TeXture Lab Sample Lib

Currently, I’m diving deep into granular synthesis as part of a research project, with the goal of creating immersive soundscapes and textures. The project centers around the “Wandering Landscape Machine”, which is meant to generate generative music and soundscapes for an exhibition or installation. To make the experience more tactile and not just software-based, I picked up the Sonicware LIVEN Texture Lab as a ‘hardware’ device to play around.

The device comes with a range of factory samples, but I’m interested in exploring its full potential by creating my own samples for granular synthesis. I’ve been recording and collecting these samples, and I’m sharing them here for others to use freely under the Creative Commons license (CC BY 4.0). All samples are normalized to -1dB.

Note: The maximum sample length for the Sonicware LIVEN Texture Lab is 6 seconds, so all the samples provided here are roughly kept within that limit. To transfer the samples, you can simply use a standard mini-jack cable and hit the play button here. You will need to set your device up for sample recording by pressing Shift and Record simultanously.

Sample library

Sample 1, created with the VST Helm by Matt Tytel and OrilRiver by Denis Tihanov. (Using a heavily modified patch by Mikolis (CC BY 4.0))

Sample 2.

Sample 3, created by using a pure data patch of the drone synth LIRA-8 by Mike Moreno.

Sample 5, created by live playing the Arturia Microfreak. At the moment this sample yields the most promising results with the TeXture Lab.

Sample 6, created by live playing the Arturia Microfreak. Needs a lot of reverb to shine.

Sample 7, created by live playing the Arturia Microfreak with arpeggiator.

Sample 8, created by live playing the Arturia Microfreak