Uploaded May 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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In today’s video we have a granular shoot-out between Mutable Instruments’ two granular texture synthesizer modules: Clouds and Beads. Clouds, released in 2014, marked a significant moment in the evolution of Eurorack granular synthesis. It offered users real-time manipulation of audio textures through granular processing, establishing itself as a popular and influential module. Mutable Instruments Beads, introduced in 2021 as its successor, looks to build upon the foundation laid by Clouds while addressing its limitations and expanding its capabilities. But which one is better?

CONTENT
0:00 - Intro
1:15 - Overview
6:52 - Grains and Reverb
11:51 - Delays
16:28 - Wavetables and Spectral Madness
20:32 - Outro

#synth #eurorack #granular

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