Slicex free download: Automate Your Sample Slicing

If you're manually cutting up drum loops or vocal phrases in your DAW, Slicex handles the grunt work by automatically turning audio into playable slices. It's a free download that converts continuous samples into separate, triggerable pieces.

What It Does Slicex is a VST plugin for Windows that analyzes your audio and breaks it into individual segments. You load a sample—like a full drum loop or a melodic phrase—and it uses beat detection to find the natural cut points. Each slice becomes its own note that you can play from a MIDI keyboard or sequence in your piano roll. This means you can take a four-bar loop, slice it, and then reorder the kicks, snares, and hi-hats into a new pattern. If your audio file already contains slice markers or region data (like from another sampler), it will use that information instead of detecting beats, which can be more accurate. Main Features Automatic Slicing The plugin uses advanced beat detection algorithms to slice song or percussion samples into pieces. When you load a standard WAV file, it analyzes the transients and creates slices at those points. If the wave file has embedded slice or region data, it automatically uses that instead. Playback and Rearrangement Once sliced, each segment becomes independently playable from your piano roll or a MIDI controller. You get full playback capabilities for each slice and can reorder them freely to create new patterns from the original audio. Drum Loop Time-Stretching Beyond simple slicing, it includes time-stretching capabilities optimized specifically for drum loops. This lets you change the tempo of your sliced loop material while trying to preserve the character of the drums. Who Should Use It This fits producers who regularly work with pre-recorded loops and want to quickly dismantle them for new arrangements. It's useful if you have a folder of drum loops and need to extract the individual hits to build your own patterns, or if you work with vocal chops and want to rearrange phrases without manually editing the audio file. It also suits those who use sample packs that include pre-sliced WAV files with embedded region data, as Slicex will recognize and use that data automatically. Summary Grab Slicex if your workflow involves chopping up drum loops, percussion, or song samples for remixing or original production. You get a tool that automates the slicing process and lets you trigger and rearrange each piece via MIDI. Since it's a VST for Windows, you'll need a compatible DAW. If you're tired of manually cutting audio and want a faster way to turn loops into playable kits, this free download is worth trying.