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<h2 id="creation">Creation</h2> <p>Due to the extremely rapid rhythmic bursts, after a certain rhythmic point—i.e. the 128th beat—some stutters begin to sound like a tone rather than a short percussive beat. Traditional stutter edits splice percussive vocals or drum loops because they begin as rhythmic rather than constant tones. These percussive, on-the-beat areas are known as attack transients, and are usually no longer than an <a href="/facts/Eighth_note/I2xpGDQT">eighth note</a>. The splicing of percussive samples results in a more attention-grabbing sound than it would with a single sustained pitch.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:25" href="#fn:25"><sup>25</sup></a> Stutters also often reduce notes within bars, beginning with <a href="/facts/32nd_note/L21oQ4BD">32nd notes</a>, then reducing to <a href="/facts/64th_note/N7nPEcAI">64th</a> and <a href="/facts/128th_note/MBfNEzWm">128th</a> or something similar. There are instances of stutter edits that use logarithmic curves rather than relying on musically locked timings giving the impression of a "speed up" or "slow down". </p> <h2 id="related-programs">Related programs</h2> <ul><li>Break Tweaker: Break Tweaker is a drum sequencer for programming and composition, allowing for more crisp formation of very small notes, called micro-notes. Break Tweaker simplifies the micro-note creation, thereby simplifying the time-consuming trial-and-error process involved. It was created by <a href="/facts/Brian_Transeau/4cbmd2Ag">Brian Transeau</a> (aka BT) and was used heavily on his fifth studio album <i><a href="/facts/This_Binary_Universe/gA2VNKUQ">This Binary Universe</a></i>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:26" href="#fn:26"><sup>26</sup></a></li> <li>ReCycle: By software company Propellerhead, this program can <a href="/facts/Timestretch/647HEoTb">change tempo independent of pitch</a>. Unlike the slow, deep bass or fast chipmunk speak that often results from simple tempo changes, ReCycle allows pitch to stay constant, however it does not directly generate the aforementioned technique.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:27" href="#fn:27"><sup>27</sup></a></li> <li>Buffer Override: This program compresses buffer size, resulting in the desired stuttering sounds, especially those similar to the sound of a vocoder. It is more of a malleable granular technique than stutter editing.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:28" href="#fn:28"><sup>28</sup></a></li> <li>Memory: This VST effect allows you to vary length of a delay buffer (on beat)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:29" href="#fn:29"><sup>29</sup></a></li> <li>Glitch: This audio manipulation plugin splices sound into defined patterns. However, because of its range of effects, it is recommended either for the very patient or the more experienced user.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:30" href="#fn:30"><sup>30</sup></a></li> <li>Fruity WaveTraveller: <a href="/facts/FL_Studio/yUsUbbPT">FL Studio</a>'s "WaveTraveller" tool can be used for stutter edit effects.</li> <li>Gross Beat: Image Line's "Gross Beat" can produce stutter edit as well as glitch and scratching effects by buffering a real-time audio stream and applying manipulations.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:31" href="#fn:31"><sup>31</sup></a></li> <li>Kyma: <a href="/facts/Symbolic_Sound/E9H2AUgg">Symbolic Sound</a>'s <a href="/facts/Kyma_(sound_design_language)/H581qWD2">Kyma</a> allows users to perform real-time stutter edits on sample loops or other audio sources. Unlike a dedicated stutter edit program, users must design their own Kyma sound for doing stutter edits, which can be accomplished through use of the Sample and/or Sequencer prototypes and clever CapyTalk scripting.</li></ul> <h2 id="see-also">See also</h2> <ul><li><a href="/facts/Music_sequencer/VhLzSPhr">Music sequencer</a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Snare_rush/szLpcjQk">Snare rush</a></li></ul> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Hitchings, Craig. "Izotope Stutter Edit". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/izotope-stutter-edit" target="_blank">https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/izotope-stutter-edit</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Cosmin Lukacs, “Interview With BT aka Brian Transeau,” Archived 2011-02-16 at the Wayback Machine Trance Sound, September 10, 2010. <a href="http://www.trancesound.net/2010/09/10/interview-with-bt-aka-brian-transeau/" target="_blank">http://www.trancesound.net/2010/09/10/interview-with-bt-aka-brian-transeau/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>"BT And The Stutter Edit". FutureMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/australia/future-music-9629/20150312/282170764613611" target="_blank">https://www.pressreader.com/australia/future-music-9629/20150312/282170764613611</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"NAMM 2011: iZotope, Brian Transeau Introduce Stutter Edit". Electronic Musician. