Hi all,

please download and test "Claw". It's officialy going online in a few days, but I figured that some of you may want to try it out earlier

It will be a free bass/lead synth, soundwise basicly a TBL replacement but with new features added (PWM and delay-effect).

PC: www.refx.net/downloads/Claw/Claw.zip
Mac: www.refx.net/downloads/Claw/Claw.sit
Manual (included in both archives): www.refx.net/downloads/Claw/Claw_Manual.pdf

Have fun with it and please report any crashes/missbehaviours.

Cheers,
Mike

Thanks Michael,
I've already got the Beast, but I'm sure this will be fun to play with, too!
bluedad

If you got the Beast, you don't need claw at all. It's Beast minus three oscillators and minus the reverb...

If you only need one oscillator (ACID basslines etc.) "Claw" is a bit (cough, cough) lighter on CPU...

Cheers,
Mike

Already have the beast, too, but the claw may be of use from time to time.

Thanks!

thx, michael...looks like Claw is a simple but consequent tool for basslines..

..when I think of being on the road just with the laptop, such instruments really brighten up the spectrum of sound-possibilities for constructing songs.

peace, moritz

Thank you for the Claw, and for making a Mac version. I've only had time to run through the presets, but it will be useful.

Thank you also for adding the glissando/pitch bend toggle on Slayer 1.5. It's a small thing, but it makes a difference.

Thankyou for supporting a Mac version!

It looks very neat and it has lots of MIDI CC possibilities!

I haven't heard it yet, but I have downloaded it. I will probably give it a try tomorrow when I am working on my project again!

I think we are all getting very spoiled with the number of free plugins that are appearing now.

Of course when OSX VST hosts become more prolific, I do hope this trend continues!


rachel

Yes Michael, this looks good, at least the manual and the screendump. I'll surley try it. Maybe people will say who needs another basslinesynth, but I do

Thanks...

Cool, looks good, sounds good. Works ok in Orion Plat.

Wow - what a great little synth!

Thank you Michael, and thanks for a Mac version.

It seems excellent for bass and FX sounds - and only a tiny, tiny CPU load.

Everything working beautifully here: Cubase VST 5.1, Mac OS 9.2.2, G3/400.

So we have very nice little family: Beast, TBL and Claw.
Unfortunately I'm at work now so I can't try It.
Is it free?

TBL is no more. Claw replaces it and yes: it's free.

Cheers,
Mike

Mike: Claw works great in SONAR2 with the FXPansion adapter. I can see this getting a good solid workout even though I have Beast as well (and I must say: Beast kicks ass).

Michael Kleps from reFX wrote:

TBL is no more. Claw replaces it and yes: it's free. Cheers, Mike

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!
Many thanks!

I just had a chance to try it out some. This one is going to stay in my
Plugin list!

I love the "Commander Keen" patch - I have only heard "that" sound
come out of my Roland System 100 until now!

The first time I loaded it into Logic and selected a patch, I got a terrible
blast of static noise that I could only defeat by unloading the plugin and
reloading it. After that, I have had no problems at all and it has worked
flawlessly.

I suspect this problem is a Logic thing as similar errors have occured when loading a plugin for the first time. I think it's because Logic is making the VST patch directory for the plugin or something.


rachel

Now I'm at home. I tested Claw, and now I know why as You wrote "TBL is no more". Claw works fine. Some of presets are beautiful, i was hypnotized by "Atari in Space"- great FX sound. Basses are very good too, but there's another one thing I want to say. I remember topic about Slayer GUI and I know You don't like to talk about GUI's. You're probably right if You say "it's nevermind", but Claw's GUI (similar to Beast) looks too much better. It's real emerald. This reflections of light on knobs...



I have an idea:
I must to make wallpaper with it

Thanks Michael:-)
It's working fine in Cubase VST/32_5.1 on my old Mac,with very little CPU load, and a mighty sound!!

What an amazing jobby!

I played around it for some minutes, and.....DOH! I haven't got much time right now

Since my final examx start to seriously loom on the horizon now

but it sounds awesome! I have the Tau Pro, and while it's much more versatile, i enjoyed the sounds of claw very much too...especially the unpredictable distortion ...cool! It gave me a new song idea within two minutes!
Thanks!

Cheerio,
Marco

Bloody beautiful, this is. Not for everything, this synth is good, but real gems, quite a few presets are...

- Yoda

THANKS - a GREAT little monophonic VSTi!! With Triangle 1 + 2, and no wCLAW I am really happy.

where can one grab this vsti??

Michael, Great work.

I've just totalled my car (91 Honda Prelude Si - just bought a week ago), spend the whole day in the hospital, missed out on a day's worth of work, and my back is killing me.

Claw has eased my pain somewhat

thanks!

