Specifications

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Deleting a Sound
To delete a sound from a preset:
1 If necessary, switch the Sound module to Edit
mode (see “Performance and Edit Modes” on
page 13).
2 Select the preset you want to clear.
3 Click the Delete button.
4 You will be prompted to confirm deletion.
The selected preset will be empty, and the sound
will be deleted from the current settings file.
Slicing Up a Sound
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 region (inter-
nal 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.
Once a loop is sliced up, Synchronic can replay
the loop at any tempo with any number of mod-
ifications. 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.
Slice Settings
Slice settings let you adjust the sensitivity for
slice detection, generate missing slices, and trim
or delete the current slice. This section also pro-
vides controls for auditioning the loop or indi-
vidual slices.
Detection (0–100%) Automatically slices up the
loaded audio file based on transient detection.
The higher the detection value, the more slices
are identified.
Control-click (Windows) or Command-
click (Mac) the Delete button to bypass this
prompt.
Waveform display, stereo file, sliced
All sound files must contain at least one
slice. consequently, the first slice of a loop
can not be deleted.
Slice settings