What is BreakMutate?
BreakMutate lets you instantly generate batches of new drum breaks from audio you already own. Drop in a target break to lock in the groove and timing, feed it a pool of other breaks, and it automatically replaces every hit with a spectrally-matched sound — same feel, mutated texture.
Build a sample library of hundreds of unique breaks from your own sounds in minutes. Create commercial packs. Find sounds you'd never have found by hand. Tuned for drum breaks, but works on any sliceable audio — melodic loops, textural samples, anything with distinct transients.
All exports include embedded CUE markers and are ready to drop straight into the Dirtywave M8 or any compatible hardware or software sampler.
How to use it
- Load a target break — sets the groove and hit timing. CUE-marked WAVs use their markers automatically.
- Edit slices — click to add, shift-click to remove, drag to move. Manual markers persist through re-slicing.
- Load your Break Pool — more breaks = better candidates. Every hit is indexed.
- Find Matches — FFT-based spectral matching replaces each hit with the closest sound from the pool.
- Iterate — ↺ per row to re-roll one hit, Try Again to randomise all. Match Variety controls adventurousness.
- Export — set Alternates > 1 to export a batch of unique mutations as a ZIP in one click.