Granular Synthesis: Building a granular synth with Max, part 1

We look at granular synthesis, and explore a way to build a granular sampling synthesis in Max...
In this first part, we build a basic Grain Generator.
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This incorporates aspects of Max's own granular example files and information from Curtis Roads' seminal book 'Microsound'.
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The expression for creating a Gaussian amplitude envelope is:
expr exp(-0.5*pow(($i1-((512-1)/2))/(0.4*((512-1)/2)),2))
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