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://www.emusician.com/gear/namm-2011-izotope-brian-transeau-introduce-stutter-edit" target="_blank">https://www.emusician.com/gear/namm-2011-izotope-brian-transeau-introduce-stutter-edit</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>Perry, Clayton. "Interview: Brian Transeau - Singer, Songwriter and Producer". Seattle Post-Intelligencer. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Interview-Brian-Transeau-Singer-Songwriter-886997.php" target="_blank">http://www.seattlepi.com/lifestyle/blogcritics/article/Interview-Brian-Transeau-Singer-Songwriter-886997.php</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>"Method and apparatus for digital audio generation and manipulation". Google Patents. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US7935879" target="_blank">https://patents.google.com/patent/US7935879</a> <a href="#fnref:6" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:7"><p>"Time Varying Processing of Repeated Digital Audio Samples in Accordance with a User Defined Effect". Google Patents. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://patents.google.com/patent/US20090281793" target="_blank">https://patents.google.com/patent/US20090281793</a> <a href="#fnref:7" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:8"><p>"iZotope and BT Introduce Stutter Edit". iZotope. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://www.izotope.com/en/company/press/2011/izotope-and-bt-introduce-stutter-edit.html" target="_blank">https://www.izotope.com/en/company/press/2011/izotope-and-bt-introduce-stutter-edit.html</a> <a href="#fnref:8" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:9"><p>Preve, Francis (2004). Power Tools for Garage Band: Creating Music with Audio Recording, MIDI Sequencing, and Loops, p.38. Hal Leonard. ISBN 9781617745188. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:9" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:10"><p>Harrington, Richard. "Reveling in the Human Side of Electronica". The Washington Post. <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122100461_pf.html" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/21/AR2006122100461_pf.html</a> <a href="#fnref:10" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:11"><p>"Waveformless: Review: iZotope Stutter Edit". Waveformless. Retrieved 24 February 2011. <a href="http://waveformless.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-izotope-stutter-edit.html" target="_blank">http://waveformless.blogspot.com/2011/02/review-izotope-stutter-edit.html</a> <a href="#fnref:11" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:12"><p>Owsinski, Bobby (2013). Bobby Owsinski's Deconstructed Hits: Modern Pop & Hip-Hop: Uncover the Stories & Techniques Behind 20 Iconic Songs, unpaginated. Alfred Music. ISBN 9781470614225. <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=zEJkAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22stutter+edit%22&pg=PT41" target="_blank">https://books.google.com/books?id=zEJkAgAAQBAJ&dq=%22stutter+edit%22&pg=PT41</a> <a href="#fnref:12" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:13"><p>Anderton, Craig and the Adobe Creative Team (2013). Adobe Audition CC, p.218. Pearson. ISBN 9780321929532. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" target="_blank">/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)</a> <a href="#fnref:13" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:14"><p>"iZotope and BT Introduce Stutter Edit". iZotope. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://www.izotope.com/en/company/press/2011/izotope-and-bt-introduce-stutter-edit.html" target="_blank">https://www.izotope.com/en/company/press/2011/izotope-and-bt-introduce-stutter-edit.html</a> <a href="#fnref:14" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:15"><p>Sen, Priya. "BT – My daughter can pick out Stutter Edit in movie trailers, records on the radio; we literally hear it on a daily basis in TV commercials, pop songs, country tracks down to electronic music, starting to hear BreakTweaker all over everything too". Decoded Magazine. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://www.decodedmagazine.com/bt-interview/" target="_blank">https://www.decodedmagazine.com/bt-interview/</a> <a href="#fnref:15" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:16"><p>"BT And The Stutter Edit". FutureMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/australia/future-music-9629/20150312/282170764613611" target="_blank">https://www.pressreader.com/australia/future-music-9629/20150312/282170764613611</a> <a href="#fnref:16" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:17"><p>"Progressive Sounds". <a href="http://www.progressive-sounds.com/artists/BT/BT-interview-8-2006.asp" target="_blank">http://www.progressive-sounds.com/artists/BT/BT-interview-8-2006.asp</a> <a href="#fnref:17" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:18"><p>"iZotope, Inc – Audio Processing Technology and Plug-Ins for Pro Tools, VST, MAS, Audio Unit, and DirectX". Izotope.com. