8.4Great
Sugar Bytes Graindad is a real-time granular effect that records incoming audio and rebuilds it from up to 64 grains, driven by transients, clock or MIDI.
Plugin comparison
Sugar Bytes Graindad vs Parish Audio Aethon
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which effect to buy.
Independent score / workflow fit / buying signal
Contenders
The side-by-side
Parish Audio Aethon is a $34.97 intro / $69.95 granular transform effect with a capture buffer, Freeze, a full grain engine, and finishing FX.
Technical matrix
Specs compared
| Signal | Sugar Bytes Graindad | Parish Audio Aethon |
|---|---|---|
| Price | €99 | $34.97 intro / $69.95 |
| Dubspot Score | 8.4 | — |
| Formats | AU, VST2, VST3, AAX, Standalone, AUv3 (iPadOS) | VST3, AU |
| Type | Real-time granular effect | — |
| Grain engine | Up to 64 simultaneous grains, 12 main controllers | — |
| Grain actions | Loop, stutter, time-stretch, pitch-shift, reverse, harmonize | — |
| Triggering | Host clock, MIDI note, or transient detection | — |
| Modulation | Harvester system, step sequencers, LFO, envelope, wide randomization | — |
| Effects | Filters (LP/BP/HP/band-reject), reverbs (HQ, spring, shimmer), delay, chorus, flanger | — |
| macOS formats (64-bit) | AU, VST2, VST3, AAX, standalone (Intel and Apple Silicon) | — |
| Windows formats (64-bit) | VST2, VST3, AAX, standalone | — |
| iPadOS | AUv3 | — |
| Operating system | macOS 10.13 or later; Windows 7 or later | — |
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