In the late 90s I used a program called Zs-1b Amen specifically designed to chop the Amen break (for Jungle etc). side note: I found out the author made it open source a few years ago: https://github.com/ziadkhouri/ZS-1-Amen

What I liked about this program was you could randomly generate new reshuffled patterns. The drawback was it only worked with mono files.

I am looking for something similar, either standalone or VST-based. I am specifically trying to chop short loops into 4, 8, 16 slices, mute certain sections, and RANDOMLY shuffle these pieces around to generate different breaks.

Again I am looking for something with a randomize feature to mix up the slices.
I have attached an original/remix example below.

Cheers

 

Very cool! I've never used that program. Long ago I would use these stand-alone programs :

1.) Recycle
2.) Wave Surgeon
3.) Tuareg

If I want to use this technique nowadays (which is a great technique) I'll bring up FL Studio and use Fruity Slicer, or SliceX. I'm talking randomly re-ordering slices.

Ableton can easily do this with some plugin & LFO/RND routing. Or a crazy M4L device from the repository a user created and shared (...for free).

There are some old 32 bit plugins (can't remember names) that can do this.

**edit** Phatmatik Pro, New Sonic Arts 'Vice' (does it randomize though?), ........

Love to see other users responses.....

 

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https://sugar-bytes.de/looperator

 

ChrisGlitch

https://bomshankamachin.es/plugins/chrisGlitch


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Livecut

also Ultraloop by Twisted Tools. runs in NI Reaktor

 

turnado also has a few options designed for beat mangling, gives very cool result, currently using it for a remix

 

Rhythmiq by Accusonus does exactly this. They also have Regroover which gives more control is less "random".

 

[reserved for reaper tutorial and gif]

 

Sugar Bytes Egoist is one of the most intuitive ones to work with.

 

Serato sample has a random slicing function

 

HY Slicer by HY Plugins does this.

 

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Can help:

ACCUSONUS Rhythmiq
Loomer Cumulus
AudioDamage Replicant
Xfer Nerve

 

NO love for SupaTrigga?!

http://bram.smartelectronix.com/plugins.php?id=6

(jBridge it)

+1 for ReCycle (on Reason it was the shit)

 

i do this with the akai mpc software.. full disclosure, i do have the mpc hardware but the software does it too

 

Stylus RMX has the chaos element to it

 

If Reaper is your DAW, the script MKslicer is a good choice.

 

Big Fish Audio - Momentum

 

Thought of another cool one for Reaktor called The Finger

https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/effects/the-finger/

I dont think you have to use your middle Finger to trigger them

but it might glitch if you Don't

I think i mean you should be able to get this independent of Komplete

 

ive always stuck to the ones in my daw slicex and fl slicer or i do it manually

 

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I'm not sure it can do that but you might want to check out the new Meldaproduction MSuperLooper:
https://www.meldaproduction.com/MSuperLooper

 

LiveSlice from the old days.