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Getting started
Install DYSEKT, start the free trial or activate your licence, and play your first sample.
#What DYSEKT is
DYSEKT is a sampler plugin with three modes in one instrument:
- Slice cuts one sample into up to 128 slices and plays them from MIDI.
- Drum puts a different sample on each of 128 pads, in 8 banks of 16.
- Keys maps samples across the keyboard as zones, like a multisampled instrument.
Every slice, pad or zone has its own sound settings, effects and stems. Drum and Slice modes each have a step sequencer, and Keys mode has chord progressions, an arpeggiator and a melody writer. The MIX tab balances it all, and the browser finds your samples.
#System requirements
| Requirements | |
|---|---|
| macOS | macOS 13.4 or later, Apple Silicon or Intel. VST3 or AU host. |
| Windows | Windows 10 or 11, 64-bit. VST3 host. |
| Internet | Needed to start the trial or activate a licence, and for a licence check at least once every 30 days. |
DYSEKT works in any host that loads VST3 or AU plugins, such as Ableton Live, Logic Pro, FL Studio, Bitwig, Cubase, Studio One and Reaper. Pro Tools needs the AAX format, which is planned.
#Install
macOS. Run the macOS installer (DYSEKT-<version>-macOS.pkg). It installs:
- the VST3 plugin in
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3 - the Audio Unit in
/Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/Components - the stem separation models in
/Library/Application Support/Defuse Audio/DYSEKT
Windows. Run the Windows installer (DYSEKT-<version>-Windows-x64-Setup.exe). It installs the VST3 plugin in your VST3 folder.
Then open your DAW, rescan plugins if it doesn't do so on its own, and add DYSEKT to an instrument track.
#Trial and activation
The first time DYSEKT opens, it offers two choices.
- Start the trial. One click, no account needed. Every feature works for 14 days.
- Activate a licence. If you've bought DYSEKT, activate it here. Your browser opens to sign in to your Defuse Audio account and confirm.
One licence activates on up to three of your own computers, Mac or PC. To move to a new computer, deactivate the old one from your account.
DYSEKT checks your licence online at least once every 30 days. If a check is due and you're offline, connect to the internet and check again. Your projects and settings are always safe: they keep loading and saving even when the licence needs attention.
#Your first sample
- Drag an audio file from your computer onto DYSEKT, anywhere on the window. You can also double-click the empty waveform, or the sample name at the top, to browse for one.
- DYSEKT opens in Slice mode and cuts the sample at its hits (the TRANSIENT method).
- Play the slices from MIDI: slice 1 is on C1 (MIDI note 36), slice 2 on C#1, and so on up the keyboard. Or click the pads under the waveform.
From here you might:
- try another way of slicing (Slice mode)
- give one slice its own pitch, envelope or effects (Sound settings)
- solo the vocals or drums of a slice (Stems)
- drag every slice into your DAW as a MIDI clip (MIDI export)
#Hover help
Point at any control and the bar at the bottom of DYSEKT says what it does and which gestures it takes, such as right-click to reset. If you've turned it off, switch HOVER HELP back on in Settings.
#Getting support
If something doesn't work as these pages describe, email support@defuseaudio.com or use the contact form. Troubleshooting covers the common questions.