Gather a cloud
Turn a curated source into short grains. Density, pitch, spread, and shape carry it from scattered dust to a sustained pad.
Ephemera · Granular cloud instrument
Sound, scattered into life.
Scrub a source, widen the spray, and let grains gather into pads, dust, rhythm, and noise-bloom. Freeze a moment or keep the cloud moving.
Free in browser · curated sources · part of Studio
Find your part
Granular cloud instrument
Airy pads, brittle dust, and sample textures gathered into a grain cloud.
Free in browserPart of Studio
Curated sources are available now. Importing your own audio is not yet supported.
Your first phrase
Choose one of the instrument's curated sources.
Raise grain density and scrub through the source.
Widen the spray or freeze the read head to hold a texture.
The hero is a visual prelude. Open the instrument to play its sound.
Inside the instrument
Shape the cloud, not every grain.
Follow the source
Scrub through the source and watch the grains rise. The waveform shows where you are playing, how far the spray spreads, and what is frozen.
Add a swarm
On supported browsers, add a denser swarm for extra texture. The core instrument remains playable without WebGPU.
Find its place
Play Pollen with the Ephemera instruments in Studio. Let its cloud become the air around a bass line, a groove, or a lead.
Before you begin
A few things to know.
Does Pollen need WebGPU?
No. The core grain instrument runs without WebGPU. The denser swarm layer is additive and falls back cleanly.
Can I use my own sounds?
The current browser instrument offers curated sources. Importing your own audio files is not yet available.
Is this a DAW plugin?
Pollen is a browser instrument. Launch it on its own or play it with the other instruments in Ephemera Studio.