de la Mancha has announced the release of slix, a multi-loop slicer that uses randomisation to switch between up to 4 different loops, each with their own randomised re-order, repeat, reverse and gating effects. All of this is in tempo-sync with your host and can be great for anything from full-on glitchy beat-mongering to subtle variations.

slix also comes with 295 original drum loops by sink, covering breakbeat, dubstep, drum & bass, electro, 8 bit, lofi, vintage, IDM, FSU and glitch, demonstrated in 57 presets. You can of course load your own wavs (16-, 24- or 32-bit, mono or stereo).

Features:

• Load any 16-, 24- or 32-bit, mono or stereo wav file into the 4 loop slots.
• 445 MB of original drum loop content (295 loops) by sink covering many electronic genres (breakbeat, dubstep, drum & bass, electro, 8 bit, lofi, vintage, IDM, FSU and glitch).
• Tempo-sync each loop by setting length in beats, allowing stretching or different lengths if desired.
• Choose any number of slices per loop.
• Slix plays when triggered by any MIDI note, with volume envelope per loop for fades.
• 4 effects with independent parameters per loop:
  • Reorder – plays slices out of sequence for variation per loop.
  • Repeat – stutter effect by repeating slices.
  • Reverse – play the slice backwards.
  • Gate – add silent gaps into the loop.
• Variation range to randomise probabilities.
• Normalise and mono options per loop.
• Stereo-out and Multi-out versions (slix and slix 4x4).
• Single loop version (slix one) for simpler applications or lower CPU.
• 57 presets covering a range of sounds and styles.

Priced at $39, slix is available for Windows as a VST instrument plug-in.