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Start your journey with all Sound Particles' virtual instruments in one bundle. From groundbreaking granular textures to rich, immersive synths, you’ll have everything you need to craft unique sounds and push your music into new dimensions — powered by cutting-edge and easy-to-use spatial software.
GrainDust
GrainDust is a powerful granular synthesizer featuring 4 fully independent layers, letting you sculpt evolving textures with complete freedom. Each grain can move, shift, and breathe, producing sounds that feel alive.
Features
- 4 Granular Layers
Import your own samples for each layer or explore +500 samples crafted for unique expression.
- Spatial Power
Create in stereo, surround, binaural, 7.1.4, Ambisonics, and beyond.
- MPE Support
Express every nuance of your performance.
- +500 Presets
Explore over 500 presets and sub-presets, crafted to enhance your musical expression.
- Built-in Movement
Animate your grains in space and time for constantly evolving sound.
- Awarded Engine
Powered by the same groundbreaking technology behind SkyDust 3D.
SkyDust 3D
SkyDust 3D is the first spatial synthesizer plugin in the world, which allows you to play a note and get instant 3D sound in any immersive format. It’s fantastic for stereo and exceptional in 3D.
Features
- Midi Indicator
- Virtual keyboard with pitch-bend, modulation wheel, and sustain pedal indicator
- Zoom UI (resizable Window)
- 40 EG's per voice: 8 gain EG's, 8 pitch EG's, 8 filter EG's, 8 spatial EG's, 8 extra EG's
- 40 LFO's per voice: 8 gain LFO's, 8 pitch LFO's, 8 filter LFO's, 8 spatial LFO's, 8 extra LFO's
- FM modulation (phase modulation) with 8 operators
- FM matrix, for custom FM connections
- 4 FM parameters per operator: ratio (or fixed frequency), detune, modulation gain, feedback
- A FM view to help visualize the current FM diagram
- Binaural: 5 HRTF datasets, with more than 100 HRTF profiles
- Support for SOFA files (personalized HRTFs)
- Supports Ambisonics up to 6th order (only SkyDust 3D)
- Support multichannel: LRC, LRCS, Quad, 4.0, 5.0, 5.1, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 9.0, 9.1, 5.0.2, 5.1.2, 5.0.4, 5.1.4, 7.0.2, 7.1.2, 7.1.4, 7.0.6, 7.1.6, 9.1.2, 9.1.4, 9.1.6, 9.0.8, 9.1.8, 11.1.8, Auro 11.1, Auro 13.1, IMAX 12.0, 22.2
- Support for stereo: stereo, stereo (VBAP), stereo (MS), stereo (...)
- Support for binaural (3D sound over Headphones) - 2 XY pads, with custom parameters per axis
- Snap feature, with snap time, on XY pads
- FX: Delay, Reverb, Bit-Crusher, Distortion, EQ (3 bands), Parametric EQ (1 band)
- FX presets and sub-presets
- Dry/Wet control
- Meters in-between FX slots
- LFO's with depth, rate, phase, delay
- Ability to sync LFO's with host (tempo)
- Global LFO's (all LFO's in sync with each others)
- 11 Movement modifiers: Random rotation, Oscillate, Floating, Random Target, Rotation, Moving Up, Moving To Position, Moving Left, Moving Front, Moving Rear, Moving Right
- EG with multiple types: AR, ADR, ADSR, AHDSR, DAHDSR
- Global octave, transpose, detune
- 4 macros, with support for multiple parameters, and custom curves
- Multiple 3D views: 360 view, rear view, top view, spherical view, SkyDust view
- Main volume and main meters
- Mixer panel, with independent control of oscillators (volume, mute, solo, meter), 4 FX dry-wet and main volume (and mute)
- Optional monophonic behavior, with "Mono" or "Legato" mode, and variable glide time
- Curve editor, with multiple point editor and curve adjustment, or using knobs (depth, min, mid, max)
- Ability to filter matrix entries by source or destination
- Matrix sub-presets
- 8 extra EG's and 8 LFO's, able to control multiple parameters and associated curve editor
- Extra EG's/LFO's sub-preset
- Arpeggiator with 7 patterns, and ability to add additional octaves (from -2 to + 2)
- Ability to sync Arpeggiator with host (tempo)
- Modern Sequencer with up to 128 steps and multiple parameters
- Keyboard editor per sequencer step, for easy note entry
- Polyphonic sequencer (support of multiple notes per sequencer step)
- 3D panning per sequencer step
- Ability to add any parameter to sequencer, with step values
- Intelligent sequencer, with ability to adapt to major/minor sequences, by forcing a scale
- Initial 3D position by oscillator
- Variable Oscillator divergence, to obtain slightly random positions on each note
- Global spatial settings or independent spatial settings by oscillator
- 3D position Envelope Generator, to define multiple positions thru time
- 3D LFO, with independent depth for azimuth and elevation.
- Dedicated pitch EG and LFO per oscillator, for maximum flexibility
- Random pitch values for interesting pitch effects, such as pitch convergence/divergence
- Keyboard and MIDI Velocity mapping on filters
- Random presets, with the ability to lock certain sub-modules
- MIDI Learn control or manual assignment to attach a control to a parameter
- Ability to filter presets by bank (factory/user), artist, and type (pads, ...)
- Tooltips (on bottom bar) activated by mouse over parameters
MiniDust
Introducing MiniDust - the lite version of SkyDust 3D - promises the same power at an unbeatable price. Explore your musicality with no barriers: dive into multiple waveforms, explore the movement of your sounds at the simplest way, and customize every single aspect of your sound in any output format. While MiniDust reduces the number of oscillators from eight to two, it retains the expressive power, flexibility, and intuitive space tools that define Sound Particles’ technology.
Features
- 2 Oscillators
- Polyphonic Synth
- +190 Waveforms
- +70 Waveform Modifiers
- Multiple EGs
- Randomness - Roll the dice for happy accidents
- Arpeggiator + Sequencer
- Filters
- Pitch EG + LFO
- 2 Slot FX rack with 9 FXs - Delay, Bit Crush, Distortion, Equalizer, Reverb, Flanger, Vibrato, Chorus, Phaser
- Advanced spatial tools
- OS - Mac OSX 10.15 or higher - Windows 10 or higher
- Format - AAX Native, AUv2, AUv3 and VST3
Minimum
- CPU – 2-core or higher
- RAM – 4 GB or higher
Recommended
- CPU – 4-core or higher
- RAM – 8 GB or higher
