Synchronic can play sound slices forward (from beginning to end) or backward (from end to beginning). Synchronic provides seven possibilities for the direction of the playback of slices: Forward, Backward, For/Back, Back/For, F/B Diddle, F/B Beats, and Random.
Plays all slices forward (from beginning to end).
Plays all slices backward (from end to beginning).
Plays alternating slices forward then backward.
Plays consecutive slices forward, backward, forward, forward, backward, forward, backward, backward, and so on.
Plays slices on downbeats (quarter notes) forward, and all other slices are played backward.
Plays back slices forward or backward randomly.