Coming from Los Angeles-based plugin developer Lunacy, perhaps we shouldn’t be too surprised to learn that BEAM, a powerful new multi-effects engine, is just a little bit crazy. Not in a negative sense, you understand; it’s the sheer scope and ambition of this plugin - combined with an innovative visual interface that makes it easy for anyone to use - that push it outside the box.
To begin with, BEAM is a real-time granular processor - in fact, you can use up to three parallel grain engines at once. This enables you to create everything from shimmering particle clouds to glitchy percussive grooves and rhythmic soundscapes, and thanks to the intuitive interface (more on that later), these results can be achieved in no time at all.
