Specimen

Specimen is an audio dissection unit for Windows VST3. Drop in a sample and break it into five playable layers: Body, Impact, Residue, Negative and Veins.Key features Five-layer extraction from WAV, AIFF and FLAC samples A draggable, resizable Lens for isolating material in time Microtome slicing into as many as 32 playable sections Three Mutate pages for erosion, crush, unison, spectral staining, aging and glitch processing Seven filter characters, five spatial Halo modes and four envelope shapes Graft blending, Incubate randomisation and a safe Init reset New in v0.4.2 Tape transport: shared continuous playback with Play/Pause and a draggable position line Glitch mutation: Repeat, Reverse, Skip and Fold Cuticle and Scar: resonant high-pass and notch filter characters Orbit and Glass: rotating cross-stereo feedback and bright modulated Halo taps Pulse envelope: repeating attack/release motion while a note is held Background sample loading, sample-accurate MIDI timing and smoother mode changes 64-bit VST3 instrument for Windows. Compatible with VST3-capable hosts.Watch Specimen in actionSpecimen has been updated to 0.5.0!New Biopsy mode. BIO mode scans through Body, Impact, Residue, Negative and Veins.Selected layer defines its centre; Depth controls travel and Motion controls speed.CPU and Optimization fixes.