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Bastiaan from Tone2.com · Wed May 07, 2014 1:44 pm

Version 2.1 of our freeware Firebird synth is now in public beta.

Download it from here: http://www.tone2.com/Tone2_Firebird.zip

New in v2.1

Contains 70 additional sounds by Xenos. To load them click on 'setup' and load the factory bank 'condemned'.
Contains a fix for the iLok/Pace driver which could crash the plugin.
Updated installer
Several minor enhancements

FireBird 2 - now available for free!

Previously a $79 product Firebird now continues as freeware, so please feel free to share Firebird 2 with all your friends!
We hope you'll enjoy working with it.

Musical Gym · Post by **Musical Gym** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:07 pm

Thanks Bastiaan. Great synth

Kevin Deas · Post by **Kevin Deas** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:13 pm

Bastiaan from Tone2.com wrote:

Version 2.1 of our freeware Firebird synth is now in public beta.

Download it from here: http://www.tone2.com/Tone2_Firebird.zip

New in v2.1

Contains 70 additional sounds by Xenos. To load them click on 'setup' and load the factory bank 'condemned'.

Contains a fix for the iLok/Pace driver which could crash the plugin.

Updated installer

Several minor enhancements
FireBird 2 - now available for free!

Previously a $79 product Firebird now continues as freeware, so please feel free to share Firebird 2 with all your friends!
We hope you'll enjoy working with it.

I must give props to Tone 2! As generous as it is when a commercial product is set free, it usually follows that it will not be developed any further. So it is an appreciated surprise that Firebird is being updated. Thanks

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:21 pm

Kevin Deas wrote:I must give props to Tone 2! As generous as it is when a commercial product is set free, it usually follows that it will not be developed any further. So it is an appreciated surprise that Firebird is being updated. Thanks

I wonder why they have updated the installer?

Is it because there have been problems with latest version of OSX ?

Musical Gym · Post by **Musical Gym** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:26 pm

Numanoid wrote: I wonder why they have updated the installer?

Could be the iLok/Pace fix.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:37 pm

Musical Gym wrote:
Numanoid wrote: I wonder why they have updated the installer?
Could be the iLok/Pace fix.

But why is that needed, I can't remember that I have used Firebird with iLok ?

idfpower · Post by **idfpower** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:49 pm

Um..thanks, but I'll stick to my free earlier dll only version

I hate installers - especially when they complicate things, if you know what I mean...

Musical Gym · Post by **Musical Gym** » Wed May 07, 2014 2:53 pm

Numanoid wrote:
Musical Gym wrote:
Numanoid wrote: I wonder why they have updated the installer?
Could be the iLok/Pace fix.
But why is that needed, I can't remember that I have used Firebird with iLok ?

All I know is that Bastiaan reported above that they implemented a fix for it. Maybe it was still in the code even though not implemented. I've had Firebird for years and don't recall any Pace protection, but it could have been implemented in the background? I know for sure I never used iLok for it unless it was a soft e-licenser in code behind the scenes. I guess Bastiaan may chime in if he revisits the thread.

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed May 07, 2014 3:06 pm

idfpower wrote:Um..thanks, but I'll stick to my free earlier dll only version I hate installers - especially when they complicate things, if you know what I mean...

+1

The main thing would to get the extra patches, but wasn't those already avaiable for free?

arkmabat · Post by **arkmabat** » Wed May 07, 2014 3:14 pm

this thread's gonna get crazy like the old one, I just know it... hehe

Sequent · Post by **Sequent** » Wed May 07, 2014 3:34 pm

I think there were some issues for people who had iLok on their system for other stuff... not for Tone2 stuff. Tone2 does not use iLok.

I'm with Kevin... thanks Bastiaan & co. for updating a synth that was already set as freeware!

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed May 07, 2014 3:45 pm

Sequent wrote:I think there were some issues for people who had iLok on their system for other stuff... not for Tone2 stuff. Tone2 does not use iLok.

I have had both Firebird and iLok/PACE on my Windows 7 system for well over a year, no problems here.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed May 07, 2014 3:46 pm

Yep, thanks for the freebie.

arkmabat wrote:this thread's gonna get crazy like the old one, I just know it... hehe

I guess so too...

StickyWicket · Post by **StickyWicket** » Wed May 07, 2014 4:18 pm

This is an excellent synth.......and to boot it's "free"!! I've been using it for a few months and do like the quality of sounds it generates.

I don't have an iLok and wondered if this update will mess up anything? I'm hoping not as I'd like to use the additional patches,

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Wed May 07, 2014 4:21 pm

StickyWicket wrote:I don't have an iLok and wondered if this update will mess up anything? I'm hoping not as I'd like to use the additional patches,

But I think these patches are the same that Xenos set free last year. You can download them separatly at the Firebird page in KVR database, the patch set was added to the KVR database last year

http://www.kvraudio.com/product/firebir ... /downloads

So no need to install the update to get the patches, just download them from the database and load them up in the Firebird version you already got.

Freeware Firebird 2.1 public beta released!