Clouds

Clouds is a multi-platform real-time asynchronous granular synthesis created with Max. It records audio into up to four different buffers, each with individual read position, wander, speed (time-stretch) and predominance (how often it is used in comparison to the other buffers). It enables control of grain density, duration, transposition, envelope, spatial scatter and cloud envelope. The buffers can record a variety of sources, including synthesised waveforms, microphone capture and/or audio files. Clouds can produce mono, stereo, 5.1 surround and octophonic outputs, enabling panning within and beyond the circle of speakers with optional Doppler Shift. Granulation parameters can be controlled manually through the graphical user interface, generated randomly between set limits, and/or automated using QLists by means of text files containing breakpoint values. It is also possible to record outputs as audio files in a variety of formats. Comprehensive user guide and tutorials included.