Back in his studio, Elias didn’t just want to use these as samples; he wanted them to live inside his DAW. He opened Max for Live and began to build.
Next, he built a granular synthesizer that didn't just loop audio, but mimicked the way light filters through a canopy. He called it The grains of sound didn't trigger at set intervals; they flickered and shimmered based on the unpredictable movement of the wind he’d recorded in the pines. Inspired by Nature [Max for Live]
Elias realized that nature wasn't just a source of pretty sounds—it was a masterclass in complex systems. By using Max for Live to bridge the gap between the wild and the wire, he hadn't just made a track. He’d built an ecosystem. Back in his studio, Elias didn’t just want
He decided to leave the city for a weekend, heading into the Spreewald forest with nothing but a field recorder and a laptop. He called it The grains of sound didn't
He designed a device called Instead of a standard grid, the notes grew like fungal networks—branching out based on "moisture" and "nutrient" parameters he’d mapped to the velocity of his field recordings.