Sample Magic Stacker

Evolve your drums: the ultimate drum layer and sound design tool.

Revolutionise your rhythms with Stacker, a uniquely powerful drum layering plugin that uses sampling and synthesis across multiple layers to create personalised drum sounds, from cutting-edge beats and finely honed vintage hits to cinematic-style SFX.

That's just for starters. Stacker can also be used to craft a near limitless range of tailor-made sounds, from lush chords and complex percussion to esoteric ambient FX.

Stacker boasts three independent sample layers, a fully fledged analogue-style drum synthesiser, dynamic FX section, plus innovative tools like Scatter (intelligent time displacement) and Pump (delay and impulse sculpting).

Smart global editing, flexible modulation, freeform curve-enhanced envelopes, precise filters, dedicated stereo tools and macro assignments for instant tweaks combine in the world’s most compelling sound layering tool.

The only limit to Stacker's sonic palette is your imagination.

Features

1. THREE POWERFUL SAMPLERS: The core of Stacker

Craft unique, custom sounds in seconds by importing up to three different audio samples. Carve samples to your exact requirements using assignable start, loop and end points, characterful filters, 8-point envelopes, insert FX and an exhaustive palette of phase correction and stereo width tools. Combine ambient live recordings for composite drum layers.

2. DESIGNER DRUM SYNTH: Old-school analogue power

Layer four is Stacker's synth engine featuring a powerful modelled analogue oscillator with separate noise generator for constructing sonically rich kicks, snare, hats, percussion and FX. Tune the oscillator to your track for bulky sub kicks... Employ noise 'pump' to give a raw analogue edge to a stacked snare... Add transient energy to tired hits... Play melodic kick drums patterns using MIDI.

3. QUICK to MASTER – DEVIL in the DETAIL

Get up and running in moments with an intuitive GUI, global overview of layers and quick access to filters, tuning, volume, amp length and more. Delve deeper for advanced sound design tools: automate every parameter; edit audition with on/off buttons for all effects, envelopes and layers plus much more.

4. SCATTER: Intelligent time displacement

Set time displacement between layers by dragging their trigger blocks – offset in ms for subtle shifts or bpm for locked-in groove control, whether you want to imbue a lazy human feel to a huge clap stack or synchronise a powerful FX sequence.

5. SHAPE THE DETAILS: Multi-stage envelopes

Shape the all-important transients using Stacker's detailed envelopes. Load a preset ('bang', 'pump', 'suck') or program your own nuanced curves using ultra-flexible 8-point envelopes to control amplitude, pitch and modulation. Zoom in for fine tuning; Warp for added definition. Nothing gets you closer to the edit.

6. FULLY FLEDGED FX: From MPC-style downsampling to analogue filters

Insert FX rack for each layer featuring 8 distortion presets (from warm saturation to 8-bit chip modelling), full suite of analogue-style filters, LFO-synced 'Zero-Flanger', mod shift, flexible 2-band EQ and more...

7. MACROS & MOD MATRIX: Supreme tweakability

Mod envelopes and LFOs control everything from sample start points to FX parameters. Route mods in the matrix – featuring KAOSS source, bipolar and uni routings – or control multiple parameter ranges under a single user-named macro. On-the-fly tweaks have rarely been easier...

8. DELAY & AMBIENCE: Give sounds life

Fully customisable delay and reverb engine - from subtle chamber-style reverb to tempo-synced ping-pong delays to big fat 80s gated reverbs. Load your own impulse responses. Fine-tune complex ghost grooves and slapbacks with unique 'pump' LFO.

9. 1000s of PRESETS & XPANSIONS: Inspiration assured

Stacker ships with 1208 expertly crafted presets – including supreme drum sounds, raw samples, tried and tested envelope curves, IRs, macro assignments, FX racks and more... Browse and create, swap and tweak, or click the lightning bolt for intelligently randomised starting points. For more inspiration browse Stacker XPansions, from Sample Magic's world-leading sound designers.