Overview of Granular Synthesis
For most, granular synthesis is a mysterious yet versatile technique. While some may find it fathomable, it remains an inexhaustible tool that yields complex timbres, textures and rhythms. Although it has been around for decades, people have found new ways to use it doing real-time effects and sound design.
This talk will review its history, delve into intricate details of its implementations and applications in simple pitch-shifting and time-stretching algorithms. The talk will serve as a survey of topics related to granular synthesis and, hopefully, provide a comprehensive resource on the topic for people trying to use or build granular tools.
Avrosh Kumar
Research Engineer
Pindrop
Avrosh is a Research Engineer and a fledgling audio plugin developer based in New York, currently working at Pindrop. He has over eight years of experience in speech processing, deepfake detection and voice-biometrics with focus on analyzing challenging, noise-addled real world voice interactions. He earned his Master's in Music Technology from Georgia Tech in 2017, building on a strong foundation in digital signal processing and machine learning. His current interests include sound synthesis techniques and electronic music history. Outside of work, he enjoys playing cricket on Sundays and making pizzas in his wood fired oven.