I build the toolsI wish I'd hadin the session.
The filter
New where it matters. Quiet everywhere else.
A product begins with friction that keeps returning in the session. It stays in development until the useful gesture is obvious and every extra decision has been removed.
Read why Sketch existsProblem before product — begin with a recurring studio problem, not a category or feature list.
A visible idea — the mechanism should explain itself before the manual has to.
The engineer remains the author — assistance can accelerate a move, never make the aesthetic decision.
Earn its place — a tool ships only when it can replace friction with a clearer creative action.
Founder
I founded CLAW because the tools I wanted were often generic, indirect or simply missing. I stay close to the studio so the software answers to the work — not the other way around.
First proof
Sketch is the first proof.
A transient shaper did not need another fixed attack-and-release metaphor. Sketch makes the response drawable, then lets the detector decide when it should happen.
That single idea expands into multiband drawing, curve sequencing, a reusable library and three clip modes — without taking authorship away from the engineer.
A recurring session need
Shape the life of a hit without assembling a chain or negotiating someone else's envelope.
Draw the response
The curve is not decoration. It is the control, visible and directly authored by the engineer.
Movement with boundaries
Sequence, humanize and recall variations while the original musical intention remains intact.
Still listening.
The next CLAW product will begin the same way: with a studio problem worth solving and a gesture worth keeping.