hello,

a few weeks ago patrick requested granular type sound
examples made with an a112, so here they come.

i understand that people want to use the a112 as a
granular device, so just to be clear about it,
the a112 is not a granular device.
it is just a monophonic 8-bit sampler/wavetable vco
with only two parameters, so you can't do real
granular synthesis with it, but you can apply
very basic granular techniques, when the a112 is
in wavetable mode, in order to mimic a granular
device. the results are often very lo-fi and have
not much in common with stuff generated
with reaktor or dedicated granular software.


1.

ok, first you hear a voice sample played back by the a112
in normal mode. this sample is used for all examples.

http://www.selfoscillate.de/a100files/a112-sample.mp3
filesize: 34 kb


2.

same sample, internal a112 lowpass filter is disabled.

http://www.selfoscillate.de/a100files/a112-sample-nolpf.mp3
filesize: 34 kb


3.

now the a112 is in wavetable playback mode.
the wavetable is selected by a frequency-modulated lfo.

http://www.selfoscillate.de/a100files/a112-varispeed.mp3
filesize: 108 kb


4.

same as above, with some s&h action at the pitch cv input.

http://www.selfoscillate.de/a100files/a112-varispeed+pitch.mp3
filesize: 90 kb


5.

no pitch modulations and a really slow lfo selecting the
wavetable. filtered by an a120 instead of the internal lpf.

http://www.selfoscillate.de/a100files/a112-slow.mp3
filesize: 250 kb


6.

to get closer to granular synthesis, this example
uses various random modulators and additional modules
to fake more granular functionality.
modules used: a112, a118, a120, a131, a138a, a138c,
a141, a145, 2x a147, a148, a149/1, a176, 2x a180

http://www.selfoscillate.de/a100files/a112-allrandom.mp3
filesize: 275 kb


7.

same as above, with different parameter values.

http://www.selfoscillate.de/a100files/a112-allrandom-2.mp3
filesize: 274 kb


hope ya like it.


best wishes

ingo