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Saurus4 is available now:
https://www.tone2.com/saurus.html

Saurus is an authentic emulation of analog synthesizers. It covers all important aspects of the most famous and expensive synths, but without disadvantages.
  • Can replace a large number of very expensive analog synthesizers
  • Low CPU & high-end sound quality
  • Great value for money
  • Free personal support and updates
  • Comfortable and easy-to-use interface
  • Larger sonic range than competing analog emulations
  • Flexibility, expandability
  • Ships with 1022 presets from top sound designers
  • Analog filter with self-oscillation, FM and feedback
  • Powerful arpeggiator
  • Many different play modes: Mono, legato, glide, poly, stack, auto-chord
  • 4x stereo unison
Price: €59 / $69 $119

Free upgrade and free demo download:
https://www.tone2.com/download.html

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True analog sound with state-of-the-art features!

Saurus3 can do an authentic emulation of analog synthesizers. It covers all important aspects of the most famous and expensive analog synths, but without their disadvantages.
Saurus comes with a clear, easy to use interface. It offers a larger sonic range and a more flexible synthesis engine than conventional substractive synths. Saurus offers highest sound quality, but without placing heavy demands on your CPU or budget. At the heart of Saurus are it's top-notch oscillators, which produce a warm characteristic sound of the hardware units from the past. With PWM, Sync, AM & FM an extremely broad range of sounds can be dialed-in. Saurus offers a selection of both standard and exotic oscillator types from hard-to-get analog synths. Finally, true analog sound no longer requires any compromises!

Arpeggiator & Step-Sequencer

We created an arpeggiator that doesn't just offer the basic note step functionality. It takes the concept further by adding features such as custom patterns, chords, swing and per step velocity. Your arpeggio sequence can be as simple or complicated as you wish.

Filters

True analog sound requires an excellent filter that's capable of sounding both lush or screaming when overdriven. However, analog filters are far from perfect. They suffer from distortion, noise, phase shift and self-oscillation. Exactly these imperfections add this magic character, which is missing in digital filters. That's why Saurus comes with a filter section which models the most famous analog filters. With precisely modeled non-linearity and self-oscillation they sound and behave exactly like the analog circuits. To top it all off the filter section also includes FM, feedback and an analog-modeled distortion for that little extra grit.

Modulation & Effects

By using drag & drop or the matrix, Saurus allows you to connect dozens of modulation sources to sound parameters. Modulate almost any parameter up into the audio-rate speed. We've also included midi-learn, so assigning CC's is as simple as a right-click.
To compliment its sound, Saurus features various classic effects such as 4x unison, chorus, delay, reverb and tube amp. All effects offer the highest quality possible.

What sets Saurus apart from conventional analog emulations?
  • Great value for money (includes 1022 presets, €59)
  • Larger sonic range than competing analog emulations
  • Contains also exotic oscillator-types from hard-to-get analog synths
  • Breathy sounds can be created with FM/AM noise modulation
  • Pulse-width-modulation is possible with all wave-forms (not only square-wave)
  • Filter with self-oscillation, analog saturation, feedback and FM
  • 4x stereo unison
  • Drag & Drop modulation
  • Very low CPU consumption
  • Chords can be enhanced automatically
  • Flexible mod-matrix
  • Created by a DSP expert with 25 years of experience
System requirements

PC: Windows 7 / 8 / 10 / 11
PC formats: 64-bit VSTi, standalone
Mac: MacOS 10.11 or higher / MacOS 11; Intel CPU or Apple M1 or M2
Mac formats: VST2, VST3, Audio Unit (AU)

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

What's new in Saurus4?

The update to v4.0 is a major update that is available for free for all Saurus users. It comes with a new GUI in 22 sizes, HiDpi support, enhanced sound, reworked graphics, support for hardware-acceleration and many improvements.

New features - interface:

GUI with 20 different sizes (with and without keys).
Native support for WQHD, 4K, 5K and 8K UHD displays.
GUI can be scaled from 66% up to 300% by clicking in the lower right corner.
Reworked and enhanced graphics.
Smoother animations and more responisve controls.
Support for hardware-acceleration.
Ultrasharp graphics with enhanced HiDpi and Retina Display support.
Automatic detection of the ideal GUI size.
Completely rewritten GUI code.
More contrast for the LCD displays.
The animations are faster and smoother.
Fine-tuned some coordinates in the interface.
Re-sizing the VST3, Standalone and Audiounit works more reliable.
Fine-tuned some colors.
Removed the demo-version timeout and added a voice-over.
Patch browser can now also be opened by clicking on 'BROWSER' or the display on the upper left.
A finger is shown when hovering over 'BROWSER' to indicate that the control is click-able.


Enhancements - sound quality:

The audio-engine now uses 64-bit precision instead of 32-bit, higher sound-quality.
Slightly enhanced sound of the automatic micro-tuning.
Enhanced sound of the Reverb.

What's new in Saurus3?

The update to v3.0 is a major update, that is available for free for all Saurus users. It includes a big GUI, new features, higher sound-quality, additional patches, better performance and many enhancements.
Saurus3 is downward-compatible with all previous versions.

