Working notes on the SongChop job — named techniques, honest limits, and a door into the studio when you want to try it on a real track.
How reversing audio works, how to land a reverse cymbal on the downbeat with real numbers, and where a reversed clip clicks or breaks. Free browser tool.
Clicks at cut points are a waveform discontinuity, not bad luck. The physics of the pop, the zero-crossing rule, and the fade lengths that remove it.
Where good chops come from: transient detection, zero-crossing cut points, fade shapes, and the difference between a slice and a playable sample.
