Grain Science
Granular music synthesizer
$9.99
1.6.12for iPhone, iPad and more
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About Grain Science
The outstanding hybrid synth for iPad, iPhone and iPod touch!
• Palm Sounds App of the Week (Christmas 2011) • iDesignSound App of the Week (January 2012) • “I ----ing love this thing!” — Discchord video review •
Grain Science is a beautiful synthesiser for iOS. Designed for musicians, soundscape artists and SFX engineers who want to go beyond our Sylo Synthesiser, Grain Science is built on similar principles of granular synthesis, but is vastly more powerful. Unlike many “experimental” granular apps, Grain Science mixes it up with traditional synthesis techniques to bring you an exciting hybrid synthesiser.
Use the built-in waveforms, or record or import your own — then use the sophisticated grain engine to create something completely new from them! Grain Science is easy to get to grips with, but offers lots of depth to explore: instead of offering one or two LFOs, almost any parameter in the system can be programmed to vary over time in complex ways.
Using careful optimisation techniques we provide two grain units per voice, which you can combine for morphing or complex modulated sounds, then send through a configurable FX chain. Pick any 4 from the collection of FX units (including various types of distortion, high- and low-pass filters, phaser, flanger, chorus, resonance and echo), and connect them up in any order. Other audio tweaks include soft loop, reverb, glide and supercharger controls, and the ability to affect granular synthesis in realtime (live grainbending).
Also featured are an arpeggiator with both chord and step-sequence modes; Core MIDI support, including Virtual MIDI, background audio, and “tap & twist” learning for setting up controls; and a customisable performance screen with a collection of XY Pads and wheels.
Rounding it off, Grain Science plays nicely with others: Dropbox, Twitter and email integration are all included, for sharing or exporting your waveforms, recordings of your performances, and instrument (patch) designs. And now featuring Audiobus support to stream your performance live to other compatible apps!
Hear Grain Science in action at http://soundcloud.com/wooji-juice
• Palm Sounds App of the Week (Christmas 2011) • iDesignSound App of the Week (January 2012) • “I ----ing love this thing!” — Discchord video review •
Grain Science is a beautiful synthesiser for iOS. Designed for musicians, soundscape artists and SFX engineers who want to go beyond our Sylo Synthesiser, Grain Science is built on similar principles of granular synthesis, but is vastly more powerful. Unlike many “experimental” granular apps, Grain Science mixes it up with traditional synthesis techniques to bring you an exciting hybrid synthesiser.
Use the built-in waveforms, or record or import your own — then use the sophisticated grain engine to create something completely new from them! Grain Science is easy to get to grips with, but offers lots of depth to explore: instead of offering one or two LFOs, almost any parameter in the system can be programmed to vary over time in complex ways.
Using careful optimisation techniques we provide two grain units per voice, which you can combine for morphing or complex modulated sounds, then send through a configurable FX chain. Pick any 4 from the collection of FX units (including various types of distortion, high- and low-pass filters, phaser, flanger, chorus, resonance and echo), and connect them up in any order. Other audio tweaks include soft loop, reverb, glide and supercharger controls, and the ability to affect granular synthesis in realtime (live grainbending).
Also featured are an arpeggiator with both chord and step-sequence modes; Core MIDI support, including Virtual MIDI, background audio, and “tap & twist” learning for setting up controls; and a customisable performance screen with a collection of XY Pads and wheels.
Rounding it off, Grain Science plays nicely with others: Dropbox, Twitter and email integration are all included, for sharing or exporting your waveforms, recordings of your performances, and instrument (patch) designs. And now featuring Audiobus support to stream your performance live to other compatible apps!
Hear Grain Science in action at http://soundcloud.com/wooji-juice
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What's New in the Latest Version 1.6.12
Last updated on Nov 7, 2018
Old Versions
• Updated for new device screen sizes
• Additional fixes
• Additional fixes
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Version History
1.6.12
Nov 7, 2018
• Updated for new device screen sizes
• Additional fixes
• Additional fixes
1.6.11
Jul 31, 2018
A few small fixes
1.6.10
Mar 30, 2018
Additional VoiceOver accessibility improvements.
