Loop Slicer

μ-tilateCut a loop up. Play it back your way.

Load a loop, usually drums, and μ-tilate finds the hits and cuts it into slices. Lay the slices out on a timeline in any order. Repeat them, flip them, thin them out, change their pitch, or match the whole loop to your tempo.

Auto-slice on transients Timeline arranger Re-pitch or time-stretch VST3 & CLAP & Standalone Windows
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The μ-tilate window: a drum loop cut into sixteen slices, with the same slices laid out on the timeline below and the modulators underneath
Good to know. μ-tilate is new. It plays from its own timeline, not from MIDI notes, and clicking a slice pad plays that slice so you can hear it. Feedback is welcome on the contact page.
What it does

A loop, cut into
pieces you can play with.

Every layer holds one loop. The slices are laid out on a timeline, one after another, and you can rearrange them to make something new.

Load a loop

Drop in any audio file, usually a drum loop but anything works. μ-tilate shows the whole waveform and works out the length and tempo for you. Six factory loops come with it.

Source

Slices on the transients

Press Detect and the loop is cut at every hit. The Sens, Gap, Pre, Low and High controls tune what counts as a hit, and you can adjust the slice markers by hand.

Slicing

Arrange on a timeline

Each slice becomes a block on the timeline. Drag them into a new order, repeat them, reverse them, leave gaps, or press Lay out to put them back in their original order.

Timeline

Match your tempo

Pick how the loop follows the host tempo: leave it alone, re-pitch it (faster means higher), or time-stretch it so the pitch stays put.

Tempo

Shape every slice

Each slice has its own pitch and fine tune, filter with an envelope, amp with an envelope, direction, effect, and sends to the shared Effect, Delay and Reverb. There is also an optional pre-fade for a softer lead-in.

Per slice

Eight layers, mixer and modulation

Eight layers, each with its own loop, timeline and mixer strip. The mixer, effects, eight modulators per layer and presets work the same as in the rest of the μ-series.

Mixer & mod
The Sequencer view: the loop waveform, sixteen slices, and the same sixteen slices as blocks on the timeline
μ-tilate interface

See the loop, then rebuild it.

Detector and tempo controls on top, the loop and its slices in the middle, and the timeline below. Each block is one slice, and you can drag it wherever you like.

The Slice view: pitch, filter, amp, effect, play direction, pre-fade and send controls for the selected slice
Slice view

Pick a slice and shape it: pitch, filter, amp, effect, direction and sends.

The mixer with eight layer channels, send effects and master
Mixer

The shared mixer with sends, sidechain, inserts and master.

System requirements

System

Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. macOS is on hold. VST3, CLAP and Standalone.

Formats

VST3 and CLAP plug-ins for your DAW, plus a Standalone app that runs on its own.

You will need

A DAW that hosts VST3 or CLAP plug-ins (for the plug-in), or just an audio interface or sound card (for the Standalone). A loop to slice, or use one of the factory loops.

Download and pay what you want

Download μ-tilate below, free of charge. It comes with the VST3, CLAP and Standalone for Windows.

Pay what you want · from £0 · suggested £20 (GBP)

Pay what you want, through Lemon Squeezy. A licence key is issued even for £0, and it removes the support prompt shown when the app starts. Nothing is limited without one, so download and use it first if you like. The source is open under GPLv3. Paid £0 and want to give more? Make a donation.

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Download for Windows

No registration needed. All downloads · Release notes · User manual (PDF)