GranSample

Sample. Granulate.
Perform.

A 16-pad sampler powered by granular synthesis. Record anything. Sculpt it grain by grain. Sequence it on the spot.

Download on the App Store
For iPhone & iPad · iOS 16+
Inside the app

Everything a sampler should be.
Nothing it shouldn't.

Sixteen pads. One hundred twenty-eight grains. Endless possibilities.

GranSample pad grid
Play

A 4×4 grid built for fingers.

Sixteen pads, each with its own sample and live waveform preview. Tap to trigger, hold to tweak, swap the whole kit with a scene name at the top. Step sequencer right below the grid.

Granular synthesis controls
Synthesize

Sculpt sound, grain by grain.

Five knobs — Size, Density, Pitch, Spray, Spread — plus a dedicated ADSR envelope, four window shapes (Hanning, Gaussian, Triangle, Trapezoid), and reverse playback. Up to 128 grains at once. Switch between Linear and Granular on the fly.

16-channel mixer
Mix

Sixteen channels on one screen.

A full mixer: volume fader, pan knob, mute, and solo per pad. Color-matched to the grid so you always know what's where.

Effects chain
Shape

Effects on every pad.

EQ, Compressor, Reverb, Delay, Distortion, Chorus, and a multi-mode Filter — seven effects, stackable up to eight per pad, chain reorderable anytime.

Sample recorder
Capture

Sample the world around you.

Up to 60 seconds from your mic. Scale Lock pitches your source into any root (C–B) and scale (Maj, Min, Penta, Dor, Phr, Chrom) — perfectly in tune before it hits a pad.

Modulation Matrix Pro

A per-pad LFO and ADSR envelope, each routable to eight destinations — grain position, size, pitch, density, plus volume, pan, pitch, and playback start. Six LFO waveforms, host-sync or free-Hz.

Sample Chop Pro

Slice a long sample straight across the pads — equal divisions, transient-aligned, or manually placed markers.

Pad rename & color

Name any pad inline and pick from an eight-color chip row — keep your kit organized at a glance.

Step Sequencer

16, 32, or 64 steps with per-step velocity, synced to the metronome. Tap steps live while pads play.

AUv3 plugin

Run GranSample inside any AUv3 host — Logic, AUM, GarageBand. Per-pad parameters automate from the host; MIDI Settings live in the extension itself.

MIDI input

Trigger pads from any external MIDI controller. Per-pad note mapping in Settings, velocity-sensitive.

iPad landscape

Native landscape body on iPad — pad grid, properties panel, and step sequencer share the screen without scrolling.

Pick a Vibe

Ten scene palettes to start from — each loads a whole kit and effect chain tuned to a mood.

Linear + Granular

Toggle any pad between clean one-shot playback and full granular synthesis. Same sample, two completely different instruments.

From players

What people are saying.

Notes from the App Store and the granular community.

★★★★★
"GranSample is easy to use, clean, and practical. The app runs smoothly, and the layout makes everything simple to understand. Highly recommended."
App Store review · Apr 2026
★★★★★
"I really love this app's interface — it's easy to use and very user-friendly."
App Store review · Apr 2026
Roadmap

What's shipping.
A window into the workshop.

Built in the open — here's what just landed and what's next.

  1. Modulation Matrix

    Per-pad LFO and ADSR envelope, each routable to eight destinations — grain position, size, pitch, density plus volume, pan, pitch, and playback start. LFO has six waveforms, host-sync or free-Hz. Pro feature.

  2. Sample chop-to-pads

    Slice a long sample across the pads — equal divisions, transient-aligned, or manually placed markers. Pro feature.

  3. Pad rename & color

    Rename any pad inline and pick from an eight-color chip row — label and organize your kit at a glance.

  4. iPad landscape & AUv3 Pro unlock fix

    Native landscape layout on iPad, plus a fix that bridges Pro entitlement into the AUv3 plugin via App Group.

  5. AUv3 plugin

    Run GranSample inside any AUv3 host (Logic, AUM, GarageBand). Per-pad parameter automation; MIDI Settings sheet inside the extension.

  6. Library, Kit browser & FX UX

    Factory + user kits, FX preset chips, and live EQ/Filter curve readouts you can drag.

  7. MIDI input & Chromatic mode

    Play pads from any external MIDI controller, or fan one sample across all 16 pads at semitone pitches.

  8. Multi-pad granular engine

    Thread-safe voice allocation and per-pad 1/√N master compensation — drop granular on every pad without crackle.

  9. GranSample Pro + pitch correction

    Snap grains to any key, unlock all 16 pads, WAV/M4A export.

  10. Song mode

    Chain patterns into verse → drop → breakdown arrangements on one track.

  11. Ableton Link

    Sync tempo with DAWs and other iOS apps over Wi-Fi.

Make something
that's never been heard.

Free to download. No accounts. No tracking.

Download on the App Store