modulation redefined

A drawable LFO and XY gesture looper for Ableton Live and VST3 hosts. Four engines, 96 presets, sent out as MIDI CC to any synth or effect.

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Try the free demo:

for Ableton Live VST3 (Bitwig etc.)

macOS 11+ Apple Silicon & Intel Live 12 Bitwig Cubase REAPER

scrawLFO drawing a ribbon-shaped Scrawl

Interactive demo

Try it right here

A cut-down scrawLFO moving a small synth. Turn your sound on and press Play.

What it does

Two ways to draw. Four engines to run them.

Most LFOs hand you a menu: sine, triangle, square, random. Here you draw the shape you actually want and let it drive your sound.

A Scrawl drawn on the XY pad, then reshaped with Shapes, the Dice, Morph, the loop window and Loop Length, playing all the while

Scrawl: draw on an XY pad

Draw a gesture for up to 60 seconds and it loops with your timing. Stamp shapes, roll the Dice, Morph it, set the loop.

An LFO waveform drawn with the Pencil, then reshaped with Templates, the Step tool, the Dice, Morph, the loop window and Loop Length, playing all the while

LFO: draw a waveform

Pencil, Step and Points tools, 19 templates, grid snap and mirroring. Lock it to tempo or let it run free.

4engines at once, colour-coded
96factory presets, plus your own
45stamp shapes, flip, reverse, smooth
Driftvariation on every pass

In Ableton, each engine drives up to eight parameters; in other DAWs, each sends its own MIDI CC. Dark and light skins.

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Scrawl it, shape it, hear it.

  • Max for Live devices (MIDI and Audio) for Ableton Live 12
  • VST3 MIDI effect for Bitwig, Cubase, FL Studio, REAPER, Studio Pro
  • 96 factory presets, dark and light skins
  • Tempo sync, free-run and retrigger

$20one-time

Buy scrawLFO

Try the free demo:

for Ableton Live VST3 (Bitwig etc.)

macOS 11 or later · Windows coming soon

System requirements

Which version do I need?

Ableton Live → Max for Live

DAW
Live 12 Suite, or Standard with Max for Live
Max
Max 9, included with Live 12.4
macOS
11 or later, Apple Silicon or Intel
Disk
About 38 MB

Any other DAW → VST3

Tested in
Bitwig, Cubase, FL Studio, REAPER, Studio Pro
Not for
Logic Pro (no AU), Reason (no MIDI out of VST3)
macOS
11 or later, Apple Silicon or Intel
Disk
About 31 MB
Full comparison table
RequirementMax for LiveVST3
DAWAbleton Live 12 Suite, or Live 12 Standard with the Max for Live add-onTested in Bitwig Studio, Cubase, FL Studio, REAPER and Studio Pro; other hosts that accept MIDI out of a VST3 may work
Not supportedLive Intro, Live Lite, Live 11 and earlier, other DAWsAbleton Live (use the Max for Live version), Logic Pro (no Audio Unit), Reason (takes no MIDI out of VST3)
FormatMax for Live devices: scrawLFO MIDI and scrawLFO AudioVST3 MIDI effect (sends MIDI CC, no audio)
Max versionMax 9 (built and tested in Max 9.1.5, the version that comes with Live 12.4); no separate Max install neededNot required
macOSmacOS 11 or later; Apple Silicon or IntelmacOS 11 or later; Apple Silicon or Intel
WindowsNot supported yet (Mac only for now)Not supported yet (Mac only for now)
InstallationIts own disk-image installer (scrawLFO for Ableton Live); puts both devices in your Live User LibraryIts own disk-image installer (scrawLFO VST3); puts scrawLFO in /Library/Audio/Plug-Ins/VST3
Disk spaceAbout 38 MB (the two devices and their own copy of the VST3)About 31 MB

Get in touch

Questions, press or support: [email protected]