Tone2 Icarus 1.6 Released

[exmatproton]

Updated first page to fit the latest version available; 1.6 has been released

[exmatproton]

Hi groovy guys and swinging gals,

I bought this WMS (Wavetable Monster Synth) and I am absolutely amazed how great it is and how crazy sounds it can provide in no time - although I already own a BLOFELD and the PPG stuff by Wolfgang Palm (beside ZEBRA and LOOM).

I figured out a lot in several hours tweaking this machine but I still have some questions:

- Is it possible to make a real morph between OSC1 and OSC2? Not just a volume-blend between the two. I mean a real spectral morph (like in plugins as MMorph by Mela) which creates a completely new sound calculated out of two different Wavetables. I know ONE Wavetable can be manipulated by many different morph-parameters.

- There are Ring-morphing options within ONE Wavetable. But how can I Ring-Modulate OSC1 by OSC2 e.g.?

- Is it possible to use a seperate AMP-Envelop for each of the 3 OSCs?

- Is it possible to use a seperate FILTER-Envelop for each of the 3 OSC?

- 3 LFOs? Its not really much! Is there a chance of getting more in the future? I am aware of the continious updates TONE2 are giving their customers.

- I have the feeling that scanning-speed used on a Wavetable via LFO1 (which is fixed wired in the OSC-section) is the same speed for all three Wavetables (OSC1, OSC2, OSC3). Is there any way to make all three OSCs scan in different speeds?

Sorry for so much questions and thank you in advance
Cheers

1. No

2. Not possible as of yet. Only FM, AM and WS

3. No, afaik. Although you can link the extra envelopes to get a similar result.

4. No. (But see 3.)

5. I agree, although the fixed lfo's can be useful for the time being. I don't see tone2 adding more lfo's any time soon.

6. LFO1 is hardwired, but you can always use different LFO's in the mod section to drive the wt scanning modulation. Just link lfo1, lfo2 and lfo3 to the different osc's wt scan parameter in the modmatrix and don't touch the hardwired lfo in the osc section.

[Frantz]

The new sample import beat slicer is fun.

@nichttuntun: I suggest you take your detailed questions to the Tone2 forum: https://www.tone2.org/forum/

[nichttuntun]

exmatproton:
thank you for your answer. The last position could be gold for me

Frantz:
you are right. I will contact them and give them this improvement suggestions. Although I think they are reading here too. I am aware of the fact that Tone2 is a very small dev-company.

[Frantz]

Frantz:
you are right. I will contact them and give them this improvement suggestions. Although I think they are reading here too. I am aware of the fact that Tone2 is a very small dev-company.

After some drama here a few years ago, Markus no longer reads this forum. He does read and respond to messages in his own forum.

[Aloysius]

totally irrelevant

[Examigan]

In other Tone2 news, they announced a new larger display for Gladiator is in the works.

[chk071]

Drama initiated by Markus.

Thanks, haven't laughed already today.

[Aloysius]

totally irrelevant

[chk071]

No, really, do you actually believe what i quoted?

IIRC, it wasn't like that at all. At least if you mean the same thing as i do.

[Aloysius]

totally irrelevant

[chk071]

Ok. What i remember is that the "initialization" of the drama was done by a very "trustable" member of the warez community, not Markus. I could be wrong, because, i only read about it years after that.

I can understand pretty well why a developer wouldn't want to bother with these forums anymore, BTW. There's some people around here who seem to miss no chance to bash any developer who has the slightest bit of success, it seems. Not talking about you, but, there sure are a lot of trolls around here.

At the very least, there could be a bit more comprehension for people trying to secure their day work, the stuff which gets their food on the table. It is also beneficial for the end user, because, if piracy takes away much of the income, then the products have to be more expensive, or the copy protections have to be more drastic.

[Aloysius]

totally irrelevant

[nichttuntun]

problem could be that most devs of small companies simply are nerds and I mean that in an absolutely positive way. Nerds at core and not used automatically to make buisiness or work as a team mate and not firm to use diplomacy and such mechanisms.

I think if some of them weren´t like this some awesome software never would have seen the light of day and therefore I love them and I don´t mind their "mistakes" and their emotional responses to things that they have a passion for. I love to support small studios like TONE2, GLITCHMACHINES, MADRONA LABS, ADMIRAL SOUND, PLOGUE and more and they all got a special place in my heart.

Hey, I startet to care about samplers, efx and synthesis in the early 90th and I never could afford the things I realy liked to have - like a Moog Modular System or some other soooo expensive hardware stuff (Lexicons and and and). Back in the days, even in my wildest dreams, I couldn´t imagine that nowadays sound design possibilities would come true at such reasonable prices. Today has become a dreamy wonderland for me And everywhere I go people are just complaining about unimportant things like GUIs, the mentality of devs and whatnot. Are they all totally spoiled and did forget how expensive hardware was back in the days and how small editing displays where and how hard it was to program synth?

For me the "problems" which are often discussed in KVR are totally irrelevant

[Frantz]

I am very impressed with the improved resynthesis functions.