Channel Robot has released the free downloadable demo of Grid Machine//Slice - House Percussion for Kontakt.

Restricted to around 5 minutes of playing time and with the ability to load and save presets removed, Grid Machine//SLICE - House Percussion otherwise offers the same functionality as the full version (available from Loopmasters for £29.95).

A virtual instrument for Kontakt 4.2 and above, Grid Machine//Slice places creative and playable features right at your fingertips, and on your keyboard (using its extensive key-switch system).

Grid Machine//Slice features EQ, Filters, Distortion, Lo-Fi, Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Reverb, Chorus, Pan, Tremolo, and Vibrato effects, all connected to an independent set of controllable modulators. Over 20 different ways to slice (re-order) each loop, plus you can play these patterns forwards, backwards, forwards and backwards, half-speed, double speed, and skip slices. Mute, reverse or repeat (stutter) individual slices of your choice.

Retrigger a loop any time you like from any slice, play sub-loops, latch on a single slice, time changes and loop re-triggers to bar and beat all from your keyboard or the user-friendly GUI inside Kontakt. Tempo sync'ed to your song in your DAW or play as a stand-alone instrument.