RAW-2

It is time now, to evolve and use more sandpaper and to rub the edges of RAW. So please dust yourself off and welcome a grittier RAW-2!
At the Dutch Dancefair 2014, DJ Promo (aka producer Sebastian Hoff) and DJ Free-K (aka producer Freek Vergoossen) approached Rob Papen with the idea of a synthesizer that focused more on 'distorted' sounds with an easy-to-use layout. The idea for RAW was born and developed together with creative input by the two producers mentioned above.

Now, after almost 10 years, RAW is a well-established virtual synthesizer and its edgy sound appears in many of today’s Hardcore, Hardstyle, and even used in many other styles of productions!
RAW-2 has two oscillators each with an X/Y field, to distort the waveforms by using Phase Distortion. But that's not all, you can also draw two of your own 'waveforms' and use them as LFO waveforms enabling the creation of unique 'wobble' movements.

RAW-2 now features the ‘Ribbon Controller’ carried over from BIT-2(and other plugins) which allows you to dynamically change the sound with its superb tempo-based spring-back feature.

RAW-2 has all the great Rob Papen filters to shape your sound further, but in a refreshing twist, 'EQ', ‘Waveshaper', 'Distortion' and 'LoFi' have also been added on a per voice synthesis level. Other FX such as Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Stereo delay and the amazing HQ Reverb of Rob Papen can all be added to your sound, and of course
a Cool 32-step Arpeggiator/Sequencer, and finally the preset bank manager have all been included as standard.

In true Rob Papen style, RAW-2 comes with many great new presets, and the original RAW presets with contributions from several well-known DJs and Producers for instant user inspiration!
Promo, Ophidian, Mad Dog, Deathmachine, D-Passion, Rob Fabrie, DJ Thera, N-Vitral, Tha Playah, DJ Hidden, The Viper, Warface, Stephan Jacobs, Amnesys, and many more...

Noisia: "Imagine a synth inside of a distortion effect. Then add some possibilities you hadn't thought of. That's kind of what RAW is like."

Compatibility

PC: 64-bit VST3, AAX, & VST for Windows 7 or higher.
(Note: PC AAX for PT 12 or higher)
Mac: 64-bit AU, VST3, AAX & VST, for OS-10.15 or higher.
ARM processor compatible.
Serial/license system with activation while registering the product
The activation system is online or offline,
(offline meaning there is no direct connection between the plugin and the robpapen.com homepage)
The software can be installed on 2 of your computer systems.
Planned to be compatible with the NI NKS system as soon as possible.

Features

Presets / Folder & Global Section:

16-voice Hybrid synthesizer with Phase-Distortion
Over 3000 Presets sorted in Bank Folders and created by various DJ Artist
Additionally, there is a ‘Quick Browser’, ‘Favorites’, and ‘Star’ system in the bank manager
ECS (External MIDI Control) Go2-X can modify its sound parameters dynamically in response to MIDI messages received from an external controller. These settings can be saved and loaded from your HardDisk
Control menu available in the upper right corner for global settings
Easy Page for fast adjustments of the main parameters of RAW-2

Oscillator Section:
The heart of RAW are the two phase-distortion Oscillators, with XY control which can be recorded and tempo-based.
User waveform draw feature.
Each Oscillator has its own LFO for PMW, Volume, and Pitch.
Each Oscillator has its own Volume Envelope and Pitch Envelope.

Filter Section
Analog-modeled Filter with 37 Filter modes including Comb Filters, Ring Modulation, and AMP Modulation.

HighPass Filter Section
Analog-modeled HighPass Filter with Q (Resonance) and Keyboard Tracking control.

Main LFO
Tempo-based LFO, with various waveforms to control the Oscillator phase distortion, Filter, and Amp section.

Amplifier Section
Volume and Envelope control, included LFO amounts on Volume and Pan.

Play Mode Section
Poly, Poly MPE, Mono Lo, Mono Hi, Mono, Legato Lo, Legato Hi, Legato, and ARP play modes.

Arpeggiator section
32-step arpeggiator with tune-per-step control, free modulation rows, and ratcheting.

Modulation Matrix Section
The 16-way modulation matrix, with 2 Envelopes, 2 LFO's with temp-base option.

EQ Section on voice level
3 Band Pre-Distortions EQ and 3 Band Post Distortios EQ included LP and HP Filters.

Distortion Section on voice level.
Waveshaper, Distortion, and Lofi Distortion.

Ribbon Controller
Tempo-base spring back option, quantized spring back, and unipolar or bipolar modes.

FX Section
Distortion, Chorus, Phaser, Ensemble, Flanger FX, Stereo Delay, Reverb, and Gater.

Oscillator Path control
For the routing after the oscillator into Filter, Pre-EQ, Waveshaper, Distortion, LoW-FI, and Post-EQ.

FX Path control
For the routing of the Distortion FX, Modulation FX, Gatwr, Stereo Delay, and Reverb.

Bank Manager Section
There are four main sections: Presets, Find, Search Category, and Set Category.

Back Screen
The back panel contains several global controls, like MIDI settings that affect all instances of RAW-2.