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enCiphered · Post by **enCiphered** » Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:07 pm

Agree, very cool effect. Thanks Arturia!
I was under the impression that they already support CLAP but there is only a VST installer available.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Thu Dec 21, 2023 10:58 pm

Whoa, extremely cool and versatile.

This is seriously a contender for my favorite new effect of the year, already.

gentleclockdivider · Post by **gentleclockdivider** » Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:13 pm

Their christmas free stuff is nice , love their ms 20 filter .
When was the last time N.I. gave something away that was awesome ?…Raum was(is) splendid .

fireapplered · Post by **fireapplered** » Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:32 pm

Thanks, Arty!

thecontrolcentre · Post by **thecontrolcentre** » Thu Dec 21, 2023 11:49 pm

Nice one Arturia. Thanks

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:06 am

I like this direction from Arturia on the Effects. I hope we see more creative and very functional tools, such as this, in the future.

Igro · Post by **Igro** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 12:16 am

It's pretty cool to spice up any bread and butter pad sound. Nice one Arturia!

nanostream · Post by **nanostream** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 1:59 am

After playing around with it for a bit, I think more modulation options wouldn’t be a bad thing. It reacts particularly well to an envelope follower, for example. It’s surprising it isn’t built in, and I’m also missing all the other modulation options they usually ship their plugins with.

But I don’t want to complain, it’s a very nice plugin. Maybe Arturia just didn’t want to spend too much resources on a freebie, which is fine by me. DAW modulation works.

And yeah, NI — while I was activating Refract I go an email from NI, titled „ A holiday gift – your 50 € voucher awaits“ (…when you spend 100 € or more), and I thought of Raum … and of Reaktor ensembles of the past. It’s sad.

foosnark · Post by **foosnark** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:00 am

nanostream wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 1:59 am After playing around with it for a bit, I think more modulation options wouldn’t be a bad thing. It reacts particularly well to an envelope follower, for example. It’s surprising it isn’t built in, and I’m also missing all the other modulation options they usually ship their plugins with.

But I don’t want to complain, it’s a very nice plugin. Maybe Arturia just didn’t want to spend too much resources on a freebie, which is fine by me. DAW modulation works.

My thoughts exactly. I'm surprised it's not built in, but I'll just use Bitwig's modulators.

MogwaiBoy · Post by **MogwaiBoy** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:18 am

Is there an email about this? I don't see it.

VitaminD · Post by **VitaminD** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:55 am

MogwaiBoy wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 3:18 am Is there an email about this? I don't see it.

It's on the front page of the Arturia website.

jamcat · Post by **jamcat** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 10:54 am

Not a whole lot of activity on this thread for an Arturia X-Mas freebie.

Are people just not too excited about this one?
I gotta admit, I'm not.

kinkajou · Post by **kinkajou** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:05 am

jamcat wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 10:54 am I gotta admit, I'm not.

surprisingly...

who cares...

noiseboyuk · Post by **noiseboyuk** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:06 am

I like it a lot. Very nicely conceived and integrated mix of effects.

This is a good no-nonsense walkthrough (though I'm sure one in-vision link is edited out of sequence)

A good example of what it can do is at 10.35. The modulator on the unison and the bitcrusher downsample is great.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Fri Dec 22, 2023 11:10 am

jamcat wrote: Fri Dec 22, 2023 10:54 am Not a whole lot of activity on this thread for an Arturia X-Mas freebie.

Are people just not too excited about this one?
I gotta admit, I'm not.

Well, you don't have to be excited about everything.

This is a nice freebie, like every Arturia freebie in the last years.

Arturia EFX REFRACT - New free effect