Kinetic Granular Synthesizer By Bram Bos and Hainbach

Hainbach has had an exceptional year of collaborative releases (we covered The Test Channel Strip with AudioTing in September), and he's back with a brand new Kinetic Granular Synthesizer made in collaboration with Bram Bos. What makes it unique is the kinetic interface which turns YOU the modulation - to process samples directly. It took 1 and a half years to create, but appears to be a fantastic granular playground for iOS devices. Here's some more info: 

Fluss is a sonic playground designed by Bram Bos and Berlin-based musician Hainbach to let you explore granular synthesis in a hands-on way. The playful touch UI invites anything from live performance, experimentation to learning and mastering the granular concept.

Multiple plugins: Import, Record or Live Process

You can import your own WAVs (standalone & AUv3 Instrument plugin), Record audio (Record effect plugin) or live-process sound (Process effect plugin) to create anything from drones and granular echoes to moving microtonal audio textures.

Designed for touch: Kinetic Sliders

All sliders and XY pads are linked to a physics model which lets you flick and throw them around. Minimise the friction for endless bouncing motion, as an innovative substitute for traditional LFOs and modulation. There was never a better reason for using a touchscreen for music.

Shimmer Feedback effect

Like a shimmer reverb, except it feeds the processed audio back into the grain engine. This lets you create an endless loop of pitch-shifting spaciousness, turning even the simplest of sounds into massive woolly mammoths.
 

- 3 Voice grain engine, each with an independent playhead

- Filter inspired by the Oberheim Xpander, including its resonant Phase filter

- Kinetic sliders and pads for playful interaction with the sound

- Universal design (iPhone and iPad; iPad Air 2 or higher recommended)

- Custom scales, unquantised mode and even Scala-import for microtonal experiments

- Use WAVs, record audio or load the app as a live-processing audio effect

- Real world tested as an instrument in numerous live performances by Hainbach

Fluss is available now in the Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/nl/app/fluss-granular-playground/id6443472888?l=en

More videos from the man himself: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCeovElJP0n0i8ADaPsRSd8g

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