Stutter Edit is not just another beat-mashing plug-in. As per the iZotope website, Stutter Edit, "slices the audio into small fragments and sequences the pieces into rhythmic effects." It really is a crazy, creative, and most of all, FUN plug-in to use, with unreal audio processing capabilities. Stutter Edit uses a live sampling engine that allows you to manipulate the audio in real-time. BT's Stutter Edit plug-in automates this process, allowing you to stutter and process the audio in real-time. Prior to the release of this plug in, one of the only way to make stutter edits was through a very time-consuming technique - manually cutting and slicing up audio regions, then applying numerous processing techniques, all in an attempt to get the great "stutter" effect. I am a big BT fan and have been for 7 years because of how he continually pushes the boundaries of both music and technology. Throughout my early years as an up and coming artist, I was obsessed with recreating that “early magic” I’d discovered with cutting tape.Stutter Edit is a great new plug-in that has been release by iZotope, and created by musician, composer and virtuoso, BT.
Eventually, I was able to do some of this manually in the early DAW’s and even expand on this technique-cutting in 128th notes, adding a flanger, reverse, fade-in, apply lo-fi. The sounds were UNREAL, and it kept getting better and better. People even began to come to me to produce their records because they heard this technique of mine and loved it.īut there was a catch-and a big one at that. All this crazy stuff I was doing to audio had to be done by hand. It was a massive time sink and repetitive motion nightmare (don’t get me started on that business, but trust me when I say it’s not fun). I thought, how hard could it be to make a plug-in? I’d studied programming as a kid and learned music programming languages at school like cSound, MAX/MSP, a bit of Super Collider, and even a little BasicA (I’m serious!). Well, that turned out to be another five-year adventure. I’m talking endless coding hackathons on my couch with three guys while at the same time scoring The Fast and Furious. Somehow, still not positive how, I got there in the end. I partnered with iZotope, and the rest is history. Stutter Edit has been used in Star Wars, Stranger Things, Taylor Swift records and is on the radio and in films every day. It’s crazy what a humbling and thrilling ride it’s been to watch this blossom from an idea as a kid to something used in some of my favorite media.
The most incredible part has been to see you use it in ways that I’d never imagined. Unlike a normal plugin where you put it on a track, set it, and forget about it - Stutter Edit 2 is unique in that you play it from a midi keyboard. The first version of Stutter Edit was incredibly powerful, and the new version is like that to the nth power. There is a reverb with 13 parameters that can be automated in real time with a single midi note (think eurorack type complexity, on this reverb alone). There’s a comb filter that offers absolute insanity (a la Glitch Mob, Dave Tipper, Koan Sound) on your beats. A powerful analog flanger, distortion for Neuro Bass-like edits, and way more.
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