GrainWave 3.0

GrainWave 3 is a real-time, software synthesizer for Power Macintosh (PPC) computers.  
GrainWave will run on the standard equipment that comes with any PPC.  It does not require 
any additional hardware. 

GrainWave has an open synthesis architecture, based upon units called operators.  An operator 
can generate a signal or transform one.  Operators are collected into regions which represent 
individual instruments.  One or more regions are contained in a patch.  Only one patch at a time 
is available to be played.  GrainWave may be played by using the mouse, the 
keyboard, and/or MIDI. 

GrainWave was designed to be flexible, with high-quality audio output, while still maintaining 
real-time performance.  GrainWave 3 has an output latency of 11.6 ms on any Mac running OS 
8.1 or higher.  GrainWave can also manipulate an audio stream coming into your computer, with 
a throughput latency of 23 ms.  GrainWave has sophisticated MIDI timing system to ensure a 
less than 1 ms. of jitter with incoming MIDI events. 

GrainWave is completely backgroundable.  It can run below other applications while continuing 
to output an uninterrupted stream of sound.  Furthermore, it can accept MIDI information from 
other, OMS-capable applications running on the same computer.  A sequencer or control 
application can use GrainWave as a virtual synthesizer without a significant impact on its own 
performance.  Because of this capability, GrainWave does not have a sophisticated interface
to control its playback from the screen.  You can easily design your own interface using Max, 
HMSL, or a sequencing program. 

For more information, visit the GrainWave home page at http://www.nmol.com/users/mikeb/grainw.htm
GrainWave may be registered for US$40 

New in verion 3.0:
- New UI, with a much easier to use graphical interface.
- More flexibility
- Feedback paths allowed
- More operators
- Real-time function table writing
- Keyboard triggering
- More inter-region communication.