# GranSample - Granular Sampler > Beat Pad, FX & Step Sequencer Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6760527944](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6760527944) ## Overview - **ID:** `id6760527944` - **Platform:** Apple - **Type:** Apple app - **Status:** Available - **Publisher:** Chih Han Lin - **Category:** Music - **Rating:** 4.60 / 5 (16 ratings) - **Version:** 1.4.3 - **Last updated:** 2026-09-11 - **First published:** 2026-04-09 - **Size:** 16 MB - **Data as of:** 2026-09-20 - **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gransample-granular-sampler/id6760527944) - **Website:** [https://gransample.xyz](https://gransample.xyz/) - **Privacy policy:** [https://gransample.xyz/privacy](https://gransample.xyz/privacy) ## Description Record anything. Sculpt it grain by grain. Chain patterns into songs. Pro is $3.99 through Oct 31 — it returns to $5.99 after. One-time, no subscription. A 16-pad sampler with a granular engine underneath. Standalone app + AUv3 plugin for GarageBand / Logic / AUM / Drambo / Loopy Pro. Tap pads, sculpt textures, sequence patterns, chain songs. Same instrument either way. Free to try. One purchase unlocks GranSample Pro — everything listed at the bottom. No subscription, no ads, no telemetry. NEW IN 1.4.3 Eight free pads, not four — drums and melody, enough to finish a track. Load your own samples inside the AUv3 plugin; app and plugin now share one library. Switch a pad to granular and watch the grain cloud fire, live. PATTERN BANK & SONG MODE Eight patterns per project (A–H). Switch live — the change waits for the bar end so the groove never stumbles. Then chain them into a song: tap letters to build, set repeats per section, loop or play once (song mode is Pro). Patterns, song and BPM save with the project. MODULATION MATRIX (PRO) LFO + ADSR envelope on 8 destinations per pad: grain position / size / pitch / density, volume, pan, pitch, playback start. Drag the envelope chart, set depth per lane — host-automatable in AUv3. SAMPLE CHOP (PRO) Slice any sample across the pads — equal grid, transient detection, or manual markers you drag. Audition before you commit; the grid shows where every slice lands. KIT SHARING Export any kit as a single .gskit file — samples, settings, effects, patterns. Send it anywhere. Importing is free for everyone; exporting is Pro. PAD NAMES & COLORS Name your pads, pick from 8 colors. AUv3 PLUGIN Load "nono.today: GranSample" under AU Instruments in any AUv3 host. Same 4×4 grid, same Kits, same engine. 900 host-automatable parameters. Load your own samples without leaving the host. Sequencer locks to host transport; everything persists in the host project. LIBRARY Factory Kits + your Projects in one place — load, tweak, save, share as .gskit. GRANULAR ENGINE Eight knobs per pad. Position scans the sample; grain size + density set the texture from pebbles to glass. Pitch + jitter, spray + stereo spread, four window shapes, an ADSR cloud envelope, Freeze for infinite sustain. 128 grains per voice — and you can watch them fire. CHROMATIC MODE Any pad becomes the root; the grid plays chromatically. STEP SEQUENCER Per-pad patterns at 16/32/64 steps, per-step velocity, drag-to-paint. Standalone runs its own clock; AUv3 syncs to host transport. SAMPLE EDITOR Waveform view — drag the grain region, trim playback range, loop, reverse, normalize per pad. LINEAR or GRAN preview. Works inside the plugin too. EFFECTS Per-pad AND master bus. Reverb, Delay, Distortion, EQ, Compressor, Chorus, Filter — up to 8 per chain, automatable from any DAW. Hand-tuned presets; save your own. EQ + Filter draw their curves live. IPAD Pads bigger than a hardware MPC; recorder, properties and sequencer get their own right column. MIDI USB, Bluetooth (built-in browser), or virtual MIDI. MIDI Learn on every knob standalone, per-pad channel routing. The plugin routes MIDI in through the host and emits MIDI out for pad taps. RECORDING 60 seconds from the mic straight into a pad with a live waveform. Master bounces to WAV/M4A (Pro). 10 FACTORY KITS, 16 SAMPLES Late Night Room, Outer Space, Neon City, Midnight Dub, Tape Machine, Crystal Cave, and more — each with bespoke granular settings. FREE TIER Pads 1–8 — drums and melody, enough to finish a track — with the full granular engine, effects, pattern bank, mixer, MIDI in/out. Same in standalone and AUv3. Kit import (.gskit) is free too. GRANSAMPLE PRO — ONE PURCHASE, NO SUBSCRIPTION All 16 pads unlocked everywhere — standalone AND AUv3 plugin Song mode — chain patterns into an arrangement Modulation matrix — LFO + envelope on 8 destinations per pad Sample chop to pads Kit export (.gskit) Per-pad ADSR envelope editor Custom backgrounds — wallpapers or your own photo, with dim and pad-opacity WAV / M4A export Made by one person who wanted a granular beat pad that fit on a phone — and in their DAW. ## Rankings - #272,045 — Overall ## Similar extensions and apps - [Echo Beach: Sampler Beat Maker](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6752037797) — 3.80 / 5 - [jAmpler](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6757974471) — 4.20 / 5 - [SpaceCraft Granular Synth](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1391256308) — 4.70 / 5 - [SampleScape](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6754957868) — 5.00 / 5 - [Grainsmith Field](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6760624826) — 5.00 / 5 - [Decent Sampler](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1530441977) — 4.60 / 5 - [GSDSP Quantum Granulator](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6741062705) — 5.00 / 5 - [SynthDrum Kick](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1362619238) — 4.90 / 5 - [Playset - Groovebox Sequencer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1461461421) — 4.20 / 5 - [AASamplePlayer](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6443626189) — 4.70 / 5 - [Performance Sampler: Samposium](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6475739371) — 5.00 / 5 - [Granula Synth](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id1624549704) — 1.80 / 5 --- Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id6760527944)