"In the World of Grains", Chapter 7:
"...I´m going to introduce tools here in this chapter 7. Tools you can start working with at once without having to do some coding at first. I´m not aiming to substitute the manuals of these applications or of these hardware machines. But I´m going to give you far more than just a kind of more or less shallow overview of what they are able to do.
You will be able to decide which of them you need to achieve your “granular goals”, and what´s more, you will know where and how to start learning to use each of them in-depth. You will understand the “philosophy” behind each of these machines, and whether or not it might be a good idea to use some of them at the same time processing the same sound material..."
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