Slicing Up a Sound in Synchronic

Once you have imported and assigned attributes to an audio file, the imported sound needs to be “sliced up.” A slice is like an audio clip (internal to Synchronic only) that typically contains only a single hit (articulated by a clear attach transient). You can adjust the Detection slider to automatically slice up the sound file based on attack transients. Each slice is indicated with a distinct line in the waveform at the start of the slice, and the slice number. In most cases, you can quickly identify the musically significant rhythmic events in a sound file by adjusting the Detection slider.

 

Waveform display, stereo file, sliced

Once a loop is sliced up, Synchronic can replay the loop at any tempo with any number of modifications. Furthermore, each slice of the loop starts playback according to the Pro Tools MIDI Beat Clock, so it maintains its original rhythmic pattern at any tempo.

To add a missing slice:

Control-click (Windows) or Command-click (Mac) the Waveform display at the correct point in the waveform to create a new slice.

To delete an erroneous slice:

Alt-click (Windows) or Option-click (Mac) the slice.

All sound files must contain at least one slice. consequently, the first slice of a loop can not be deleted.