1.6.9
Jan 5, 2018
• Updated Audiobus SDK
• Accessibility improvements for VoiceOver users on iPhone
• Accessibility improvements for VoiceOver users on iPhone
1.6.8
Dec 15, 2017
Compatibility fix to improve key responsiveness on recent versions of iOS.
1.6.7
Nov 1, 2017
• Updated Audiobus SDK
• Replaced Dropbox SDK with more flexible file service support (e.g. import/export audio from various cloud services if the appropriate app is installed.)
• Replaced Dropbox SDK with more flexible file service support (e.g. import/export audio from various cloud services if the appropriate app is installed.)
1.6.6
Oct 9, 2017
• Compatibility update
1.6.5
May 19, 2017
Compatibility update.
1.6.3
Mar 25, 2016
• iPad Pro (12.9") layout improvements
• Fixes
• Fixes
1.6.2
Sep 17, 2015
Updated to latest Audiobus SDK for iOS 9
1.6.1
Oct 2, 2014
• Stability & performance update
New In v1.6:
• Audiobus State Saving
• Inter-App Audio
• Bluetooth MIDI configuration (requires iOS 8)
• Enhanced for iPhone 6/6+ screen sizes
New In v1.6:
• Audiobus State Saving
• Inter-App Audio
• Bluetooth MIDI configuration (requires iOS 8)
• Enhanced for iPhone 6/6+ screen sizes
1.6
Sep 22, 2014
• Audiobus State Saving
• Inter-App Audio
• Bluetooth MIDI configuration (requires iOS 8)
• Enhanced for iPhone 6/6+ screen sizes
• Inter-App Audio
• Bluetooth MIDI configuration (requires iOS 8)
• Enhanced for iPhone 6/6+ screen sizes
1.5
Sep 12, 2013
• New: Support for MIDI Pitch Bend and Polyphonic Aftertouch
• Compatibility updates
• Updated to AudioCopy 2.0
• Updated Dropbox SDK
• Updated AudioBus SDK
• Improved: Easier to swipe from keyboard to control panels on iPhone
• Improved: Artefacts when installing/uninstalling FX units
• Improved: Faster instrument library migration
• Compatibility updates
• Updated to AudioCopy 2.0
• Updated Dropbox SDK
• Updated AudioBus SDK
• Improved: Easier to swipe from keyboard to control panels on iPhone
• Improved: Artefacts when installing/uninstalling FX units
• Improved: Faster instrument library migration
1.4
Dec 20, 2012
NEW: Introducing Audiobus support — now you can stream live audio directly from Grain Science to other Audiobus-compatible apps! See http://audiob.us for more information
1.3.5
Nov 3, 2012
• Updated for iOS 6
• Updated to take advantage of larger iPhone 5/iPod touch (5th generation) screen
• New: Custom reverb mode: direct control over reverb unit parameters
• New: Custom piano key sizes
• New: MIDI damper pedal (sustain) support
• Fix: Crash that could occur when using the Performance Panel to reselect the current instrument
• Fix: Minor graphical & UI issues
• Updated to take advantage of larger iPhone 5/iPod touch (5th generation) screen
• New: Custom reverb mode: direct control over reverb unit parameters
• New: Custom piano key sizes
• New: MIDI damper pedal (sustain) support
• Fix: Crash that could occur when using the Performance Panel to reselect the current instrument
• Fix: Minor graphical & UI issues
1.3.4
Aug 23, 2012
In this version:
• New: Additional sustain modes (select your preference in the Settings from a choice of regular, toggle and auto-reset)
• Fix: Issue where unintended 'popping' noises could occur under certain circumstances
• Issue where it was accidentally possible to incorrectly map ADSR Gain to Velocity in the control mapper
• Fix: Workaround for yet another Dropbox sharing API change
Previously in version 1.3.3:
• Improved: Background Audio/Virtual MIDI compatibility
• New: Additional sustain modes (select your preference in the Settings from a choice of regular, toggle and auto-reset)
• Fix: Issue where unintended 'popping' noises could occur under certain circumstances
• Issue where it was accidentally possible to incorrectly map ADSR Gain to Velocity in the control mapper
• Fix: Workaround for yet another Dropbox sharing API change
Previously in version 1.3.3:
• Improved: Background Audio/Virtual MIDI compatibility
1.3.3
Jul 25, 2012
In this version:
• Improved: Background Audio/Virtual MIDI compatibility
