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Sampleson’s Tactile turns your mouse and trackpad into a “cinematic” software instrumentSampleson has released its new plugin, Tactile, which allows any sound to become a cinematic soundscape using your mouse or trackpad. As the name suggests, the sense of touch can become a primary engine for music creation.
Simply take any audio file or a combination of two audio files, and drag them into Tactile’s interface. The sounds form a visual grid across an X and Y axis, which users can navigate using their mouse or trackpad to create spacious ambient mixtures of both. If you only used one sound, the same effects would be applied to the single source.

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“Your trackpad becomes an instrument,” says Augusto Filocamo, developer at Sampleson. “Instead of triggering notes, you’re shaping sound with movement. It’s intuitive, immersive, and gives you total freedom to explore.”
Tactile’s basis for turning different audio bits into ambient sounds is granular synthesis and spectral freezing. Wherever you click on the grid, the freezer captures that specific moment, and then the movements activate two granular processors that resample sources, stretching them into the sweeping noises that define the ambient genre and cinematic textures.

Tactile can be used to individually record audio generated by the trackpad motions, or it can be integrated into a DAW, with every movement converted into parameter data.
“Whether you’re brushing across field recordings or caressing orchestral stems, each movement reveals a new sonic layer. It’s not just playback – it’s performance. Designed for ambient artists, sound designers, and explorers of texture,” Sampleson writes in the product description.
This is the latest product from Sampleson geared towards producing cinematic music, coming after the audio generator, Scaper, the analog soundscape plugin, SkyWaves, and more.
Tactile is available for purchase as a standalone app and as a plugin for macOS and Windows. The introductory rate is $29 with a regular rate of $49.
Learn more at Sampleson.
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Sampleson has released its new plugin, Tactile, which allows any sound to become a cinematic soundscape using your mouse or trackpad.