1.5 ©2023 Michael Norris

[mc.spindrift~] is the mother of all granular synthesis externals for Max.

It not only features the standard granular synthesis parameters, including time-stretching, pitch-shifting and granular ‘clouds’, but also boasts a slew of powerful per-grain spatialization parameters, designed for equidistant multichannel loudspeaker arrays. Spatialization can be controlled manually or set to create automatic ‘spinning’, ‘drifting’ or even ‘spiralling’ trajectories.

v 1.5 ©2023 Michael Norris

SoundMagic Spectral is a freeware suite of 23 Audio Unit plug-ins that implement real-time spectral processing of sound. This set of effects give you unprecedented control and creativity in the processing of audio, whether from static audio files or live audio streams.

v1.5 ©2023 Michael Norris

A standalone Max/MSP application that lets you apply sophisticated granular synthesis to an audio file. While playing around with Spindrift's parameters, you can record the output to a new soundfile. Spindrift Playground has some sophisticated spatialisation features, including the ability to work in quadraphonic or octophonic sound, and features automated parameter interpolation to create gradually tranforming sound clouds.

v1.5 ©2023 Michael Norris

This standalone Max/MSP app applies sophisticated granular synthesis to an audio file, creating multiple pitch-shifted layers using an onscreen keyboard or a MIDI keyboard. Spindrift Synth also has spatialisation features, including the ability to work in quadraphonic or octophonic sound.

©2023 Michael Norris

A set of plug-ins for Sibelius that check your scores for common notation and layout issues.

v1.6 ©2018 Michael Norris

A standalone Max/MSP application that creates stochastic massed textures from multiple independent, desynchronized versions of a single soundfile.

v1.1 ©2020 Michael Norris

These plug-ins offer some pc-set manipulation algorithms, including transposition & inversion by all 12 pitch-classes, and novel pitch rotation algorithms, inspired by the “rotation technique” of Krenek, Stravinsky, Knussen and Boulez.

b4.0 ©2014 Michael Norris

A Max/MSP external that allows you to process a stereo audio stream using Audio Units.

b1.0 ©2018 Michael Norris

A Max/MSP external that allows you to copy the audio track of a Quicktime movie to a buffer~ object.

v1.0 ©2014 Michael Norris

A standalone Max/MSP application that demonstrates the ability of the auditory perception system of humans to fuse harmonically-related sine waves into a single tone, and to distinguish changes in harmonic gains as timbral quality signifiers.