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Grains Black Friday pricing from Lunacy puts a real-time granular effect at $24 for the sale, 51% off, until Nov 11, 2026.
It turns incoming audio into shimmering particle clouds, glitchy percussive grooves and rhythmic soundscapes.
The maker says it is built for sound designers, producers and experimentalists. A visualizer sits at the centre of the interface so you can see the cloud you are shaping.
Grains breaks a signal into tiny grains and gives you control over density, size, pitch, arpeggiation, cloud delay and randomized motion.
You build a cloud by syncing the grain rate, size, envelope shape, pitch and arpeggiators.
For movement, you can add random spray, width, reverse or detune. The amount of each is up to you, and you can keep re-rolling until the cloud does something useful.
A built-in delay module feeds back into the grain engine. That creates a cascading granular cloud, where repeats are chopped up again as they come back around.
If you own BEAM, you already own this effect. In BEAM you can combine Grains with the other BEAM effects, which the maker describes as building your own sonic circuit.
On Mac, Grains needs macOS 10.15 or later and runs as AU, VST3 and AAX. M1 and M2 machines are recommended.
On Windows, it needs Windows 10 or later and runs as VST3 and AAX.
Both platforms call for 8GB of RAM, with 16GB recommended, and at least 250 MB of free disk space.
You also need a stable internet connection to download and activate the product.
Yes. The Grains Black Friday deal is 51% off Lunacy's granular FX plugin, which brings it to $24. The sale price runs until Nov 11, 2026. It installs as a VST, AU or AAX plugin.
Grains comes as a VST, AU and AAX plugin with 50 presets from sound designers such as Databroth. If you own BEAM, you already own the effect and can use it inside BEAM as well.
Mac: macOS 10.15 or later with AU, VST3 and AAX, and M1 or M2 recommended. Windows: Windows 10 or later with VST3 and AAX. It needs 8GB of RAM (16GB recommended), 250 MB of disk space and an internet connection for activation.
Grains splits audio into grains you shape with rate, size, envelope, pitch and arpeggiators. Random spray, width, reverse and detune add variation. A built-in delay feeds back into the grain engine, so the repeats get granulated too.
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