Audio Damage Replicant 1.5 - Manual (Page 10)

The trigger ring represents one measure of music, so each section represents a 16 th note beat. The topmost
right-hand section corresponds to the beginning of the measure. A small indicator inside the ring revolves in
sync with your host program‟s transport. Replicant doesn‟t do anything if your host program‟s transport isn‟t
playing or recording, so this indicator doesn‟t move unless your host is playing or recording.
Opportunity Sliders
Inside the trigger ring are two arc-shaped sliders, the OPPORTUNITY sliders. These two sliders control the
likelihood that Replicant will begin repeating the audio on a given beat. Change their settings by clicking and
dragging within the arcs.
The upper slider, the SELECTED BEATS slider, determines the likelihood that
Replicant will repeat the beats whose trigger switches are on. Replicant is more likely
to repeat these beats the farther to the right that you set this slider. If this slider is
set all the way to the right, Replicant will always repeat beats whose trigger switches
are on. If this slider is set all the way to the left, Replicant will not repeat any beats
at all (unless beats are chosen based on the setting of the RANDOM BEATS slider,
described next). If this slider is set somewhere near the middle, about half of the
beats chosen with the trigger switches will repeat.
The lower slider, the RANDOM BEATS opportunity slider, determines how likely it is that any of the 16 th -note
beats in a measure will be selected for repetition, regardless of whether their trigger switches are on or off. If
this slider is set all the way to the left, Replicant will not randomly repeat any beats. If this slider is set all the
way to the right, Replicant will repeat every beat. If this slider is set somewhere in the middle, Replicant will
randomly repeat beats about half of the time, regardless of the state of the trigger switches.
In a sense, these sliders have complementary roles. Since the SELECTED BEATS slider only controls the
probability of repetition of beats whose trigger switches are turned on, in general it has the effect of reducing
the number of beats that are repeated. On the other hand, the RANDOM BEATS slider affects the probability
that any beats will be repeated and hence generally has the effect of increasing the number of repeated beats.
2. Repetition Controls
The controls in the upper-left region of Replicant‟s window determine the length of the audio segments that
Replicant repeats, and how many times it repeats them.