Argotlunar

Argotlunar is a tool for creating surreal transformations of audio streams. Specifically, it is a real-time delay-line granulator. It disintegrates an audio stream into short samples (grains). Each grain can have random settings of amplitude, panning, duration, delay, pitch, glissando, filter and envelope. The output of all grains is mixed together into a stream which can be fed back into the main input.

Time-related parameters can be synced to the host tempo, for rhythmic and pulsing textures. Pitch-related parameters can be quantized for harmonic and melodic effects. Feedback can create chaotic, densely layered, and distorted sounds.

Most of the parameters can be correlated. Examples:

• Filter cut-off correlated with pitch: Higher filter cut-off for grains with higher pitch, and vice versa.
• Grain duration correlated with panning: Grains with shorter duration panned to the center of the stereo field, and grains with longer duration panned wide in the stereo field.

Argotlunar is free software. Licensed under the GPL v2.

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Current version is 2.0.6

• Linux VST 64-bit / 32-bit
• OS X 10.8 AudioUnit / VST
• OS X 10.7 AudioUnit / VST
• Windows 64-bit / 32-bit

Notes

• I've received reports that it doesn't work in MacOS 10.11 and 10.12. Apple broke backwards compatibility. I need to update the code but presently don't have a Mac to develop with.
• Not compatible with Final Cut Pro X.
• Linux users should install ttf-bitstream-vera fonts.
• Old versions of Renoise require the setting Use static processing buffers enabled in the plugin compatibility options.

Contact

Please feel welcome to contact me with any suggestions, comments, links to your music, etc.
Michael Ourednik argotlunar at gmail dot com