Part of a Nutritious Microsound Diet
Multigrain is a Stereo Morphing Granular Sampler with instant access to up to eight different audio samples (“Sounds”) . These sounds are played back through a granular engine with morphable scenes, and a reverb effect that we call Blur.
Granular sampling or synthesis creates small slices of audio—or grains—from a larger piece of audio. In Multigrain, streams of grains can be shaped, layered, pitched, filtered, and reversed to generate entirely new sounds.
The eight available Sounds use stereo WAV files, up to 32 seconds long, to generate grains from. These are loaded in from the microSD card (where you can store thousands of files), recorded from the inputs, or resampled from the outputs.
Automation / Modulation
The granular engine has a full set of controls to shape your grains. You can apply two panel settings per Sound—Scenes A and B—then morph between them using the Morph fader or automate it with the dedicated Morph CV/Attenuverter.
Multigrain loves modulation. It has three assignable CV inputs, which can be applied to the granular engine’s parameters. You can also apply internally generated random modulation and sync Multigrain to your system clock.
Dedicated Next, Gate, Select CV inputs allow you to sequence or surf through sounds, layering and mixing them on top of each other.
Ready for the Stage
Multigrain supports up to 48 Projects, each with 48 Presets, so you can store multiple configurations and sample sets for instant recall. This also frees you up to explore new sound palettes, while still being able to return to your favourites.
Bend any Sound into your own creation
Sample your own sources (or others) directly into the module for instant gratification, or load a copy of your WAV files to the SD card with a computer, and explore the sounds like you’ve never heard them before.
We have partnered with some amazing artists to provide you with exclusive samples for use with Multigrain
• Richard Devine (Warp/Schematic)
• Speedy J (Warp/STOOR)
• Taylor Deupree (12k/Nettwerk)
• Jeremy Blake (Red Means Recording)
You’ll find these Projects on the 32GB SD card included with the module, as well as more sounds and samples from our staff here at intellijel; over 600MB of included samples.
Features
- Eight Sounds available at once — Each Sound can be freely assigned from the MicroSD card or by sampling directly into the module.
- Latch your sound for drones or use unlatched for percussive bursts of sound
- Morph each Sound between two Scenes — Two individual sets of parameters for each Sound
- 13 Dedicated Granular Parameters — 10 Per-Knob Functions, 3 Behaviour Toggles
- Built-in Per-Sound Pitch Quantizer
- Clock Sync toggle and Input
- Blur (HiFi Reverb) — Process your grains and L/R Inputs through a unique proprietary reverb algorithm
- Sample directly on the module—
- Sample the L/R Inputs directly or…
- Resample (internally) the L/R Outputs to reprocess your new sounds
- Optionally Normalize feature for maximum dynamic range
- 32-second Always-Listening recording buffer — capture the sounds you thought you missed
- Advanced Sample Trimming UI built into the module
- Use dedicated Next, Select and Gate CV to surf or sequence through Sounds
- 4 Assignable Channels of Modulation—
- 3 Assignable CV inputs
- Internal Random Source
- All is assignable with attenuvertion to any and all parameters at once
- 2 Freely Assignable 48KHz Modulation Outputs—
- Morph Position
- Grain Trigger
- Grain Envelope
- Envelope follower (Input Signal)
- Envelope follower (Output Signal)
- Random Sample & Hold via Grain Trigger
- Plenty of Shortcuts available for advanced users
- 32GB MicroSD Card (Included)
- Front Panel accessible
- All settings, presets, and samples are stored on MicroSD
- Global /Wavs folder with support for up to 128 globally available WAV files
- Global /Recs folder to store up to 1024 Recordings (WAV) made on the module
- Up to 48 Projects, each /Project folder supports—
- Up to 48 Presets
- Up to 128 Project specific WAV files
- 48kHz 24-bit Stereo I/O and 32-bit floating point internal processing
- Supported Sample Format: 48kHz 16-bit Stereo WAV, 32 Second max.
SIZE: 20HP
POWER: 130mA @ +12V 13mA @ -12V
