DUST.NEXT · PREVIEW
AUDIORECLOADING
DUST NEXT · READY00:00
SEGMENT 00 / BANK AREADY TO PLAYTAP A PAD TO UNLOCK AUDIO
SAMPLES 0.00 / 120.00 S
32 PADS
01 / SEQUENCER

Build the groove.

PLAY · RECORD · REFINE
A1 · BASS DRUMBAR 1 / 2
TIME SIGNATURE
Tap a step to add or remove a hit; hold it to shape velocity, pitch, chance and ratchet. Record live while RECORD is on; HiRes keeps your timing unquantized. Each segment has its own swing and time signature. RECORD GRID sets the recording grid; it does not move existing hits.
02 / SOUND LAB

Shape the sound.

A1 · BASS DRUMTR-808 · MICHAEL FISCHER
PITCH & TUNING
EFFECT SENDS & PAN
NORMALIZE LEVEL
COPY, REVERSE & CLEAR
CLASSIC SOUND SETTINGS

Output assignment, relative tuning and decay settings retained for existing sounds. Pads on the same output still cut each other.

Import a file or record a source to get started. Your recordings stay on this device.
03 / ARRANGEMENT

Make a song.

SONG 00

SONG COMMANDS & MIX SNAPSHOTS

SONG STEPS

STORED MIXES

Add segments to build a song. Tap an item to move, duplicate or remove it. Repeats, links, tempo changes and stored mixes are in SONG COMMANDS. Multitrack clip arrangement is planned for the new engine.
04 / SESSION

Keep the spark.

Next preview: Classic sound and sample limits are still active. Try the new stereo engine in Audio Trial. Open frozen Classic.

PROJECT FILES

AUDIO EXPORT

MY BEATS

FACTORY KITS & DEMO PROJECTS

DEMO PROJECTS

Seven editable beats, each a full song of several parts: 808 CONCRETE (real TR-808, F minor), BOOM BAP SELECT (909 punch, 808 sub), 909 MIDNIGHT (C minor half-time), CELLAR SESSION (upright bass, keys, brass), SECOND HAND SOUL (chopped soul phrase), LATE DONUTS (a flipped Wurlitzer phrase behind the beat) and SLIDE IT OUT (fan made, from the DUST author's own track). Loading replaces the current session; Undo restores it.

Choose 32 or 64 sample slots. Tap a selected bank again to reach its paired bank when using 64 slots.

BOUNCE TO PAD renders the current segment (or the song, if PLAY SONG is on) through the SP engine and opens it in the sample editor; capturing it puts it on a pad as a new sound.

CLASSIC PROJECT SETTINGS

Only needed for older projects: memory limits and paired output allocation. These settings still affect playback in this transitional preview.

Expanded: 120 seconds total. Classic: four 2.5-second zones. The saved project keeps its current setting.
CHANNEL PAIRS / DYNAMIC ALLOCATION
SAMPLE SOURCES, LICENCES & MODEL STATUS

TR-808 recordings: Michael Fischer; hosted by TidalCycles. The repository declares CC0; the original 1994 README describes them as free. TR-909 analog recordings: Janne G:son Berg, shared by altemark on Freesound under CC BY 4.0; these bundled conversions by 5up-okamura were limited, faded and reduced to 22.05 kHz. CC0 SESSION and SOUL CHOPS instruments and the SOUL CHOPS acoustic drums: Versilian Studios, VSCO 2 Community Edition and Versilian Community Sample Library, CC0; the soul phrase is an original DUST composition played from those single-note recordings and then chopped. DUST resamples every source to a 12-bit nominal 26.04 kHz model. The 909 hybrid uses 808 cymbals because rights to 909 ROM-based cymbals and hats are not cleared. This model has not been calibrated against a physical SP-1200. Full notices.

05 / OUTBOARD

Rack it up.

Effects saved with this project. Output sends feed the plate, echo and spring, with stereo returns. The mixing desk balances and shapes each output in stereo; tape, the bus compressor and the limiter work on the whole mix. Pick a preset below or add gear. With no gear switched on, DUST sounds exactly like the bare machine.

PITCH & VELOCITY PERFORMANCE
PAD MODETR-808 ORIGINAL
PAD MIXERLEVEL
BPM
TAP TO PLAY · HOLD TO EDIT
DUST NEXT · PREVIEWBANK A
DUST NEXT · PREVIEW

Your pocket studio.

PLAY & RECORD

Tap a pad to play. PLAY starts the selected segment, REC records your hits, and STOP stops playback. Choose a bank above the pads. NOTE REPEAT repeats a held pad; CLICK enables the metronome.

SEQUENCE edits your hits. SOUND imports, records, chops and tunes samples. SONG builds a chain of segments. MIX adjusts pad levels. RACK holds effects. PROJECT saves, imports and exports your work.

EDIT YOUR MUSIC

Tap a step to add or remove a hit; hold it for velocity, pitch, chance, ratchet and note shaping. TICKS shows multiple lanes with mute and solo, off-grid timing and up to four bars. RECORD GRID chooses the live recording grid; HiRes keeps your timing.

In SOUND, import a file or record the microphone, select a region and capture it onto pads. CHOP slices a sound; TRUNCATE sets precise boundaries, loops and fades. Original sources stay available through EDIT SOURCE. FINE and TUNE TO NOTE adjust pitch; PAD SENDS control effects and pan.

Undo and Redo cover edits, chops and kit changes. The editing tools are available immediately; no workflow mode is required.

PROJECTS & EXPORT

Your work saves on this device. MY BEATS opens, copies, renames and deletes projects. Export projects you want to keep as a backup. EXPORT PROJECT includes original sources; EXPORT · USED PARTS saves only the used source regions.

WAV, stems and bounce currently use the Classic engine. This workspace is a transitional preview: the eight-output mono sampler, capture conversion and memory limits remain until the new engine is connected. CLASSIC PROJECT SETTINGS and CLASSIC SOUND SETTINGS keep older project controls accessible. Audio Trial tests the new stereo engine separately.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

1–4 and Q–R play the shown bank, A–F and Z–V the next one. Space plays or stops, Shift+R records, Esc stops, Ctrl/Cmd+Z undoes, Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+Z or Ctrl+Y redoes. In TICKS the arrow keys nudge the selected hit (Shift: a sixteenth).

DEVICE CHECK

Measures how fast this device computes the current project, with and without its rack, and lists the audio, screen and storage facts that help fix problems on a phone. Nothing leaves the device unless you copy the report. It cannot hear clicks or dropouts in live playback.