Output has released Portal, a granular effects plug-in. Portal invites you to run any input signal through its granular synthesis engine, taking "your sounds to another dimension”, as Output claims. The plug-in also features extensive modulation capabilities and additional effects.

Like other granular synthesizers and effects, such as Granulizer 2, PolyGAS, or Cosmosf FX4, Output Portal divides audio into small grains. These are then resynthesized to form the output signal, which can sound like a warped version of the original, or something completely different. Unlike many granular synthesizers, Portal does not require you to load a sample into the plug-in, but rather applies itself as an effect to the incoming audio signal.

Albedo is a granular cloud reverb effect plugin. It constantly records incoming audio into a buffer, and at the same time runs up to 64 individual looping playheads – called grains – scattered within this buffer. All grains have their own random size and position, and as they are overlaid together, a lush "cloud of sound” effect is produced.

GrainSpace is a granular processor focused on real-time granularization and reverberation of the incoming audio signal. GrainSpace provides dynamic grain generation (up to 32 per channel), 7 grain parameters, 3 grain modulators (including an 11 waveforms LFO), smearing and reverb to create crazy sound effects, rich textures and much more.

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