KVR Audio

Markus Krause · Post by **Markus Krause** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:27 am

Warlock is a mighty synthesizer which comes with a reduced user-interface to facilitate an efficient workflow. It offers high-end sound-quality and ships with 2070 patches. The random-button can generate an unlimited number of unheard, but useful sounds.

Overview:

- Can create completely new sounds, but covers also traditional synthesis
- True high-end sound-quality for a low price
- Contains 2070 factory-sounds created by professionals
- Limited feature-set, but huge sonic range
- Low CPU-usage
- Suitable for beginners as well as experts
- Created by an established audio-developer with 25 years of experience

The early-access-version for PC and Mac is available now!
Price: €59 $69
https://www.tone2.com/warlock.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKTRxTCjywA

Big image: https://www.tone2.com/images/Tone2_Warl ... esizer.jpg

Electronic Trance House:
https://www.tone2.com/mp3download/Tone2 ... tronic.mp3

Ambient Cinematic NewAge Atmospheric:
https://www.tone2.com/mp3download/Tone2 ... mbient.mp3

Trap Dub DnB HipHop:
https://www.tone2.com/mp3download/Tone2 ... k_Trap.mp3

Dance Italo Pop Kawai:
https://www.tone2.com/mp3download/Tone2 ... _Dance.mp3

Creative Psychedelic:
https://www.tone2.com/mp3download/Tone2 ... eative.mp3

Psytrance Techno Hardcore:
https://www.tone2.com/mp3download/Tone2_Warlock_Psy.mp3

User-interface:

- Very easy to use
- Reduced user-interface to facilitate an efficient and fast workflow
- The random-button can generate an unlimited number of unheard but musically useful patches
- Immediate visual feedback makes it easy to tweak and understand
- Full-HD, 4K, 8K and hi-DPI support
- Scale-able GUI with 9 different sizes

Oscillator-section

- 53 oscillator-types (spectra) with thousands of waveforms
- All spectra can be altered, morphed and looped
- Polyphonic, monophonic, legato & glide
- A realtime-display shows the currently playing waveform
- Stack-able oscillators (mono & stereo) for extremely fat sounds
- Noise-modulation for breathy sounds
- Precise control over phase for punchy sounds
- Limitable number of partials for warm and clean sounds
- Up to 24 oscillators per voice
- Hypersaw (mono & stereo)
- Automatic chords
- Sub-oscillator
- Ring-modulation

Filter-section

- 38 sonically different filter-types
- Digital types as well as analog ones with self-oscillation
- A realtime-display shows the current frequency-response
- True stereo-architecture for the filters, oscillators and effects
- Traditional filter-types: Low-pass, high-pass, band-pass, notch, EQs, Phaser
- Many unique ones: Vocal, Aliaser, Resampler, Ringmod, Fractal, FM, Resonator, ...

Effects

- 2 modular effect-slots with 18 different effect-types
- Distortion (per voice)
- Automatic and smart micro-tuning for enhancing chords
- Arpeggiator with 22 play-modes and 28 rhythmic-patterns

Modulation

- Extremely fast envelopes for punchy sounds
- 20 LFO-types, syncable to BPM
- 3 envelopes
- flexible routing

System requirements

PC: Windows 7, 8, 10 (64 bit)
Supported formats: VST 2.4 (64 bit), VST 3.7 (64 bit), Standalone

Mac: MacOS 10.11 or higher, MacOS 11; Intel CPU or Apple Silicon (native support)
Supported formats: VST 3.7 (64 bit)

User-friendly copy-protection: No cloud, no dongle, no need to be online

Demoversion:
https://www.tone2.com/download.html

3qO · Post by **3qO** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:59 am

Looks promising

Vortifex · Post by **Vortifex** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:03 am

Edited

Markus Krause · Post by **Markus Krause** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:41 am

This is the current status of the project ( November 2020):

The audio-engine is already finished and the plugin is very stable and PC.
The GUI will still needs to be polished. Some features might still be added here.
Next week i'll try to do a first port to the Mac.

I am currently building patches and running tests.
Audio demos will be available after programming and sound-design finished.
Most likely there will be no video available. I don't have time and budget for this.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:45 am

Markus Krause wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:27 am - True stereo-architecture for the oscillators & filters

Well, that's a big one, and something I miss from all of your other plugins. At least I hope that it's true stereo, in the sense that there's control over the stereo spread of the oscillators as well, just like on Spire, Sylenth1, Dune and all the other big ones.

Although this makes me a bit sceptical in that regard:

Markus Krause wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 9:27 am - Hypersaw (mono & stereo)
- Stackable oscillators (mono & stereo)

Could you explain how the stereo is implemented on oscillator level? Is there a stereo spread control? I only see a "Spread" control on the screenshot which I assume is the detune.

Jopmanajop · Post by **Jopmanajop** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:19 am

That's unexpected, you said there won't be any new synths from Tone2

Effectsworks · Post by **Effectsworks** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:25 am

Looking forward to this. The interface looks nice as well.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:29 am

Yep, looks nice.

Markus Krause · Post by **Markus Krause** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:36 am

It is true that i wrote last year that I will not develop new synthesizers.
However I did not know that I would get infected by Corona in March and would have to stay at home for weeks. Instead of watching TV and playing games I started to built a fun-synth (mainly for myself)

newluc · Post by **newluc** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:49 am

Hi Marcus,
Isn’t this a good time to try vst3 format with this synth?
Anyway, thanks for your creations, Rayblaster and Icarus 2 here!

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:53 am

He has it listed as vst 3.7 too.

PC: VST 2.4 (64 bit), VST 3.7 (64 bit), Standalone
Mac: VST 3.7 (64 bit); most likely also AudioUnit

Actually just realised there will not be a mac vst 2.4
Interesting.

rsp

newluc · Post by **newluc** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 11:56 am

My bad, where I was?

Echoes in the Attic · Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:10 pm

Nice to see vst3. Is that coming for the others too?

Markus Krause · Post by **Markus Krause** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:30 pm

VST3 offers no real advantages for synthesizers and does not offer proper Midi support. I am really not a fan of this plugin-format. There are still many hosts which do not support it or support only a subset of it.
To still support VST 2.4 for Warlock I had to do lots of tricks and tweaks with the VST 3.7 SDK. I needed months. Steinberg makes this as difficult as possible, for no valid reason.
Even after 10 years Steinberg's VST3 SDK is still full of bugs and technical problems. Porting complex VST 2.4 plugins to VST 3 is a nightmare.
Unlike what Steinberg advertises are GUIs with several sizes also possible with VST 2.4. This is not a VST3 feature. We already added this in the recent updates of our other synths.
MPE is also possible with VST 2.4 and already supported in Icarus2.
Midi 2.0 should also be possible with VST 2.4.

A VST 2.4 version for Mac is possible if there is demand.
32 bit will not longer be supported.

gentleclockdivider · Post by **gentleclockdivider** » Wed Nov 04, 2020 12:36 pm

Markus Krause wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 10:41 am This is the current status of the project ( November 2020):

The audio-engine is already finished and the plugin is very stable and PC.
The GUI will still needs to be polished. Some features might still be added here.
Next week i'll try to do a first port to the Mac.
I am currently building patches and running tests.
Audio demos will be available after programming and sound-design finished.
Most likely there will be no video available. I don't have time and budget for this.

I hope your 3d modelling skills have improved , not using a default scanline renderer for specular highlights on knobs etc...

Hope you don't take any offence by me saying this

Tone2 Warlock (synthesizer) - available now!