📅 January 14 2023 – New Slice update available

Initial Slice has been updated to version 1.2.2

•  Stability fixes.
•  UI Improvements.
•  Fixed issues with looping, gating and reversing slices in certain situations.
•  Global loop mode now ignores play to end and works the same as per Slice looping.
•  Improved the original transient detect Slice mode and changed the name to “Auto Instrument”
•  Added 7 new Slice modes. Different modes will work better for different types of loops.
•  Slice markers can now be dragged by the line and not just the top handle.
•  Gate didn’t work for the first slice while reversing.
•  Gate didn’t work while looping and reversing.

The update can be downloaded in my account at the my updates tab. New installations do not require the update. All full and demo version installers have been updated to the latest version.

📅 November 17 22 – Beatmaking Contest 2022

Beatmaking Contest 2022

We have closed the submissions for our beatmaking contest. We need your help in choosing a winner! Visit our beatmaking contest website to vote for your favorite 3 entries. In order to simplify the voting process for you, we have selected 35 of the best entries. We greatly appreciate everyone’s votes. Voting will be accepted until the end of November.

📅 October 12 22 – Beatmaking Contest 2022

Beatmaking Contest 2022

Our beatmaking contest 2022 is live! Do you have what it takes to win 💸 $1000 Cash and the Heatup 3 Ultimate Edition? Enter our contest till november 14th by uploading a beat using one of our plugins to YouTube. Find out more about the contest and entry details at our website.

📅 September 10 22 – New plugin updates available

Heatup3 Version 3.5.3

• Fixed pitch wheel not working in Ableton Live 11.
• Fixed master pitch control not working in FL Studio.

Sektor 1.6.4

• Fixed pitch wheel not working in Ableton Live 11.
• Fixed master pitch control not working in FL Studio.

Slice Version 1.2.1

• Added Latch mode for playing back Slices. The slice will play until another key is pressed, or the Slice finishes, ignoring note offs. If Play To end is on then the Slice will play until the end of the sample.
• Pressing the stop button now also stops any previews that might be playing.
• Now uses the native Metal renderer by default on Mac.
• Added openGL rendering as an option was previously always using openGL.
• In the Standalone app dragging a slice out the app wasn’t working correctly.
• The stretch progress bar was reaching 100% before the stretch had actually finished.
• Slices had wrong start and end position if dragged out of Initial Slice straight after the stretch had finished.
• Blocked being able to drag a Slice out of plugin/app before the stretch process has fully completed.
• Dragging a slice into a  drum sequencer channel wasn’t being saved in the presets or project.

📅 August 07 2022 – New Sektor update available

Version 1.6.3

• Added 3 new filters, SV Lowpass, SV Bandpass and SV highpass.
• On the wavetable edit page users can now select a new wavetable to load. Previously had to go back to the main page and select in the oscillator.
• GUI improvements.
• Fixed an issue where clicking a preset would keep the keyboard focus and prevent notes being played from the users type keyboard.
• Fixed an issue with the pitch wheel range.
• Updated GUI rendering on Mac to use Metal instead of OpenGL.
• Made OpenGL rendering optional in the settings page on Windows.
• Fixed an issue where the master Envelope would not update correctly when changed from the host.

📅 May 23 2022 – New Slice update available

Version 1.2.0

• Added AAX plugin support for Protools.
• Graphical improvements
• Added more tooltips.
• Playlist bar number starts from one instead of zero.
• Extended the length of the playlist.
• Added auto scrolling of the playlist.
• When in song mode the playlist is synced to the host playlist when running as a plugin. Pressing play in the host will trigger Slices play button and play back in sync with the host.
• Added an option to turn on or off looping the playlist.
• Play mode is saved in the host project file.
• When moving the playback indicator in the playlist the audio will start playing from the indicator position, instead of waiting for the start of a new block.
• Basic loop only presets (Not Beat Starters) can be dragged directly onto the sample display. There are two options: 1 Load only the loop without setting any parameters. This is useful if you want to try out different loops but keep everything else the same. Or 2 also load the bass sequence if one is available. This bass will be in key and to the scale of the loop.
• Added Swing to the drum sequencer.
• Added support for ASIO drivers on windows in the standalone app.
• Added support for bluetooth midi devices on windows in the standalone app.
• Dragging a slice outside of the plugin/App now has the BPM of the project instead of the original sample BPM. So the slice will sound the same outside Initial Slice as inside.
• Per slice loop and reverse now ignores the Play To End parameter and works as expected.
• Fixed bluetooth midi not working in standalone on Mac OS 11
• Fixed an issue where bounce wouldn’t work if files of the same name already existed.
• Fixed the sample being out of sync when changing per slice pitch and the project BPM is different to sample BPM.
• Fixed an issue when changing BPM in the host the slices could start at the wrong position.
• Setting half time or double time didn’t fully take account of the host BPM.
• Fixed an issue with drum patterns, on occasion the very first sample might not play.
• Stability fixes.
• Added free Expansion Pack (Magic Desert) incl. 27 new melodic loops, drum kits and beatstarters.