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Grizzly v1.1b / Chimera v1.1 - SE 1.160

Chimera and Grizzly have been updated using the latest available version of SynthEdit 1.1. Please report any bugs in the comments area.

Grizzly:
No changes were made apart from upgrading to the latest version.
Grizzly v1.1b SE1.160

Chimera:
Samplerate bug fixed (48/96kHz tuning)
Chimera v1.1 SE1.160

Edit:
The first version uploaded had a problem with the samplerate fix, only 44.1 and 48kHz were the same pitch. Now 88.2 and 96kHz have also been adjusted to work properly.

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Grizzly

Majken & Cyan's Grizzly

Grizzly was made for KVR Developer Challenge together with Edward "Cyan" Blake. Grizzly ended up at 8th place and is a powerful drummachine featuring eight drumpads with built in filters and effects.

NEW MULTICORE VERSIONS:
Grizzly v1.1b-SE1.160 (PC / VST 7.0 MB)

OLDER VERSIONS:
Grizzly v1.0 (PC / VST - 6.0 MB)

VERSION:
Version 1.0: First release

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avatar AL GARDNER
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H i I just would like to know if Grizzly is free?Also are all the samples that come with it royalty-free?Can I use Grizzly in commercial productions?Great drumsampler !thanks for any info.
Sunday 08 March 2009, 06:47
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avatar Majken
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Yes, Grizzly is completely free of charge - just like the other plug-ins you'll find on this page. The samples were partially made by me, either sampling household items or sampling software instruments with permission. The other half of the samples were made by Steve (blaster78 at KVR Audio).

To my knowledge all samples are royalty-free. So yes, you can just Grizzly in commercial productions. Lookout for the updated multicore version of Grizzly that loads faster, is more stable and won't crash when running multiple instances on a multicore CPU. The new version is due to be released when the final bugs have been fixed.
Sunday 08 March 2009, 18:01
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avatar Earl Blaize
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I like the program layout. Myself and others are in search of a simple software drum sampler for use with a external pad controller (MPD24) and a VST host (ACID 6.0). I hope it will include an audition feature and maybe capabilities of importing various file types (ie: Acidized wav files...do you see a pattern developing?). I will be keeping a watchful eye on this programs development. Keep up the good work!
Thursday 02 April 2009, 06:10
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avatar 17hex
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I love Grizzly! Every musician I have shown it to loves it. I wrote my own drum plugin in synthedit (http://17hex.net/arachnid) and stopped working on it when I found Grizzly. I use it in Reaper, and the one thing that this (and all synthedit plugins) is missing is drag and drop support for samples. I have posted in the Reaper forum about possibly having a "copy sample path" option in the Media Explorer, which would greatly simplify working with Grizzly. I'll update here if/when that happens.
Anyway, great work!
Friday 10 April 2009, 07:54
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avatar LtSS
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Is there anyway to enlarge the VST/text size? I can barely read anything on my monitor (HD aspect ratio).
Saturday 30 May 2009, 04:10
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avatar Majken
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The font I made for Grizzly is rather small, but it should be readable. If you didn't use the installer or the installer didn't work properly it will default to using Arial at 8px which is completely unreadable.

Look at the screenshot above and compare, if it looks different from what it does on your machine you likely do not have the font installed. Check your Windows/Font directory for a Grizzly font, you might have to press F5 and refresh to see it. If you can't find a font, try running the installer again.
Wednesday 03 June 2009, 19:22
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avatar LtSS
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Thanks. I re-installed Grizzly and the text that was unreadable (text under modulators and the sample path text) is now bigger. It is still very small for my aspect ratio, but usable. However I suppose that there's no way to change which font is used..Thanks again great plugin!
Thursday 04 June 2009, 20:42
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avatar Krishna
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doesnt work for me (cubase sx3 on xp). I have both tried deleting grizzly and reinstalling as well deleted both grizzly and the font and reinstalled and I still get unreadable text:(
Monday 15 June 2009, 18:01
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avatar Majken
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Did you try refreshing the font folder by pressing F5? Fonts are somewhat of a mystery and it turns out it's a hassle to make an installer that works on every machine. Refreshing the font folder will sometimes install the font since the actual file is there but it's not registered as a font in the system.
Friday 19 June 2009, 01:26
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avatar Nikolai
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I'm on Win7 and the install exe just can't add Grizzly font to windows/font directory. When I reinstall it it says "Grizzly font already installed" but when i look for it in Font directory, there's no such font. Can I have the font to install it manually? Thanks! steamxy@gmail.com
Sunday 08 November 2009, 13:11
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avatar farleyknight
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Thank you for publishing a free plugin like this. That's great. But I'm having some issues while running under FL Studio 8. It seems to be dropping notes after I begin automating. Any idea why this might be?

