Angels: Granular Effects Plugin by Sequins

Angels runs up to 40 simultaneous grains, and each grain has its own position, size and pitch. Lower the density for sparse textures or raise it for dense clouds.

The Deja Vu control borrows the Marbles-style approach to randomness. At noon the sequence loops, turning left pushes it toward pure chaos, and turning right shuffles the sequence. Randomization can be set per parameter for position, size, pitch, texture and density, with global Spread, Bias, Deja Vu and Smoothness controls. Loop lengths run from 1 to 16 steps, and polarity can be bipolar, positive or negative.

Grain timing can lock to your DAW tempo, which keeps rhythmic granular patterns in step with a track. Pitch quantization covers more than 60 scales in 15 categories, including Western modes, Japanese scales, Indian ragas and Middle Eastern maqamat. The Bloom control opens the scale progressively, from the root alone to thirds and fifths and then the full set.

Two reverbs are included. Preverb smears the input before the granular engine for soft attacks and blurred transients, and Postverb adds space after the grains. Tape mode adds wow, flutter, drive and hiss.