Interface layout

Header bar

Area	Function	Notes
Status text	Shows warnings, errors, and missing-file notices	Click warning/error text to copy the message
`UNDO` / `REDO`	History navigation	Same as `Ctrl/Cmd + Z` and `Ctrl/Cmd + Shift + Z`
`PANIC`	Kills active voices immediately	Also stops lazy chop
`FILES`	Toggle the built-in sample browser side panel	Visibility persists across sessions
`SET`	Popup for theme, UI scale, and NRPN settings	Also shows current plugin version

Sample lane, slice lane, and waveform

Area	Function	Notes
Sample lane	Compact session-sample overview above the slice lane	Reflects selection and zoom; drag to reorder samples; includes per-sample `STEMS` / `CANCEL` and delete buttons
Slice lane	Compact slice-region overview above the waveform	Reflects selection and zoom
Waveform	Main editing surface	Drag-and-drop loading/appending, slice selection, boundary editing, move/duplicate, preview
Overlay hints	Contextual help and action prompts	Used by `ADD`, `AUTO`, and other actions
Playback cursors	Voice-position display	Shows active playheads
Transient preview markers	Auto Chop preview	Dashed markers shown before applying transient split

Sample browser

Toggled by the FILES button in the header. The browser docks to the side of the editor and its visibility persists with your user settings.

Area	Function	Notes
`←` / `→`	Back / forward through visited folders	Disabled at ends of history
`↑`	Go up one directory	Same as pressing `Backspace` while the browser has focus
`↻`	Refresh the current directory listing	Re-reads the folder from disk
Path display	Click to edit the current path inline	Press `Return` to navigate
File list	Double-click a folder to enter it; double-click an audio file (or select files and press `Return`) to load	Multi-select supported when appending
Bookmarks	Pinned shortcuts to favorite folders	Right-click a folder row to Add Bookmark; right-click a bookmark entry to Remove Bookmark — bookmarks persist with user settings
Drag-and-drop	Drag selected files from the browser onto the waveform	Follows the same replace/append rule as double-click loads

Loading behavior matches the rest of INTERSECT: into an empty session, the first load replaces and resets zoom/scroll; when a sample is already loaded, further loads append to the session.

Stem separation

Each sample in the sample lane has a STEMS button that opens the stem-separation overlay panel for that sample. While a job is running on that sample, the button reads CANCEL.

For an end-to-end walkthrough — picking a model, device, and mode, then running the export — see the dedicated Stem separation page.

Time / zoom bar

Area	Function	Notes
Time ruler	Shows time markings for the current view	Updates with zoom level
Drag horizontally	Scroll	Uses the current zoom level
Drag vertically	Zoom	Anchored to the drag start position

Action bar

Button	Function	Notes
`ADD`	Toggle draw-slice mode	Drag on the waveform to create a slice
`LAZY` / `STOP`	Start/stop real-time lazy chopping	Label changes while active
`AUTO`	Open/close Auto Chop panel	Requires a selected slice
`COPY`	Duplicate selected slice	Equivalent to duplicate command
`DEL`	Delete selected slice or selected sample	Uses the last lane you interacted with
`ZX`	Snap edits to nearest zero crossing	Toggle
`FM`	Follow MIDI note selection	Auto-selects the played slice
`RESEQ`	Resequence slice MIDI notes	Opens overlay with `BY POSITION` and `AS CREATED` modes; requires 2+ slices

Signal chain bar

The bottom bar is the main parameter editor. It has four modules: TIME/PITCH, FILTER, AMP, and PLAYBACK.

Collapsed mode (default): GLOBAL and SLICE tabs switch between scopes, with one parameter strip visible at a time.

Expanded mode: shows both strips simultaneously — slice on top, global below — with no tabs. Click the chevron toggle on the right edge of the context bar to switch between modes.

Context bar (bottom edge):

SLICES count and the global ROOT note are always visible on the right. The global ROOT is editable only when no slices exist.
When a slice is selected: slice sample range, length, a NOTE/RANGE toggle, numeric note controls, read-only note names, and override count.

┌─[ Tab: GLOBAL | SLICE ]─────────[ slice range · length · NOTE/RANGE ]──────[ SLICES: 8  ROOT: C2 ]──[ ⌃ ]─┐
│  TIME/PITCH        │  FILTER             │  AMP               │  PLAYBACK                                  │
│  BPM PITCH ALGO …  │  TYPE CUT RESO …    │  ATK DEC SUS REL … │  REV LOOP FADE MUTE OUT …                  │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

General behavior:

Drag up/down on a value to edit it.
Double-click a value to type it directly.
In SLICE mode, editing a field locks that field for the selected slice when it differs from the global value. The parameter label highlights to show the lock.
In SLICE mode, clicking a locked field label or right-clicking the field clears that override and re-inherits the global value.

For each module’s individual controls, see the Controls and shortcuts reference. For the underlying mental model, see Concepts → The inheritance / lock model.