Thanks,
- Farley
Sunday 07 June 2009, 05:25
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avatar RickB
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Hi, downloaded Grizzly a few days ago and am having lots of fun with it. One problem I'm having is that the text/font used in the sample location text field, effects drop-down list, etc. are VERY tiny, so small I can barely read it... I'm using Reaper 3.0 on a Vista machine, is it my environment that's causing that?
Friday 12 June 2009, 22:14
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avatar RickB
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LOL sorry just saw the post above, thanks :)
Friday 12 June 2009, 22:17
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avatar AGE
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Hi, am, sorry for the stupid question, but I have never used a drum machine before... Am, how do I actually start this thing? Installed both 1.0 and 1.1 beta versions, but all I got is a bunch of wave files and a single DLL file :s Read the manual, but there is nothing about this :s

Would you be so kind to give me a hand in this?

Thanks a lot :)
Thursday 18 June 2009, 21:10
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avatar Majken
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Sure thing, you need a host to run the plug-in. I'd try the demos of Reaper or FL Studio if I were you. Once you've got the host up and running, look for an option to load a vst-instrument, which is what Grizzly is. Once you've got Grizzly up and running you can load the wave samples on the eight drumpads and use the built in effects to change the sounds.
Friday 19 June 2009, 01:25
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avatar Fido
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I have some advice to the creator of this wonderful plugin. If u add something like the "+" or "up" and "-" or "down" buttons whose functions would be browsing the sounds (samples) which are located in the same folder, it would be incredibly no-mistake plugin! Please, think about that, I miss it :)
Saturday 04 July 2009, 16:59
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avatar Alec Fleming
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I'd also like to add, when you go through your folder and click the file before importing it, could we get a sound preview? I have like fifty different kicks for example and I pick the tone based on the comp at the time so this would make it much faster for me to write. :-)
Saturday 19 September 2009, 20:20
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avatar Majken
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I'm sorry to say that this is currently not possible to do in SynthEdit. If an when the feature is added or available through a third party module I'll add it straight away. It's something I'd really like myself.
Saturday 19 September 2009, 21:51
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avatar TRH
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Great Vst. I just wish it had at least 4 more sample slots playable by keyboard. Then I wouldn't have to run two grizzlys.I also like "fidos" advice, it's a good idea.
Tuesday 14 July 2009, 21:21
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avatar Patrick
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I need a little help...for some reason when i try to do more complicated drumbeats, or more then one pad at a time, the samples then do block out one another resulting in completely unread samples. As far as i know my Cpu is not clipping so i dont understand why its happening or how to fix it

please help
Thursday 16 July 2009, 01:10
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avatar Alec Fleming
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Perhaps its a polyphony thing. I'd check that if I were you. If like it is a 6 poly then a trick around this is to set the note off like 125th early of late. No one can tell trust me, I've gotten away with it on DnB. X^D This is a free plug in so it is understandable.

For the next build, more tracks and polyphony please! :-) We promise to tell all our friends :-P
Saturday 19 September 2009, 20:16
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avatar Majken
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I've had some problems with the original v1.0 of Grizzly. I think I've resolved voice stealing issues in the v1.1 beta, but I'm not sure. Would be great to hear how the new build I released today works.

Oh and to explain how Grizzly works, each pad is monophonic, but the voice stealing should be smooth with no clicks. Meaning no matter how fast you retrig notes there shouldn't be any notes dropped - If everything works like it was supposed to that is ;)
Saturday 19 September 2009, 21:50
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avatar Nightstraveler
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Is there a Mac version?
Saturday 01 August 2009, 08:44
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avatar Matt
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Hi I'm having the same problem as Patrick. A lot of times some samples block each other out. Some times it's seems to only work at random points of the song. I'm sort of new to VSTs so I could be doing something wrong, but this is a really new computer so I doubt there's any trouble with my hardware. Help would be great!
Thursday 13 August 2009, 04:48
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avatar pert
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thanks for sharing
Wednesday 26 August 2009, 08:22
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avatar thomas
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god! i downloaded it, then installed it but i cant visualized it, hahaha what should i do???
Tuesday 08 September 2009, 17:39
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avatar thomas
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how or where shoul i open this plug-in?
Tuesday 08 September 2009, 17:40
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avatar thomas
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sorry how do i run it on acid pro 6.0? i just can't find it out
Tuesday 08 September 2009, 18:12
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avatar komsun
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Saturday 26 September 2009, 06:23
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avatar ray
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i opened Grizzly in reaper, but dont know how to set it up so my keyboard triggers it, and how to record drum beats with it is there a readme for it?
Wednesday 07 October 2009, 00:17
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avatar m.m
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hello,
It works in FL Studio, but the font size of some texts (e.g. file name) is too small, it' impossible to read it...
Tuesday 20 October 2009, 09:47
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avatar jay
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how do i run grizzly w cubase 3? i ran the .exe. how do i find it in cubase? thank you
Thursday 22 October 2009, 18:46
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