Granulate Granulator VST (Free Windows VST, Open Source for Win/Mac/Linux)

Granulate VST by aquanode

Granulate is a Granulator VST Plugin (and Standalone .exe) modelled after a famous Granulator plugin from a certain DAW, but in a version that is not available anymore. It focuses on the basic elements that any granulator should have: A sample playback engine with choosable amounts of grains, their position, their spread around an interval and their duration. You can either press a MIDI note for resampling, or click on the loaded waveform to hear the sound grains around the position you click.

Please note (haha) that only clicking a part of the waveform is intended, when you click and drag the mouse it still works but you will hear some crackle sounds while moving (which are not too loud though).

A visual representation of the grains as small playback heads is also provided.

Thanks for checking it out! As with my other plugins, this too was made with the help of AI.

Controls

• Load Sample: Opens a file browser to import a supported audio file.
• Waveform Display: Visualizes the sample and allows you to click or drag to set the playback position.
• Grains: Controls the number or density of grains playing simultaneously.
• Size: Sets the duration of each individual audio grain.
• Position: Selects the point in the sample buffer where grains are currently being grabbed from.
• Spray: Adds random variation to the playback position to create a wider texture.
• Window: Defines the width of the playable area around the current position cursor.
• G-ADSR: Attack / Decay / Sustain / Release. Shapes the volume envelope of each individual grain.
• N-ADSR: Shapes the volume envelope of the overall MIDI note.
• AM: Applies amplitude modulation to the grains.
• AM Disp: Adds random variation to the amplitude modulation.
• Pitch Disp: Adds random pitch variation to the grains.
• Pitch (Mouse): Manually changes the playback pitch offset for the mouse click mode.
• Stereo: Randomizes the panning of grains to widen the stereo image.
• Volume: Controls the master output level of the plugin.