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synthesis application extendable enough to use the panning objects internally
and to map panning parameters to the defined trajectories.
Generating granular synthesis in any setting can be a tedious and
cumbersome task. There is a tremendous amount of control data to manage. The
work involved in tracking the data, making grain specific calculations, scheduling
grains, and setting grain parameters can slow down the compositional process
significantly. Duplication of code can also become an issue as common code is
copied and pasted from application to application in order to perform similar
tasks. Considering these management difficulties along with the requirements
discussed above, it became very clear to me that I would need a very powerful
and flexible application for granular synthesis. Otherwise, the composition code
would quickly become unmanageable.
Many good applications and tools have been developed to simplify the
process of generating granular synthesis. Each has its own approach, strengths,
and limitations. Most are focused on one or two specific types of granular
synthesis. Many handle those synthesis methods very well, but I found none that
fully met my requirements for Creo. Therefore, I decided to program my own
application, GranCloud.
GranCloud allows users to define and render virtually any paradigm of
granular synthesis within the limitations of the hardware being used. Grain
synthesis definitions and control parameters are fully user-definable to maximize
flexibility. All control data and methods needed to render granular clouds are4
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Lee, Terry Alan. GranCloud: A real-time granular synthesis application and its implementation in the interactive composition Creo., thesis, December 2009; Denton, Texas. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12151/m1/11/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .