diff --git a/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/segmenting/size_of_slices.scd b/release-packaging/ignore/Examples/segmenting/size_of_slices.scd
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-(
-b = Buffer.read(s,File.realpath(FluidBufNoveltySlice.class.filenameSymbol).dirname.withTrailingSlash ++ "../AudioFiles/Nicol-LoopE-M.wav");
-c = Buffer.new(s);
-)
-
-(
-// with basic params
-Routine{
-	var startTime, target, tolerance, startThresh, prevThresh, curThresh, curVal, prevVal, iters, maxIters, dVal, dThresh;
-	startTime = Main.elapsedTime;
-	prevThresh = 0.1; //initial threshold (between 0.00001 and 0.99999
-	target = 0.3 * s.sampleRate; //average of slices desired
-	tolerance = 0.01 * s.sampleRate; // the acceptable error in the number of slices yield
-	maxIters = 100; //max number of iterations acceptable
-
-	//makes a first iteration and checks the average of slight lenght
-	FluidBufNoveltySlice.process(s,b, indices: c, threshold: prevThresh,action:{|x|x.getn(0,x.numFrames,{|y|var out; out = Array.new; y.doAdjacentPairs({|a,b|out = out ++ (b - a);});prevVal = out.mean;})});
-	//makes a second iteration
-	s.sync; // OWEN: why is this needed???
-	"1: % % %\n".postf(prevThresh, prevVal, c.numFrames);
-	if ( (prevVal >  target), {
-		curThresh = (prevThresh * 0.5).max(0.000001);
-	}, {
-		curThresh = (prevThresh * 2).min(0.999999);
-	});
-	FluidBufNoveltySlice.process(s,b, indices: c, threshold: curThresh,action:{|x|x.getn(0,x.numFrames,{|y|var out; out = Array.new; y.doAdjacentPairs({|a,b|out = out ++ (b - a);});curVal = out.mean;})});
-	s.sync;
-	"2: % % %\n".postf(curThresh, curVal, c.numFrames);
-	//makes further iterations until the result is achieved, or the maximum of acceptable iterations is reached
-	iters = 2;
-	while ( {
-		(iters < maxIters) && ((curVal - target).abs > tolerance)
-	}, {
-		iters = iters + 1;
-		dVal = curVal - prevVal;
-		dThresh = curThresh - prevThresh;
-
-		prevThresh = curThresh;
-		prevVal = curVal;
-
-		if ( (dVal == 0), {
-			//if we have not change results between the last 2 passes, make the variation of threshold bigger
-			curThresh = (dThresh + curThresh).min(0.999999).max(0.000001);
-		},{
-			//if we have
-			curThresh = (((dThresh / dVal) * (target - curVal)) + curThresh).min(0.999999).max(0.000001);
-		});
-		FluidBufNoveltySlice.process(s,b, indices: c, threshold: curThresh,action:{|x|x.getn(0,x.numFrames,{|y|var out; out = Array.new; y.doAdjacentPairs({|a,b|out = out ++ (b - a);});curVal = out.mean;})});
-		s.sync;
-		"%: % % %\n".postf(iters, curThresh, curVal, c.numFrames);
-	}
-	);
-	//depending on the outcome, gives the right info back
-
-	if ( iters >= maxIters, {
-		// failed
-		"Failed to find a suitable threshold in % seconds.\n".postf((Main.elapsedTime - startTime).round(0.01));
-	}, {
-		// succeeded
-		"Found % as a suitable threshold for an average lenght of % samples per slices (% of target) in % seconds and % iterations.\n".postf(curThresh.round(0.001), curVal.asInt, (curVal/target).round(0.01), (Main.elapsedTime - startTime).round(0.01), iters);
-	}
-	);
-}.play
-)
-
-
-
-
-//sanity check
-c.getn(0,c.numFrames,{|x|a=x})
-
-a
-d = Array.new;
-a.doAdjacentPairs({|a,b|d = d ++ (b - a);})
-d.median
-d.mean
-{e=0;d.do({|x|e = e + (x - d.mean).squared});e = e / d.size; e = e.sqrt;}.value
-f = d.sort
-f.first
-f.last
-(f.blendAt((f.size-1) * 0.75) - f.blendAt((f.size-1) * 0.25))