Emergence occurs when an entity is observed to have properties its parts do not have on their ownproperties or behaviors which emerge only when the parts interact in a wider whole.

A single grain is not that interesting. The most exciting things happen when hundreds of overlapping grains play together, creating anything from complex delay patterns to strange noises to beautiful layered soundscapes.

This plugin is a real-time granulator. It continuously records the input signal into a buffer. The content of the buffer is played back as many short pieces of sound called grains. Up to 600 grains can be generated in 4 streams, each having it's own set of parameters that control grain generation.

Granular synthesis 101
Granular synthesis means taking an audio signal - a pre-recorded sample or in the case of Emergence a buffer that is continuously being filled with an input signal - and playing it back in smaller fragments called grains to create unique effects and textures.

New grains are started periodically at an interval (also known as inter-onset time) controlled by the user. The sound produced by each grain is determined by a number of parameters (like length, start position in the source material, pitch, panning, etc.). Each grain also has an associated volume envelope. In its most basic form this means smoothly fading the audio in and out to avoid unpleasant transients but having control over the shape of this envelope can also be a powerful tool for shaping the resulting sound.

While playing a single grain at a time can produce some interesting effects, much more complex sounds can be achieved by playing hundreds of overlapping grains, each shaped by different parameter values.

To create even more complex, layered sounds grains can be generated in multiple streams with the parameters of each stream being independent from the others.

KEY FEATURES:

• Real-time granulation of the incoming signal
• 4 grain generation streams with independent parameters
• Built-in preset manager with factory presets
• Modulation system with many modulation sources: LFOs, Macros, Audio Input/Output and parameter randomization
• ADSR controls for shaping grain envelopes
• High quality grain pitch transposition (+/- 24 semitones)
• Synchronize time based parameters to host tempo/beat
• Up to 600 grains (depending on your CPU)
• Freeze buffer contents
• Built-in help (hover over controls and see text at the bottom)
• Resizable UI
• Collapsible UI sections to save screen space
• Parameter randomization and locking
• Available in VST3 (windows and mac) and AU (mac only) formats
• Native support for ARM and Intel Macs