THIS, manufacturers, THIS is what we want. Not another VA, not another ridiculously crippled elektron box - REAL features, amazing interface, groundbreaking creative possibilities (I can hear ebay listings for overpriced modular crap being typed up as I post). Well done Tasty Chips.
Class compliant 8-channel audio interfaces can be hooked up to it for multi-outputs. It has a built in HDMI port plus you can connect a keyboard to it... if you feel the nedd for a bigger screen and more buttons. I find that kind of thoughtful, especially if you want to a lot of utility work on your library or samples.
I'm sad that I sold my GR1 in a moment of weakness. I miss it a lot. The sound quality was outstanding and I made some great sounds with it. So I think it's time to return to the fold and get this
The idea of the horizontal slider is indeed to control the position in the sample. And many of the typical "for-granular" samples are morphs. :) We're also planning to do macro controls / morphs in newer firmwares, where you can tweak a bunch of knobs and then those will morph using one destination in the mod matrix.. or, now you mention this, with the horizontal slider. Thanks for the proposal!
I read the manual and just want to say: +1 for a VESA mounting option. Hopefully 19" rack ears are possible too, as the dimensions include the quite thick wooden end cheeks. Lovely looking machine, cheers!
I’m very excited! 😁😁😁 This will be the sampling engine to beat! Perfect for sampling and recreating sounds!! …And was that an HDMI port on the back??? I’m saving up!
I struggle to figure out the relevance of “5000 grains per voice”. Maybe someone can clear this up for me because I’ve seen grain count advertised for a handful of granular hardware synths lately. If i understand correctly, granular synthesis utilizes a sample essentially held under a microscope (grains) and scrubbed through etc. I assume more is good and morer is gooder, but how does grain count relate to variable sizes of sample files? So what my brain tells me is this, granular synth voice = sample = 5000 grains? Does this just mean no matter how large my file size is I get 5000 grains of density?
5000 grains playing at the same time as a _system total_. Per voice it's limited to 128. Often at 100 grains you'll already won't be able to hear the difference between 100 and 120 grains. It depends on how they're spread out over the samples and over pitch. By playing multiple voices (chords on the keyboard for instance), you'll start using more than 128 grains. Then you can open up multiple layers to add even more. The sample size does not determine how many grains there can be playing.. Only the grain rate, grain size, the number of keys you're playing on your keyboard, and the amount of open layers.
It's going to be interesting to see this and the Torso S-4 duke it out for granular synth superiority in 2024. The price on the GR-MEGA definitely gives it a leg up in value for the money!
Many strong features, however, the most important, it's sound, is still something I haven't heard -in conjunction with how features are utilized to make music/sound. Is there a video i'm missing which shows it doing its thing?
@@TastyChips would be great if it could read tuning files at some point. Looks great! But I'm one of those weirdos who is only really interested if I can play outside regular 12 TET haha!
I see it's gone from 11 to 20 voices. What other substantial improvements over GR-1 ? I'm not intimately familiar with the original but have always been moderately interested in getting one. Probably a good time to buy a used GR-1 when this thing is available, unless it's a night and day difference, worth the extra buckaroos.
(1) GR-1 has no audio input jacks, so you have to get a class-compliant USB audio interface to record samples into the device yourself. GR-Mega has stereo input jacks. (2) GR-1 only records mono samples, though the output from the GR-1 is stereo. GR-Mega is stereo in, stereo out. (3) GR-1 file/project manager is pretty clunky. Judging from the video, the GR-Mega enjoys a much improved file/management UI. Plus more that I'm not covering. GR-Mega is definitely worth the extra money.
Does this have real-time processing of external audio? As in feed audio to an input, through granular fx, and output it back into your daw. Or do you have to record the audio to the machine first, and only then apply granular processing? I'm just wondering whether it has any uses as an FX unit, or if it's strictly a synthesizer. Looks amazing either way!
