The good folks from Cluster Sound remember a time when granular synthesis wasn't just about the result, but about the process. That's why they've released Cluster Minus Granular, a collection of ready-to-spin minimal and glitch loops that bear the unmistakable mark of hand-milled sample grains.

Cluster SOund still uses the same water-powered mill-stone to granulate their samples, though modern technolog has made restructuring and looping these raw materials far easier than is was in the past. It used to take our small-staff of owner-DJs months to separate under-50 ms grain from the over-50ms chaff, but now most of their time can be spent building percussion loops, vocal grains, warm glitch loops and so much more.

In total, Cluster Sound Minus Granular includes:

• Loops
• 90 Elec Kicks loops (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 90 Elec Snare loops (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 90 Elec HHat loops WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 105 Buffered Beat loops (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 90 Falling Beat loops (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 75 Hypno Perc loops (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 75 Echo Perc loops (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 60 Break Perc loops (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 75 FxDub Perc loops (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 90 Grain Voice loops (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 75 Aerial Loops (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 150 Grain Impulse loops A (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 150 Grain Impulse loops B (WAV/REX/Dracks)
• 90 High Freq loops
• 515 WAV Samples
• Instruments And Kits:
• Impulse 100 Drumkits & Clips
• Simpler 30 Bass Instr. / 170 Drum Instr.
• Sampler 30 Bass Instr. / 170 Drum Instr.
• Kontakt 15 Bass Instr. / 145 Drum Instr.
• NN-XT 15 Bass Instr. / 145 Drum Instr.
• ReDrum 30 Drumkits

You see, at Cluster Sound, they believe that you should be able to enjoy the convenience of pre-fab glitch without having to sacrifice quality. With Cluster Sound Minus Granular, you can taste the hard-work that went into each granular sample.