Prompt Audio · Stutter effect
Skitter
Trigger tempo-synced stutter programs from MIDI keys or let them run with the transport.
Skitter slices and replays the audio on its track whenever you press a key. Each of its 332 factory programs animates any of 83 parameters along drawn curves and runs the sound through up to 11 effects. Play it from a keyboard, or switch to Auto mode and it runs the selected program whenever the transport plays.
- Factory programs
- 332
- Animatable parameters
- 83
- Effects
- 11
- Undo steps
- 30,000
What it does
332 programs in 16 banks
Six folders cover beats, cinematic, transitions, vocals, mix and master, and templates. Drag a program onto a MIDI key to assign it.
A curve for every control
Each control stays fixed, moves from start to end, or follows a curve you draw. Snap nodes to note values or pitches, and play curves at 0.25x to 4x.
11 effects in any order
The chain has distortion with 19 types, lo-fi, chorus, comb, reverb, flanger, phaser, lowpass, tape stop, highpass and delay. Reverb and delay tails ring out or cut on release.
From repeats to audio-rate pitch
Stutter rates run from a 1/2 note up into audio rate. Six quantise modes, gate width and tail shape each repeat.
Starts and stops on the grid
Quantise the start from 1/64 note to one bar, or start at once. Five release modes, palindrome and freeze decide how a program ends.
A setup page for your DAW
Skitter detects the host and shows its MIDI side-chain routing. A look-ahead limiter and a global filter on pitch bend sit in the output stage.
Good to know
- In MIDI mode it plays one program at a time, and the last key pressed wins.
- To play it from a keyboard, your DAW has to send MIDI to the effect, usually through a side chain. Auto mode needs no keyboard.
System requirements
- macOS 11 or later
- Apple silicon or Intel Mac
- Formats: AU
- A host that loads Audio Units or VST3 plug-ins, for the plug-in versions
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