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LeVzi · Post by **LeVzi** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:32 am

Amram wrote:@marcus
I heared from one of my friend thst have a serious system of speakers and he said about saurus and rayblaster , " what is that? Plastic".

I heard from a mate of a mate, who's friends with my sisters , friends husbands dog, that plastic sounds are because those speakers are Creative's best surround sound system.

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:57 am

LeVzi wrote:
Amram wrote:@marcus
I heared from one of my friend thst have a serious system of speakers and he said about saurus and rayblaster , " what is that? Plastic".
I heard from a mate of a mate, who's friends with my sisters , friends husbands dog, that plastic sounds are because those speakers are Creative's best surround sound system.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 9:56 am

chk071 wrote:I demo'd Electra2 today, still my favorite of the Tone2 synths. And the LP Butter, LP Tone2 filters, and the new fx's (especially the reverbs) really make great additions to it. Sound superb. Really great updates. I demo'd Icraus yesterday, but, quite frankly didn't like it as much as Electra2. It somehow has the edge over the others soundwise, IMO.

Think i'll get it on the next of their sales.

Electra2 is definitely superb. It's capable of so much....a true workhorse.

Highly recommended.

himalaya · Post by **himalaya** » Tue Jul 10, 2018 10:01 am

cowby wrote:
Last note that I've observed from the forum ... Some members said Tone2's synths are so similar to each other. I partly agreed because their demo patches are full of the BIG REVERB !

Cheers!
Cowby

Haha! Yes, the reverb makes all these synths the same.

But seriously, there is no overlap between all of Tone2 synths. I just don't see it. Each is unique and offers exclusive features and synthesis methods. Maybe people are getting mislead by the GUI design...I dunno...but there is a world of difference between all synths. I mean, how is RayBlaster similar to Electra2 as an example?

JunSev · Post by **JunSev** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 1:54 am

do someone know if Best Services will offer 2 for 1 deal of tone2 products again? maybe this Christmas or other time?

AdvancedFollower · Post by **AdvancedFollower** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:21 pm

JunSev wrote:do someone know if Best Services will offer 2 for 1 deal of tone2 products again? maybe this Christmas or other time?

Expecting more sales on Black Friday, might be a 2 for 1 deal or just a discount, no real way of knowing.

AdvancedFollower · Post by **AdvancedFollower** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:22 pm

JunSev · Post by **JunSev** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:37 pm

AdvancedFollower wrote:
JunSev wrote:do someone know if Best Services will offer 2 for 1 deal of tone2 products again? maybe this Christmas or other time?
Expecting more sales on Black Friday, might be a 2 for 1 deal or just a discount, no real way of knowing.

ok, thanks for response

W23 · Post by **W23** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 3:56 pm

I can easily agree with Electra X with being a favorite, as it’s probably the best sounding “VA workstation” type synth Tone2 offers (I guess Saurus might be a warmer sounding synth but, Electra X is close enough, and you can stack 4 Saurus type sounds if you want to). Icarus is pretty cool too, though. It’s a real tweaker’s synth, aimed squarely at the Serum crowd. The presets are ok but, I think that it’s hard to really appreciate the value of Icarus unless you really get in there, and mess with the wave tables. It just depends on what you want to do.

I also have Rayblaster, Nemesis, and Gladiator. Each one is good in its own right. I probably wouldn’t have bought Rayblaster or Nemesis if there hadn’t been the Best Service deal, though. That doesn’t take anything away from them. They’re great synths, just kind of weird (in a good way, I mean they approach synthesis differently). All of them do a great job of sounding huge, with a reasonable hit to the CPU. That’s probably where Tone2 synths really manage to stand out.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:05 pm

Thinking about it again after demoing Icarus a bit more, i'd really go for that one. Most straight forward architecture of the bunch, and the sound is nice. Which is also nice is that it allows for wave import and wavetable creation.

SLiC · Post by **SLiC** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:36 pm

chk071 wrote:Thinking about it again after demoing Icarus a bit more, i'd really go for that one. Most straight forward architecture of the bunch, and the sound is nice. Which is also nice is that it allows for wave import and wavetable creation.

Icarus may be one of the most overlooked/unerrated synths out there, give it a really good demo, its deep

I had Serum so didn't think I needed/wanted Icarus...I picked it up in the 2 for 1 sale and haven't looked back....its a great synth, probably the most advanced wavetable synth available in any format...just needs a bit of a GUI facelift for hi-res monitors (which they have said is coming, Tone2 have been very generous and quite prolific with the free updates lately)

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Amram · Post by **Amram** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 4:52 pm

LeVzi wrote:
Amram wrote:@marcus
I heared from one of my friend thst have a serious system of speakers and he said about saurus and rayblaster , " what is that? Plastic".
I heard from a mate of a mate, who's friends with my sisters , friends husbands dog, that plastic sounds are because those speakers are Creative's best surround sound system.

Hehe
Just one:
Refx plastic.

EnGee · Post by **EnGee** » Sat Sep 22, 2018 7:58 pm

I like Electra less than their other synths, but still like it.

I'm still happy for my choice of two last sale and those are RayBlaster and Nemesis. If I have the money, Gladiator would be my next purchase (together with Icarus).

After all, it depends on what genre and how you use the synths. I like 80's and sci-fi kind of music, so those synths are a better fit than Electra. I haven't tried Saurus, because I have many similar synths.

Russell Grand · Post by **Russell Grand** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:00 am

Agree with the "plastic" comment. Tone2 stuff is overrated and the dev is a bit of a dick.

zvenx · Post by **zvenx** » Sun Sep 23, 2018 3:33 am

Russell Grand wrote:Agree with the "plastic" comment. Tone2 stuff is overrated and the dev is a bit of a dick.

Have you tried Icarus?
I really do find that one very different sounding than all their other synths....which indeed to me had a 'sound'.

rsp

Tone2 sale... which one should I get?