Creative Writing With The Cut'n'Mix Word Machine


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The Cut'n'Mix application helps creative writers generate new ideas through the use of different methods of text randomization and manipulation. Cut'n'Mix expands the pallete of tools available to writers with functions not available in standard word processors:
  • Randomly re-order the words in text files or "word pools" (known as the "cut-up technique")
  • Generate pools of random words from Cut'n'Mix's English dictionary database to inspire creativity
  • Blend words (sequentially or randomly) from up to 4 different text files or "tracks"
  • Generate random poetry using the "ROBOPOEM" algorithm which automatically calculates rhythm and rhyme
  • Create new words and names using "word shredding" and "word gluing"
  • Experiment with intentional fridge magnet style word reordering using the Cut'n'Mix Cut-up Laboratory
Download Cut 'n' Mix 5.3
(6.1 MB, Windows XP or Vista required. This installer contains a fully-functional 7-day trial. For continued use beyond the trial period, a license key can be purchased for $14.99. Purchase instructions are contained in the application, or check the licensing page.)

Find out about how the Cut'n'Mix application came to be: from the initial inspiration through the variety of different versions, all is documented in the Cut-up Application Museum.
Mac OS X Version
Many of the word processing functions found in Cut'n'Mix for Windows are now available in a version for Mac computers. Basic functions like text shuffle and mutlitrack text file mixing are included, plus more unique features like "smart replace" (word morpher), shredding, gluing and random fill. The Mac version also introduces better handling of large text files by allowing the user to page through large texts 200 words at a time. To find out more about the Mac version functions or download a copy that will run on Mac OS X, go to:

Mac Version of Cut'n'Mix.
Tutorials and online Demos


Cut'n'Mix User Guide Videos
Watch video clips demonstrating Cut'n'Mix functions.
For an online example of the Cut'n'Mix answer to "magnetic poetry", try the virtual paper and scissors style Cut-up Laboratory. To preview the Cut'n'Mix poetry functions, start the ROBOPOEM poetry robot. To find out how Cut'nMix helps you astound, confuse and impress the groundlings, try Shakespeare's Brain . Read an example of creative writing derived from experimental methods similar to those found in Cut'n'Mix: A Cut-up Life by Manton Aughtney. To read texts submitted by Cut 'n' Mix users and other visitors to this site, check out the texts page. Get music for multimedia montage. For links to related tools and information on other websites, open the links page. Address all comments and enquiries about Cut'n'Mix to info@cutnmix.com.