Minerals.
Grab a moment of audio and play it as texture.
Records what you feed it, cuts it into grains and rings them through one of twelve bodies, from glass and metal to bell and string. Shimmering pads and metallic clouds from any source.
$39.99Introductory priceRegular price $79.99 from 2 December.
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Version 1.0.0 · Windows and Mac
Hear it before you buy
Choose an example, then press Play. Switch between the original and processed recordings while it plays.
Before and after processing.
After selected.
Minerals in brief
- What it is
- A granular effect with a built-in resonator.
Capture a short recording, vary grain position and material, then compare the texture against the original source.
How it is built
Minerals records what you feed it into a rolling buffer of up to 32 seconds and plays it back as grains. Size, position, speed, spray, blur and reverse shape the grains, which can run free, in sync or from MIDI notes. Freeze holds the buffer while the grains keep playing. A resonant Material stage then rings them through one of twelve bodies, from glass and metal to bell, string and crystal.
Freeze holds the audio, not the sound
Freeze stops new audio coming in. The grains, the modulation and the Material stage keep moving. Feed it a clean vowel, harmonic or string note, freeze a good moment, and the pad is built from that. Mix Point decides whether the dry signal goes through the effects rack or skips it.
Specs and compatibility
Windows VST3 · macOS VST3 and AU. Windows 10 or later, 64-bit (x86-64) · macOS 13.0 or later
Formats, systems and licence
At a glance
- Formats
- Windows VST3, macOS VST3 / Audio Unit
- macOS
- macOS 13.0 or later
- Windows
- Windows 10 or later, 64-bit (x86-64)
- Windows architecture
- x64
- Mac architecture
- universal
- Activation
- Browser, serial or offline activation on up to 3 machines
- Licence
- Perpetual single-user licence
What it does
- Live capture horizon up to 32 seconds
- Freeze holds the capture buffer
- Grain size, position, speed, spray, blur and reverse
- Free, synced or MIDI-related grain behaviour
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- Resonant Material stage and palette choices
- Global Mix with a selectable pre/post-rack mix point
DAW setup help
Installation help for 15 DAWs, including Ableton Live, Apple Logic Pro, Image-Line FL Studio, Steinberg Cubase, PreSonus Studio One and Cockos REAPER.
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Put it on a track with a part you know.Use an insert for a direct change, or a send for space and echo. Switch it in and out while the part plays, then compare at the same level.
Minerals is also in Scene Machine, 3 plug-ins for $55.99. Separately they cost $84.97.
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Minerals
$39.99Introductory priceRegular price $79.99 from 2 December.
14 days to change your mind, even after download