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Transformer

The record moves forward then back at normal playback speed, half the division each way, under a closed-fader baseline chopped open on the tempo grid in straight, swung, rhythmic, or three-and-rest 16th-note figures. Default division 1/2, Pattern Transformer, Rate 16th, Gate Straight, Swing 0, Humanize 10%. Use it to chop a sustained source into a rhythmic tremolo gesture while keeping its pitch. The fader keeps opening and closing on the grid whichever way the record travels, so every chop has the same length, the record is already moving when each chop opens, and the back stroke reads the same slice in reverse. Rate 8th halves the chop density. Lineage: The technique is associated with DJ Spinbad and the Jazzy Jeff / Cash Money lineage.

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Preview presets

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1 — Xformer

Effective controls: Pattern Transformer · Motion Forward · Division 1/2 · Rate 16th · Gate Straight · Swing 0% · Humanize 10% This is the catalog default preview.

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2 — 1/4 Cycle

Effective controls: Pattern Transformer · Motion Forward · Division 1/4 · Rate 16th · Gate Straight · Swing 0% · Humanize 10% Overrides: Division → 1/4

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3 — 3+Rest

Effective controls: Pattern Transformer · Motion Forward · Division 1/2 · Rate 16th · Gate 3+Rest · Swing 0% · Humanize 10% Overrides: Gate → 3+Rest

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4 — Swung

Effective controls: Pattern Transformer · Motion Forward · Division 1/2 · Rate 16th · Gate Swung · Swing 0% · Humanize 10% Overrides: Gate → Swung

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5 — Rhythmic

Effective controls: Pattern Transformer · Motion Forward · Division 1/2 · Rate 16th · Gate Rhythmic · Swing 0% · Humanize 10% Overrides: Gate → Rhythmic

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6 — 8th Gate

Effective controls: Pattern Transformer · Motion Forward · Division 1/2 · Rate 8th · Gate Straight · Swing 0% · Humanize 10% Overrides: Rate → 8th