Experimenting in Granulab 1.5 by Rasmus Ekman (now available in Vst form, I'm using the standalone Windows version here). What's going on here? Using the software LoopBe1 I'm routing midi control data from a separate, custom built Max/MSP patch to Granulab. Granulab has one "sample" loaded, in this case a 5 minute chuck of a documentary about contemporary art produced by ABC Australia. Each of the eight streams is processing the sample differently. Each stream could be processing a different sample. For this experiment I built a patch in Max to generate random patch settings for Granulab, and then created 160 presets (Granulab has eight banks of presets, each with twenty slots to save in). A Max patch is then being used to trigger shifts between presets (called patches in Granulab). Granulab produces some interesting effects when transitioning between patches, and you can set the transition time to take advantage of this. In this experiment there is much going on that I like, but I'm really listening and thinking about exactly where I want this to go. Things usually work out as a balance between intention and the things discovered through the process and experimentation to get to the intended outcome. This is being developed for a collaboration between Lucas Darklord and Main$tream. Project page on Instagram is currently the most active - https://instagram.com/msld.sound.art Loads of sounds and things to look at there. More to come. A lot more.
