Chop and flip
One sample, cut into up to 128 slices across eight banks. Re-sequence a break, or play it back in a new order from your pads.
DYSEKT
Sampling, rethought. Slice it, stem it, play it three ways and shape every piece on its own, without ever leaving the flow.
Shape every slice individually.
Its own stems, effects, envelope, pitch, loop and output. Up to 128 of them.
No bouncing stems. No re-slicing. No prep. Drop a sample and start flipping it straight away.
128Slices & pads
where most stop at 32 or 64
where most stop at 32 or 64
3in1Slicer · drum sampler
· multisampled instrument
· multisampled instrument
16Effects
per slice or global
per slice or global
4Stems, chosen
per slice or global
per slice or global
One slice, or all of them.
Every parameter, effect and stem choice in DYSEKT can change just the selected slice, or every slice at once. One switch decides which.
Put the vocal on slice 3 and the bassline on slice 4. Saturate the kick, throw the snare into a reverb, tape-stop the last hit, and leave everything else untouched. Then flip the switch and retune the whole sample at once. All from one sample, in one instance.
Pitch0 st
Slice 01
Pitch +7 st on slice 01 only.
Five ways to cut. 128 slices deep.
Most samplers stop at 32 or 64 slices. DYSEKT gives you eight banks of sixteen, so a full vocal take, a long sample flip or a whole record can live in one instance. Detect transients, snap to the beat, split into regions, roll the dice or place every cut by hand.
Slice fast. Fine-tune everything.
Detection
Transient sensitivity
One dial sets how many hits DYSEKT finds, from every ghost note down to just the downbeats.
Editing
Zoom, drag, erase
Move any marker, add your own, undo anything.
Tempo
BPM and key
Reads the loop's tempo and key, with ×2 and ÷2 when it guesses half-time.
Pads
Eight banks of sixteen
Colour-coded and labelled with the note that plays them.
A different stem on every slice.
DYSEKT separates any sample into drums, bass, music and vocals inside the plugin. Then it goes further: choose the stem per slice. The vocal on one pad, the bassline on the next, the drums underneath, all from the same sample.
No more bouncing stems in another app, re-importing and re-slicing, only to find out the idea doesn't work. You hear it straight away.
Drums
Bass
Music
Vocals
- Per slice or global: one stem for everything, or a different one on every pad.
- On your machine: no uploads, no account, no waiting on a server.
- See the stems: the waveform redraws to show the stems you picked, so you see exactly what you're slicing.
- Best mode for the cleanest result, Fast mode while you sketch.
Three instruments. One plugin.
A slicer, a drum sampler and a multisampled instrument. Normally that's three plugins and three workflows. In DYSEKT they're one click apart, and each one is built to match a dedicated plugin.
Build a kit
Drop a different sample on each pad. Choke groups, note repeat with swing, and one-shot or gate per pad.
Play it melodically
Map samples across key zones with root, range and velocity layers, or load a SoundFont or SFZ instrument and its whole key map comes in ready to play. With tempo sync on, a loop played up and down the keys keeps its speed on every note. Chord memory turns a single key into a full voicing.
Old-school character, built in.
The sound of the classic samplers came from how they worked. DYSEKT models the how, not just the hiss.
Pitch & time
Cyclic stretch, the 90s way
Five ways to change pitch and time: Stretch, Tight, Beats, Repitch and Cyclic. Cyclic cuts the audio into short grains and loops each one to hold the length, the way the cyclic time-stretch on 90s Akai S-series samplers did. That buzzy, metallic grain is the sound of jungle, hardcore and speed garage breaks and vocals, and you can push each grain from 100% to 1600%.
Vintage
The 12-bit ring, from the source
The Vintage effect does more than crush bits. Grit recreates the old trick of sampling a record sped up and pitching it back down in the machine, through a low-rate converter and its filters. Pick the CLASSIC 12 preset, 12-bit at 26.04 kHz, and you get the metallic ring producers chase on the SP-1200.
Akai and SP-1200 are trademarks of their respective owners, named only to describe a sound. Defuse Audio isn't affiliated with them.
Sixteen slices from a house loop, every one on its own pad. The selected slice gets its own level, pitch, envelope, playback and loop settings.
Stay in the moment.
Ideas don't wait. DYSEKT gets you from hearing a sound to hearing it work while the spark is still there.
The old way
- Bounce stems in a separate app
- Re-import, re-slice, re-map
- Build FX on a DAW channel for every hit
- Route every hit to its own track
- Find out the idea doesn't work
In DYSEKT
- Drop the sample
- Slice it
- Pick a stem and effects per slice
- Play it
Same sample. Same instance. Seconds, not an afternoon.
Sixteen effects. Per slice, or on everything.
No more effect sends and automation lanes in your DAW for every hit. Every slice carries its own effect chain, in any order, or flip the switch and one chain covers the whole sample.
Controls, rethought.
Every parameter is one move away, so going deep never slows you down.
