Introduction

Welcome to the deep, inspiring, serendipitous wormhole of fun and sound design that is: Stutter Edit 2.

Stutter Edit 2 Introduction

A note from BT

I’m BT, and the idea of stutter editing - both the technique, and the plugin - has been a labor of love I have sculpted and developed since I was a kid. At the age of fourteen, I found myself holed-up on the floor of a local recording studio, cutting up quarter-inch tape with a metal block, razor blade and a grease pencil. I spent a long, hot summer there as a tape op and intern. I had a burning desire to learn, modify, and create, using anything and everything I could get my hands on.

One day I asked myself: “What if you cut tape on the beat, made a bunch of blocks of audio, and changed the order of them before taping them back together?” The first time I tried it, cutting up electronic music - especially vocals! - and rearranging it - I was quite literally captivated. It was a sound I’d never heard before. An actual revelation.

My obsession with audio editing began right there, sitting on that studio floor surrounded by tiny scraps of 1/4” tape. It’s a moment that has motivated me for years, as I pursued the dream of creating a tool that would allow such tedious editing to be done in a creative, intuitive way.

After years of experimentation, producing records and film scores using crazy-complex buffer cutting and post-DSP processing techniques, largely by hand - I finally created a plugin that could help anyone perform this kind of editing without spending hours on the cutting room floor. The kind folks at iZotope adopted it as part of their family, and it became the original Stutter Edit.

I’ve learned a tremendous amount along the way and have been excited to see Stutter Edit used in remarkable ways I never would have imagined. The fruits of my obsessive passion pursuing the nether regions of rhythm - and the journey that it inspired - can now be found in Stutter Edit 2.

Stutter Edit 2 is unique, in that it offers world-class effects and complex rhythmic parameter sequencing in a form that is playable by anyone. Within this novel paradigm of a “playable effect”, it is controlled with the simplicity and interactivity of a monosynth. Its predecessor has already found its way into the studios of some of the greatest sound designers and artists, and the effect can be heard all over blockbuster films, hit songs, commercials and trailers.

Stutter Edit is designed to work on any kind of audio material, from vocals to beats, pads, guitars - even your master bus. It can create breath-taking ear candy, impart productions with a professional, modern sheen, and it can create stunning transitions that transform the dreaded 8 bar “demo loop” into a finished record.

It’s my great hope it will bring joy and spontaneity to your workflow, elevate your productions to the next level, and inspire you for years to come.

Happy composing!

_BT