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

New features:

- A big interface is available beside of the normal scale now.
- Added 192 new sounds from a professional designer. The total number of included sounds has increased to 1022.
- It is possible to select from 4 GUI sizes in 'Config'.
- The synth can create an unlimited number of new sounds with FILE->'Create random patch'.
- 'Soft clip' is available in the 'Config' section.
- A scrollbar is visible in the patch-browser if many soundsets are installed.
- Added detailed tooltips that are shown when the mouse if hovered over a button or list-selector.
- The texts shown in the patch-browser on Mac support hi-dpi drawing.
- The plugin detects the best GUI-size automatically.
- Patch-selector shows a checkmark for the current patch and category.
- Added Digital-Signatures for the installers on PC.
- Added Notarisation for the installers on Mac.
- The texts shown in the patch-browser on Mac support hi-dpi drawing.
- A double-klick on a knob resets it to the default-value.
- New microtuning algorithm that is more subtle and can enhance also complex chords.

Enhancements:

- The synth has more 'bottom' and sounds warmer.
- Enhanced sound of Reverb.
- Replaced Chorus with a better one.
- Reworked all factory patches.
- More precise timing.
- More smooth sound of noise.
- Higher sound-quality in 44 khz, 48 khz and 88 khz sample-rate.
- Reworked many graphics.
- Many small enhancements.
- Fonts are easier to read.
- Fine-tuned GUI layout.
- Enhanced mouse-focus and mouse-wheel support on PC.
- OSCs in free-mode have a more punchy sound.
- Midi-learn syncs better when multiple instances are used.
- A warning is shown when Midi-configuration can't be stored because of write-protected files.
- More accurate modeling of the tuning in mono-modes.

Changes:

- Updated some links.
- 32-bit on PC is not longer supported. If you still use a 32-bit host, install Saurus 2.6 instead.
- 'Gate' has been rename to 'Step'.
- Renamed 'Tutorial' patch-category to 'Templates'.
- Demo-version contains now all sounds.

Fixes:

- Workaround for the badly designed architecture of FL Studio. It is not longer necessary to enable 'Use fixed size buffers' to avoid crackles.
- Workaround for a bug in Apple's AU-validation in Big Sur and Catalina. It is not longer necessary to reboot the Mac to detect the AudioUnit.
- Workaround for a bug in Apple's 'Dark Mode' in Big Sur. It displayed unreadable tooltips with white text on yellow background.
- Fixed a crash that could happen if filter-type is automated.


Saurus 3.1 (free update)

The update to v3.1 is available for free for all Saurus users. It adds a VST3 version several small enhancements for PC.
Saurus 3.1 is downward-compatible with all previous versions. All existing song projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary.

New features:

- Added a VST3 version.
- You can select from 3 different installation types
- HiDPI support for the VST3 version.

Enhancements:

- Osc Noise knob now shows a FM or AM label.
- Osc Mix knob shows a label with mix relationship.
- Longer text labels for some matrix sources.
- Further optimisation to prevent denormalisation.
- More smart detection of VST2 plugins directory.

Saurus 3.2 (free update)

The update is available for free for all Saurus users. It adds native Apple M1 ARM support for Mac.

New features:

- AudioUnit version supports M1 native.
- VSTi version supports M1 native.
- Help->'Show version info' displays the mode in which the plugin is running (ARM/Intel).

Enhancements:

- Much faster loading times on M1 Macs.
- The native M1 support results in 20% lower CPU use compared to Rosetta2 Mode.
- More responsive GUI on M1 Macs.
- The ideal GUI size is detected automatically.
- Several small enhancements.
Last edited by Markus Krause on Thu Apr 06, 2023 9:49 am, edited 22 times in total.

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Congrats Markus! I always liked Saurus so for me this is great news. :)

Is that price correct though? Right now on the site it is $119 but here you mentioned it is $69.

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The website still has not been updated.
The price will be lowered to €59 / $69.
The upgrade to Saurus3 will be free for all Saurus users.

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Good work, Markus!

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Nice :tu: Look forward to update.

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Awesome news , can't wait :)
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Markus Krause wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 10:40 am The price will be lowered to €59 / $69.
Very nice.

Slightly OT, but If you lower the upgrade price to Icarus 2 (its still €59 for V1 to V2) I am sure a few of us V1 users will jump over...
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Thank you Markus!

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Ingo will be happy :)

Since the Memorymoog is in the news these days, it might be make sense to enable selecting several osc waveforms simultaneously, 2 or 3 would do. You already got the LED's there. (I never liked those buttons for cycling thru options. The GUI would be cleaner without them, one could simply click the LED's on/off directly.)

There is also a white skin, right?

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A free upgrade is always welcome. :tu:

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e-crooner wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 9:36 pm Since the Memorymoog is in the news these days, it might be make sense to enable selecting several osc waveforms simultaneously, 2 or 3 would do. You already got the LED's there. (I never liked those buttons for cycling thru options. The GUI would be cleaner without them, one could simply click the LED's on/off directly.)

There is also a white skin, right?
It would be cool to be able to combine waveforms, but one nice feature with Saurus is the PW control will morph the osc waveforms to other types.

I think the white skin was with the Arp soundset, but I'm not sure if it is included with it anymore.

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It's such an underrated beast. Good stuff :)
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Markus Krause wrote: Thu Jul 22, 2021 10:40 am The website still has not been updated.
The price will be lowered to €59 / $69.
Is that going to be permanent or is it a limited time offer? I've never noticed this synth before but it looks like it could be really good for what we do.
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I own it and think it is underestimated already. Was really impressed with its analog tone, and that is something because I do not really fancy their other synths. None are for me but this one. Look forward to hear the improvements.
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I can only see saurus 2.6 on their website... am i missing someting...

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