Grain Discussion Thread

[MikeMcKew]

The stream has been uploaded to YouTube. You can watch it here:

The Grain Sample Manipulator will be available in Reason 10, which will be released on October 25th. More info can be found here.

The upgrade will cost $129 for existing owners of Reason and will be free to those who purchased Reason after September 1st.

[Psuper]

The sample interface is nice. I have Fritz.

[teddymcw]

Would love anyone with adequate knowledge to be able to explain any unique value propositions that Proton and Grain offer?

I haven't spent too much time with Proton and am no granular synthesis expert but am looking for an excuse to support Gustav and Selig's great work as I'm sure I'll update to R10 at some point more for the core work. I just want to know how to best support and learn by use and comparison of these two machines. Thanks!

[aeox]

Audio is all messed up.

[Loque]

Sad, that every RE dev gives us access to the filters and the FX, but PH does not, because they "are so excited about the front". Yea, the front is good, but the back has some secret weapons, just like The Echo's feedback loop...

[bxbrkrz]

Who hates Grain enough not to upgrade?

[MikeMcKew]

I don't know about anyone else, but I am super impressed with Grain. That click gate and drag feature is very awesome and unique, as far as I know.

[Electric-Metal]

Who hates Grain enough not to upgrade?

I whish I could say "me". Would save me 129 bucks.

[Breach The Sky]

Who hates Grain enough not to upgrade?

You... hate it?

I think it sounds and looks awesome! These new synths are worthy additions to Reason imo.

[Pralijah]

"Grain" is where one could spend endless hours of soundshaping which can also inspire new ideas of songs or creating textures in existing songs that lack that background environment. This kind of synth is where I am sold. I did´nt want to upgrade this version, but guess it will be hard indeed not to do so when demoing it. Also nice to see next livestream with the other devices and samples.

[Jagwah]

Really really cool. As good as Europa, and they will go great topgether. Don't know how it compares to similar grain REs though.

Looks wild for sound design and... just so much can be taken from any sample really. Can't wait to get reese bassey with it.

Well done Props.

[electrofux]

Need stereo stream

[sdst]

this interface looks better designed than the some similar REs

with one sample you get a lot of sounds and crazy things

this is a very interesting synth

[Aosta]

Really really cool. As good as Europa, and they will go great topgether. Don't know how it compares to similar grain REs though.

Looks wild for sound design and... just so much can be taken from any sample really. Can't wait to get reese bassey with it.

Well done Props.

1 Grain + 1 Europa + Combinator =

[O1B]

Thanks for posting! Grain is going to be so awesome!

only at :53 minutes, but that Freeze/Follow feature under Tape... Gimme!
Never seen anything like it....

GRAIN saves me $6-700 on that random count-to-5 pedal!
Superb.

Reason's UI for Audio clips is a little:

but, I'm used to it, and it's accurate .

[dhruan]

Woweeeeeee! That stream gave me all kinds of warm and fuzzies... I loved what I saw and heard. Nice! <3

[sublunar]

Grain looks like it will be awesome.
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[bxbrkrz]

Really really cool. As good as Europa, and they will go great topgether. Don't know how it compares to similar grain REs though.

Looks wild for sound design and... just so much can be taken from any sample really. Can't wait to get reese bassey with it.

Well done Props.

1 Grain + 1 Europa + Combinator =

Amazing upgrade, infinite possibilities, worth $129 and more.

[Ahornberg]

How does Grain compare to Proton RE?

[MikeMcKew]

How does Grain compare to Proton RE?

This is something I've seen asked a lot, and I don't have an answer for it... I don't own Proton myself.

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[Exowildebeest]

[Reasonable man]

Its a great synth well done guys.
I never got the hang of Malstrom . It has these ear piercing frequencies i can't control , compress or EQ properly and its hummy noisey and hissy. I really hope this thing can be used in a polished production sense and dosn't have that dirtyness. Its hard to tell from the demo.

[Tumble]

Just an FYI, Ryan - ColdZyme is the best weapon against viking ebola.

[Loque]

How does Grain compare to Proton RE?

Grain has a few more modes or grain engines, this spectral filter and a oscilator, bunch of build in fx and looks better. Proton is quite close to Grain, but Grain actually wins. If you already own Proton, you do not really need Grain, but it is a good 2nd weapon.

[Exowildebeest]

How does Grain compare to Proton RE?

Grain has a few more modes or grain engines, this spectral filter and a oscilator, bunch of build in fx and looks better. Proton is quite close to Grain, but Grain actually wins. If you already own Proton, you do not really need Grain, but it is a good 2nd weapon.

Grain doesn't have per-grain (particle in Proton terms) control over pitch like Proton with its quantized pitch shifting. Also, less control over grain amplitude.

They're surprisingly different devices imo. I'd use Proton for ambient recordings of birds and water and such, whereas Grain is better for playable synth sounds due to its emphasis on getting sounds that are in tune (the spectral grain is basically a tune-everything-through-FFT-filter).

At least that's my first impression after trying Grain for an hour or so.