BreakTweaker Explained

Learn to make beats that were never heard before with iZotope's revolutionary BreakTweaker software! Drum and studio guru Eli Krantzberg takes you on an all-encompassing journey through this ever-evolving drum sculpting and beat sequencing instrument!

Introduction
Introduction (01:08) - Eli welcomes you to BreakTweaker Explained!
Playback and Sequencing
Interface Marriage (05:32) - Learn about the three main sections of the interface and how they work together.
Playing the Patterns (05:52) - Learn how to trigger the sounds and playback patterns live and from within your DAW. Explore how the gate, latch, and re-trigger playback modes work on overlapping and non overlapping trigger notes.
Working with Presets (07:12) - Explore the Global and Generator preset browsers, and see how they are used to change various aspects of the current preset in real time as BreakTweaker is playing.
The Sequencer (08:13) - The Sequencer is used to program which steps the track's generator's sounds will play. Learn to create, delete, move, edit, cut, copy, and paste steps, tracks and patterns.
Track Controls and Isorhythms (06:27) - Learn how to control track auditioning, naming, gain, pan, muting, and soloing; and how to create complex sounding Isorhythms by altering individual track lengths and playback speed.
The Generator Engine
The Sample Generator (04:54) - Each Generator lane can be based either on a sample player or dual oscillator synth. Explore the sample generator functions including parameters for auditioning, tuning, gain offset, playback direction, and how to use the Discover button to search for related samples.
Waveform Editing (05:19) - Explore the waveform editor and learn to import, trim, loop, layer, and crossfade samples.
The Synth Generator (03:35) - Listen to a small sampling of the raw waveforms, from simple to complex, BreakTweaker offers as starting points in it's synthesis engine, and see how the waveforms are tuned, and able to be modulated continuously rather than in stepped increments.
Synthesis Types (07:20) - Discover the ways that two oscillators can interact with each based on Additive, Ring Modulation, Amplitude Modulation, and Frequency Modulation synthesis
Modulation (04:55) - Discover how modulation sources, destinations, and ranges are set up to animate the movement of generator engine parameters over time.
Envelopes (08:54) - Envelopes are customizable multi stage shapes that are used as modulation sources. See how they can effect amplitude, pitch, and wave shape
LFOs (08:39) - See how these repeating cyclical shapes are controlled and applied as a modulation source.
Multiple Modulators (06:41) - Explore the relationship between two modulator sources when they are applied to the same parameter.
Filters and Distortion (08:14) - Explore the variety of filters and distortion effects available to sonically enhance oscillator and sample based generators, and hear the effects of having some of the various parameters modulated with LFOs.
The MicroEdit Section
MicroEdit - Types (06:04) - Learn about the four modes BreakTweaker's MicroEdit engine uses to chop up and slice individual sequencer steps.
MicroEdit - Slope (06:35) - See how the tension and rotation knobs are used to control how the microedits are distributed across the step, and how the shape settings are used to tune the microedits into musical scales and riffs.
MicroEdit - Gate (08:43) - Explore the gate section of the MicroEdit engine, and hear how it interacts with the sample length and re-trigger function.
MicroEdit - Step Effects (08:23) - Watch as a pitched synth line is created and harmonized using step based pitch offsets, fades and effects.
DAW Control
Automation (03:08) - See how host automation, or hardware automation, is used to alter and record BreakTweaker's parameter values.
Multi-Output Setup (04:11) - See how BreakTweaker's tracks are routed to multiple outputs and processed individually with McDSP plug-ins in Logic Pro X.