Source
Original Break
Audio examples coming soon
The drum break before it is sliced and rearranged.
Coming soon
Flagship CTAudioLab
Rebuild the break.
TRACK-R is a tracker-inspired audio plugin for producers who want to transform drum breaks and sampled audio into new rhythms, with precise hands-on control.
Interface
The grid, the pattern, the waveform.
This is the current development interface. It is the real plugin view, not a marketing illustration. Controls may change before release.
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Tracker grid editing
Enter slices and values on a step grid, and keep the whole pattern in view while you edit.
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Waveform slicing
Inspect the sampled audio and the boundaries between slices on the waveform.
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Pattern sequencing
Build patterns, then arrange them into a longer part.
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Tempo control
The development interface includes a tempo readout and time-stretching options. Exact stretch behaviour is still to be confirmed.
Capabilities
What TRACK-R is being built to do.
These are the intended capabilities. Items that are not finished are marked in the text.
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Slice drum breaks and sampled audio
Open a break and work with the individual sounds inside it.
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Tracker-style step sequencing
Rewrite a rhythm on a grid, with a step for each hit you want to place.
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Pattern creation and arrangement
Build short patterns, then combine them into a longer rhythmic arrangement.
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Tempo-aware audio handling
Time-stretching options are part of the design. The exact behaviour is still to be confirmed, and no specific algorithm is a shipping claim.
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Creative manipulation
Shape slices with creative controls and effects. Which controls ship is still being decided.
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Waveform and slice display
See the waveform and the slice boundaries while you edit, so the part can be inspected as well as heard.
Workflow
From a break to an arrangement.
The workflow TRACK-R is being built around. This is not a confirmed operating procedure.
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Slice
Divide a drum break or other sampled audio into the hits you want to reuse, and keep the boundaries in view.
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Sequence
Place slices on a step grid and edit the rhythm one hit at a time.
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Manipulate
Shape slices with the plugin's creative controls and effects. The finished control set is still being confirmed.
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Create
Combine patterns into a longer arrangement as the idea changes.
Demo
Try the idea in the browser.
The interactive sketch will sit in this frame. It is not connected yet, and this is not a simulation of the plugin.
Coming soon
Interactive Demo Coming Soon
A browser-based tracker prototype will be embedded here, so the workflow can be explored without installing the plugin.
Embedded view
Audio
Hear the source, then the rewrite.
A before-and-after comparison will live here once real recordings are ready.
Result
TRACK-R Arrangement
Audio examples coming soon
A rhythm rebuilt from that break inside TRACK-R.
Playback is not available. Audio files have not been added yet.
Compatibility
Platforms in progress.
TRACK-R is being developed for macOS and Windows workflows. Plugin formats and DAW support are not confirmed.
| Topic | Status |
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| macOS | In development |
| Windows | In development |
| Plugin formats | Details to be confirmed |
| DAW compatibility | Details to be confirmed |
| System requirements | Details to be confirmed |
For
Who it is being made for
- Jungle, drum and bass, and breakbeat producers
- Sample-based electronic musicians
- People who like the directness of a tracker
Availability
Not on sale yet.
There is no checkout, no price, and no download on this site. Pricing and licence details will be announced with the release.
Mailing list
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