Superbooth 23: Sonicware expands its LIVEN lineup with a journey into granular synthesis with its new Texture Lab Synthesizer/sampler.
Did I already say that the Granular Booth is taking place in Berlin? As many granular synthesizers/samplers as never before are presented.
And there’s another new granular synth on the Superbooth 23. The Japanese company Sonicware announced the LIVEN Texture Lab. It’s a new granular Synthesizer for on-the-go. It’s a pity that the developers aren’t in Berlin. The German distribution represents them.
Sonicware LIVEN Texture Lab
The LIVEN synthesizers and groove boxes are characterized by a very good price-performance ratio. They offer many features, a lot of flexibility and all for a very good price. The new granular synth is no different.
Unlike the other LIVEN products, the Texture Lab goes more in the direction of a synth than a groovebox. It’s a 4-voice polyphonic synth and can record 32 samples of up to 6 seconds at 16/32kHz mono. Yeah, no stereo samples but it can resample internally. That’s cool. There is also a 128-step sequencer for recording note data and parameters. So it’s also a motion recorder. This can be done in both real and step time.
The engine also hosts a filter, effects like a shimmer reverb, and more
Portability
It also includes a built-in speaker and runs on batteries. So it’s a mobile granular synth for the on-the-go.
First Impression
The LIVEN Texture Lab strikes me as a very interesting granular synth. Which appeals to me a lot from the features but also from the sound. A lot is offered for the asking price. Okay, no stereo samples but still an interesting release.
Sonicware Texture Lab is available now for pre-order for $239/319€. Shipping starts in begin of June from retailers. You can visit them at booth W317 at Superbooth 23.
More information here: Sonicware
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Very interesting synth and very useful in my opinion!