Grainferno

Granular Synthesis, Reimagined

Grainferno pushes granular synthesis into bold new territory. Acting as both a sound design laboratory and a playable instrument, it breaks audio samples into microscopic grains and rebuilds them through a state of the art processing engine, transforming ordinary material into expressive textures, evolving atmospheres, fractured rhythms, and experimental tones.

At its core, Grainferno deconstructs sound into grains and reconstructs them with precise control over generation, shaping, layering, and modulation. The result is entirely new sonic identities created from any source sample, with a workflow that remains intuitive while encouraging creative unpredictability.

Designed for musical performance as much as deep sound design, Grainferno lets you lock samples to your project’s key and play them chromatically. With dual sample morphing, per grain processing, host synced control, bespoke effects, and advanced drag and drop modulation, it turns your sample library into a constantly shifting engine of motion and tone.

Features

• Deep drag and drop modulation with custom waveform drawing

• Layer multiple modulation destinations

• Cross modulate modulation sources

• Host synced grain rate and scan motion

• Rhythmically precise granular resampling

• Bespoke onboard effects tailored for granular textures

• Per grain filter for tonal and spectral shaping

• Per grain compressor for transient control

• Per grain blur for diffusion and smoothing

• Audio rate grain generation for chromatic playability

• Key locked performance regardless of source pitch

• Dual sample loading within a single patch

• Seven distinct morph modes between two samples

Mac:

• macOS 10.11 or higher
• Native Apple Silicon M1/M2

Windows:

• Windows 10 or higher