{"product_id":"mutable-instruments-beads","title":"MUTABLE INSTRUMENTS BEADS","description":"\u003ch2 id=\"reinventing-a-classic\"\u003eREINVENTING A CLASSIC\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeads is a reinvention of Mutable Instruments’ Clouds.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe concept is the same, live granular processing of an incoming audio signal, and the labels on the panel remain familiar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe similarities stop here. The hardware and software have been \u003cstrong\u003eredesigned from the ground up\u003c\/strong\u003e, with several goals in mind: a crisper and broader sound palette, more control, better playability, and direct access to exciting new features.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"dotting-the-i-s-and-crossing-the-t-s\"\u003eDOTTING THE I’S AND CROSSING THE T’S\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeads’ \u003cstrong\u003evastly improved specifications\u003c\/strong\u003e allow a higher audio quality, a longer buffer, the use of better interpolation and anti-aliasing algorithms, and key DSP blocks to run at a faster rate. Granulation can now get into new territories, such as formants, wavetables, hard-sync-like sounds, or crispy noise.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe range of parameters, their response to knob turns or modulations have all been refined, for \u003cstrong\u003enew possibilities \u003c\/strong\u003esuch as reverse playback or percussive envelopes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"control-chaos-and-character\"\u003eCONTROL, CHAOS AND CHARACTER\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eControl\u003c\/strong\u003e. To trigger or schedule grains, Beads provides new features to divide or randomize an external clock or trigger stream, spray bursts of grains in response to a gate, or get the grain rate to track a V\/O CV or the frequency of an external oscillator.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChaos\u003c\/strong\u003e. Each key parameter of a grain comes with its own \u003cstrong\u003eattenurandomizer\u003c\/strong\u003e. They allow direct CV control of a parameter, CV control of the random spread of this parameter, or internal randomization using some of Marbles’ algorithms.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCharacter\u003c\/strong\u003e. Beads provides four audio quality settings, which go well beyond buffer sample rate and bit-depth: they affect the clock of the converters, the amplitude limiting and saturation of the signal path, the tone of the reverb, and additional media-emulation effects. From a pristine digital device to a dirty cassette, through a mode reproducing some of Clouds’ characteristics.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2 id=\"modes\"\u003eMODES?\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBeads can operate as a \u003cstrong\u003edelay\u003c\/strong\u003e without the need to switch to a different mode: just ask it to play a never-ending grain. Its \u003cstrong\u003eDENSITY\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eTIME\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSEED\u003c\/strong\u003e controls are repurposed to allow various features such as tap-tempo, beat slicing, time-stretching, or comb-filtering at rates tracking V\/O.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWithout any audio input, Beads will granularize \u003cstrong\u003e8 internal banks\u003c\/strong\u003e of wavetables.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll parameters have a dedicated knob.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ModulePage-specBar\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ModulePage-spec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ModulePage-specFeatureText\"\u003e14HP\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ModulePage-spec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ModulePage-specFeatureText\"\u003e25mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ModulePage-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"ModulePage-specFeatureText\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ModulePage-specLabel\"\u003e+12V\u003cspan class=\"ModulePage-specLabelColon\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e100mA\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ModulePage-specFeatureText\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ModulePage-specLabel\"\u003e-12V\u003cspan class=\"ModulePage-specLabelColon\"\u003e:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e10mA\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ModulePage-spec\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"ModulePage-specFeatureText\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ModulePage-spec\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"ModulePage-specList ModulePage-specList--column1\"\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"audio-acquisition\"\u003eAudio acquisition\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStereo I\/O with automatic level detection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eManual override of the level detection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAutomatic mono\/stereo switching through patch cable detection.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRecording time: 4s (48kHz 16-bit, stereo) to 32s (24kHz µ-law, mono).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour quality modes, with different tone and reverb characters:\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e48kHz 16-bit\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32kHz 12-bit with Clouds emulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24kHz 12-bit with a hi-fi dry signal path\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e24kHz µ-law with cassette emulation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eFREEZE\u003c\/strong\u003e button and the gate input freezes the content of the recording buffer, allowing you to dive into its sonic details.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAuto-saving of the \u003cstrong\u003eFREEZE\u003c\/strong\u003e buffer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 id=\"granular-synthesis\"\u003eGranular synthesis\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThree grain generation mode:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLatched\u003c\/strong\u003e (continuous), with a periodic or randomized rate, tracking V\/O.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGated\u003c\/strong\u003e, with bursts of grains triggered by the press of the \u003cstrong\u003eSEED\u003c\/strong\u003e button or an external gate.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eClocked\u003c\/strong\u003e, with randomization or division of an external clock or trigger signal.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFour grain parameters:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTIME\u003c\/strong\u003e. Temporal position within the buffer.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSIZE\u003c\/strong\u003e. Grain duration from 0.03 to 4 seconds, forward or backward playback.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eSHAPE\u003c\/strong\u003e. Morphing between four key shapes of the grain envelope: solid rectangular, snappy decay, smooth bell, or reversed.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePITCH\u003c\/strong\u003e. 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