The buzz and stutter of a late-80s sampler stretch, on any track.

Five stages, in the order your audio passes through them

Stretch, Grit and Filter each have their own on/off switch, so you can use any one of them alone.

1. Stretch

   A read head plays your audio back at a new pitch, and once per cycle it jumps back into step with the input and crossfades across the join. Those repeated jumps are the metallic character. Set the cycle freely or lock it to your project tempo.

   • Pitch ±48 st
   • Cycle 5–500 ms
   • Tempo Sync 1/1 to 1/64, triplet and dotted
   • Crossfade 0–100 %
   • Start Ramp, Wait or Gaps

2. Repitch

   A second, smoother pitch shifter placed after the stretch. It transposes the result without changing its rhythm. Press INV to cancel the Pitch dial exactly: you get the original pitch back and keep the stretch character.

   • Repitch ±48 st
   • +12 / −12 octave keys
   • INV inverse of Pitch

3. Grit

   Lo-fi sampler dirt: drive, then sample-rate reduction with no smoothing filter, then bit-depth reduction. The stair-steps give you the fizzy, aliased top end. The dials change colour with the drive type.

   • Saturation smooth and even, like tape pushed hard
   • Tube lopsided, thick and warm
   • Overdrive the crunchiest, bass stays clean
   • Hard Clip a harsh edge on the peaks only
   • Fold clangy and synth-like at high drive

   • Drive 0–24 dB
   • Bits down to 4
   • Rate down to 4000 Hz

4. Filter

   Four analog-modelled characters. Each works as a low-pass, high-pass or band-pass, or morphs anywhere in between, and the resonance stays in tune right to the top of the range.

   • Clean 12 dB/oct, no distortion
   • M20 12 dB/oct, screams when pushed
   • Ladder 24 dB/oct, steeper and rounder
   • Growl 12 dB/oct, dirty and unstable

   • Cutoff 20–20000 Hz
   • Mode LP, HP, BP or Morph

5. Output

   Blend the processed sound with the untouched input, then set the final level. Presets save every setting; factory presets come built in, and your own are small files you can back up or share.

   • Mix 0–100 %
   • Output level in dB