KVR Audio

buzz1 · Post by **buzz1** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 3:44 pm

Will V2 have an AVX instruction set?

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Sat Aug 31, 2019 5:57 pm

Bought Icarus! Ready for V2 now...

V2 will be the same VST ID so it will fully replace the old version and function in old projects as usual right?

tasty tatsyn · Post by **tasty tatsyn** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 10:50 am

according to post in tone2 forum (i think) it will be backwards compatible..... not sure about ID, if it replaces or if it coexists

starflakeprj · Post by **starflakeprj** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 2:31 pm

All former updates from Tone2 (Saurus, RayBlaster, Gladiator, Electra) have shared the ID from the previous versions, as far as I know and can remember. So I guess it will be the same with Icarus and any upcoming major update of Nemesis.

lacandon · Post by **lacandon** » Sun Sep 01, 2019 9:05 pm

Nice also when tone 2 granular paid update foR Electra? I love the modulation but the witg granullar will be sick

Markus Krause · Post by **Markus Krause** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:13 am

Q:
oOOhh... this looks good. I thought Icarus sounded nice when I demoed it. If you need hq sound design please let me know!

A:
Hello Biome_Digital,

thank you for supporting our small company! We are always looking for talented sound-designers. Please send an email to markus[ at]tone2[do t]com . Don't forget to include some referecens from the past from you.

Best Regards,
Markus

Q:
Will V2 have an AVX instruction set?

A:
A scenario which does benefit from AVX the instruction set is FFT operations. I will run some tests with this if it does enhance performance in practise in a significant way.
The usuall applications like filters or effects do not benefit from AVX, since the algorithms can not be parallelized without adding an additional delay.
AVX is not supported by all AMD processors. That's why we will only support it in a way that it does not break the compatibility with commonly used CPUs.

Best Regards,
Markus

Q:
V2 will be the same VST ID so it will fully replace the old version and function in old projects as usual right?

A:
Icarus2 is 100% downward compatible with all previous versions. All existing song projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary. The VST ID will remain the same.

Best Regards,
Markus

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:17 am

please add /or it is already in the new version? a random button ;D i loved it in gladiator 2 and again it doesnt replace soundsets.... i hope it is really random cause some synth add this option and you get after 100 clicks same/similiar sounds

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:17 am

If Icarus 2 is already low on CPU, i don't think it really would benefit from additional performance through the use of a CPU extensions which not every CPU supports (even though the vast majority of CPU's does these days). Massive X, which is a very prominent example, is quite heavy on CPU, so, it makes sense there. Icarus 1 is pretty low on CPU, so, i really can't see any benefit in that regard.

Artie Fichelle · Post by **Artie Fichelle** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 11:44 am

How about microtuning?

nordickvr · Post by **nordickvr** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 12:25 pm

Markus Krause wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:13 am ...
AVX is not supported by all AMD processors. That's why we will only support it in a way that it does not break the compatibility with commonly used CPUs.
...

Many thanks, this is much appreciated!

Markus Krause · Post by **Markus Krause** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 2:32 pm

Caine123 wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:17 am please add /or it is already in the new version? a random button ;D i loved it in gladiator 2 and again it doesnt replace soundsets.... i hope it is really random cause some synth add this option and you get after 100 clicks same/similiar sounds

There will be a random button on the top left.
Completely just randomizing everything results in 99% useless/quiet/glitchy sounds. So the synth needs some 'intelligence' when doing this.

Caine123 · Post by **Caine123** » Mon Sep 02, 2019 3:10 pm

Markus Krause wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 2:32 pm
Caine123 wrote: Mon Sep 02, 2019 10:17 am please add /or it is already in the new version? a random button ;D i loved it in gladiator 2 and again it doesnt replace soundsets.... i hope it is really random cause some synth add this option and you get after 100 clicks same/similiar sounds
There will be a random button on the top left.
Completely just randomizing everything results in 99% useless/quiet/glitchy sounds. So the synth needs some 'intelligence' when doing this.

Thx a lot! For example in gladiator 2 i had a lot of the same/similiar patches by randomizing a lot. So it kinda is not very random but still great for fun and surprises. As icarus2 will have much more under the hood i hope it is not like in gladiator that the results are often similiar.
Cannot wait to upgrade

Markus Krause · Post by **Markus Krause** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:38 pm

Status update:

- patch format is finished
- saving / loading is finished
- glitch-sequencer is finished
- large parts of the drum-sequencer are finished
- many patches have been submitted

Still open:

- Compiling on Mac
- installers
- polishing
- patch sorting
- testing

nordickvr · Post by **nordickvr** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:49 pm

Getting anxious.

Echoes in the Attic · Post by **Echoes in the Attic** » Wed Sep 04, 2019 1:02 pm

Markus Krause wrote: Wed Sep 04, 2019 12:38 pm Status update:

- patch format is finished
- saving / loading is finished
- glitch-sequencer is finished
- large parts of the drum-sequencer are finished
- many patches have been submitted

Still open:

- Compiling on Mac
- installers
- polishing
- patch sorting
- testing

Did you get your seaboard? How is that going?

Available now: Tone2 Icarus2.5 - Wavetable Workstation