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Slip-N-Slide's unpredictability is both its blessing and its curse.

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Summary

In practice, at extreme settings, with Thin set to two bands, a Space setting of zero and quite long processing sections, Slip-N-Slide produces amazingly warped, almost watery effects. What's more, because the unit doesn't sync to tempo, even with random settings of zero, there's an underlying unpredictability to it.

At times, this can be too much and you'll probably find yourself bouncing down sections and picking out the bits you like. But if you're willing to enter into its world, Slip-N-Slide can produce some seriously unusual effects. For its sheer wackiness, it's our favourite of ID's plug-ins. Let's hope a tempo sync option arrives soon.

In the audio demo, you will hear:

1. Drum kit: flat then with equal process and space settings in Slide then Hold mode. Next, a Space setting of zero and Thin setting of 102 bands, first Slide mode then Hold mode.

2. Piano: flat, then Slide mode with Thin set to 33 bands. Next Hold mode at 70ms with Thin set to 5. Finally, Slide on 418ms with Thin set to 2 bands.

3. Piano and drums combined

4. Acoustic guitar: flat, then a Slide setting of 209ms with a Thin setting of 28 bands.