GENERATORS

Slicex - Articulation Panel

Slicex uses advanced beat detection algorithms to slice song/percussion samples into pieces and make them independently playable from the Piano roll or controller. If the wave file contains slice/region data this will be automatically used instead of the beat-detection algorithm. Slicex offers playback, reordering of slices and time-stretching capabilities optimized for drum loops. Related plugins are the Fruity Slicer and Edison.

Master Panel

Articulation Panel

This panel controls ADSR, filtering and other modulation effects applied to the regions.

Region settings

Each region has a number of parameters that can be modulated by one of 8 sets of envelopes (Articulators).

Marker #1 to #n - Each Marker defines the start of an independent region. Each region contains the following settings:

OUT - Output mixer channel offset. '---' = none. Any number set here will be added to the Channel mixer track selector
CUT - Cut group controls how one region will play in the presence of another. Any region that is playing will be silenced by any subsequently triggered region of the same 'cut group'. The sounds must overlap for the Cut group to have any effect.
AMP (Pan & Level) - Amplitude. ART - Linked articulator, "--" = none.
FILTER (Cutoff frequency & Resonance) - Filter. ART - Linked articulator.
SPEED - Playback speed. ART - Linked articulator.
START (Delay & Start position) - Sample start. There are Options > Settings to limit the variability to the first 100 ms or allow this to vary over the entire sample duration. ART - Linked articulator.

Articulator 1 to 8 - Each articulator can be used to control the behaviour of a linked region according to the following parameters:

FILTER - Choose between LP (low pass), BP (band pass), HP (high pass) at one of three filter cutoff slopes 1x (shallow), 2x (medium) & 3x (steep).
ENV - Filter cutoff envelope / LFO amount.
CUT - Filter cutoff frequency. Remember to select a Filter type to activate this control.

Envelopes - Associated with each articulator are a number of envelopes. There are two rows of tabs, the top row selects the modulator target while the bottom row selects the modulation source. In other words, for each target in the top row there are a range of sources affecting how that target is modulated below.
Envelopes include:
- PAN - Affects the stereo panning of the bank.
- VOL - Affects the volume output of the bank.
- CUT (Filter Cut) - Affects the filter cut-off frequency of the bank. This interacts with the CUT parameter (above) and the filter type switches.
- RES - Affects the resonance of the filter selected.
- SPEED - Playback speed. Scratching: This envelope can be used to go forwards/backwards in time.
- START - Playback start position. There are Options > Settings to limit the variability to the first 100 ms or allow this to vary over the entire sample duration.
Modulation sources may include:
- ENV - General purpose envelope.
- LFO - An Low Frequency Oscillator (LFO) envelope.
- VEL - Velocity as a modulator (usually used with VOL) . Input velocity is on the horizontal axis, low input velocities (0%) to the left, high (100%) to the right. Playing a note with this envelope open will show the current velocity as vertical line.
- MOD X - Determines how the X parameter of integrated X/Y controller responds to X position changes.
- MOD Y - Determines how the Y parameter of integrated X/Y controller responds to Y position changes.
- RAND - Random number generator. A random number is selected in the range of 0% to 100%. The envelope defines how the random number relates to changes in the controlled property. The value of the envelope at a particular location defines how likely the value will be selected by the random generator, allowing you to fine tune the behaviour or the random generator and effectively defining the "chances" of certain values being selected.

Slicex - Articulation Panel

Master Panel

Articulation Panel

Region settings

Wave Editor

Keyboard & Piano roll Controls