Macros
Bipolar macros, built to perform
Give every target a positive or negative amount, so one knob opens the filter while it pulls the reverb back. Map any MIDI controller in one click and play the macros like an instrument.
Hands-on
Touch the sound, not a menu
Drag the envelope on the graph, the fades on the waveform and any value where you see it. Every slice gets a full voice: gain, pan, pitch, stretch with tempo sync, and an ADSR or LFO.
Playback
One shot, gate, toggle
With reverse, play-to-end and loop regions with crossfades.
Rhythm
Note repeat & swing
Tempo-synced rolls straight from the pad, 1/2 down to 1/64, straight or triplet.
Routing
16 stereo outs
Send any slice to its own mixer channel in your DAW.
Groups
Choke groups
Open hats cut by closed hats, or any slice cutting any other.
Automation
Host automation slots
Expose exactly the parameters you want to your DAW, by name.
Presets
Save the whole session
Slices, stems, FX and macros, recalled in one file.
Feel
Quick to get around
Zooming, scrolling, the minimap, dragging markers: a lot of time went into the speed and weight of every move, so getting around a long sample feels as quick as a short one.
Looks
Two themes: Dream and Daydream
Dark for late sessions, light for daylight. Switch in Settings whenever you like.
How it compares.
DYSEKT next to the samplers producers already reach for.
| Feature | DYSEKT | Serato Sample 2 | Ableton Simpler | FL Studio Slicex |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runs in | Any VST3 or AU host | Any VST, AU or AAX host | Ableton Live only | FL Studio only |
| Slices | Up to 128 | Up to 32 cues | Up to 64 | Up to 128 per deck, 2 decks |
| Settings per slice | Every parameter, stem and effect | Level, filter, envelope, reverse, stretch, key | No, one set for all slices | Level, pan, filter, speed, start, output |
| Stem separation | Inside the plugin | Inside the plugin | Live Suite, split to tracks first | Producer Edition, split to tracks first |
| A different stem on each slice | Yes | No | No | No |
| Built-in effects | 16 types, per slice or global | None | None | None |
| Modes | Slicer, drum sampler, multisampled keys | Slicer and keys | Classic, one-shot, slicing | Slicer |
| Price | $49 | $129 (retail) | Comes with Live | Comes with FL Producer and up |
Based on each maker's published information, October 2026. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
Technical details
- Formats
- VST3 (macOS & Windows), AU (macOS)
- macOS
- macOS 13.4 or later, Apple Silicon & Intel (universal)
- Windows
- Windows 10 / 11, 64-bit
- Modes
- Slice · Drum · Keys
- Slicing
- Transient · Beat · Region · Random · Manual
- Pitch & time
- Stretch · Tight · Beats · Repitch · Cyclic
- Capacity
- 128 slices / pads, 8 banks × 16
- Stems
- Drums, bass, music, vocals, on-device (Best / Fast)
- Effects
- 16 types, per slice or global
- Modulation
- ADSR envelope & tempo-synced LFO per slice (pitch, filter, level, pan), 8 bipolar macros with MIDI learn
- Polyphony
- Poly up to 64 voices, or mono
- Outputs
- Up to 16 stereo buses
- Files
- WAV, AIFF, FLAC, MP3, OGG, M4A · SoundFont (SF2) and SFZ instruments in Keys
- Themes
- Dream (dark) · Daydream (light)
- Version
- 1.0.13 · What's new
I've been making music with samplers for over thirty years, and I've used just about every one there is. Each did something brilliant and left something out. DYSEKT is the sampler I always wanted: every way of sampling in one place, built to keep you in the flow.
Own it outright.
One payment, yours to keep, with every update included. Activate on up to three of your machines.
macOS · Windows · VST3 · AU · Secure checkout$49
Special offer. Regular price .
- Full version, no subscription
- Free updates
- Demo is fully featured for 14 days
- Activate on up to 3 of your computers
Questions
Which DAWs does DYSEKT work in?
Any host that loads VST3 or AU plugins: Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Bitwig, Cubase, Studio One, Reaper and more.
Does DYSEKT work in Pro Tools?
Not yet, but it's planned. Pro Tools needs the AAX plugin format, which is on our roadmap. Licences already cover every format, so Pro Tools support will be a free update when it arrives.
Does stem separation need an internet connection?
No. Separation runs entirely on your computer, and your audio never leaves your machine.
Can I try it before buying?
Yes. The demo is the full plugin for 14 days. Buy a licence and it unlocks in place without a reinstall.
How many computers can I use it on?
Each licence activates on up to three of your own machines, Mac or PC. Moving to a new computer? Deactivate the old one from your account.
Windows says it protected my PC when I run the installer. Is that OK?
Yes. Windows shows that notice for new software it hasn't seen many installs of yet. Choose More info, then Run anyway. The installer comes straight from us and only adds the DYSEKT plugin to your VST3 folder.
Will my sessions keep working after updates?
Yes. Presets and DAW sessions are saved with everything DYSEKT needs to recall them exactly.