Have you left your footprint on the grains of time? Grain Delay is an incredibly powerful and creative sound design tool but is often overlooked because of its unusual interface and gnarly effect on audio. When you understand its functions, it can be an addictive audio effect that garners unexpected results in Ableton Live.
In this Ableton Live tutorial video, MusicTech expert Liam O'Mullane walks you through Grain Delay's features and parameters, demonstrating how they can manipulate your sounds. You'll learn about Spray, Frequency, Pitch, timings, the XY pad and more.
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Chapters
0:00 Start
0:15 Introduction to Grain Delay
0:50 Audio example
1:50 Using Spray
4:36 Pitched grains
6:15 Randomising Pitch
7:35 Bringing back Spray
8:11 Navigating the XY pad
09:57 Recap