NOVUM | A Granular MASTERPIECE

A fundamental guide to what might be the craziest granular synthesizer ever made. Literally, this thing is INSANE! 6 layers, fully modulatable, infinitely inspiring.
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0:00 Intro
0:44 Meet NOVUM
1:19 What is Granular Synthesis?
1:33 NOVUM Features
3:56 Main Tutorial Start
4:26 Backing Track
5:20 NOVUM for Beginners
6:07 Adding Sounds to NOVUM
7:39 Drawing Your Own Envelopes
8:20 Modulation Explained
10:00 Filters & MPE
10:46 The Timbre Flower
12:33 Granular Grains Explained
13:18 Modulating the Grains
15:02 Syntify Explained
16:29 The Effects Section
17:29 End Result
18:06 Final Thoughts
19:46 End
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[@sheharyarmusic]

I can hear you talk and tell epic things all day, man. Thank you for this tutorial...

[@HpBeck_Fieldrecordings]

Great granular synth and video too.Your work is getting better and better.Love your style!!!! .I've been waiting for months,but today is the day!!!!Thanks for sharing Chris

[@Secret4u2hear]

This is so clean and spotless crisp super surround sounding clear as a bell sound design WOW

[@chriswilson4466]

This and Abyss are INSANE and an absolute BLAST to play around with. As a "newbie" to the world of sound design and ambient soundscape creation, I see these as being a big part of what I create. Thank you! for your videos. You've opened a new world to me that I am excited to explore.

[@martinleduc3210]

Man! This is an amazing gift. Love your enthusiastic style, and this tool will be used in my interactive generative installations and my actual research using sensitive algorithms, modulated in real time with the public breath rate (radar detection). Thanks !

[@GeminiDrive]

I love your enthusiasm dude, you really sold this instrument. Very cool.

[@Hans_pereirab]

what a great granular synth, looking forward to try it out. Thank you for your amazing video. Love your enthusiastic. Keep it up! :)

[@garaughty]

Gorgeous tones, infinite possibilities, seriously awesome GUI... a truly excellent demo & insights Chris, much appreciated !

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

You are so welcome!

[@tegan333]

Great video, I love your enthusiasm for this synth!

[@dubandr]

I've done a lot of mixes over the years and I find this to be a very cool synth, it will save me time so that I can make even more new mixes without wasting my last effort. Thanks for the review!

[@LifeSines]

Love this! Purchased 💙

[@jamesconraadtucker]

Thank you, Chris. I'm enjoying your content and take on a number of products. Plus how you back it up with rich sounding textures. Add to that your passion for quality sound design I'll be watching for more, so keep up the great work! James Conrad Tucker.

[@agreen9903]

Dawesome strikes again, excellent video dude

[@simoninwards7252]

Invested in Novum just before I found your tutorial. Had worked thru the User Manual which is comprehensive and your demonstration reinforced the key Novum principles extremely well…

[@sirvazo1633]

This is a must buy for me. I create mainly experimental, soundscapey, drone electronica and can see how Novum would be perfect for that 👍

[@Jekaniah-jm7gq]

I just bought this today. Wowsa Wowsa. I’m going to really love creating with this

[@asynsionmusic1776]

Chris I love your videos. Your enthusiasm in your craft can not be overstated. Thank you for explaining things to the newbies in a language that makes sense.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Cheers and thank you so much!

[@Markrspooner]

This is a crazy cool synth

[@bjamminsincebirth3494]

This the most amazing instrument creating plugin I’ve used in a minute

[@IonStream]

Looks fantastic Chris! Your backing track sounded proper Deus Ex! Added to the Wish list :)

[@paulnelson5204]

Really incredible instrument! Your informative videos are wonderful...:-) Also, I will not be buying the GR-1 now... So amazing! The over the top VO intro gave me a chuckle!

[@3rdPersonProductions]

90-day fully featured trial? Yes please… 👀

[@nicolasalexander408]

Drag the delay above the clouds! Epic! 😅😃

[@Hanallred]

I’m so excited for this to drop.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

It's out!

[@pwrtrace]

It allways comes down to what sample you use to granualize :)

[@do_happywork]

not only

[@umanoid1523]

Im playing with the Demo and so far so good. Dawesome produces some very amazing synths. Its a littel pricey but i just may pickthid up.some excellent pads and audio landscapes.

[@raoulznedle8260]

Thanks for sharing

[@clivecarter7913]

Hi SOL, I’m going to learn ambient music 🎉 and use Novum as a go to synth.

