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Il Granello.

The easiest granular plugin there is.

Three ways to play the same sample.

Hold, step and keys read the same cells and the same knobs. Switch between them and nothing is lost.

The mode row of Il Granello: hold, step and keys, the choice of 8 or 16 cells, the reset button, and the eight cells from C-3 to G

Hold

One point of the sample, held for as long as the note.

Hold a long MIDI note and you get a continuous texture from wherever position is pointing. Automate position and the sound drifts through the sample.

Use it for pads, drones, slow movement.

Step

The sequencer plays the cells, locked to the project tempo.

A step sequencer inside a granular instrument, which no other granular gives you. Hold one note, press play, and the pattern runs on its own, one cell after another.

Use it for getting a rhythm out of a sample that has none.

Keys

Every cell on its own key, from C3 up.

Play C3 and you hear cell 1, C#3 cell 2, and so on. The key chooses the cell, not the pitch; tune is the pitch control.

Use it for chopping a sample by hand, live.

Thirty seconds to the first sound.

  1. Load a sample.Drag it onto the screen. WAV, AIFF, FLAC or MP3.
  2. Draw a long MIDI note at C3.Four bars is a good start.
  3. Press play.Then move length, and listen.
Il Granello in Logic Pro: a sample dropped on the screen, a long note, play. Click the film for the sound.

Nine controls.

What each one does.

The knob row of Il Granello: space, chaos, length, grains, position, tune and output, with the sync and free switch above
  • grainsHow many grains per second. In sync, a division of the tempo.
  • lengthHow long each grain lasts. Short is rough, long is smooth.
  • positionWhere in the sample the grains are read from.
  • tunePitch in semitones, two octaves either way.
  • spaceSpreads the grains left and right.
  • chaosA reverb into a flanger, mixed in behind the grains.
  • sync / freeGrain timing on the tempo grid, or free.
  • envelopeThe shape of each grain: square, trapezoid, hann, gaussian, triangle.
  • outputThe plugin’s level, up to +6 dB.

In the studio, and in other people’s sessions. Click for the sound.

Buy Il Granello

One licence · yours forever · free updates included.

  • Granular engine
  • 3 modes
  • Effects & tuning
  • Pattern editing
macOS 10.13+ Windows 10 / 11 VST3 & AU

Total€39.90

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Formats, requirements & supported DAWs
Formats

VST3 · Audio Unit (AU)

macOS

10.13+ · Apple Silicon & Intel

Windows

10 / 11 · 64-bit (x64)

DAWs

Logic Pro & GarageBand (Audio Unit) · Ableton Live 10.1+ · FL Studio 20.7+ · Cubase 9.5+ · Studio One 5+ · Bitwig 3+ · Reaper 6/7, and any 64-bit VST3 or AU host.
Pro Tools (AAX): coming soon.

In the download

Installer for your system + the manual (PDF).

Updates

Free updates included.

Before you ask.

Does it make sound on its own?

No. It is an instrument, so it needs MIDI: load it on an instrument track, draw a note, press play.

Does the sequencer follow my project’s tempo?

Yes. Step runs locked to the project tempo, and in sync every grain lands on the grid.

What can I load into it?

WAV, AIFF, FLAC and MP3, at any sample rate. Drop the file on the screen.

How does the free trial work?

The whole instrument. The sound pauses for seven seconds every minute; buying removes the pause, nothing to reinstall. Get the demo.

Can I install it on more than one computer?

Yes. One licence covers all your own machines.

Something is not working. Who do I write to?

support@limoseries.com. The answer comes from the person who built the plugin.

What producers say.

Instagram messages, word for word.

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