In version 1.3.2:
• Fix: Issue when drag-and-drop was interrupted
• Fix: Issue when a shared instrument is not found
• Fix: Issue when a shared audio file used by an instrument is missing
• Fix: Workaround for another Dropbox sharing API change
• Fix: Workaround for iOS bug #8895727
• Fix: Issue with grain-scrub control mapping
• + various UI improvements
• Improved: Background Audio/Virtual MIDI compatibility
In version 1.3.2:
• Fix: Issue when drag-and-drop was interrupted
• Fix: Issue when a shared instrument is not found
• Fix: Issue when a shared audio file used by an instrument is missing
• Fix: Workaround for another Dropbox sharing API change
• Fix: Workaround for iOS bug #8895727
• Fix: Issue with grain-scrub control mapping
• + various UI improvements
1.3.2
Jun 11, 2012
Version 1.3.2:
• Fix: Issue when drag-and-drop was interrupted
• Fix: Issue when a shared instrument is not found
• Fix: Issue when a shared audio file used by an instrument is missing
• Fix: Workaround for another Dropbox sharing API change
• Fix: Workaround for iOS bug #8895727
• + various UI improvements
Version 1.3.1:
• Fix: Removed some beta-testing commands accidentally present in v1.3
• Fix: Issue when adjusting multiple arpeggiator steps at once
• Fix: Issue when swiping to delete files from your device
• Fix: Issue when drag-and-drop was interrupted
• Fix: Issue when a shared instrument is not found
• Fix: Issue when a shared audio file used by an instrument is missing
• Fix: Workaround for another Dropbox sharing API change
• Fix: Workaround for iOS bug #8895727
• + various UI improvements
Version 1.3.1:
• Fix: Removed some beta-testing commands accidentally present in v1.3
• Fix: Issue when adjusting multiple arpeggiator steps at once
• Fix: Issue when swiping to delete files from your device
1.3.1
Mar 27, 2012
Version 1.3.1:
• Fix: Removed some beta-testing commands accidentally present in v1.3
• Fix: Issue when adjusting multiple arpeggiator steps at once
• Fix: Issue when swiping to delete files from your device
Version 1.3:
This update is packed with features — more than we can list here, so we're just listing the highlights! For full details, see http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/grain-science-1-3.html
• iPhone and iPod touch support: Grain Science is now a Universal app, one purchase works on all your iOS devices. With Retina graphics for 4/4S and the new iPad!
• Arpeggiator 2.0: The arpeggiator has been rewritten to offer tonnes of new power and flexibility
• Ribbon Controller & Velocity: You can now use MIDI velocity to control synth parameters — even without a MIDI device, using the new on-screen Ribbon Controller
• G-1000 Shapeinator: A new fully customisable wave-shaping FX unit.
• Fix: Removed some beta-testing commands accidentally present in v1.3
• Fix: Issue when adjusting multiple arpeggiator steps at once
• Fix: Issue when swiping to delete files from your device
Version 1.3:
This update is packed with features — more than we can list here, so we're just listing the highlights! For full details, see http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/grain-science-1-3.html
• iPhone and iPod touch support: Grain Science is now a Universal app, one purchase works on all your iOS devices. With Retina graphics for 4/4S and the new iPad!
• Arpeggiator 2.0: The arpeggiator has been rewritten to offer tonnes of new power and flexibility
• Ribbon Controller & Velocity: You can now use MIDI velocity to control synth parameters — even without a MIDI device, using the new on-screen Ribbon Controller
• G-1000 Shapeinator: A new fully customisable wave-shaping FX unit.
1.3
Mar 20, 2012
This update is packed with features — more than we can list here, so we're just listing the highlights! For full details, see http://www.wooji-juice.com/blog/grain-science-1-3.html
• iPhone and iPod touch support: Grain Science is now a Universal app, one purchase works on all your iOS devices. With Retina graphics for 4/4S and the new iPad!