Hi , could you give me information , if i order and pay GR-Mega from your website shop tommorow , how long i will have to wait to receive it in Sweden or Finland ? and does GR MEGA have real time stretch smooth uninterrupted quality performance like SERATO Sampler for example , and then something like in Multiposition mode could i apply and lock memorize each different desired grain position and parameters to each different key across midi keyboard so each key on keyboard would represent different desired grain or sample position and different parameters lock instead of having it playing in only Random positioning mode with only one same parameters like in GR=1 ? plus i would also need to when in that potential should i call it my imaginary Multiposition keyboard mode to select desired key or position on midi keyboard and then switch to Singleposition mode and have that certain key grain sample position with own parameters across all midi keyboard , and have posibility to switch or select that certain sample grain to be realtime stretched or not . and then again go back to Multiposition keyboard mode and select another key with different grain position on keyboard and go again to Singleposition keyboard mode ? I do have first version GR-1 and i like it but i noticed that its kind of limited and half way so i would need those parameters or algorithms mentioned above to be available into this new MEGA model. If you can help me with further information
Hello! The waiting line is a about 5 months long now. For your other questions: The MEGA is intended for transformative stretches than instead for DJ mixer time stretch. We may add a clean stretch at some point.. we have to see. For the rest, the MEGA is intended to be able to modulate everything grain related including position and utilize any MIDI/MPE device for this purpose. You can easily modulate grain position per voice individually. The GR-1 could also do this btw. By adjusting amount in the matrix you can easily morph between single and multiple positions too. This is easier on the MEGA because of it's more complete matrix and easier matrix screen.
wow, looking forward to see the 4 track timb. mode in action. hope that there won't be too much menu diving and that the gr-mega is suitable for live and improvisations. anyway, can it resampling entire audio in realtime without stopping the playheads?
There's been some questions about that. Also about a VESA mount. But unfortunately no. It's possible to add a VESA mount eventually we think, but no 19".. It's slightly too wide for that.
This is a dream instrument for me. There is just no way I could afford it. One of those things which makes me wish I were a synth influencer, so you would just send me one, free. 😀There is no question tho, this thing is truly MEGA!
Does the GR1 just have one of the megas 5 engines? It's a shame you can only have 4 layers out it could be an amazing sampler - would be good if you could split the voices how you like and have more layers. Could be like an akai but granular!
The GR-1 has 2 of the 5 engines: tape and granular. The GR-1 also has a very spartan sampler mode. The GR-MEGA has 20 voices _per layer_, so 80 in total.
In all modes, except slice mode. We're still working out how to use scrubbing in that mode. It will probably be used as a sort of wave table idea to move through the slices. If you have any wishes, now's the time ;-)
Wave table sounds super interesting! I’m going to use the slider as a way to play different samples ( tones on a scale) that I’m going to lay out in a sample with silence in between. In slice mode it would be very interesting to scrub the individual slices in a normal way and perhaps holding down different button combination to skip between them in different fashions, almost like how an arpeggiator works, but between the slices. Up-down, , bounce, round robin, random, etc. that could be very expressive in slice mode. I can beta test it….
@@callesjonell5943 Thanks for this suggestion. We've always wondered how sliders can be used (more) musically. There are very few synths that actually use sliders like "live" controls. It's mostly set and forget mode, with the conventional "live knob" being the filter cutoff. I wonder how this ARP would work? Would it just ARP over all slices, or would the user have to make a pre-selection of slices? I think you want to use slice mode for multi samples, which makes sense. Correct?
@@TastyChips what if you could select different slices and the slider then play them back in the order they where selected? Double clicking a slice would play that slice in reverse when the slider reaches it.
@@callesjonell5943 We have a sequencer that can record incoming MIDI. It can also be used to sequence those slices. It also has fwd/reverse/random play modes. We lack a real-time function for the slider. At this moment it's only used for setting, and editing slice markers. We can probably use the slider to juggle the sequencer, or to "transpose" the slices.
Black looks so sick. But silver has the blue text that to me is so timeless. Hard choices. But good thing is, they should both sound insanely good :) and that is what matters
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THIS, manufacturers, THIS is what we want. Not another VA, not another ridiculously crippled elektron box - REAL features, amazing interface, groundbreaking creative possibilities (I can hear ebay listings for overpriced modular crap being typed up as I post). Well done Tasty Chips.
Hands up who has one of these on pre-order and keeps watching this video over and over again in excitement and anticipation 🙋🏼♂
*raises hand, plays again*
@@geekmastermind 😂
I am going to definitely get this someday. One of the coolest audio tools I have ever seen, and I have seen a lot
20 voice polyphony with multitimbral mode AND multi outs. This thing will be a powerhouse of a synth. Awesome!!!
Ok, I said no more synths ever. What I meant is no more after this one ;-)
No truer words have ever been spoken....
Aodyo Omega is calling you for those nice Phisical Modeling shenanigans
Yes! You guys were not sleeping. This is a major release. The features kept on coming. The idea of working on this really appeals. Bravo!!
Class compliant 8-channel audio interfaces can be hooked up to it for multi-outputs. It has a built in HDMI port plus you can connect a keyboard to it... if you feel the nedd for a bigger screen and more buttons. I find that kind of thoughtful, especially if you want to a lot of utility work on your library or samples.
