crusher-X is a shareware program whose powerful vapor synthesis algorithm enables you to synthesize very complex and cool waves. crusher-X does distill and transform sounds quite radically. Based on traditional granular synthesis, crusher-X can be used as a synthesizer or as a versatile effects unit. You can create sounds with the internal oscillators or samplers as well as real-time stereo input sound (e.g. a microphone). Internal feedback loops allows self-oscillation within crusher-X! Multichannel ASIO Outputs allows extreme impressive sound installations and multichannel compositions up to 10 independent channels.

An overall multidimensional morphing system morphs the sound between each parameter changing (e.g. on Loading, on Undo/Redo, on MIDI-Event, on turning a pocket dial knob etc.). This creates clouds of sweeping, shifting and graining sounds. The morph time can be ranged from 1ms up to 1 hour!

Try it and hear the result! It’s more than sound, it’s more than music, it’s really fun!

Beside the interface you can optional control the crusher by using MIDI (unlimited amount of Key-Groups and Controllers with Map-functions) or/and a joystick. If you have a force feedback device you can feel the parameters changing. The ASIO Interface allows using of professional low latency multichannel soundcards and hardware.

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New in v6.14

• Keyboard now shows the saved generator keys after undo/redo, loading a preset or a file

New in v6.11

• Improved sound quality of pitch shift algorithm
• New advanced anti aliasing algorithm
• New advanced interpolation algorithm on DCOs
• Add aliasing button in vapor panel
• Enhanced MIDI control performance

• New in v6.10

  • New wave buffer loading
  • New sound windowing on start/stop vapor buffer trigger to prevent spikes
  • New GUI theme
  • New fader wheels on mixer faders
  • New global Midi Mode
  • New wave buffer visualization in cloud 3D view (z-axis)
  • New grain length visualization in cloud 3D view
  • New volume control in IO-peak and File-peak window
  • Supports Windows 8
  • GUI Cleanup, increase font size
  • Replace ? help signs by clickable panel headlines
  • Move Oscillograph input in front of volume out fader
  • Change direction of grain window scan from backward to forward
  • Increase controller assignment performance
  • Bugfix for crash on extreme big vapor buffer sizes
  • Bugfix for fast button press bug
  • Bugfix for crash during fast record off/on switching
  • Bugfix for newbiew mode
  • Bugfix for VST bridge functionality (replaced by crusherX-Studio!)
  • Bugfix for GUI scale and background picture functionality (no longer necessary due to gui cleanup)

  New in v3.51

  • Add French interface language
  • Add French help files
  • Add German help files
  • Add color shemes
  • Add metal look
  • Add full mouse wheel support on all edit boxes and on pm-field
  • Add main menue, remove menue buttons
  • Add WinXP styles
  • Improve behavior of interface elements
  • Change MIDI-learning behavior on 96/97 inc/dec controllers
  • Remove strange behavior of cloud phase
  • Remove recording bug: in some cases file recording was not finalized
  • Remove minor interface bugs