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MillerSam · Post by **MillerSam** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 1:55 pm

Tone 2 Saurus2 will be released within the next months. The upgrade includes a huge number of new features, sounds and enhancements. The synthesis engine has been completely reworked and offers a more analog sound.
All customers, who purchased Saurus1 between March 2015 and the release of Saurus2, will be able to upgrade to Saurus2 for free. The upgrade to Saurus2 will be optional for all Saurus1 customers. Saurus2 will be 100% downward compatible. You will be able to load all your old songs, projects and sounds.
For more details visit our forum:

http://www.tone2.org/forum/index.php?topic=2280.0

New features:

- Added a comfortable patch browser with a keyboard which can be opened by clicking 'BROWSE'
- Added a 'Config' menu which allows to set the degree of analog behaviour
- Additional LowCut equalizer
- Additional HighCut equalizer
- Added a new play mode 'Stack' which plays the autochord defined in 'Arp Key Mode'
- 14 additional 'Sine' LFOs as matrix source
- 4 additonal chord modes which play thirds for the arpeggiator
- The patches can be ranked by clicking on the stars in the patchbrowser
- Keyboard can be hidden with 'Config->hide keyboard'
- The degree of analog noise modeling can be selected between 'none' and 'extreme'
- The degree of analog drift can be selected between 'light' and 'extreme'
- Added a smart microtuning algorithm. 'Fat tune' delivers more harmonic and transparent chords.
- The degree of analog saturation can be selected between 'linear' and 'extreme'
- The degree of analog OSCs damping can be selected between 'light damp' and 'heavy'
- An analog sounding default patch can be initialized with 'File->Init analog patch'
- A digital sounding default patch can be initialized with 'File->Init digital patch'
- Modwheel and pitchwheel are auto-assigned on patch initialisation

fluffy_little_something · Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:20 pm

Finally, I predicted it months ago, they are so predictable

Ingo must be jumping around with joy

I hope they include the white skin as well, I think anything except new patches should be free for all owners, not part of some paid add-on or whatever.

"Mousewheel support (if host supports it)"
That's cool, works like on Element and saves a lot of clicking

"All customers, who purchased Saurus1 between March 2015 and the release of Saurus2, will be able to upgrade to Saurus2 for free."
Does that mean the update is free for everyone who ever bought it or only those who bought it from March 2015 on?

Numanoid · Post by **Numanoid** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:32 pm

...will be released within the next months. All customers, who purchased Saurus1 between March 2015 and the release of Saurus2, will be able to upgrade to Saurus2 for free. The upgrade to Saurus2 will be optional for all Saurus1 customers. Saurus2 will be 100% downward compatible. You will be able to load all your old songs, projects and sounds.

Good to have options, so no hard men from Tone 2 will kick down your door and demand your money if you decide against upgrading

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:35 pm

Hmm... I remember that I bought Saurus but never used it again

MillerSam · Post by **MillerSam** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:39 pm

i think also the upgrade will cost and i think around 50 USD
Because the synth is not to expensive and normally they do the upgrade 50% off the normal price of the synth
149 Euro Electra 2 = Upgrade was 79 Euro

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:43 pm

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? So yeah if I want to compare 2 lfo or oscillator shapes adjacent then that can be lots of clicking. Stupid design. I think it might only be this way on a mac. I don't get it, they had perfectly working lfo/osc shape selectors in their older synths like electra, and the shape was automatable then too. They've gone backwards with their new synths, now the shape isn't visible to the DAW and is annoying to change.

fluffy_little_something · Tue Mar 17, 2015 2:45 pm

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? So yeah if I want to compare 2 lfo or oscillator shapes adjacent then that can be lots of clicking. Stupid design. I think it might only be this way on a mac. I don't get it, they had perfectly working lfo/osc shape selectors in their older synths like electra, and the shape was automatable then too. They've gone backwards with their new synths, now the shape isn't visible to the DAW and is annoying to change.

If I remember the demo right, you can click on the desired shape LED instead of using the button...

4damind · Post by **4damind** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:06 pm

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

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:30 pm

fluffy_little_something 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? So yeah if I want to compare 2 lfo or oscillator shapes adjacent then that can be lots of clicking. Stupid design. I think it might only be this way on a mac. I don't get it, they had perfectly working lfo/osc shape selectors in their older synths like electra, and the shape was automatable then too. They've gone backwards with their new synths, now the shape isn't visible to the DAW and is annoying to change.
If I remember the demo right, you can click on the desired shape LED instead of using the button...

Only on PC. On mac (unless they've fixed it), you have to click the button. They said ti was a mac limitation. As if macs universally do not allow direct pushing of waveform shapes. Only toggle buttons.

EDIT: actually they have fixed it for V2. From the forum post:
"- Mac version now also supports waveform selection by clicking on diodes"

I'm glad they came to their senses about that.

2ZrgE · Post by **2ZrgE** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:38 pm

MillerSam wrote:The synthesis engine has been completely reworked and offers a more analog sound.

Let me guess: it sounds warmer too...

fluffy_little_something · Tue Mar 17, 2015 3:40 pm

Echoes in the Attic wrote:Only on PC. On mac (unless they've fixed it), you have to click the button. They said ti was a mac limitation. As if macs universally do not allow direct pushing of waveform shapes. Only toggle buttons.

EDIT: actually they have fixed it for V2. From the forum post:
"- Mac version now also supports waveform selection by clicking on diodes"

I'm glad they came to their senses about that.

At least you see what you are cycling through

With some SynthEdit synths you have to cylce through a dozen options without seeing any except for the currently selected one...

cyberheater · Post by **cyberheater** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 4:34 pm

Saurus is just about my favourite VA. It sounds legitimately analogue to me with great filters. It's so good I'm not sure I need a update.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 5:27 pm

I would have been interested if they added a higher quality mode...

Sendy · Post by **Sendy** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 6:06 pm

Sounds like a .5 update rather than a paid version 2 update.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Tue Mar 17, 2015 10:52 pm

'Tis the Tone2 way alas......
rsp

Tone 2 - Saurus 2 is available