The Stutter Edit performs real time audio slicing and manipulation, with gate, pan, delays, filters, and lo-fi settings in addition to the stutter effects. The result of a collaboration with electronica musician BT (’stutter edit’ is his signature musical technique), the plug-in is a playable effect for laptop performers on stage or in the studio.
Finally, the Piano 88 comes with a triple pedal, with sustain, soft pedal, and sostenuto, to make full use of the capabilities of this piano player’s keyboard.Īlso announced at NAMM and available now is the Stutter Edit plug-in from iZotope.
Some handy global and panel options on the unit: the transpose feature, with a range of -6 to +6 semitones, and Kbd touch, which allows you to alter the velocity response of the piano. The Nord Piano 88 feature set includes the standards as well, with three bands of EQ, three amp models, six reverb algorithms (two each of stage, hall, and room), and an effects library with the usual suspects. MIDI over USB is also available with this unit, in addition to standard 5-pin MIDI connectors.
The factory sounds loaded into the piano memory can also be exchanged and replaced with new sounds from the Nord piano library, which are free and downloadable from the Nord website through the Piano 88’s USB connectivity.
Because of its unique setup, it’s a hidden gem among glitch software.In addition to 24 banks of 5 programs totaling 120 different program possibilities, it includes modeling of sympathetic string resonance and authentic pedal noise, which capture the realism of an acoustic upright or grand piano. It offers a slick and easy to use library of effects that can add variety and expression to both live performances and studio production with a press of a button.
Stutter Edit is a very unique audio plugin for both in the studio and on stage. This plugin is too deep to cover in a single video, but Dan gave us a very good overview of the huge variety of glitching, stuttering, time-warping, and sound generating effects that are available in Stutter Edit. As with all of the effects contained in this tool, generators can be mapped to trigger with your choice of MIDI input, whether it’s a keyboard key, drum pad or knob. As Dan shows us, it’s possible to actually generate sounds using Stutter Edit such as white noise sweeps.
This tool can utilize a combination of two effect modes, Generator mode, and Stutter mode.
We also learned how to create and save our own preset effects and gestures! Generator and Stutter Modes Dan gives us a good look at how to access all of these presets as well as how they can be configured to trigger in response to various “gestures”. Stutter Edit comes along with a HUGE library of preset effects and effect groups. Once the record arm but is engaged on your trigger track, you can start glitching! The Preset Manager Next, Dan demonstrates how the output of the MIDI track should be configured to properly send trigger information to Stutter Edit. The “trigger track” must be a MIDI track as it will be used to send MIDI messages to iZotope Stutter Edit. He first places the plugin on the track he would like to affect, then creates another track to be used as the “trigger track”. Stutter Edit is not your typical audio effect, and because of this, has a slightly different way it needs to be set up.ĭan shows us the process of getting it going, step by step. In this tutorial, Dan Larsson takes you through iZotope’s Stutter Edit and demonstrates how you can easily create stutter and glitch effects with a push of a button.īy the end of this tutorial, you’ll have a basic understanding of how Stutter Edit works when used inside of Ableton Live, and you’ll get a taste of the types of sounds you can create with this powerful tool. Join Our Newsletter & Get Every Tutorial: