Max for Live: The Monolake Granulator

After more than a decade of obsession over granular synthesis, Robert Henke aka Monolake releases his signature Granulator for Max for Live. Get the instrument for free here: www.ableton.com/granulator
Note: The Monolake Granulator requires Ableton Live 8 and Max for Live.

[@zeljkokrnjic6287]

"I made the Granulator for myself already, and now it's there, so why not sharing it" Robert you're my hero!!!

[@cualfuneri2510]

this guy is one the most unknown heroes of the world

[@phoenelai]

Robert Henke always taking it to the next level

[@BraveSirSausage]

'swarm of sonic particles' - best quote ever. This is the one plug in I have sat down with for hours and hours, I have created sounds I've never heard anywhere else with this, truly wonderful.

[@FelixScottJr]

Robert Henke you are my hero. You are giving away something during these very difficult times. Thanks

[@nomad1517]

I wish he had his own tutorials. Like the most thorough tutorial series ever made. From beginner, intermediate, advanced, and master. I'd love to see how he uses his creation.

[@MikeyS020]

This gave me back so much love for music while producing! It's such a masterpiece

[@maqster]

i like how he hits the cu, shows us how it works, then modulates it, then zones out, gets deep in the sound for a few seconds, then comes back to earth. awesome

[@learnMax]

I saw this at a show back in October, it's awesome that it's now free for max for live users! People keep thinking max is expensive, but when you consider all the amazing tools that come preloaded or through the community, it's an amazing value!!

[@WATCHSONICS]

I made this movie hur hur.... but seriously... I heard so many amazing sounds that afternoon my head was fried.... top respect to Mr Henke!

[@wendigo2442]

Lying sack of shit!!!!

[@andreaskuhn8885]

ah, i love this video. three years ago i saw it for the first time and it's still inspiring...

[@ovnikca]

I can watch this video once and once and once... thanks for sharing this fantastic info! 👽

[@vrdog31]

Brilliant man, thank you for your generosity.

[@on_certainty]

one of my favorite soft synths ever

[@roccsterx]

So great, I really like the granular approach to sound design and this just made my day!! Cheers mate :)

[@FelixScottJr]

I bought a digital sampler in 1985 and I still use it. It works very well. It is an American made product called the "Mirage" made by Ensoniq. It is a fine keyboard/sampler. I used to interface it with my Commodore 64 and create all kinds of music on the cheap. I miss those days when it was easy to program your computer and your keyboard. It has an on-board sequencer as well, however I didn't use it much because I used the Commodore as the sequencer. I had a 32 track studio by Passport Designs.

[@tonyrustlips]

incredible creation thank you

[@melodaddies8137]

Thank you for ableton and sharing your tools with us! Impressive Tool

[@kendraamalie2956]

so great... thank you Robert Henke!!!!

[@dfhohj]

Absolutely marvelous !!

[@JohannesBraunias]

Das ist sehr cool! Danke, Robert!

[@KarlDALI]

Awesome! I can't wait to finish work and go and play with this instrument!

[@spankazoid]

a swarm of sonic particles ....i love the way he talks dirty

[@LittleLightCZ]

Sounds freakin cool ... esp. that part without a reverb which sounds like having one. Pretty mindblowing...

[@kaleidophon]

Many thanks Monolake. Very well designed instrument. I'm new to Max, but now I'm sold (Reaktor user)

[@MrRazman2112]

Oh I Love Robert's Music and ideas

[@phoenelai]

Robert Henke is good people! Thanks for sharing!

[@wataboutswabow2279]

absolutely genious!

[@izumski]

thank you! sounds good!

[@simonesoldi7313]

Awesome job!

[@carnationize]

It is a great tool! Thanks!

[@szymonozimek]

love those sounds :)

[@robertjeansourdot5076]

thanks Monolake for the granulator 2, awesome possibilities!

[@ChazSeamus28]

this looks sweet!

[@electricbeatmachine]

That is other-worldly! Amazing stuff ^_^

[@daveashe]

I'm blown away..

[@damiencaze]

Found "Gravity" yesterday in a used cd shop! ; )

[@DJJasonBay]

Nice, love how it evolves and mutates subtly. Just add a resonator after that and you'll really have some unique textures

[@UndercoverNormie]

so good

[@ig249]

The Granulator is amazing.

[@J0Goproxy]

amazing

[@curlupa10]

The man himself !

[@freeakid9625]

Just unliket your comment to like it again

[@EverythingisFire]

Very cool!

[@dianagales5453]

Im in lovee of that granulator is so powerfull

[@TheKekelol]

really inspirational for Pad sounds

[@garyspong]

Amazing! I tried this using a Corning Ware percolator. Take out the coffee holder, but leave it on the stem. Tap it with a wooden spoon. Totally wild sounds. So happy to have got MFL free this summer. Yes, eating is a problem these days, but at least I can go granular.

[@amphitheatre]

please do more on the granulator!!! still figuring out its mysteries...

