Audio slots and pitch

Each slot combines an audio source with its own playback settings. Use different slots when you want several treatments of the same loop.

Load, replace and clear

The library provides sixteen numbered slots. add loads audio; replace changes the selected source. clear empties a slot without deleting its file from disk. Empty or missing sources produce silence.

Drop supported audio onto a list row to target that slot. Selecting a file in List mode selects it for playback as well as editing; with Seq active, playback follows the file timeline.

Loop and section

Set Loop to the musical duration of the whole source, then choose its section. This describes the source; Workspace describes the pattern.

For example, start with a one-bar drum loop, 16 sl/bar and 16 slices. A four-bar source with that matrix size offers separate one-bar sections. Check Loop before compensating with Pitch: a wrong musical length changes tempo-fit speed.

Pitch behavior

Control	Effect
Tempo Fit	Restore speed fitted to the current tempo, keeping transposition.
Original Pitch	Restore native source speed, keeping slider transposition.
Lock Pitch	Hold current speed against later tempo changes. Pitch remains adjustable.

Demo source cw_amen02_165 with Original Pitch and Lock Pitch enabled. Pitch remains at 0 st in this example. Native demo-preset capture · click to enlarge.

For native pitch that stays fixed when tempo changes, use Original Pitch, then Lock Pitch. To return to tempo-linked playback, turn Lock Pitch off and use Tempo Fit.

PsyMX changes playback speed rather than time-stretching. At slow trigger rates a slice may finish before the next hit; at fast rates the next hit may interrupt it.

Slot settings

Right-click a file row to open its settings.

Demo slot 0 with an illustrative range filter set to HP 160 Hz and LP 6.50 kHz. These are temporary example settings. Native demo-preset capture · click to enlarge.

Setting	Use it for
Volume	Balance the source against other slots.
Pitch / Fine pitch	Transpose in semitones, then tune in cents. Fine pitch adds −100 to +100 cents, including with Lock Pitch.
Decay	Multiply the workspace decay by 0.10–2.00. Editing this control enables ADSR.
Range filter	Limit the source to a frequency band with HP/LP bounds.
File colour	Make a source easier to follow in the list and file timeline.
Alias	Change the displayed name without renaming the file on disk.

Range filter gestures

The left handle sets HP; the right sets LP. The logarithmic range is 20 Hz–20 kHz, with a common 12/24 dB/oct slope.

• Drag either handle to change one boundary.
• Drag the middle bar horizontally to move the band.
• Drag the middle bar up to widen or down to narrow it.
• Right-click the range to open it fully.

At 20 Hz, HP is bypassed; at 20 kHz, LP is bypassed. Turning the filter Off retains its settings. This slot filter does not process the separate kick.

Try narrowing a noisy percussion loop, then compare filter On/Off while the sequence continues.

Continue with Groove to change the slot's trigger timing.