Why not 8Chan digital out .. optical/Adat/Tascam, or similar?
I just gotta say that the customer service team at Tasty is top notch and replies very quickly and professionally
How expensive ?
@@stephanegagne5779 €605.00 to preorder. €1500 ex. VAT full price
if you're in the states, VAT is not necessary and it is only €500 to preorder@@stephanegagne5779
@stephanegagne5779 Very. Being friendly to your customers is hella expensive!
holy crap that fader for sample editing is the best thing ever. reminds me of my mpcs and octrack
Yees !!!
I'm sad that I sold my GR1 in a moment of weakness. I miss it a lot. The sound quality was outstanding and I made some great sounds with it.
So I think it's time to return to the fold and get this
lets gooo I can hardly wait. This is the best time for boutique flagships ever
Got my preorder in and looking forward to this! I’m particularly excited to have the Paulstretch mode available in hardware.
wait what, paulstretch in hardware?
@@WinterdagenYup. That’s the spectral mode they refer to in the video.
That tape scan with the fader looks fun.
Looks like I’m about to be single
😂😂😂
😂😂😂
😂
You can loop a single cycle
More time to concentrate on jamming.
Single on!!
Can the slider be used as some kind of sound morpher? Like on the Octatrack where you assign different modulation amounts on two sides of the slider.
The idea of the horizontal slider is indeed to control the position in the sample. And many of the typical "for-granular" samples are morphs. :) We're also planning to do macro controls / morphs in newer firmwares, where you can tweak a bunch of knobs and then those will morph using one destination in the mod matrix.. or, now you mention this, with the horizontal slider. Thanks for the proposal!
Question about tape scrubbing: are we seeing slew or latency when scrubbing tape?
I read the manual and just want to say: +1 for a VESA mounting option. Hopefully 19" rack ears are possible too, as the dimensions include the quite thick wooden end cheeks. Lovely looking machine, cheers!
Does it finally feature quasmatic interlopers and double freonic kinky pinky pinkos? ?? 🤔
Hmm, no, but we were thinking about inverted camels.
Hello from Estonia dear. Tasty Chips! I think your system will be dream synth of the all last years! Congratulations!🎉
I’m very excited! 😁😁😁 This will be the sampling engine to beat! Perfect for sampling and recreating sounds!! …And was that an HDMI port on the back??? I’m saving up!
I struggle to figure out the relevance of “5000 grains per voice”. Maybe someone can clear this up for me because I’ve seen grain count advertised for a handful of granular hardware synths lately.
If i understand correctly, granular synthesis utilizes a sample essentially held under a microscope (grains) and scrubbed through etc. I assume more is good and morer is gooder, but how does grain count relate to variable sizes of sample files? So what my brain tells me is this, granular synth voice = sample = 5000 grains? Does this just mean no matter how large my file size is I get 5000 grains of density?
5000 grains playing at the same time as a _system total_. Per voice it's limited to 128. Often at 100 grains you'll already won't be able to hear the difference between 100 and 120 grains. It depends on how they're spread out over the samples and over pitch. By playing multiple voices (chords on the keyboard for instance), you'll start using more than 128 grains. Then you can open up multiple layers to add even more. The sample size does not determine how many grains there can be playing.. Only the grain rate, grain size, the number of keys you're playing on your keyboard, and the amount of open layers.
@@TastyChips Ah my mistake! Thank you!
It's going to be interesting to see this and the Torso S-4 duke it out for granular synth superiority in 2024. The price on the GR-MEGA definitely gives it a leg up in value for the money!
GR Mega + Aodyo Omega Phi + Vector.
Cant wait
Will it be controllable via MPE? Like with an Expressive-E Osmose?
That's the plan.
@@TastyChips yeah!
Wonder why they didn't use that awesome title logo on the actual machine?
This does everything I wanted my GR-1 to do
Great work!
Many strong features, however, the most important, it's sound, is still something I haven't heard -in conjunction with how features are utilized to make music/sound. Is there a video i'm missing which shows it doing its thing?
Can it control tape head position per voice with poly AT / MIDI expression?
I'd also like to know this. Would be awesome to be able to control the tape head polyphonically from my daw.
looks like great fun and sounds fantastic!
Hi there, is there a way of loading in different tuning systems / microtonal tuning files?
Yes, chord notes can be tuned in cents. We've been thinking about MTS for a long time by the way, but haven't implemented it so far.