[@PspiralifeTutorials]

very exciting! i would have loved to see another contrasting sound design example so that the video wasn't one big soundscape/pad

[@jacquepierregee]

Wow. Just wow! 🔥

[@ItsPomodoro]

I was shopping around for a new synth for creating ambient pads. I looked at Diva and Hive, and I am glad I stumbled upon Novum. It sounds amazing out of the box! Glad I found it right when Black Friday sales are going on!

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Cheers and enjoy!

[@shitmandood]

I started with Traktion's Delta-V and was thoroughly confused with it. Next, I got Output's Portal and then some GlitchMachine VSTs. These were ok but definitely tough to use at all times. After that, I got Pigments that include some granulation features (granules?). I figured I had all I could stand with granular synthesis. Enter NOVUM. I think it has a great starting price and it definitely looks like something I'll need to get my hands on. Thanks for this review and demo!

[@outsidenow]

Excellent explanation of an excellent synth! Thanks for making this video @s1gnsofl1fe!

[@anthonypalomba351]

Novum is mind blowing!

[@synkrotron]

what a monster of a synth!

[@jesusquintanilla308]

This plug in just blow my mind

[@DSWL_]

i got this yesterday... it's a beast

[@amado7760]

nicely done Chr1s.

[@SkyOrtizCreative]

ZOMG this is fantastical!!!

[@mark35mi]

Chris... Brilliant overview bro. I have to throw my good cans on... but I am curious about stereo treatment of the sounds and effects?!? I am hoping for mind blowing stereo to go with this... seems like a must buy. Thanks.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

It's got full stereo capabilities. Meaning - the sounds are in stereo, you can pan in stereo, you can send your effects in stereo, etc. Hope that helps!

[@vasil3089]

Sounds supper!

[@pongtrometer]

Gr8 Overview

[@GrvMUSIC4U]

This some next level Synth

[@buddingsignal]

this is life changing. thank *YOU* is there a hardware granular synth that comes close to this? the tasty chips gr-1? you just helped me decide to do more ambient music. thank *YOU* for the pure inspiration.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Hardware? That’s a tough one! There is a hardware effect and it’s called a Microcosm. Cheers!

[@issiewizzie]

one thing I started doing so I don't have software overload is I ask "can my current software do the same" I have Omnisphere with granular so can stack 8 in multi together, however will give this a try - its all about workflow these days

[@1sanak]

Hey man, I was wondering if your Ableton starting template is available on your Patreon. Thank you so much for everything!

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

The template I use is called "Utility" and it's available on material.bandcamp.com - Cheers and enjoy!

[@drstkova]

“Customly draw”?! This synthesis is so advanced it invents new words! Edit: Another “customly” and a “modulateable”!

[@drawingfoundationsforanima2335]

Fantastic post… as usual. Question: If I already own Omnisphere, does it do similar things as Novum?

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Yes, similar but the fact alone that NOVUM can separate single pieces of audio into 6 distinct layers using algorithms that were based on artificial intelligence is quite unique. I also sounds very different. Your mileage may vary! Link for NOVUM in description. Cheers!

[@Steger13]

I will wait a sale and get this😁

[@luum3607]

Id like to see you using a simple max device called granulator II by monolake

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

Thanks for this exploration, Chris. I'm loving NOVUM. I've already made some pretty bizarre soundscapes! The only thing I don't yet understand is, why different WAV's that you load create different colors in the 3D display and Timbre Flower, as well as those little dots representing each lane. For example, some WAV's that I load will create pink and purple displays... while others only yield white and pale yellow colors. Maybe it has something to do with the overtone content of your WAV? And what programming advantages exist for knowing what each color represents? Or maybe the colors don't mean anything... they're just eye candy? I won't lie to you: the Timbre Flower must be creating some extremely subtle variations of your waveform, because frankly, I'm not noticing a whole lot of difference between the various Flower dots that I click....(?) A viewer below refers to The Mangle and to Iris 2. To me, Novum is what those two synths "wished" they were... Novum takes their ideas to greater fruition...

[@FFMborn]

Very nice overview of Novum, thank you. So Novum is the most advanced granular synth in your opinion? What do you think about Quanta 2 (in comparison)?

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

That's a tough call. I never really clicked with Quanta but perhaps someone might be able to convince me otherwise. NOVUM is great too. They both have their strengths!

[@ShadowVox]

Granular synthesis has always been a favorite of mine (I love Reason's Grain synth) and this breakdown of Novum has me serious considering buying myself a Father's Day present. Thanks for the amazing review. And side note, I was under the impression it was pronounced TAM-brr, not TIM-ber. Have I been saying it wrong this whole time?

