In this sound manipulation app, users can create and transform audio textures using granular synthesis techniques. Includes built-in samples, real-time input, and preset management.
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About Borderlands Granular
“The best app for exploring sound just got better... This is 'go out and buy an iPad to run it' good stuff.“ -Peter Kirn, Create Digital Music
“Borderlands has floored us. It is very rare that we find an app that is not only fun to use, but extremely useful. It is truly inspiring. The interface is stunning, the sounds are so evocative: they're a film composer's dream.”
Paul Hepker and Mark Kilian, Film Composers (Tsotsi, Rendition, Eye in the Sky)
“It’s beautiful, it’s absolutely great. It goes in a completely new direction. I wish software companies would make more [programs] like that for the computer and not only for the iPad.”
Christian Fennesz, Experimental Musician. Interview from Tiny Mix Tapes, May 2014
“When I first saw the demo video for Borderlands Granular in 2012, my jaw hit the floor. My first thought was ‘THIS is what making music on an iPad should be.’”
Sean Garland, iOSMars.com
About
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Create, drag, and throw pulsing clouds of grains over a landscape of audio files, or use the built-in accelerometer to sculpt sound with gravity.
Borderlands comes ready to play with default sample content included, but you can also load and export your own sounds via Audiobus, Audioshare, and real time input from the mic or external audio interfaces. Re-sample recordings made within the app on-the-fly for layers-upon-layers of granulation.
You can also improvise alongside the app - touches and parameters may be recorded, looped, stored, and duplicated. Entire configurations of clouds, sounds, and automation can be saved into presets, or “scenes,” that may be recalled at a later time, allowing Borderlands to seamlessly transition between the studio and the stage.
More information is available at www.borderlands-granular.com
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Reviews for Borderlands Granular
WarpFactorJeff
Absolutely unreal
I caught a video on YouTube the other day looking to catch up on how iOS music making was coming along and saw a bit of a showcase on this app. I knew from those couple of minutes this was right up my alley so I took the plunge. Very glad I did! Very easy to pick up and get started with a good tutorial and simple controls. I imported a couple of my own short demos I had laying around and created something new out of them in minutes! Being able to set a nice stage then have a node or two to perform with makes for some really use cases for unique sounds. Definitely will be using this heavily on my next album later this year :)
rawore
Still active development after all this time
Just saw an instagram clip march 1, eagerly waiting. I fade in and out but borderlands doesn’t
