OK, so with regards the idea that you can "manipulate the sample whatever way you choose, but no using any extra sample"
Can you, for instance, use the sample as a wavetable/sample in Vital, as long as you only use chiptone samples/wavetables and not any others?
In my head this is likely going a bit far with this, but at the same time all vital would really be doing is "manipulating the sample" so I could go either way on it and wanted some kind of official opinion lol. Fully expecting a "no" haha