Audio Damage released a completely polyphonic Quanta Granular Synth. Quanta is a full-featured ten-voice true stereo granular synthesizer.

Quanta features our new Flexible Envelope Generator (FEG), which is an arbitrary-length breakpoint generator with arbitrary host tempo sync. Quickly add and separate breakpoints, and inserted loop points and curves. These comically compelling envelope generators are typically sequencers in their own right, and Quanta has four of them.

Quanta Granular Synth by Audio Damage

Quanta includes up to a hundred 1000ms grains per voice, and full control over the grain state, with straight randomization and modulation of maximum parameters. Drag-and-drop a sample (WAV, AIFF, Ogg, or FLAC) on to the window and go to work.

Quanta FEATURES

• Multi-Format Sample Loader
  Quanta can load AIFF, WAV, Broadcast WAV, FLAC, MP3, and Ogg in any sample rate, bit depth, and channel configuration.
• Grain Engine
  Up to 100 simultaneous grains per voice, of up to 1 second long, with control over grain rate, pitch, direction, shape, length, panning, source position, and level.
• Sidecar Oscillator
  Continuously variable wave shape, with pulse width modulation, and independent control over the pitch (separate from grain engine.) Can be injected directly into grain engine.
• Noise Source
  Noise source features a “color” control that affects tonal characteristics of the noise. Can be injected directly into grain engine.
• Dual Multi-Mode Filters
  Filters can be used in serial or parallel modes, and include lowpass, highpass, bandpass, and notch in 2-pole and 4-pole configurations.
• Flexible Envelope Generator (FEG) x 4
  The four FEGs are arbitrary function generators, with up to 99 steps, curve and step level control, arbitrary loop points, and host tempo sync.
• Flexible Low-Frequency Oscillator (FLFO) x 2
  The pair of FLFOs utilize four controls (phase, shape, skew, and warp) to access a virtually limitless palette of waveforms, and feature host tempo sync and retrigger.
• Sample And Hold
  The S&H mod source can sample noise (random) or any of the other mod sources, at either a user-defined rate or a musical division.
• Modulation Matrix
  Every mod and MIDI source can be quickly and directly assigned to any destination using the quick-access bi-polar modulation matrix. Touch a target on the UI, and the matrix automatically scrolls to the correct row.
• Tuning Tables And Global Tuning Offset
  Re-tune Quanta to new intonations and temperaments using the open-source and easy-to-use TUN file format. A global tuning offset (default to A=440) allows you to easily retune the entire synth to match a different A frequency without using a tuning table.
• MPE (MIDI Polyphonic Expression) 
  Quanta understands both “legacy” MIDI and MPE. Use your Linnstrument, Roli Seaboard, Haken Continuum, or Madrona Labs Soundplane (among others) to access per-note pressure directly, pitch bend, and modulation.
• Per-Instance Settings
  Quanta utilizes a per-instance customization method: set MPE mode, aftertouch smoothing, pitch bend range override, tuning table, and global tuning offset for each instance in your DAW.
• Factory Presets
  Quanta comes with a strong collection of factory content, including Designer Presets from Marcus Fisher, Joseph Fraioli, Chris Carter, and Richard Devine.

Quanta Granular Synth by Audio Damage Presets

• Cross-Platform Preset Format
  Quanta utilizes an XML-based preset manager, and stores the sample within the preset for easy asset management. Work between multiple systems without troubles, make a preset on your desktop machine and paste it to the iOS version with Handoff, easily share your creations with your friends, or make a preset bundle to sell, no asset management required.
• Fully Resizable Hi-Dpi/Retina GUI
  Quanta’s vector-based GUI is resolution agnostic and displays the same on every system and resolution. Easily resize the UI (per instance) to match your visual needs, from postage stamp to poster-sized.

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