How to create this tempo controlled 'staccato' effect?

[quiodx]

Hi – I hope I’m posting in the right forum and haven’t overlooked an existing thread on this topic.

I’m looking for some help understanding how to create a specific effect.
It’s a kind of staccato-like or pulsing synth sound where the tempo of the effect changes over time — but where you can control the tempo shift manually, for instance using the mod wheel. I have access to Omnisphere and Cubase Pro 14 (maybe the new modulators could be part of the solution?).

The effect I’m trying to describe is probably best illustrated with this example — listen from 1:33 to 1:35, where the choppy/staccato-like pulsing sound slows down in tempo:


So how do you create that kind of pulsing effect, and how do you control its tempo, for example on a synth pad?

Best regards

[BertKoor]

Use a sampler loaded with a second long of random audio. Set it to loop with the loop endpoint being at 0.1 seconds. Then modulate that endpoint, so the loop gets a bit longer every time it's played.
That's the basic recipe for these glitchy type of sounds.

[CHOOS]

To me it sounds like an LFO on the filter from fast to slower

Put this on a bass or a chord even etc and put a filter on a lfo and play with automating the speed of the LFO

[quiodx]

Thanks I'll try and see if I can figure that out

To me it sounds like an LFO on the filter from fast to slower

Put this on a bass or a chord even etc and put a filter on a lfo and play with automating the speed of the LFO

[HAL76]

Use a sampler loaded with a second long of random audio. Set it to loop with the loop endpoint being at 0.1 seconds. Then modulate that endpoint, so the loop gets a bit longer every time it's played.
That's the basic recipe for these glitchy type of sounds.

Which sampler has loop point modulation except maybe the ASR10?

LFO > Volume

[BertKoor]

I dunno. Old trackers could do it, and that's what I hear.

You can do it older-school, using any audio editor.
Start with a section of 100ms, paste 110ms, paste 120ms, 130ms, etc.