Description
Overview
Cloudmax 2 by Karanyisounds is a powerful granular synthesis and texture engine designed to transform any audio source into massive, cinematic textures in seconds. By utilizing a sophisticated granular core, it allows producers to smear, stretch, and layer audio, turning simple takes into lush atmospheres, rhythmic patterns, or harmonic layers.
Whether you are working with vocals, drums, or field recordings, Cloudmax 2 provides a streamlined workflow to add weight, width, and complexity to your sounds without the need for tedious manual editing or complex automation lanes.
Key Details
- 4-Engine Granular Core: Features four parallel grain engines that allow for shimmer, stretch, and smear effects. Grains can be layered, detuned, and modulated independently with lengths ranging from 1/64 to infinite.
- Texture Pitch Modes: Three distinct modes for tonal control: DUAL stacks 2×2 grains for thick octave-pair textures, SNAP locks audio to musical intervals to stay in key, and FREE allows for continuous detune and microtonal exploration.
- Advanced Reverb Engine: Includes upgraded DSP for spatial depth, featuring the CIRRUS model for vast, precise cinematic tails.
- Cloud Models: Eight integrated world-models that simultaneously adjust grains, resonators, modulation, and space. Cloud-type models create long soundscapes, while Drift-type models create rhythmic patterns.
- Designable LFO & Mod Automation: A powerful LFO with gesture-based control for rate, depth, and shape. This single source can be assigned to multiple destinations—including length, filter, and resonator pitch—to create living, breathing animations.
- Intelligent Browser & AI Tagging: A high-speed browser allows for instant preset auditioning and filtering by tags (e.g., “dark + percussive”). Integrated AI tagging automatically categorizes presets by mood, character, and motion.
- Intuitive Interface: Features a single macro for “one gesture” control of the entire engine, a comprehensive Landscape Mode for full parameter access, and a Bright Mode for daylight studio environments.
Use Cases
- Cinematic Soundscapes: Drop in a field recording, footstep, or breath and stretch it into a wide, atmospheric cinematic bed.
- Vocal Texturing: Smear a single vocal take into a “wall of breath” or slide a granular tail under a clean DI signal for added depth.
- Rhythmic Re-imagining: Use tempo-synced grains to chop existing loops into entirely new rhythmic patterns while staying in key via Texture Pitch Modes.
- Sound Design: Create unique, evolving textures for game audio or film scores by modulating the resonator and grain length in real-time.
Installation
Cloudmax 2 is delivered as a digital license. After checkout, follow the publisher’s instructions to download the installer and activate your license. Once installed, perform a plugin scan within your DAW to locate the VST3, AU, or AAX versions. Please keep your serial number and account information available during the authorization process.
Compatibility
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 8+, macOS 10.11+
- Plugin Formats: VST3, AU, AAX
- RAM: 4GB RAM
- Disk Space: 150 MB Hard Drive Space
Additional Details
- Manufacturer: Karanyisounds
- SKU: 1479-1001
- Delivery Format: Download / Digital License
- Platform: Mac and Windows
- Plug-In Formats: VST3, AU, AAX
- Supported Operating Systems: Windows 8+, macOS 10.11+
- RAM Requirements: 4GB RAM
- Disk Space: 150 MB Hard Drive Space
- Requirements Source: manufacturer or supplier product documentation (https://karanyisounds.com/product/cloudmax2/).
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