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

You are so welcome! Also, I looked it up - Webster claims you can pronounce it either way. It has French origins and can be pronounced with the TAM but may also be correctly pronounced just like the term for lumber.

[@ShadowVox]

@@s1gns0fl1fe And so I learn something (else) new today!

[@sneed1208]

great thumbnail

[@project-remp]

Hi Chris, how do you make those granular "cricket" sounds that start at minute 17:30? I've heard similar ones several times in your tutorials, I've tried to reproduce them, but I can't get close to that sound.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

I have a tutorial on my channel called "The Glitch Percussion Tutorial" - search for it and enjoy!

[@project-remp]

@@s1gns0fl1fe Thank you very much. I don't know how I missed this your tutorial.

[@michajabonski8365]

Can we import own samples?

[@averagebedroomproducer5008]

Is this out? the link says access denied and I cant find on their website

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

It will be out sometime today (June 18th) - Cheers!

[@haystacksniperr]

Curious your cpu usage while using and what specs your computer are?

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Not too bad. It’s a cpu intensive plugin, for sure. Try the demo!

[@Youtubeuser-gx6jd]

what is the name of song?.💕💕

[@sashajedinac9391]

Amazing synth. Glad to have your perspective on it. Also “timbre” is pronounced tăm′bər. 😁

[@sandrabcn598]

For ambient, do you recommend Kult or Novum? Thanks,

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Depends! I think the easy answer would be NOVUM although KULT has its own character that is hard to replicate in other synths. I’ve heard good things about his new one, but it’s in a different category.

[@sandrabcn598]

@@s1gns0fl1fe thanks for your answer. Love your channel, I am learning a lot!

[@synthnomore696]

“Observe, learn and react.” - Cheshire Cat

[@chriswilson4466]

Love your channel! Hope you can assist with an issue. I downloaded the trip version of Novum on my Mac (I'm using Logic Pro X as my DAW), and when I download the additional content required to use in Novum, it is automatically installing it to my downloads folder, and not into Novum, so when I try to use Novum it tell me the same is unavailable. Any idea how I can fix this? Thanks, and keep up the solid work!

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Message the developer. His email is in the manual. He is very helpful! Best of luck and thanks for the positive feedback.

[@gesslr]

Try dragging / copying the content folder that gets downloaded to somewhere you’ll want to keep it permanently. Once it’s there, open Novum and drag the folder from that new location onto Novum’s interface. Novum should then recognize where you have it located. Good luck!

[@chriswilson4466]

@@gesslr Thank. I figured it out. It’s AMAZING

[@davidlincolnbrooks]

@@gesslr Yep, that's the trick.

[@gylp2]

the NOVUM link does not work for me

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

Keep checking back. It will be live soon!

[@FrediBach]

Has anyone run this on Apple Silicon Macs? Just wondering if it's optimised for it before I spend all that money.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

NOVUM is optimized for Apple Silicon! Link in description. Cheers!

[@arcticfoxstudios2018]

Me: Do I really need another granular synth? Novum: Yes.

[@s1gns0fl1fe]

lol! Resistance is futile.

[@spoombung]

Nice demo but I don't like everything soaked in mushy reverb this way. That makes it sound like every other software synth/sampler package.

[@drydessert4198]

14:02

[@bobbyincidemetal]

This sold me on Novum. I was choosing between Novum and Falcon 3. Falcon 3 May have more but it’s UI is horrible and it’s so damn convoluted. Novum it it! Thank you!

[@brownlow3400]

oh dear, my wallet's twitching

[@kmdaykin]

Looks nice, but we can build that for free in vcv rack.

[@matrilhamilton1568]

As predicted, this guy is only making pads and drones which seem to be all this synth is good for. No precision position edits is a big limitation imo, you literally can't zoom into the sample

[@jonnyk2091]

can hear clicks and pops, not sure if that the program or not but thats very bad.

[@benjamind2008]

If the sample contains clicking or popping sounds then the synth will reproduce those sounds too. Entirely normal behaviour with granular synthesizers.

[@jonnyk2091]

@@benjamind2008 not when it's in the final for of a wav or mp3, its not.

[@benjamind2008]

@@jonnyk2091 What sample was popping and clicking?

[@wrigna1]

This plugin is extremely confusing to use and the presets it comes with sound awful!

[@jimjohnson9785]

This looks exceptionally cool, but I gotta say... it's pronounced TOM -burr.

[@luigi7009]

Nice video, but 6 advertising in the first 7 minutes are really too much

[@LuciSheppy]

Great video but feel free to learn how to pronounce timbre haha

[@jayjones2821]

The ghastly pretension is unbearable

[@M--S]

You talk too much