Chop
Find a moment in the waveform, then use Slice and Chop to reimagine the phrase.
SummerOfRave / The breakbeat sampler
CLASSIC
950
The sampler that shaped breakbeat history
Rapid-fire drum breaks, chopped funk rhythms, and beats alive with raw energy.
Explore the workflow
CLASSIC950
The breakbeat sampler
01 / The sampler
From a break
to a new beat.
London’s warehouse parties and underground clubs, from the late 1980s into the 1990s.
Rapid-fire drum breaks, chopped funk rhythms, and beats alive with raw energy.
Rave, jungle, drum and bass, big beat.
At the heart of these new forms of dance music was sampling: lifting sounds from records and rearranging them into entirely different grooves.
One of the classic machines behind that revolution was the AKAI S950, followed by the S1000, which opened a new era of 16-bit sampling.
The raw warmth of the S950’s 12-bit sound. The clarity and punch of the S1000’s 16-bit sound. And the distinctive textures created by time stretching.
Diggin’ Audio brings the sonic character and time-stretch processing of these two legendary samplers into the present.
Slice and Chop to cut into a waveform. ReCycle-style editing to freely rearrange breaks. Then Stretch and Resample.
With 16 pads and intuitive waveform editing, bring the sampling freedom of that era into your modern workflow.
12-bit soul. 16-bit power. Break the beat. Rebuild the groove.
02 / The controls
Slice. Stretch.
Rework.
Stretch
Time Stretch and Pitch. Explore changes in duration and pitch as starting points for a new break.
16 Pads
A layout built around 16 pads, turning fragments of sound into a single rhythm.
03 / The workflow
Three moves.
Your own groove.
Find
Choose a drum sound or phrase as the starting point for your beat.
Chop
Find fragments in the waveform and explore new arrangements on the pads.
Rework
Use looping, pitch, and stretching to take the beat in your own direction.
Performance
16 Pads
Editing
Slice / Chop
Timing
Time Stretch
Play mode
Loop / One Shot
AU / Planned requirements
Planned AU system requirements
- Plug-in format
- Audio Units AUv2 · 64-bit
- Minimum OS
- macOS 15.0 or later macOS edition
- Processor
- Apple Silicon arm64 · Native
- Host
- AUv2-compatible DAW 64-bit host environment
These planned requirements follow the current NY-81z AU build. This instrument has not yet been tested in this environment.
AU builds for Intel Macs are not covered by these requirements. Audio Units and Mac compatibility (Apple) ↗