Dystopian Waves has released Celium, a Max for Live granular instrument designed for detailed sound manipulation. It features a dual-buffer engine with Live and Freeze modes, each supporting two audio sources. Users can blend between sources using crossfading, inter-grain transitions (where a grain starts in one source and ends in another), and per-source probability.
Celium supports up to 70 grains per second and grain durations up to 2 seconds. It includes per-grain effects such as distortion (4 types), ring modulation, panning, and randomized filtering.
Pitch controls include ±12 semitone shift and spread, scale quantization, and per-grain modulation options like vibrato, jitter, bend, and stretch. Grain triggering is available via simple, random, or Euclidean modes.
Key Features:
- Dual-buffer engine with Live & Freeze modes.
- Crossfade and inter-grain transitions between two sources.
- Up to 70 grains per second; grain durations up to 2 seconds.
- Forward, reverse, and palindrome playback.
- Grain envelope shaping and visual grain display.
- Per-grain effects: 4 distortion types, ring modulation, panning, filtering (+ Filter randomization).
- Pitch modulation: per grain shift/spread ±12 semitones, quantization, vibrato, jitter, bend, stretch.
- Triggering: simple, random, Euclidean rhythm.
- Zoomable parameters, automation, and LFO mapping.
Pricing and Availability
Celium is available at an intro price of $20 until August 31 (Regular Price: $30).
Video demo
Walkthrough part 1
Walkthrough part 2
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