Hey guys, what are your favourite claw presets!?

Quote:

where can one grab this vsti??

... in the first message of this discussion

This really is good especially for solo lead/bass lines..
It has a great pure osc sound, and the accent and distortion modules offer a lot of variety in getting a basic sound.
Thanks for offering a useful synth for free..
Very stable so far.

oh, did not realize there were 2 pages and that i was only on page 2.

DUH!!!!!!!!

I love this synth.....thanks guys, I really can't wait to see if you all will make more presets to download.......that would SERIOUSLY rock.
the claw is a great synth, and in platinum, the cpu is AWESOME.

WOW !!
I can't believe it !
This synth is.............great :

-GREAT Sound
-GREAT Presets
-GREAT Controls

plus : synced delay + almost COMPLETE Midicontrol....
.....and low on cpu......and for free......

.......mmmmmh, yummie!.....

"almost" COMPLETE midicontrol? Why almost? Every single parameter is midi-controlable. Every single one. Even the portamento speed can be changed...

Slash out the "almost"...

Cheers,
Mike

okokokokokokokokok, you're right :
ABSOLUTE Midi-control !!!
(haven't checked it complete....)

(but, hey! you CAN'T change the colour by midi )

the midi doesnt type my college papers...


back to being ALMOST complete

zzzz..... "Kill more humans"... zzzzz.... "Must kill more humans"...

Fry: "Hey Bender, wake up"

Bender: "Why are you waking me up? I had the most wonderful dream... Hey, *you* where in it!"

One question re: Claw on the Mac.

It seems like when I turn the delay TIME control to the right, the delay time gets shorter, and when I turn it to the left, the delay time gets longer.

Is this intentional?

It seems sort of backwards to me

Simply observe the delay-time as delay-speed and everything is allright

Michael Kleps from reFX wrote:

Simply observe the delay-time as delay-speed and everything is allright

Aha - good point!

I think putting out Claw as a freebie was an inspired thing to do: I had the demo version of the Beast and had a little twiddle, but for some reason it just didn't speak to me - now I've played with the Claw and tested out what it can do to a greater degree - simply because it's so quick and easy to program. Now it's made me rethink the Beast - "if I can do these acidy sounds in mono, think what I can do with several oscillators of it all stacked up" so I'm probably going to buy the Beast now.
With the Beast I was too tempted to have a wall of sound as a starting point and didn't appreciate the quality of the individual oscillators, but the Claw showed me what a very good sound engine is in the Beast.

Less is more sometimes, which then made me realise that more is more too.(?)

Anyway - I'm impressed with the filter and oscillators - It's very difficult to tell the difference between my MC202 and Claw on the same patches, in fact the Claw is a very good 80s Roland soundalike all round (some very Juno square basses and warm pulses, and a hair's breadth away from a 303)
I can seriously see all my Rolands taking a break from now on - with the Beast and JunoX, who needs a 202/303/Juno/Alpha Juno? Probably not me anymore.

Keep up the good work R(oland)eFX!

Thanks for the praise and your support. We really appreciate it.

Watch out for other products soon to be released from r(oland)eFX.

Cheers,
Mike

HI Mike,

thanx for the Claw. Really good sound and nice interface. Like it.

Boy do I like this synth!

Paul

r(oland)eFX...any further information, michael?

peace, moritz

Hey! That's a nice one!

Thanks,
Sascha

Indeed! very nice in the mix and a breeze for the cpu!

Moritz Morpheus MkIII wrote:

r(oland)eFX...any further information, michael? peace, moritz

Be prepared for a new VSTi from reFX very very soon... (I love to ease)

Cheers,
Mike

for Mac also ???


Cheerio,
Marco

Michael Kleps from reFX wrote:

Moritz Morpheus MkIII wrote: r(oland)eFX...any further information, michael? peace, moritz Be prepared for a new VSTi from reFX very very soon... (I love to ease) Cheers, Mike

one that we haven't heard of yet ?

or is it Nexus

No. Not nexus. Still secret.

There are currently two VSTi in development you have not heard of, then there is planning for another one and then there is "Nexus".

That's four Busy times...

Cheers,
Mike

Bonteburg wrote:

for Mac also ??? Cheerio, Marco

ALL our products are, and always will be, available for Mac as well. In the past we had to rely on external help when porting to Mac and it was started the day the PC version was finished (not beta anymore). This lead to some delays (in Slayers case even several weeks). Now we have our own Mac and "Claw" and the latest "JunoX2" update was ported by myself each on the day of it's release so expect EVERY reFX product to be available for both platforms on the same day.

I give some more hints, lets see what names pop up.

We have currently FOUR VSTi in development (one of them is only in planning stage). One of the four is "Nexus". Name the other three. First letters are (in the order of release).