@@TastyChips would be great if it could read tuning files at some point. Looks great! But I'm one of those weirdos who is only really interested if I can play outside regular 12 TET haha!
I see it's gone from 11 to 20 voices. What other substantial improvements over GR-1 ? I'm not intimately familiar with the original but have always been moderately interested in getting one.
Probably a good time to buy a used GR-1 when this thing is available, unless it's a night and day difference, worth the extra buckaroos.
(1) GR-1 has no audio input jacks, so you have to get a class-compliant USB audio interface to record samples into the device yourself. GR-Mega has stereo input jacks.
(2) GR-1 only records mono samples, though the output from the GR-1 is stereo. GR-Mega is stereo in, stereo out.
(3) GR-1 file/project manager is pretty clunky. Judging from the video, the GR-Mega enjoys a much improved file/management UI.
Plus more that I'm not covering. GR-Mega is definitely worth the extra money.
Does this have real-time processing of external audio? As in feed audio to an input, through granular fx, and output it back into your daw. Or do you have to record the audio to the machine first, and only then apply granular processing?
I'm just wondering whether it has any uses as an FX unit, or if it's strictly a synthesizer. Looks amazing either way!
You can do both. It even has dedicated knobs for mixing the dry audio input with the wet granulated audio.
@@TastyChipsNice! Awesome work guys!
Hi , could you give me information , if i order and pay GR-Mega from your website shop tommorow , how long i will have to wait to receive it in Sweden or Finland ?
and does GR MEGA have real time stretch smooth uninterrupted quality performance like SERATO Sampler for example ,
and then something like in Multiposition mode could i apply and lock memorize each different desired grain position and parameters to each different key across midi keyboard so each key on keyboard would represent different desired grain or sample position and different parameters lock instead of having it playing in only Random positioning mode with only one same parameters like in GR=1 ?
plus i would also need to when in that potential should i call it my imaginary Multiposition keyboard mode to select desired key or position on midi keyboard and then switch to Singleposition mode and have that certain key grain sample position with own parameters across all midi keyboard ,
and have posibility to switch or select that certain sample grain to be realtime stretched or not . and then again go back to Multiposition keyboard mode and select another key with different grain position on keyboard and go again to Singleposition keyboard mode ?
I do have first version GR-1 and i like it but i noticed that its kind of limited and half way so i would need those parameters or algorithms mentioned above to be available into this new MEGA model.
If you can help me with further information
Hello! The waiting line is a about 5 months long now. For your other questions: The MEGA is intended for transformative stretches than instead for DJ mixer time stretch. We may add a clean stretch at some point.. we have to see. For the rest, the MEGA is intended to be able to modulate everything grain related including position and utilize any MIDI/MPE device for this purpose. You can easily modulate grain position per voice individually. The GR-1 could also do this btw. By adjusting amount in the matrix you can easily morph between single and multiple positions too. This is easier on the MEGA because of it's more complete matrix and easier matrix screen.
@@TastyChips Thanks for info !
@@TastyChips Thanks for info !
This is very interesting ... very inviting.
This looks like a hell of a lot of fun for my ears!
Tasty af. Excellent price. Really looking forward to an in-depth video manual to this beauty.
1:40 a TS cable for a balanced connection 😂
But overall nice piece of equipment
LMAO
Well spotted
wow, looking forward to see the 4 track timb. mode in action. hope that there won't be too much menu diving and that the gr-mega is suitable for live and improvisations. anyway, can it resampling entire audio in realtime without stopping the playheads?
Hi, beautiful! If I pre-order now (May 12) when can I expect to receive it? Cheers
Thanks for your interest. October, most likely. You can check the production time table here: www.tastychips.nl/gr-mega-support-page/
@@TastyChips Thank you :)
pre-order is in... now, I have to be patient :) Looks and sounds 100% ace
when ????
Will there be a Black version?
yes
I per-ordered the Black
Dude WHERE did this thing come from??? How much is it???
Is this rack mountable
There's been some questions about that. Also about a VESA mount. But unfortunately no. It's possible to add a VESA mount eventually we think, but no 19".. It's slightly too wide for that.
This is a dream instrument for me. There is just no way I could afford it. One of those things which makes me wish I were a synth influencer, so you would just send me one, free. 😀There is no question tho, this thing is truly MEGA!
never say never
Very interesting. Do you have a retailer in Canada?
Amazing video of an even more amazing machine.
Very cool. When this gets some demos I might invest.
Screw that Waldorf Iridium... Need this in my life asap 💛💛💛
FINALLY!!! Mach 5 in actual Hardware!! I want this!!
