A Granular Sampler Effects Plugin For Sound Design, Delays & Live Performance
“Stream” comes with a host of useful tools to make your audio manipulation experiments as rewarding and straightforward as possible.
Key Features
- Tempo Sync – synchronize the grains with the tempo of your host
- Low latency – ideal for live performance
- Auto Record Mode – a new record mode that allows a user to determine the buffer size by toggling the Record button
- Capture & Overdub – capture an audio excerpt, manipulate the audio, build harmonies and layer disparate audio sources
- Time stretching/scrubbing
- Up to 16 granular voices
- Monophonic MIDI Mode – re-pitch all granular voices at the same pitch and grain length (great for creating pedal points)
- Polyphonic MIDI Mode – granular voice creation and re-pitching just like a regular VSTi
- Sample Drag-and-Drop – drag, drop and use any .WAV .AIFF or MP3 with Stream
- Optimized Sample Interpolation – smooth playback through optimized audio sample smoothing
- Dedicated Dry and Wet knobs to balance dry and wet audio signals relative to the Mix control
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So How Does Stream Work?
Input Panel: Dry & Drive
The IN panel has a dedicated Dry (dry) and Drive (drive) control. Drive is a soft-clip, tan-h distortion module that allows you to drive your incoming input signal to produce a smooth distortion audio effect.
The Dry knob will control the amount of dry signal that is fed thru-put to the output stage in addition to the amount of signal that is fed to the record buffer when any record or overdub modes are engaged.
Capture Panel: Buffer Size, Record & Overdub
The CAPTURE panel has two capture modes. The Record (rec) button will record the incoming dry signal directly to the circular buffer by default. The Auto buffer size (auto) button will allow a user to determine the buffer size dynamically relative to when a user starts and stops the record process.
The Overdub (ovdub) button and the Feedback (feedbk) knob allow a user to continuously layer incoming audio relative to a feedback multiplier. A user can create a gradual fade to silence by activating overdub and applying a multiplier of less than one.
The Buffer Size (buf size) knob determines the size of the buffer in milliseconds. Currently, the maximum buffer size is limited to 20 seconds. The Clear (clr) button will immediately clear the buffer.
Grains Panel: Voices, Grain Size & Spread
- The GRAINS panel presents controls for the amount of granular voices, the grain size applied to all voices and the spread or phase
relationship between granular voices. - The Grain voices (voices) knob allows a user to create between 1 and 16 voices. A value of zero (Voices = 0) will mute the processed output and allow the thru-put dry signal to the output stage. The Mix (mix) knob on the Output panel will still be engaged in this instance.
- The Polyphonic MIDI (poly) button overrides the Grain voices (voices) knob and creates polyphonic granular voices based on MIDI input.
- The Grain size (grain size) knob determines the size of each granular voice in milliseconds.
- The Sync (sync) button allows a user to sync the grain size to the tempo of any digital audio workstation. In this instance, the grain size will automatically snap grain size to the nearest subdivision.
- The Grain spread (spread) knob changes the amount of overlap between adjacent grains.
- The Reverse grain direction (rev) button permits reverse playback of granular voices.
- The Linear/Jitter (lin-jit) slider allows the user to interject randomization into the playback position of each granular voice. This is a great way to instantly create dense polyphonic textures.
Window Panel: Triangle Window, Configurable Gaussian & Noise Windows
The ENV panel presents three windowing options that a user can apply across all granular voices:
- 1) Triangle window – This option provides smooth and denser textural playback of granular voices.
- 2) Gaussian window with Q knob control – Tighter, smooth control of granular voices. Great for creating space in dense textures.
- 3) Noise window with Q knob control – A good option for noisier, percussive textures. Great on percussion (e.g., hi-hats).
Output Panel: Wet & Mix
The OUT panel has a dedicated Wet (wet) and Mix (mix) knob to allow balance between the processed audio and the incoming dry signal pre-buffer.
Stream View: Playback Speed & Direction & The Drag & Drop Of Audio Samples
The playback bar underneath the buffer display allows the user to control the playback speed and direction up to two times the original playback speed in either direction.
A user can drop any MP3, WAV or AIFF audio file directly onto the stream buffer and immediately playback that audio. The maximum duration of that sample cannot exceed 20 seconds, currently.
For more information read the [User Manual].
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So What Can I Do With “Stream”?
“Stream” is a simple-to-use granular-synthesis plugin that’s as capable of far-out destructive textures as it is smooth and lush alternatives.
If you like adding interesting texture to sounds, without making them completely unrecognisable, “Stream” offers a lot of creative scope and is great for creating textural sounds, and imposing intriguing chaos on all manner of input signals.
Still not convinced? Try the Demo for [Mac] and [PC].
Note: Please be aware you will be required to visit an external website in order to redeem and download your product, we do not host the plugin download at VSTBuzz.
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- Tempo Sync – synchronize the grains with the tempo of your host
- Low latency – ideal for live performance
- Auto Record Mode – a new record mode that allows a user to determine the buffer size by toggling the Record button
- Capture & Overdub – capture an audio excerpt, manipulate the audio, build harmonies and layer disparate audio sources
- Time stretching/scrubbing
- Up to 16 granular voices
- Monophonic MIDI Mode – re-pitch all granular voices at the same pitch and grain length (great for creating pedal points)
- Polyphonic MIDI Mode – granular voice creation and re-pitching just like a regular VSTi
- Sample Drag-and-Drop – drag, drop and use any .WAV .AIFF or MP3 with Stream
- Optimized Sample Interpolation – smooth playback through optimized audio sample smoothing
- Dedicated Dry and Wet knobs to balance dry and wet audio signals relative to the Mix control
- Still not convinced? Try the Demo for [Mac] and [PC].
- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- Plugin Formats: AAX, VST3, AU
- macOS: Recommended: Monterey 12.2, Minimum: High Sierra 10.13
- Windows: Recommended: Windows 11, Minimum: Windows 10
- Note: Please be aware you will be required to visit an external website in order to redeem and download your product, we do not host the plugin download at VSTBuzz.
- “Stream” is a simple-to-use granular-synthesis plugin that’s as capable of far-out destructive textures as it is smooth and lush alternatives.
What People Think About 50% off “Stream” by Delta Sound Labs
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"It’s easy to get superb result from Stream, especially with its excellent factory presets. For deadline-facing pro sound sculptors and the like, this is a massive real-world benefit. Delta’s latest might also be a sensational tool for those who record and perform with ambient sound, and for those who simply must have access to every beat-mangling accessory on the market, it’s a must."
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"If you like adding interesting texture to sounds, without making them completely unrecognisable, Stream offers a lot of creative scope and is well worth checking out. This effect is great for creating textural sounds, and imposing intriguing chaos on all manner of input signals."
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CEDRIC – :
This is a very good tool for easily manipulating sounds. I really like how easy is is to use. Great plugin!
Bernard – :
A granular plugin, not as detailed as say Output’s Portal, or anything by Melda or the like. But if you want superb sound and very very efficient uses on just one sound or the like it is fantastic, even bewitching. For the composer or sound designer building a work line by line or piece by piece.