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“Liquid” is a live granulator. That is, it continuously samples an audio source and “granulates” it, playing back tiny randomized fragments of the original audio on loops.

Usually a granulator requires a loading of a static audio file, using that as the input and a MIDI source to play various regions within it.

“Liquid” works more like an audio effect, like a delay or reverb might. Put it on a channel (or channels) in your favorite DAW and start sending audio through it, whether it is a live source, MIDI instrument or a pre-recorded clip.

Inorganic Audio built a custom granulator engine that sounds unlike anything we’ve ever heard before. It runs on the host’s sample rate, so there are no “bit reduction” artefacts from internal down-sampling.

Realtime Granulator

“Liquid” takes incoming audio and chops it up to small, seamless granules, each and every one playing individually on a loop.

These granules are then modulated by equations simulating a liquid, creating liquid-like movements, introducing random pitch modulations and a wide stereo image.

Dynamic Musical Textures

The plugin is capable of creating everything from super warm and dynamic textures to eerie clusters of audio. Any audio fed through the input is granulated on the fly so it can easily add new sonic dimensions in your live performances.

Runs On Actual Liquids

Behind the scenes is a fluid dynamics simulation. Control the amount of movement in the simulation and the intensity it has on the playback rate (pitch) of the grains.

Watch how changing the parameters affects the visualisation running in the background. Actual data from the simulation is used for modulating the parameters. Natural pseudo-randomness at its finest.

Creative And Inspiring

Perfect for working on soundtracks where precise sound design is an integral part of the score.

The granular nature of the plugin preserves the original audio source’s timbre qualities while magnifying its intensity and presence. Re-sample the output of the plugin to instantly create lush pads with your favourite soft sampler.

What Do The Parameters In Liquid Do?

“Liquid” has 12 parameters which can all be automated and mapped from the host.

• Movement – Controls the amount of movement in the fluid dynamics simulation, that is running the pitch/pan modulation of each grain. Affects the “viscosity” of the liquid, more movement = less viscose.
• Turbulence – Each grain has its own speed. Turbulence controls the amount the grain’s speed has on its pitch. Higher turbulence also adds a slight wobble to make the resulting sound more turbulent.
• Speed – Global playback speed of all grains, stepped in semitones. Hold down shift and move the knob for fine-tuning.
• Freeze – Freezes all envelopes on all grains and stops sampling new grains.
• Density – How many grains can be alive at any given moment. Density controls the spawn rate of the granulator, how eagerly new grains are sampled.
• Grain Size – Controls approximately how long new grains are, plus an additional random factor. Does not affect already playing grains, as they are copied whenever they are born. Smaller grain size means a shorter loop.
• Duration – How long a sampled and looping grain is played before it fades out and stops. A single grain can loop multiple times within that duration window.
• Fade – How long it takes an individual grain to fade in and out when played. Adds to the grain’s lifetime. Total lifetime = Duration + Fade.
• Low Cut – Controls the cutoff frequency on a low cut filter applied on the output.
• Hi Cut – Controls the cutoff frequency on a hi cut filter applied on the output.
• Stereo – Global amount of stereo. Each grain’s position on the screen is directly mapped to its pan in the stereo field.
• Mix – Dry / Wet balance of the effect.