{"id":5733,"date":"2010-11-01T19:35:46","date_gmt":"2010-11-01T18:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=5733"},"modified":"2022-06-09T12:27:09","modified_gmt":"2022-06-09T11:27:09","slug":"curtis-heavy-the-handheld-granular-synth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/curtis-heavy-the-handheld-granular-synth\/","title":{"rendered":"Curtis Heavy – The Handheld Granular Synth"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>If you don’t know what a granular synthesizer is then first of all, there is no need to feel stupid, it’s pretty specialist stuff and you may wish to have a quick read of this wiki article <\/a>before going any further.<\/p>\n

When I first discovered the joy granular synthesis, I became so obsessed with it I didn’t make any music that didn’t involve one for about 5 months, a serious hinderance if you are studying for a degree in music composition.<\/p>\n

Well, for \u00a31.19 you can share this joy without having to go through the pain of learning a programming language and making one yourself. All you need as an iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.<\/p>\n

The app is fairly versatile and allows you to load your own samples via a web style drop box. The interface is pretty\u00a0intuitive\u00a0too. If you need further\u00a0convincing of how fun messing around with sound is, then check out the video below.<\/p>\n