Preordered one, and I cannot help, it feels so complete right 😊
Yes I want this so bad, very badly
Control ur gear lust!
Great demo
Very nice….Impressive!
Gosh, looks great!
No Superbooth this year?
Nope. We already demo-ed the MEGA last year. _Probably_ next year again..
This one is look awesome.. and this one could make me go "Offgrid". or as it seem "Hybrid" how much does it cost ??
Also, power usage is relatively low (
Damn. Drool commenced.
F""n sweet!
Does the GR1 just have one of the megas 5 engines? It's a shame you can only have 4 layers out it could be an amazing sampler - would be good if you could split the voices how you like and have more layers. Could be like an akai but granular!
The GR-1 has 2 of the 5 engines: tape and granular. The GR-1 also has a very spartan sampler mode. The GR-MEGA has 20 voices _per layer_, so 80 in total.
Is the audio scrubbing with the slider available in all 5 modes?
In all modes, except slice mode. We're still working out how to use scrubbing in that mode. It will probably be used as a sort of wave table idea to move through the slices. If you have any wishes, now's the time ;-)
Wave table sounds super interesting! I’m going to use the slider as a way to play different samples ( tones on a scale) that I’m going to lay out in a sample with silence in between. In slice mode it would be very interesting to scrub the individual slices in a normal way and perhaps holding down different button combination to skip between them in different fashions, almost like how an arpeggiator works, but between the slices. Up-down, , bounce, round robin, random, etc. that could be very expressive in slice mode. I can beta test it….
@@callesjonell5943 Thanks for this suggestion. We've always wondered how sliders can be used (more) musically. There are very few synths that actually use sliders like "live" controls. It's mostly set and forget mode, with the conventional "live knob" being the filter cutoff.
I wonder how this ARP would work? Would it just ARP over all slices, or would the user have to make a pre-selection of slices? I think you want to use slice mode for multi samples, which makes sense. Correct?
@@TastyChips what if you could select different slices and the slider then play them back in the order they where selected? Double clicking a slice would play that slice in reverse when the slider reaches it.
@@callesjonell5943 We have a sequencer that can record incoming MIDI. It can also be used to sequence those slices. It also has fwd/reverse/random play modes. We lack a real-time function for the slider. At this moment it's only used for setting, and editing slice markers. We can probably use the slider to juggle the sequencer, or to "transpose" the slices.
Looks thrilling and out of this world 🤟😎🛸
Got my preorder in just now :)
damn, now that's real digital candy for the 21st century
great promo..............wishing you well with this offering................
Looks fresh.
Interesting new toy on a dead market of granular synthesis.
Price?
Incredible work 🔥❄🔥
Oh man. This looks like it’s going to be FUUUUUNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!
Can you load longer samples with this one?
yes
How much $ ?
Tasty indeed!
Woot! This is awesome
Nice. But I'll wait for the keyboard version.
Looks dope !
Can it be used as a standalone groovebox?
Certainly.
@@TastyChips it looks like a very nice piece of gear to use 👍
Sick! Lovin it.
this looks like it might finally be something new to fill the octatrack niche
SICK AS !!
Modulation Matrix low key looks hard af
we all need a big groovebox :)
Yeah! amazing!
That’s a beauty 👌👏
BASED
Looks good
I have been saying this for years. Nexus needs to listen to me. They need to make a hardware version of thier Nexus vst asap.
Nice synth, can't wait for them to drop it with a half-finished OS that never gets updated.
suck burn bruh
ayy a stereo in, finally.
Jemig de pemig hee 😮
I knew there was a reason I didn’t buy an Iridium.
lmao!
Oh yessssss.
This looks incredible. Almost like a hadware sylenth or nexus
It’s a completely different instrument though.
@@XanderEwaldhow? 🤔
@@jujuondabeatbroski Sylenth is a wavetable synth, Nexus is a ROMpler, and this is a granular synth. Three very different types of synthesis.
@@XanderEwald dIFfrENt TYpe oF SynTHtheSis 🤪
Yes! I want this!
MPE?
yes
I want it
wow! really nice!
Silver or black, silver or black? hmm...
Black looks so sick. But silver has the blue text that to me is so timeless. Hard choices. But good thing is, they should both sound insanely good :) and that is what matters
It’s going to be a long wait till June… 😅
Tasty!
Looks interesting… cost?
Only 128 presets though???
🤷♂️
128 times 50 projects ;)
Ahhh, that fixes that, lol!
My GAS will destroy me (edit: i forgot to also mention this thing is amazing)