Granola 1.0.0

First public release of Granola — an 8-track granular synthesizer for macOS,
built on SuperCollider and designed around the M-Vave SMC-Mixer and
SMC-PAD Pocket.

Download

Granola-macOS.zip contains the app with everything inside it — SuperCollider,
its UGen plugins, and every Airwindows effect. Nothing else to install.

The app is not code-signed with a Developer ID, so after moving it to
/Applications, clear the quarantine flag once:

xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine /Applications/Granola.app

Apple Silicon only (arm64). For an Intel or universal build, build from
source with ARCHS="arm64;x86_64" ./Scripts/fetch-sc3-plugins.sh.

This is a controller instrument

Granola runs standalone, but that is not what it is for. It is built for eight
faders, eight encoders and a pad grid — see the README for the full mapping.

• SMC-Mixer in DAW mode (hold Shift + Left/Right on the device)
• SMC-PAD Pocket in CC mode, channel 4, CC 1–16 as toggles

What's in it

• True stereo granulation end to end — no summing to mono anywhere
• 8 tracks, each with its own cloud, envelope shape, filters, stereo placement and sends
• Per-track one-knob DJ filter on Shift + encoder — centre-neutral, low-pass through high-pass with coupled resonance
• Performance FX: ~100 Airwindows plugins assembled into random chains, with chain-wide loudness matching and a configurable fade
• Master JPverb reverb and a 10-second malleable stereo delay
• Nine project slots, saved from the controller or the app
• Live grain animation in every waveform window

Licensing

Granola's source is MIT. The bundle also contains GPL components
(scsynth, sc3-plugins) and an LGPL one (libsndfile), unmodified — see
THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.md and licenses/ inside the zip.