Sample/GrainCloud Density Question

Question

I'm wondering why there seems to be a "sweet spot" in Sample and GrainCloud's Density values. Meaning the signal gets very soft at high density values but reaches its loudest roughly at its middle. Is this due to some kind of phase cancellation going on amongst the grains?

Thanks!

Answer 1

In the GrainCloud prototype, it may be due to this EventExpression in the Amplitude parameter field:

0.25 * (1 - !Density) * !AmpLow

So the higher the value of !Density, the lower the value of (1 - !Density).

Could this explain the effect that you're hearing?

One way to test would be to replace the contents of the parameter field with something much simpler like:

!AmpLow

and play the Sound again to hear if !Density and !AmpLow are independent of one another.