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MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine Pedal
Granular synthesis pedal with stereo I/O, ambient textures and expression control
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SKU: MXR-EFX-M310
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Product Description
The MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine is a powerful ambient sound design pedal that transforms your playing into shimmering pads, glitchy soundscapes and evolving cinematic textures. With three creative modes, deep yet intuitive controls and full stereo operation, it is a compact portal into experimental tones that can sit subtly behind your core sound or completely reinvent it.
Built around a granular synthesis engine, the Textures pedal chops your signal into tiny fragments and reassembles them in endlessly musical ways. Whether you want soft, swelling backdrops, fractured rhythmic patterns or regenerating octave clouds, this pedal gives you the tools to sculpt inspiring atmospheres on the fly, all while staying pedalboard friendly and easy to integrate into any rig.
Granular Synthesis for Guitarists and Beyond
At the heart of the MXR Textures is a granular synth engine that takes your input signal and breaks it into microscopic grains. Using the Time, Size, Overlap and Regen controls, you can stretch, smear and recycle these grains into lush drones, stuttering repeats or cascading octave layers. It is a sound designer’s toolkit in a single stompbox, ideal for guitar, synths and any instrument you want to push into new territory.
Three Inspiring Modes
The pedal offers three distinct operating modes: Delay, Auto Freeze and Layers. Delay mode lets you build everything from subtle, modulated ambience to wild, glitched echoes. Auto Freeze captures and holds slices of your playing, perfect for instant pads under lead lines. Layers mode lets you stack evolving textures for immersive soundscapes that keep moving and morphing as you play.
Stereo, Presets and Real Time Control
With mono or TRS stereo input and output, the Textures integrates effortlessly into modern stereo boards and studio setups. Eight factory presets give you immediate access to a curated range of sounds, while expression pedal compatibility allows real time control of key parameters, making it easy to swell, warp and transform textures live without diving into menus.
Deep Editing, Simple Layout
The front panel controls keep powerful sound shaping at your fingertips. Time, Size and Overlap define the character of the grains, while Regen, Pitch, Mix and Reverse let you dial in everything from subtle shimmer to reversed, octave shifted chaos. On board reverb, filter and vibrato effects, plus randomisation and tap tempo functions, mean you can go from controlled ambience to unpredictable, evolving textures with just a few twists and taps.
Features
- Granular Synthesis Engine - The core granular engine transforms your dry signal into evolving pads, glitched repeats and regenerative octave textures. This lets you move far beyond traditional delay or reverb, opening up fresh creative spaces for ambient, experimental and cinematic playing.
- Three Versatile Modes - Delay, Auto Freeze and Layers modes give you three distinct ways to build texture. From rhythmic, tempo locked echoes to instant frozen chords and stacked evolving layers, you can quickly find a sound that supports your part rather than fighting it.
- Stereo I/O and Expression Control - Full mono or TRS stereo connectivity, plus wet/dry and true stereo output options, make it easy to place the Textures anywhere in your signal chain. Add an expression pedal for hands free control of parameters so you can perform swells, pitch shifts and density changes in real time.
- Deep Yet Accessible Sound Shaping - With dedicated controls, on board reverb, filter and vibrato, tap tempo and randomisation, you can fine tune or completely reinvent your textures without menu diving. Eight factory presets provide instant inspiration and a solid starting point for your own sound design.
Specifications
General
- Product: MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine
- Model: M310
- Pedal Type: Synth
- Circuit Type: Digital
Controls and Functions
- Controls: Time, Size, Overlap, Regen, Pitch, Mix, Reverse, Mode
- Modes: Delay, Auto Freeze, Layers
- Tap Tempo: Yes
- Preset Capacity: 8 Factory Presets
- Additional Processing: On board reverb, filter and vibrato effects
- Additional Functions: Deep parameter editing, randomisation
Connectivity
- Inputs: 1 x 1/4" (Mono or TRS Stereo)
- Outputs: 1 x 1/4" (Mono or TRS Stereo / Wet Dry)
- Stereo Operation: Yes
- Expression Pedal Compatible: Yes
Power
- Power Supply: 9V DC Centre Negative
- Current Draw: 330 mA
- Power / Voltage DC: 9V
