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Heya, Long time listener, first time poster.
I built this app inspired by my Digitakt, so figured KVR folk might get some use out of it. The itch it scratches: filling all 128 sample slots meant sitting there slicing up 128 random files by hand, which I was never going to do.
So CHOPGRID does it in one click - grabs 16 random audio files, cuts 16 random start points, drops them across a grid. It kind of snowballed from there and now has 18 modules, synths, drum machiens, sequencers, effects, all of which can generate audio to feed back into the chopper.
Runs as a VST3 on Mac or PC, or as a standalone Mac app.
Dubspot just did a review of it if you want a proper walkthrough they gave it 8/10 and called it a "chaos-first sampler," which is about right: https://blog.dubspot.com/chopgrid-broekn-labs-2026 (https://blog.dubspot.com/chopgrid-broekn-labs-2026)
Happy to answer questions
Tom
https://www.CHOPGRID.COM (https://www.CHOPGRID.COM)