• Arpeggiator 2.0: The arpeggiator has been rewritten to offer tonnes of new power and flexibility
• Ribbon Controller & Velocity: You can now use MIDI velocity to control synth parameters — even without a MIDI device, using the new on-screen Ribbon Controller
• G-1000 Shapeinator: A new fully customisable wave-shaping FX unit.
• iPhone and iPod touch support: Grain Science is now a Universal app, one purchase works on all your iOS devices. With Retina graphics for 4/4S and the new iPad!
• Arpeggiator 2.0: The arpeggiator has been rewritten to offer tonnes of new power and flexibility
• Ribbon Controller & Velocity: You can now use MIDI velocity to control synth parameters — even without a MIDI device, using the new on-screen Ribbon Controller
• G-1000 Shapeinator: A new fully customisable wave-shaping FX unit.
1.2
Feb 7, 2012
In this version:
• New: Chorus FX unit
• New: Pulse Width Modulation blend mode
• New: Wave list shows a count of how many instruments use each wave
• New: More musician-friendly BPM system, goes up to 180bpm with 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32 options (old system can still be selected)
• New: Multiple-octave chord arpeggiation
• New: Swipe to delete unwanted audio from wave & audio import lists
• New: “Reed” built-in wave
• New: 6 additional built-in instruments
• New: Tube Resonance Bass can be programmed. Note: It can bite! Slow, gentle programs are recommended, unless you want artefacts!
• New: UI improvement — swap FX units by dragging them around by their names
• New: Setting to choose whether recording is hold-to-record or tap-to-start/tap-to-stop
• New: Mini VU meter on recording button during recording (or, in hold-to-record mode, tap to toggle on/off)
• New: Cropping selections now snap to zero-crossings for smoother results
• Improved: Easier to see when a cropping selection is about to begin
• Improved: Avoids “popping” while installing/uninstalling FX units
• Improved: Slightly more useful naming for newly-created instruments
• Fix: Crash bug when mapping certain kinds of parameter in otherwise-unmodified instruments
• Fix: Issue with reverb resetting itself after re-opening Grain Science
• Fix: Control Mapper shows the same names for Tube Resonance parameters as on their FX dials
• Fix: Issue with Control Mapper Auto-Reset not always auto-resetting to the correct value
• Fix: Issue with Single-Shot grain mode
Previously, in version 1.1:
• New: Background audio support (enable in settings)
• New: Virtual MIDI — control Grain Science from other apps on your device
• New: Flanger FX unit
• New: Pulse Width FX unit
• New: Single Shot grain mode — like Linear, but halts at the end of the sample instead of looping
• New: UI improvement — Jump quickly to any panel without having to scroll one-by-one
• New: UI improvement — Grain Mode, Blend Mode, Reverb Mode and AGC buttons can now be dragged up/down to quickly change modes without popping open a separate panel.
• New: 5 additional built-in instruments
• Improved: Faster switching between instruments
• Improved: Cleaner transitions when switching instruments
• Improved: Reduced memory usage
• Fix: Parameters in the control mapping panel now show “FX switched off” when the FX Unit they apply to hasn't been activated in the FX chain.
• Fix: Issue transferring control map minimum/maximum/auto reset values to new instruments
• Fix: Issue where Bounce grain mode would, in rare circumstances, loop instead
• Fix: Compatibility issue importing certain audio files
• Fix: Various other minor issues
• New: Chorus FX unit
• New: Pulse Width Modulation blend mode
• New: Wave list shows a count of how many instruments use each wave
• New: More musician-friendly BPM system, goes up to 180bpm with 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 and 1/32 options (old system can still be selected)
• New: Multiple-octave chord arpeggiation
• New: Swipe to delete unwanted audio from wave & audio import lists
• New: “Reed” built-in wave
• New: 6 additional built-in instruments
• New: Tube Resonance Bass can be programmed. Note: It can bite! Slow, gentle programs are recommended, unless you want artefacts!
