Output aims to make granular synthesis more accessible with new Portal plug-in
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The software company is trying to "flip the script" on the complex synthesis method. Output has released a new plug-in called Portal.The Los Angeles-based software companys latest product is a granular effects processor designed for maximum accessibility. The powerful synthesis technique, which splits audio into thin splices and are then rearranged in new ways, excels at abstract sound design, but Portal attempts to gear it toward more digestible purposes. Output says its centred on "re-synthesizing sounds to give you a result thats more closely related to the original input" and to expect "less random bloops and bleeps and more creative music making. Apart from tuning grains to musical scales and tempo-syncing delays, theres an extensive set of presets tuned for processing whole tracks, synths, drums and more.Learn more about Portal in Outputs overview video.Portal is out now for $149 from the Output website Last year Output released a software synth called Arcade , which it described as "Netflix or Hulu for music makers.
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