyboard control
- Up to 199 individual grain streams (generators) that have multi-core CPU support
- Physical modeling sliders and an unique physical modeling X/Y controller
- Unique 3D grain visualization
- Unique "Grain-Drop" vertical live Grain Buffer visualization
- Real-time Grain Window Tilt functionality
- Over 220 preset patches
- Over 410 assignable real-time plug-in parameters grouped in categories (VST3), free real-time MIDI control assignments
- Factory sounds created by Richard Devine, Robert Dudzic and accSone. Unique ASMR sound bank
- Morph system to morph seamless between parameters changes and between patches
- Undo/Redo and randomize functionalities
- Over 4300 LFOs. Each Grain Modulation has their own individual set of LFOs for each Generator
- 2 Global 4 Slot Grain Modulation Matrices (GMMs) with free assignable modulation targets
- LFO phase and frequency spread modulations (you can spread modulations over several grain stream generators)
- LFOs, Live Triggers and Grain creation can be bound to the tempo of the DAW (beats / second)
- Free editable Envelope Follower for additional Grain modulations
- Grain lengths up to 60 seconds
- Shadow programs
- Meta modifications with 13 adore parameters
- Several granulation live-buffer and freeze modes: Can easily switch between live processing to file processing
- Can stop and save the live granulizing buffer at any time
- DCO generator with sample-player. Several player and looping modes
- Offline rendering
- Automatic triggered grain buffer filling modes
- Auto-Normalization during loading of soundfiles
- Two free editable multi-channel Compressor/Expander/Limiters to stabilize feedback and output level
- Smart latency compensation and overload detection system
- Integrated interactive quick-start tutorial
- Screen-less control for sight impaired composers and musicians