• New: UI improvement — swap FX units by dragging them around by their names
• New: Setting to choose whether recording is hold-to-record or tap-to-start/tap-to-stop
• New: Mini VU meter on recording button during recording (or, in hold-to-record mode, tap to toggle on/off)
• New: Cropping selections now snap to zero-crossings for smoother results
• Improved: Easier to see when a cropping selection is about to begin
• Improved: Avoids “popping” while installing/uninstalling FX units
• Improved: Slightly more useful naming for newly-created instruments
• Fix: Crash bug when mapping certain kinds of parameter in otherwise-unmodified instruments
• Fix: Issue with reverb resetting itself after re-opening Grain Science
• Fix: Control Mapper shows the same names for Tube Resonance parameters as on their FX dials
• Fix: Issue with Control Mapper Auto-Reset not always auto-resetting to the correct value
• Fix: Issue with Single-Shot grain mode
Previously, in version 1.1:
• New: Background audio support (enable in settings)
• New: Virtual MIDI — control Grain Science from other apps on your device
• New: Flanger FX unit
• New: Pulse Width FX unit
• New: Single Shot grain mode — like Linear, but halts at the end of the sample instead of looping
• New: UI improvement — Jump quickly to any panel without having to scroll one-by-one
• New: UI improvement — Grain Mode, Blend Mode, Reverb Mode and AGC buttons can now be dragged up/down to quickly change modes without popping open a separate panel.
• New: 5 additional built-in instruments
• Improved: Faster switching between instruments
• Improved: Cleaner transitions when switching instruments
• Improved: Reduced memory usage
• Fix: Parameters in the control mapping panel now show “FX switched off” when the FX Unit they apply to hasn't been activated in the FX chain.
• Fix: Issue transferring control map minimum/maximum/auto reset values to new instruments
• Fix: Issue where Bounce grain mode would, in rare circumstances, loop instead
• Fix: Compatibility issue importing certain audio files
• Fix: Various other minor issues
1.1
Jan 20, 2012
• New: Background audio support (enable in settings)
• New: Virtual MIDI — control Grain Science from other apps on your iPad
• New: Flanger FX Unit
• New: Pulse Width FX Unit
• New: Single Shot grain mode — like Linear, but halts at the end of the sample instead of looping
• New: UI improvement — Jump quickly to any panel without having to scroll one-by-one
• New: UI improvement — Grain Mode, Blend Mode, Reverb Mode and AGC buttons can now be dragged up/down to quickly change modes without popping open a separate panel.
• New: 5 additional built-in instruments
• Improved: Faster switching between instruments
• Improved: Cleaner transitions when switching instruments
• Improved: Reduced memory usage
• Fix: Parameters in the control mapping panel now show “FX switched off” when the FX Unit they apply to hasn't been activated in the FX chain.
• Fix: Issue transferring control map minimum/maximum/auto reset values to new instruments
• Fix: Issue where Bounce grain mode would, in rare circumstances, loop instead
• Fix: Compatibility issue importing certain audio files
• New: Virtual MIDI — control Grain Science from other apps on your iPad
• New: Flanger FX Unit
• New: Pulse Width FX Unit
• New: Single Shot grain mode — like Linear, but halts at the end of the sample instead of looping
• New: UI improvement — Jump quickly to any panel without having to scroll one-by-one
• New: UI improvement — Grain Mode, Blend Mode, Reverb Mode and AGC buttons can now be dragged up/down to quickly change modes without popping open a separate panel.
• New: 5 additional built-in instruments
• Improved: Faster switching between instruments
• Improved: Cleaner transitions when switching instruments
• Improved: Reduced memory usage
• Fix: Parameters in the control mapping panel now show “FX switched off” when the FX Unit they apply to hasn't been activated in the FX chain.
• Fix: Issue transferring control map minimum/maximum/auto reset values to new instruments
• Fix: Issue where Bounce grain mode would, in rare circumstances, loop instead
• Fix: Compatibility issue importing certain audio files
1.0
Dec 22, 2011
Grain Science FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of Grain Science.
iPhone
Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 9.3 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 9.3 or later.
Grain Science supports English
