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BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:51 pm

I am getting really impatient for August to roll around. I really like Saurus and I've already used the demo in a couple of places but I have to keep reloading the projects when it dies on me. I'd probably pay full price if I hadn't unexpectedly spent $150 on a Korg Collection upgrade yesterday. It's a terrific synth with a big, ballsy sound and everything is on one page. Brilliant!

Gosh · Post by **Gosh** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:03 pm

BONES wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:51 pm I am getting really impatient for August to roll around. I really like Saurus and I've already used the demo in a couple of places but I have to keep reloading the projects when it dies on me. I'd probably pay full price if I hadn't unexpectedly spent $150 on a Korg Collection upgrade yesterday. It's a terrific synth with a big, ballsy sound and everything is on one page. Brilliant!

the price is already down to 59 euro, even though the website still depicts 99 euro. if you click on the "buy now" button, you will see the lower price tag (and the update in september is free anyway).
cheers

Markus Krause · Post by **Markus Krause** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 1:47 pm

Confirmed.
I already reduced the price for Saurus 2 from €99 / $119 to €59 / $69 in the webshop-system, but still did not find time to update the website itself.
The upgrade to Saurus3 in early September will be for free.

https://order.shareit.com/product?productid=300663509

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:15 pm

BONES wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:51 pm It's a terrific synth with a big, ballsy sound and everything is on one page. Brilliant!

I always liked Saurus ever since it was first released.

It's a cool synth!

raiderpdog · Post by **raiderpdog** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:26 pm

Examigan wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:15 pm
BONES wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:51 pm It's a terrific synth with a big, ballsy sound and everything is on one page. Brilliant!
I always liked Saurus ever since it was first released.
It's a cool synth!

I only got it about a year or so ago myself, but agree it's a nice synth. Glad to see update for it.

bmanic · Post by **bmanic** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:43 pm

Will this be a native Mac M1 release?

Examigan · Post by **Examigan** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:01 pm

I checked on their site for Saurus and it says:

PC: Windows XP / 7 / 8 / 10 / Vista (32 bit or 64 bit)
PC formats: 32-bit VSTi, 64-bit VSTi, standalone
Mac: MacOS 10.7 or higher / MacOS 11; Intel CPU or Apple M1
Mac formats: 32-bit VSTi, 64-bit VSTi, 32-bit Audio Unit (AU), 64-bit Audio Unit (AU)

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:20 pm

Lord knows my VST folder is stuffed full of VA synths but the $69 price tag for Saurus does make it tempting. I wonder if it would be better to wait until version 3 hits to try the demo or will the version 2 demo give me enough of a taste.

It looks like the list of enhancements in version 3 is pretty impressive so it should be quite an upgrade.

e-crooner · Post by **e-crooner** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 8:41 pm

Will it have noise? If I remember the demo version right, there was no white noise...

Teksonik · Post by **Teksonik** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:10 pm

There is an F/A Noise Knob to the right of Osc1 and Sub 2 on the screenshot.

Enhancements: More smooth sound of noise.

Not sure if it's White noise or not. I haven't tried the version 2 demo yet.

c_voltage · Post by **c_voltage** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 9:27 pm

raiderpdog wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 7:26 pm
Examigan wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 2:15 pm
BONES wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 12:51 pm It's a terrific synth with a big, ballsy sound and everything is on one page. Brilliant!
I always liked Saurus ever since it was first released.
It's a cool synth!

I only got it about a year or so ago myself, but agree it's a nice synth. Glad to see update for it.

It is noteworthy that Saurus sound leaves a mark in the memory of many who have tried it (for me too heh), though had been not twist it long time. It seems will reason to recall.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:22 pm

OK, bought! One question, though - where I have used the demo version in a project, it's still the demo version that shows up there and because I can't save patches in the demo, I am going to lose the sounds if I replace the demo with the full version. Any workaround for this besides rebuilding the patches?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 10:42 am

I like that Tone2 lowers the prices.

I like Saurus too. Might get it for that price.

e-crooner · Post by **e-crooner** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:00 am

BONES wrote: Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:22 pm OK, bought! One question, though - where I have used the demo version in a project, it's still the demo version that shows up there and because I can't save patches in the demo, I am going to lose the sounds if I replace the demo with the full version. Any workaround for this besides rebuilding the patches?

That sucks. Developers should only disable loading user patches, not saving them. I mean, some people test synths a lot before they decide to buy them. So they make maybe dozens of presets. Why waste all that effort? Being able to save user patches in the demo version actually increases the likelihood of people buying the synth.

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Sat Jul 31, 2021 11:57 pm

Yeah, the 20 minute time-out is more than enough of a demo limitation to get people to buy. I sorted it out, though. It's not too big a problem when everything is on one page and so well laid out, it only took me a couple of minutes on each part and was well worth the effort.

Available now: Tone2 Saurus4 analog synthesizer