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toby vst3 / au / aax
randomize
no rolls
ON
ON
ON
1 curve → a knob · a shape you draw, looping
the actual plugin layout: meters at the edges, a modulator slot either side of the module, randomize and capture on the rail. click a tab to switch a slot; hover to hold
resonators · wam-117 · standalone + cv modulation

toby bowed string resonator

or all 76 · one-time · 14-day free trial built in
vst3 · au · aax · macos 13+ · windows 10+ · no ilok · unlocks in the tangle rack too
§ every control

what each knob does

Six controls, no menus. Here they are on the panel itself.

tuneBody pitch, about 65 Hz to 720 Hz. TRACK pulls it toward the input's pitch, a little even when TRACK is fully down.
pressBow force: how firmly the bow captures the string, from a light, breathy tone to a hard, pulsed one. The input level sets the bow speed.
gripStick-slip character, set by the Stribeck slip velocity: glassy fully down, scrapey fully up.
bodyRing time of the string body, from short to long.
trackHow strongly the body's pitch follows the input's detected pitch. Fully down it still leans about 8% of the way toward that pitch; fully up it goes about 93% of the way.
mixDry/wet balance. Fully down is dry only; fully up is the effect alone.
§ built-in modulation

it modulates itself

Toby ships with the full CV/logic modulation section every Tangle standalone carries. Two slots, each running one of six modulators: pick one from a slot's tabs, drag a patch cable onto any knob, and that control moves on its own, no DAW automation required. Both slots can run the same kind, each its own copy, and slot 2 can be switched off.

lfoSmooth cyclic movement: sine, triangle, square, sample & hold, or a shape you draw.
curveA looping contour you draw by hand: smooth, spiked or stepped.
noiseStepped, smoothed or slewed randomness for texture and wander.
transientListens for hits, then fires a trigger plus an envelope on every transient it hears.
env followTracks how loud you are playing and turns that into a control voltage.
timingSpreads hits as evenly as possible across a bar, so rhythms land musically instead of bunched.
§ always recording

it keeps what you just played

CAPTURE on the rail drops down the audio history: the last ten seconds of the plugin's output, rolling. Arm it once and it keeps recording; the key's lamp stays lit while it runs.

Played something good while you were just tweaking? Drag across the waveform to select it, then drag the slice straight into your DAW timeline.

§ one purchase, two plugins

it unlocks in tangle too

Toby is a module from Tangle, the free cable-patchable rack. Buying it here licenses both: this standalone plugin, and toby unlocked inside the rack, where you can patch it into any other module you own. There is no second purchase and no upgrade path; the rack itself costs nothing.

Sign in once in the rack and your licences follow your account: a module bought this morning appears at the next licence check, on every machine you install on.

toby vst3 / au / aax randomize lfo transient audio history tangle the free rack unlocked · same licence
§ the box

toby

formats
vst3 · audio unit (au) · aax
platforms
macos 13+ (universal) · windows 10+ (64-bit) · macos 11 and 12 with the installers — full requirements
in tangle
the same licence unlocks this module inside the free Tangle rack, patchable into every other module — one purchase, both plugins, nothing extra to buy
all-access
this standalone and every other one, each unlocked in the rack too, for US$9/month while you subscribe — the first 30 days are free for a new subscriber, and cancelling before they end costs nothing — new releases included, cancel any time from your account
trial
14 days, full function, then buy to keep patching
licence
no ilok · serial ELB-… by email
modulators
two slots · lfo · drawable curve · noise · transient · env follow · timing, all included
currency
charged in us dollars · your bank converts at its own rate
discontinued
if this plugin is retired your licence keeps working and your serial stays on your account — terms, section 1.3