Reply To: Some Grainz, Anyone?

Talk about stumbling onto things outrageously good for the lot of us! I really just posted the GUI of this granular synth Grainz above for its aesthetically interesting entertainment value for our readers. I mean, this one was first released in 2006 or so, making it not even recent and no big deal, right?

Well, I went back to the web page to learn a bit more about this unusual instrument and this ‘grain’ business. I’d never heard of the software sound company SKNotes before. . . .

Little did I know, but this SKNotes — owned by designer Quintino Sardo and living right next to MT. Etna in Sicily — but this guy is responsible for all sorts of free and very affordable instruments and effects plugins. I checked a few reviews to discover his VSTs have earned praise all around. He has, for example, a highly rated compressor that sells for round $30. He has a Time Stretcher currently in free beta that he claims will be finished before long. It’s called ‘Traks’. Have a look at these other links beyond KVR that I found:

http://www.sknote.it/download.htm [the freeware page]

http://www.sknote.it/ [the affordable commercial plugs]

Isn’t it interesting what you find sometimes when you really aren’t looking to find anything new?

Cheers!