Specifications

Chapter 1: Introduction 1
chapter 1
Introduction
Congratulations on your purchase of the
Digidesign
®
Synchronic™ plug-in for
Pro Tools
®
systems. Synchronic is designed to
manipulate audio loops to create new and inter-
esting rhythmic variations. Synchronic is the
ideal recombinatorial rhythm machine for any-
one who works with audio loops.
Synchronic is essentially an instrument plug-in
that is most effective at manipulating (slicing,
dicing, and recombining) rhythmic audio loops.
After you load your loops into Synchronic, you
can control Synchronic using its on-screen in-
terface, Pro Tools MIDI tracks, an external MIDI
controller, or Pro Tools plug-in automation.
Synchronic plays back synchronized to the ses-
sion tempo (including tempo changes) while
creating modifications in the playback order,
speed, and volume of individual beats and sub-
divisions of the beat (or “slices”) within a loop.
Synchronic also includes a multi-effects proces-
sor that synchronizes to the session tempo to
create in-tempo effects (such as filter sweeps and
delays).
Synchronic Features
• A DJ rig–inspired user interface for live per-
formance, including Sound, Playback, Ef-
fect, and XFade presets and performance
parameters
• Control directly through its own plug-in
interface, a MIDI controller, the computer
keyboard (Keyboard Focus mode), MIDI or
plug-in automation, or a Digidesign-quali-
fied Pro Tools control surface
• Support for 44.1 kHz, 48 kHz, 88.2 kHz,
and 96 kHz sessions
• Support for RTAS
®
and AudioSuite™ ver-
sions
Since Synchronic synchronizes to MIDI Beat
Clock, it only sounds during Pro Tools play-
back.
References to Pro Tools LE
®
in this guide
are usually interchangeable with Pro Tools
M-Powered™, except as noted in the
Pro Tools M-Powered Guide.