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Quick Start

You'll have sound coming out of Grainulator in about five minutes. Pick your platform.

  1. Install Grainulator by following the install guide (see Desktop → Install in the sidebar).
  2. Launch the standalone app (or open Grainulator as a plug-in in your DAW — load it on an instrument or audio track).
  3. Drag any audio file onto the waveform display at the top of the window. WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, and Ogg are all supported, at any sample rate — Grainulator will resample to the host rate automatically.
  4. Press Play in the header (standalone), or play a MIDI note from your DAW (plug-in, Instrument play mode).
  5. Turn the Density knob on the GRAIN tab up to around 30. You should hear a stream of grains pulled from your sample.
  6. Turn the Pitch knob to ±12 semitones. The grains shift up or down an octave while keeping the same grain size and density.
  7. Open the FX tab and raise the Reverb Mix knob. Welcome to ambient music.
  1. Install Grainulator from the App Store (see iPad → Install in the sidebar).
  2. Open Grainulator as an AUv3 plug-in in any compatible host (AUM, Loopy Pro, Cubasis, GarageBand, Drambo) or launch the standalone app.
  3. Tap the waveform display at the top. The Files browser opens — pick any audio file from iCloud Drive, On My iPad, or your configured cloud storage.
  4. Play a MIDI note from your host's keyboard, an external MIDI controller, or the standalone app's on-screen keyboard.
  5. Drag the Density knob on the GRAIN tab upward to around 30.
  6. Drag the Pitch knob up or down. The grains shift in pitch.
  7. Switch to the FX tab and raise the Reverb Mix knob.

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