Bjango Reality Distortion rebuilds incoming audio with up to 64 tracking oscillators. $39 launch / $49 regular. AUv3 and VST3 on Mac and Windows. 30-day trial.
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Bjango Reality Distortion vs Sugar Bytes Graindad
Specs, price and the Dubspot Score, side by side — with our verdict on which effect to buy.
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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.
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Specs compared
| Signal | Bjango Reality Distortion | Sugar Bytes Graindad |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $39 launch / $49 | €99 |
| Dubspot Score | — | 8.4 |
| Formats | AUv3, VST3 | AU, VST2, VST3, AAX, Standalone, AUv3 (iPadOS) |
| Type | Tracking-oscillator resynthesis effect | Real-time granular effect |
| Oscillators | 1 to 64 bands | — |
| Slice | 10 ms to 1 s | — |
| Waveforms | Morph pad: saw, square, sine | — |
| Gate | Thresh, Reduction, Attack, Release | — |
| Mixer | Feedback, Input, Output, Mix | — |
| macOS | AUv3 on 14+; VST3 on 13+ | — |
| Windows | Windows 10+, VST3 | — |
| Version | AU 1.0.1 / VST 1.0.1.0 | — |
| 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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