Specifications

Chapter 101: Using Synchronic 583
Stretch Uses a granular time compression/ex-
pansion technique to make a slice “fit” the
amount of time the slice has to play. The Play-
back Offset settings can be used to further in-
crease the stretch factor for extreme granulation
effects (see “Synchronic Playback Offset” on
page 588).
Stab Based upon the “stab” scratching gesture
that turntablists use when manually starting
and stopping the turntable with their hand. The
playback of each slice always starts at a speed
and pitch of zero, and then ramps up to full
speed and correct pitch halfway through the
slice, and then returns to zero speed and pitch
by the end of the slice. The “full” speed and “cor-
rect” pitch are determined by the Playback Pitch
settings (see “Synchronic Playback Pitch” on
page 587).
Spin Lets each slice loop asynchronously during
the playback duration of the slice. If Pitch and
Offset manipulations are used, a slice may re-
peat itself a multiple times before advancing to
the next slice.
Smear Uses crossfading and reverse playback to
“smear” one slice into the next. The Playback
Offset settings control the depth of smearing
(see “Synchronic Playback Offset” on page 588).
Synchronic Playback Start
Start determines where to start playback within
a sound, either Clocked to the MIDI Beat Clock
or from a specific slice.
Clocked Sets the start position relative to the
current position of the MIDI Beat Clock. For ex-
ample, if Pro Tools starts playing back at beat 2
of bar 13, and Synchronic is playing back a two
bar drum loop, then Synchronic will start play-
back at the slice corresponding to the second
beat of the first bar of the loop.
Slice # Sets playback to start at a specific slice
regardless of the position of the MIDI Beat
Clock. When Slice # is selected for Playback
Start, enter the number of the slice you want to
start with in the numeric enter field to the right
of the Start pop-up menu.
If the playback tempo is slower than the
original tempo such that it creates a gap be-
tween the end of one slice and the beginning
of the next, Synchronic will extend the first
slice according to the setting of the Slice Ex-
tension Option in the Sound module (see
“Synchronic Slice Options” on page 581).
Playback Start setting, Slice # 7 selected