KVR Audio

Doc Brown · Post by **Doc Brown** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:18 pm

Gui looks good but the sound is what I'm curious about. Saurus seems to be lacking on the low end.

fluffy_little_something · Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:37 pm

Maybe the new equalizer can fix that

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 6:58 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:To me 100% compatible means that one can load old ones in the new version, but not necessarily that they sound 100% the same, which is not even realistic when it says they have completely reworked the synth engine. So I assume that old patches loaded in version 2 sound slightly different, but better.

That was also my assumption. Hopefully v1 and v2 can coexist. If I had a final mix using v1, I wouldn't want to upgrade to v2 and have the sound change.

I think the GUI is OK but dislike the shiny "chrome" knobs especially considering how poorly the shine is rendered:

fluffy_little_something · Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:15 pm

Maybe it has to do with the screenshot, or is it like that live as well?
Just took a screenshot of Sylenth and zoomed in accordingly, same there, reminded me of this toy we used to play with as kids

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c ... _break.jpg

Frantz · Post by **Frantz** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:20 pm

fluffy_little_something wrote:Maybe it has to do with the screenshot, or is it like that live as well?

I don't know. I don't have access to the synth yet. But it looks very odd. Most of the graphics look carefully rendered. Then it looks like a 2 year old painted the right side of the knobs a different color in MS Paint with jagged edges.

fluffy_little_something · Sat Mar 21, 2015 7:53 pm

It says they completely reworked all factory presets, which also suggests the sound as such has changed a bit...

Robmobius · Post by **Robmobius** » Sat Mar 21, 2015 9:54 pm

chk071 wrote:Yeah, GUI is definitely looking fine.

I do like Tone2's gui design. Nice to look at (despite the odd artifact) and easy to use.

db3 · Post by **db3** » Wed Mar 25, 2015 9:56 am

I'm warming to Tone2...and Saurus2 is tempting me.

I've always like Tone2 UX, but the graphics are a little low rent. They need to up the quality of their renders and tidy up designs. https://tone2.com/Tone2_Saurus2_screenshot.jpg

Tone2 often seem to get overlooked...a fresh overall look and feel would probably do wonders.

Igro · Post by **Igro** » Mon Mar 30, 2015 7:04 pm

Frantz wrote:
fluffy_little_something wrote:To me 100% compatible means that one can load old ones in the new version, but not necessarily that they sound 100% the same, which is not even realistic when it says they have completely reworked the synth engine. So I assume that old patches loaded in version 2 sound slightly different, but better.
That was also my assumption. Hopefully v1 and v2 can coexist. If I had a final mix using v1, I wouldn't want to upgrade to v2 and have the sound change.

I think the GUI is OK but dislike the shiny "chrome" knobs especially considering how poorly the shine is rendered:

In fact, their amp envelope sounds as bad as their UIs.

NatLife · Post by **NatLife** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 2:22 pm

first was'nt so good as design was) maybe a second one will be better

db3 · Post by **db3** » Tue Mar 31, 2015 3:49 pm

I downloaded the demo of Saurus a few days ago and got a demo version of Saurus 2

Assuming this was a mistake, I went to the trouble of emailing Tone2 (twice) and messaging them on FB, and didn't get a single response.

*edit
I see today they have renamed the demo download as version2. But the version for sale still seems to be version 1. Not ideal.

xx JPRacer xx · Post by **xx JPRacer xx** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 4:44 am

db3 wrote:I downloaded the demo of Saurus a few days ago and got a demo version of Saurus 2
Assuming this was a mistake, I went to the trouble of emailing Tone2 (twice) and messaging them on FB, and didn't get a single response.

You're right! Both demo version on PC (32 and 64-bit) are version 2!

fluffy_little_something · Wed Apr 01, 2015 2:32 pm

So, any noteworthy improvements?

Yorrrrrr · Post by **Yorrrrrr** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 2:55 pm

Not impressed at all with this new version.

zerocrossing · Post by **zerocrossing** » Wed Apr 01, 2015 3:39 pm

4damind wrote:
Echoes in the Attic wrote:
4damind wrote:Hmm... I remember that I bought Saurus but never used it again
Is it because you were so annoyed that every time you want to toggle the LFO or Osc shape you have to click multiple times to cycle the shape to the one you want?
I'm not sure. I remember there was something with this Tone2 "pseudo-analog" sound I don't like. Maybe there was also a bit too much overlap with similar synth. But this synth was not expensive so I keep it in my plugin folder so I can say "I have one Tone2 plugin"

But I don't think that I buy version 2 and cannot see the "must have" features. Instead I'm looking forward to the release of FXpansion Synth Squad 2... But this is a different topic

The sound was... well just not that good. I'm a fan of Tone2. Love Gladiator, Electra 2... Nemesis... I still use Warmverb. But the sound of Saurus... never liked it. So, hopefully a revamped engine will improve it a lot.

Tone 2 - Saurus 2 is available