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2 unusual facts about Granular synthesis


Granular synthesis

Canadian composer Barry Truax was one of the first to implement real-time versions of this synthesis technique.

Paul Lansky

Following that came More Than Idle Chatter, the six compositions of which focus on processings of the human voice using linear predictive coding, granular synthesis, and plucked string synthesis; its three highlights are granular synth pieces called "Idle Chatter," "Just more idle chatter," and "Notjustmoreidlechatter," which look at the same thing from multiple perspectives.



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Manuel Rocha Iturbide

In these years, Manuel Rocha Iturbide worked with Curtis Roads and Barry Truax, two of the most important pioneers on granular synthesis computer music techniques.