Isotonik Studios has announced the release of Samsara, a Max for Live granular looping device by Dillon Bastan, creator of IOTA and Ecosystem.
Designed to be played, the device was inspired by the definition of the word samsara: the cycle of death and rebirth to which life in the material world is bound.
Samsara is a Max for Live granular looping device geared towards live performance, soundscapes and textures. Samsara gives you access to individual grain parameters and the ability to record audio input.
Samsara features
- Up to 36 grains with start position and grain size, and sync option for grain size in note divisions (based on tempo and global pitch).
- Phase spreading between grains.
- Customized volume window.
- Various playback directions (>, < , >< , <>, ?).
- Individual bandpass filters for grains.
- Access to individual parameters per grain: Start Position, Grain Size, Pitch/Speed, Bandpass Frequency Center, Volume, Panning, Feedback (Short delay with feedback).
- Each individual Grain parameter has option for: Spray (randomize factor of value at the start of each window), LFO, Offset.
- LFO with basic waveforms and sync rate option.
- Input Recording with options to record in or out of a looped section of buffer, start/stop global quantization option, start/stop input signal gate option, and appending option..
- Internal preset system for parameters which does not affect sample loaded or recording parameter. Has a blending option, interpolating 2 adjacent presets together.
Samsara is available for £15 GBP/19 EUR/$22 USD exc. VAT.
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