There’s a secret weapon used by pro level producers and beat makers when processing drum hits, percussion and stabs. The short nature of these sounds often have a large dynamic range, going from complete silence to maximum level within a few wave cycles or milliseconds. This sudden variance in sound level can make it challenging to play nicely with other instruments in the mix and is a critical part of making a beat defined, powerful and clear. The dynamics of these short sou

Let’s talk science for a minute. Light energy can be viewed both as a wavelength and as its particle composition called photons. Just like light, sound can be heard as a waveform or as particles. Granular synthesis produces sound that’s made up from tens to hundreds or thousands of sound grains. A sound grain typically lasts for just a brief moment (usually 1 to 100 milliseconds) which is close to the shortest sound event that we can hear with our natural hearing. History of