Riot Audio has introduced a two-layer integrated granular synthesis instrument with extensive movement capabilities. Impressions has a focus on pads and pulses with complex organic textures.
An original new take on multi-source granular synthesis, Riot Audio’s IMPRESSIONS is an instrument capable of combining granular sample playback in a way no other instrument on the market has done to date.
Instead of the tried-and-tested multi-layer engine approach, where two independent granular streams run alongside each other and are simply crossfaded, IMPRESSIONS uses a new proprietary unified architecture (Integrated Granular Synthesis) where the two grains are correlated in the granular stream.
The result is a synergistic sound picture where the boundaries between origin sound sources almost disappear. Even with substantially divergent sound sources the grains appear to the listener clearly correlated, greatly assisting with creating distinct, cohesive sound design.
Impressions features
- Integrated two-source granular engine with unified architecture (Nanomix).
- 65 high quality sound sources.
- Sample source categories: Strings (Short, Long), Percussive, Textures, Vocal.
- 222 ready-made presets including 20 atmospheres, 20 basses, 20 chaos patches, 20 key, 50 pads, 50 pulses, 20 vocal patches as well as 22 sound design starting points covering all preset types.
- User sample import capability.
- 0.3 GB uncompressed sample content.
- 8 tempo-synced LFOs, mappable to practically all instrument parameters, including two LFOs that can modulate other LFOs.
- Two sets of mappable modwheel parameters (grain settings and FX).
- Tempo synced delay.
- 3 types of saturation, two types of degrading, filters, EQs and reverb.
Available for Kontakt and the free Kontakt Player, Impressions is on sale for the intro price of £69 GBP until December 18th, 2025 (regular £89 GBP).
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