Available for download, iZotope Stutter Edit 2 - Creative Mixing & Sound Design Softwareis a creative mixing and sound design tool that can accomplish anything from glitchy stacatto sound manipulations to esoteric phase-distortion effects and more. Use this tool in fashioning electronic music, in creating strange soundbed tapestries for viewable media, or to process individual elements of a mix in ideosyncratic ways. With a MIDI mode that allows you to play presets with your compatible MIDI controller, Stutter Edit 2 can also be performed in a manner similar to a virtual instrument.

For a plug-in chockfull of complicated effects, the GUI is relatively simple to understand. At the top of the window your global effects are layed out, where you can implement all the glitchy, stuttering effects the original Stutter Edit was famous for and more. Below these processors is a list of other individuated effects, such as Phaser, Flanger, Delay, Reverb, and other processing options. The effects can be reordered in nearly any series configuration you wich, and selecting each effect tabs a window of parameters that you can change.

This is where the fun begins: Corresponding to each parameter is a Curve Editor, which allows you to draw in and program the exact timing of a paramter as it progresses or cycles from its minimum to maximum values. Create phasers that modulate faster over time, distortions that get less crunchy as the effect goes on. Nearly every parameter into the plug-in can be manipulated with the Curve Editor.

This is a mammoth plug-in to understand for sure. But to get you started, iZotope has included a variety of preset banks and gestures. Some of them have been designed by the famous music producer BT.

This plug-in is compatible with Mac and Windows platforms. It will operate in AU, VST2, VST3, and AAX platforms.

Glitchy Stuttering FX    Creative FX for EDM, Mixing, and More    Perform Gestures with MIDI Keyboard    New FX over Version 1    Curve Editor for Every FX Parameter    Preset Gestures and Banks from BT    Mac and Windows Compatible    AU, VST2, VST3, and AAX

Stutter Edit 2 is a playable effect. It must be triggered in order to do anything to your audio. You can trigger gestures instantly with the new Auto mode, which lets you trigger your gestures with one button. You can also use a MIDI keyboard to tell Stutter Edit 2 when to trigger, letting you perform your effects like an instrument.

Auto mode is great for quickly auditioning gestures or for when you need a little instant gratification in your mix. Using MIDI mode lets you control Stutter Edit 2 with a MIDI keyboard. Setup is a breeze, with a built-in help screen that detects your DAW and gives step-by-step instructions

Stutter Edit 2 includes hundreds of new Gestures (presets) designed by BT and iZotope. When a gesture is triggered, you can turn your audio into a short rhythmic idea, or a drawn out, evolving soundscape. Gestures come in Banks, which map automatically to your MIDI keyboard, so you can trigger different gestures at will. Before diving into Stutter Edit 2's controls, be sure to explore the different Gestures. Even the most basic Banks can totally change your audio.

At the heart of Stutter Edit 2 are the Stutter and Buffer controls, letting you blur the lines between melody, rhythm, and sound. Stutter Edit 2 cuts or buffers your audio into razor-sharp slices and plays them back at different speeds. Set a slower stutter for funkier grooves, or create edits so fast that they turn into pitch. Set a Range and make the edits speed up, slow down, or both at once.

Stutter controls how many slices of your audio play back with your gesture and how fast they are. Buffer controls what sections of your audio Stutter Edit 2 stores and plays back. Deep customization options let you control Rate, Quantization, and more, to keep your edits in time with your session.

Set a Range for any effect in Stutter Edit 2 to make it morph and change in time with your gesture. Time-Variant Modifiers can be added to any parameter to control how and where within the range the effect plays back. Customize these modifiers with the Curve Editor to create ideosyncratic moving effects. Not sure what curve to use? Just select from one of 12 premade curves and start experimenting.

New to Stutter Edit are output limiter, distortion, chorus, reverb, comb filter, flanger, phaser, delay, reverb, and tape stop effects. The lo-fi processors have been greatly improved as well, giving blistering bitcrushing and undersampling effects, key to creating the famous glitch sound.

Related Questions and Answers

Q: 1. Does the toslink optical output have the full 32-Bit / 384 kHz PCM playback? or is it limited?

A: Yes, it does. You can either use the optical cable or the individual connections.

Q: 2. Does this need to be powered by anything other than the connection to the motherboard?

A: The Creative Labs Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus is PCI-e bus powered. For the RGB lights, you will need a 4-pin molex peripheral connector. The HD audio header must be connected to the motherboard. See manual page 1, for more details. https://bit.ly/3SnMQOB.

Q: 3. How much power/wattage is needed to power this card?

A: At maximum volume, the Creative Labs Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus will not draw more than about 5-6W from the PCIe lane.

Q: 4. Are the support mounts for the monitors / speakers supplied by Forecast or a third party vendor?

A: The support mounts for the monitors and speakers for the Forecast Consoles GC3-MR ImageMaster Edit Console are supplied by Forecast Consoles.

Q: 5. Does this come with the monitor and speaker stands?

A: It does not come w the monitor arm and speakers stands. They can be bought separately.

Q: 6. Among all the ports in the card is there one I can plug a stereo sound system into?

A: You would can use a 3.5mm to RCA Y-cable into a stereo sound system.

Q: 7. How deep are the racks?

A: The racks are 22 but open in the back. 15 max depth for equipment mounted in the top 2R.

Q: 8. Which slot does this go in, on TUF GAMING Z690-PLUS WIFI D4 motherboard? My GPU blocks a couple slots.

A: The Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy Fx PCIe Sound Card will work with any PCIe expansion slot.

Q: 9. What's the difference between this one and the Creative Labs Sound Blaster Z ?

A: The SE is a newer version with more software and control options and profiles.

Q: 10. Does it work with windows 11 and Asus z790-p motherboard?

A: Yes, Creative Labs Sound BlasterX AE-5 Plus is compatible with Windows 11 and the Asus z790-p motherboard.