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 20 February 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130224034940/http://izotope.com/press/12.2.2010_iZotope_Announces_Acquisition_of_Sonik_Architects_and_Partnership_with_BT.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130224034940/http://izotope.com/press/12.2.2010_iZotope_Announces_Acquisition_of_Sonik_Architects_and_Partnership_with_BT.html</a> <a href="#fnref:18" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:19"><p>"NAMM 2011: iZotope Stutter Edit". Mixonline.com. 14 January 2011. Archived from the original on 16 September 2012. Retrieved 20 February 2013. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20120916082330/http://mixonline.com/namm_2011/izotope_stutter_edit" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20120916082330/http://mixonline.com/namm_2011/izotope_stutter_edit</a> <a href="#fnref:19" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:20"><p>"Realtime editing and Performance of Digital Audio Tracks". <a href="http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20100812ptan20100204811.php" target="_blank">http://www.freshpatents.com/-dt20100812ptan20100204811.php</a> <a href="#fnref:20" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:21"><p>Cosmin Lukacs, “Interview With BT aka Brian Transeau,” Archived 2011-02-16 at the Wayback Machine Trance Sound, September 10, 2010. <a href="http://www.trancesound.net/2010/09/10/interview-with-bt-aka-brian-transeau/" target="_blank">http://www.trancesound.net/2010/09/10/interview-with-bt-aka-brian-transeau/</a> <a href="#fnref:21" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:22"><p>McConnon, Brian. "iZotope and BT Release Stutter Edit". Music Marcom. Archived from the original on 24 February 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2012. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20130224035502/http://izotope.com/press/1.13.2011_iZotope_and_BT_Introduce_Stutter_Edit.html" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20130224035502/http://izotope.com/press/1.13.2011_iZotope_and_BT_Introduce_Stutter_Edit.html</a> <a href="#fnref:22" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:23"><p>Hitchings, Craig. "Izotope Stutter Edit". Sound on Sound. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/izotope-stutter-edit" target="_blank">https://www.soundonsound.com/reviews/izotope-stutter-edit</a> <a href="#fnref:23" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:24"><p>"BT And The Stutter Edit". FutureMusic. Retrieved 28 January 2020. <a href="https://www.pressreader.com/australia/future-music-9629/20150312/282170764613611" target="_blank">https://www.pressreader.com/australia/future-music-9629/20150312/282170764613611</a> <a href="#fnref:24" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:25"><p>Alexander, Jason Scott. "Fractal Tendencies". <a href="http://remixmag.com/tech_features/remix_fractal_tendencies/" target="_blank">http://remixmag.com/tech_features/remix_fractal_tendencies/</a> <a href="#fnref:25" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:26"><p>"Apple – Pro – Profiles – BT, p. 1". <a href="https://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/bt/" target="_blank">https://www.apple.com/pro/profiles/bt/</a> <a href="#fnref:26" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:27"><p>"Harmony Central – Signal Processing with Propellerhead's ReCycle". <a href="http://www.harmony-central.com/articles/tips/recycle_signal_processing/" target="_blank">http://www.harmony-central.com/articles/tips/recycle_signal_processing/</a> <a href="#fnref:27" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:28"><p>"Sony Creative Software". <a href="http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/product.asp?pid=384" target="_blank">http://www.sonycreativesoftware.com/products/product.asp?pid=384</a> <a href="#fnref:28" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:29"><p>"Memory". <a href="http://www.whitenoiseaudio.com/memory/" target="_blank">http://www.whitenoiseaudio.com/memory/</a> <a href="#fnref:29" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:30"><p>"Glitch beta demo available for download". <a href="http://illformed.org/plugins/glitch/" target="_blank">http://illformed.org/plugins/glitch/</a> <a href="#fnref:30" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:31"><p>"Gross Beat". image-line.com. <a href="https://www.image-line.com/plugins/Effects/Gross+Beat/" target="_blank">https://www.image-line.com/plugins/Effects/Gross+Beat/</a> <a href="#fnref:31" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> </ol>