Any sample, on the grid, with a real groove.
Load a loop, a vocal, a one-shot — anything — and Ratchet retriggers it on the grid, sequences pitched hat-roll patterns step by step, and swings it with MPC/SP-12-style groove templates. Hit the dice, get a new idea — then drag the chop straight into your project.
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Song starters live here
Stuck on a loop, or staring at an empty session? Drop in any sound and Ratchet turns it into a rhythmic idea in seconds — the groove isn't an afterthought, it's the whole point.
Grid-synced retrigger
Every chop fires on the grid — 1 bar down to 1/32nd notes, straight, dotted, or triplet — locked to your host tempo. Zero latency.
8-step pattern sequencer
Draw a level for every grid step — rolls, gates, rests — then drag the pitch row for pitched hat rolls, the signature trap ratchet move. Bar-locked, fully automatable.
SHUFFLE / GROOVE — 5 named feels
Sweep one knob through Classic, MPC, SP-12, Triplet, and Human swing — the actual pocket DNA of the machines that built hip-hop and trap.
LOCK to transient
Snaps the chop start onto a real onset in the sample, every time — no matter where you drag the handle or what RANDOM just threw at you.
RANDOM — instant song starters
One click reshuffles start/end/nudge/gate/pitch/groove/tone. Throw a boring loop at it and walk away with eight new ideas.
Varispeed pitch + reverse
Classic sampler repitch (±24 semitones, pitch and speed coupled) plus reverse playback for backwards risers and pulls.
Chop filter + drive
An Ableton-style Freq/Width band-pass and tanh saturation shape the chop only — from clean and tight to gritty and driven.
CAPTURE FROM TRACK
Pull audio straight out of your session — no bouncing, no exporting. Chop the track you're already working on.
DRAG CHOP — print it out
Grab the DRAG CHOP button and drop the exact chop you're hearing — pitch, filter, drive baked in — straight onto your DAW timeline as a one-shot WAV.
Built to never sound harsh
Studio-grade resampling and a built-in high-frequency safety net mean pushing pitch or drive hard never turns aliased or piercing.
How it works
Load or capture a sample
Drag in a loop, a vocal, a one-shot — or hit CAPTURE FROM TRACK to grab audio straight out of your session.
Set the region, hit play
Drag START/END on the waveform, pick a grid division, and it retriggers in time automatically — LOCK keeps it on a clean transient.
Sequence it, swing it, print it
Draw a level-and-pitch pattern in the step sequencer, dial in SHUFFLE/GROOVE for a real pocket — then DRAG CHOP the result straight into your project.
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What People Are Saying
Tyrone Jackson
"The varispeed pitch (±24 semitones) is great. Chopped a vocal, dropped it down an octave, and ran it through the built-in saturation. Instant hard-hitting hip-hop loop. The chop-only filter is also a nice touch."
Chris Evans
"The grid retrigger going from a full bar down to 1/32nds is super flexible. I like setting it to triplets and sweeping the groove knob from laid back to punchy. It's like having an MPC inside my DAW."
Glitchwave
"The RANDOM button reshuffles literally everything. Sometimes it creates beautiful accidents, sometimes it's chaos. The LOCK function saves it though, snapping the chop to a real transient so it never glitches out badly."
Sentix
"This plugin is too fun. Dropped an acapella in, hit RANDOM, and it just turned it into a totally new rhythmic loop. The LOCK feature is genius—keeps the chops starting on the actual transient so it never clicks."
Blosso
"The CAPTURE FROM TRACK feature is a massive workflow boost. I just pulled audio straight out of my session, no bouncing, and started chopping. The MPC and SP-12 swing feels are spot on."