[@vad-asz]

Genius!

[@atabeylive]

@AppA appa definitely robert is very open minded about sharing, he is sharing with us his simplicity of a great software which is ableton live also.

[@ivanmikic7547]

what a beast !

[@shaunstinner_official]

Danke 🙏

[@rhysebs]

This is awesome! I love granular synthesis, but in the past I've had to resample from a third party program called "PaulStretch", which was terrible… Now you can do it within Live!

[@JanooProductions]

wow... knowledge right here

[@freeakid9625]

Thx master

[@KingCoCo]

Dope!

[@MarinBareta]

@atabeylive thats what i was saying.. you have to pay first, then you have to pay some more to get the vst.. thats selling, not sharing...

[@PaulOfRock]

Sei un grande

[@WATCHSONICS]

@JAHZILLABEATS This quote comes from Abletons face book page - by Robert Henke: "...that's my beloved Earth Works mic, but as a source for granulator often enough the built in mic of my notebook is just fine ;-)"

[@atabeylive]

@marinbareta yah but the thing is I bought ableton suite 8 when max for live still was not out and when it came out like a year later I wanted to get max for live, but it was out of my league but now if you buy suite 8 you get it for free.

[@FahadAlam]

Genius

[@brianlong9100]

Yeah, I'm really curious about that mic. Hoping someone can shed some light on what it is.

[@erickuehnl]

It's an Earthworks mic.

[@atabeylive]

@realtimespacelab he is using an earthworks audio mic

[@f8f8f8]

I think Camel Audio's Alchemy has a granular synthesis function. Check that out.

[@udomatthiasdrums5322]

still love i!!

[@AppA]

@TheKekelol Just about the best philosophy one could have about software :)

[@bardlinga7640]

I used it when I had Live 8

[@PhilthAdelphiA]

@atabeylive i know but, they fucking way he does it is so amazing.

[@atabeylive]

@ANGELO13111 believe it you have no idea what you could get out of any sounds that you listen every day. and you could use sampler or simpler to do some very interesting pads and bass pad sounds at the same time metalic glass sounds.

[@jossedobben]

Man, this is great! If only I could do this sort of stuff with my Modular G2... Unfortunately, it doesn't do sampling (that I'm aware of). Let's get Max for Live, then!

[@anatolianINVASION]

Is there anybody out there that can help me with this amazing tool? Whenever I'm working with it there's ALWAYS a clicking noise whenever I granulise. It seems it doesn't matter how I set the attack, velocity, amount of voices or anything it keeps making an annoying click noise. I read online some others have the same problem without a solution.. I'm on Live 9.7.5 on Mac.

[@Massy012]

this is so fucking fascinating

[@MrSilain]

genial!

[@Harart]

genius!

[@EKAMITV]

@EKAMITV or better to say a mic from earthworks but cant see which exactly

[@MentalNebula]

I want it! :)

[@markchristopher2signal2]

i love ableton

[@hectorgutierrezfernandez5237]

I can't use it with Ableton 8 and Max for Live

[@question981]

Did Dog Blood use this in the drop for BREAK LAW?

[@Centila]

I had to pirate an old version because it was telling me it was the wrong version. That doesn't strike me as something that works.

[@fostlargo5344]

Is this same as transwaves from ensoniq like in asr-10?

[@GotWoodChuck]

This is fucking genius

[@ShelLuser]

On the M4L page there are 6 other devices you can get and i can't help wonder if those authors aren't feeling a bit down right now. Not talking negative about the other stuff here (haven't even tried those) but what could possibly top or even match this? ;-) Really cool instrument /and/ effect!

[@atabeylive]

@ANGELO13111 angelo believe it, thats how genius this guy is.

[@JahZilla_inc]

Does anyone know what kind of microphone is he using to capture those samples?

[@lauriejmusic]

holy fucking shit, when he applies that noise envelope......

[@krudecrudedekru]

What is the name of the microphone Monolake is using ? BTW Great Synth/Sampler

[@579461sf]

COOL! I mean… both the software and the user ;-)

[@Jowellzzz]

@zn3ss Dine on delicious slices of synthesis.

[@TheKekelol]

I made the granulator for me anyway and, now its there, why not sharing it?

[@fracosimoeremita]

💚😄

[@atabeylive]

@marinbareta if you get the suit your getting max for live for free thats a bargain I pay more than 500 bucks for ableton live suite without max and I got a 30 percent off because I told them that I wanted max for live and they gave me max for 30 percent off the base price so I bought it.

[@atabeylive]

@zn3ss easy make a track with the granulator woo Love Robert Henke.

[@DimitrisLost]

the evolution of drone

[@mdebernardini]

very cool! what kind of microphone is that?

[@hobbz8113]

can you do this with sampler?

[@elifan2523]

What kind of microphones is he using?

[@markchristopher2signal2]

wow

[@wuschelbeutel]

what is the track before 0:50 called?

[@gabrielduartegv]

ian hawke from alvin and the chipmunks make some dope sounds