MXR Textures™ Granular Synth Engine

MXR® Textures™ Granular Synth Engine M310

With the power of granular synthesis and dynamics processing, the MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine records what you play and reshapes it into a shifting blend of tones and timbres: shimmering pads, glitched-out rhythms, lush reverberations drifting back through themselves, and much more.

Three Capture Modes Shape How Grains Evolve

Delay, Auto-Freeze and Layers modes determine how the Textures pedal records and replays an instrument signal. Delay mode continuously divides notes and chords into grains, producing everything from clean repeats and smeared trails to pitch-shifted echoes. Auto-Freeze listens for incoming audio, captures it and sustains the material as an evolving wash that can sit beneath new playing. Layers mode records up to four notes or chords into independent buffers, each with its own fade-in and fade-out shape, allowing players to stack harmonies, assemble polyphonic pads and build layered arrangements directly from the pedalboard.

Seven Controls Sculpt Every Granular Detail

Size and Overlap determine the duration and density of the grains, while Pitch and Reverse control playback speed, direction and harmonic movement. Time and Regen shape how the processed fragments move through time and feed back into the effect, and Mix ranges from an unaffected instrument signal to a fully granular output. Holding the Reverse or mode button while turning a control unlocks additional parameters such as randomization, tap tempo, reverb, filtering and vibrato for deeper sound shaping. This layered control system allows players to begin with a preset and gradually reshape it into a personalized texture through the pedal’s hands-on controls.

Stereo Routing and Expression Expand Performance Control

Full stereo input and output support allows the Textures Granular Synth Engine to operate in mono, wet/dry or true stereo configurations for pedalboards, recording setups and expansive live rigs. An expression pedal can morph continuously between heel and toe states, while the optional MXR Split + Tap provides hands-free preset scrolling, tempo tapping and freeze control. Whether used to place ambient movement beneath a riff, create rhythmic glitches around a lead line or build evolving material for film and sound design, the MXR Textures Granular Synth Engine pedal gives creative players a flexible granular sandbox that can move from immediate preset inspiration to detailed sonic experimentation.

This pedal requires a 9-volt (330 mA) center-negative power supply and can be powered by the Dunlop ECB003 9-volt adapter or the MXR Iso-Brick, the Iso-Brick Pro, and the Iso-Brick Mini Power Supplies. This pedal cannot be powered by a battery. Any 9V DC 300mA PS will work