1. P.......!
2. O......
3. Nexus
4. P....... (not the same as 1. )

Happy guessing...

Mike

Puma?Prank?Pesto?Puffreis?Pyjamasynth?Pusta?

O80?Orpheus?Ostinato?Oscar??O9?Oooooo....hmmmm

...but where´s the Roland connex?

there´s still a drumroll in my mind!

peace, moritz

PPD Tritium 2?????



reg

Another hint: the number of points behind each letter is the number of characters missing...

Reg: PPD Tritium??? What is that? Some competition to "Claw"? Not really

VSTi River Raid game???

PG-800 was a programmer..
Prodigy?
Ppppp...I don´t get it...

Phlanger??? A FLAnger with an LFO inverted phaser circuit stage??



(Trying to sound intelligent is harder than it looks)

ProMars??

w.o.

but look at my number of posts...that´s a sign!!

Based on the naming convention of the latest round of reFX offerings, I'm thinking:

Predator, Prowler and Overlord.

OK...the last 2 don't fit the letter count criteria but I think they're great names for synths.

Mike told me #1 is "Pocahontas!"

Wait, that's 10 letters. Was that "Pinocchio!"?

Thanks for this great little VSTi, reFX. I'm having a lot of fun with it.

Just posted a track I made using only the Claw, on the following thread:

Yes, this is the following thread

I have noticed one small bug though. When you have more than one Claw running at the same time, turning a knob on one Claw tends to affect the same knob on another. Not always though. Haven't been able to predict why it happens some times and not others. Makes adjustments a bit tedious. (Running 3 separate Claws in Cubase 5 PC.) Claw probably wasn't designed with multiple instances in mind, but I thought you might be interested.

Keep up the fine work. Looking forward to whatever you unleash on us next.

Poseidon
Oscill8
errr...poosynth? (for making those REALLY squelchy sounds)

Preacher
Delay Lama will be a history very soon!

the christians strike back!

well I recall some talk about a synth that uses the same kind of synthesis as the PPG ...an old emu-synth or something like that

i once made a review about tbl being thin

FUCK, THIS THING IS PHAT !

or you'd know that the O one is the octasid or to that effect, and we're all real excited about it on the list...
ktelj in brooklyn
a refx fan from way back

Barnadine wrote:

Thanks for this great little VSTi, reFX. I'm having a lot of fun with it. Just posted a track I made using only the Claw, on the following thread: Yes, this is the following thread I have noticed one small bug though. When you have more than one Claw running at the same time, turning a knob on one Claw tends to affect the same knob on another. Not always though. Haven't been able to predict why it happens some times and not others. Makes adjustments a bit tedious. (Running 3 separate Claws in Cubase 5 PC.) Claw probably wasn't designed with multiple instances in mind, but I thought you might be interested. Keep up the fine work. Looking forward to whatever you unleash on us next.

Hi Barnadine,

that's not a bug. It simply does what the people want. You can use either host-automation or MIDI-CC#. So when you turn a knob, a MIDI-CC# is send to the hosts active track.

The same in not so many words: Don't edit a Claw sound when another track is selected.

You could even missuse the feature to good effect. For example programming the filter parameters of two instance at the same time with exactly the same values

Cheers,
Mike

Hi Mike,Is there some joint venture with Ensoniq in the works?

Hi Teksonik,

my NDA with Ensoniq forbidds me to talk about it

Don't expect anything from this until Q2/Q3 2003

Cheers,
Mike

Teksonik wrote:

Hi Mike,Is there some joint venture with Ensoniq in the works?

that the one...guess I was wrong(2003)

Michael Kleps from reFX wrote:

You can use either host-automation or MIDI-CC#. So when you turn a knob, a MIDI-CC# is send to the hosts active track. The same in not so many words: Don't edit a Claw sound when another track is selected. You could even missuse the feature to good effect. For example programming the filter parameters of two instance at the same time with exactly the same values Cheers, Mike

Aha! Very nifty. Thanks for explaining what was going on.

Well, that's my only reservation gone. I'm now a total fan.

this is the best free plug ever

thanks reFX

and freeware forever

OdO

http://www.free-vsti.pro.tc

Hi,

since "PlastiCZ!" has been released we now currently have THREE VSTi in development (one of them is still only in planning stage). One of the three is "Nexus". Name the other two. First letters are (in the order of release, re-scheduled).

1. Nexus
2. O......
3. P.......

Happy guessing...

-Mike

1. Nexus
2. OctaSID
3. Pentacle

Ok, #3 is just a stupid nonsense guess, but happened to fit... but what's the prize for guessing right?

Ok...E-mu/Ensoniq w/PPG-like synthesis???

PLEASE tell me you're making a VSTi modeled after the FIZMO!!!

-- N