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The Backbone window is fully resizable. It is divided into several sections.

In Backbone, you can load and save programs, layers, and samples.

The Input section gives you a quick overview over the MIDI input and the trigger note.

This section contains output settings, such as the output level, a bypass function for the internal global limiter, and sample export controls and settings.

On the Options page, you can find global options, the Automation editor, and the MIDI Controller editor.

The Decompose section at the top of the window contains the controls and settings for the Decompose function.

The Decompose function separates the noise and the tonal components of a sample and allows you to save these components separately as new samples.

Once the tonal and noise components are split, you can use them separately. This allows you to try out different noise components with a tonal sample, edit the components of a sample separately before combining them again, etc. You can also create entirely new sounds from your samples in this way.

The Decompose function allows you to mix the noise and the tonal components of samples individually. This can be used to change the level of the snares of a snare drum, for example.

The DrumGAN section at the top of the window contains the controls and settings for the DrumGAN function.

In the DrumGAN section, you can generate your own drum sounds.

You can create variations of drum samples. This allows you to create a stereo sound, for example, by creating two variations and panning them left and right.

The Layers section on the left contains eight slots into which you can load samples or layer presets.

The Main tab contains additional settings for the program and the layers.

In the Edit section, you can edit the layers.

You can export samples to render effects into your samples, to save processor power, or to apply further editing and effects to the rendered samples, for example.

The Load panel allows you to manage, navigate to, load, and preview different file types.

The Programs and Layers tabs give you access to the available programs and layers. They are based on Steinberg’s MediaBay technology, that is, they allow you to filter the results and find specific files quickly.

With the Browser, you can navigate to specific directories on your system and load files from there.

The MediaBay is Steinberg's database to manage your content, quickly find files that you are looking for, specify attributes for your files, and much more.

In the Effects section, you can add and set up effects for the two effect busses and specify the effect routing.

You can load effects in the effect slots in the routing section or in the effect editors.

To compare the sound with and without an effect, you can bypass the effect.

You can remove effects in the routing section or in the effect editors.

The EQ/Filter submenu contains the equalizer and filter effects.

The Dynamics submenu contains the compressor and limiter effects.

The Distortion submenu contains the distortion effects.

The Modulation submenu contains the modulation effects, such as Chorus, Flanger, etc.

The Pan submenu contains the panorama effect Stereo Pan.

The Time submenu contains the delay and reverb effects.

In the Automation editor, all assigned automation parameters are shown.

You can assign Backbone parameters to automation parameters, and even assign multiple parameters to the same automation parameter, to control these parameters at the same time.

In the MIDI Controller editor, all assigned MIDI controllers are shown.