Available now: Tone2 Icarus2.5 - Wavetable Workstation

[VELLTONE MUSIC]

i did read it somewhere (can't say is it research or just opinion) that the more kilos,the less brain activity :):)
On the topic - Icarus is outstanding,in the mix just shine among other synths,but as designer i've got point of view which ordinary users don't and have to say that some stuff could be upgraded.
Especially mod matrix modulations - wrote this to Markus,maybe is difficult as coding,but for users will be useful to have it.
The video i upload was about mixing glitch section to main stream.
Watch it and will understand it immediately - it's a request for next update - when assign it to modulator(lfo,adsr,cc) it will mix gated(or other applied fx) to main signal as you can see i do it with mouse.
Adding dynamics to output is simple and effective modulation,not sure why most synths don't have it.
Cheers
https://velltone.wixsite.com/velltone/presets

[rubez]

Is there anymore ambient presets for sale?

This synth slays everything else I've tried. Even better than Dune 3 imo.

[tasty tatsyn]

Is there anymore ambient presets for sale?

This synth slays everything else I've tried. Even better than Dune 3 imo.

there are quite a few presets - soundsets and sound designers that fall more to the ambient side...

The ones i know and tried:
my soundset - atmos infinity - https://www.tone2.net/atmos.html
Mac of BIOnighT -Psychophonia- https://www.tone2.net/psychophonia.html
Touch The Universe - Heavenly Flights - https://www.tone2.net/heavenly-flights.html
Simon Stockhausen - Elevation - https://www.patchpool.net/icarus_elevation.html

Presets from BT and Massimo Bosco and a few more are also usually suitable for ambient;
and a few more soundsets also have them, maybe not so focused....

You can check them mainly on tone2 webpage and hear demo tracks to maybe help you select/choose something that resonates with you

there could be some more soundsets/patches with that focus (ambient/space/berlin school) but i'm not aware of them.....

[Hink]

I was born in 1978 and am now 44 years old. In the late 80s i got my first computer and started coding games and audiosoftware with the age of 13.
I always wanted to own a real synthesizer, but my parents never did buy one as it was too expensive. There was not much software available in these days so I programmed own audiosoftware for SoundBlaster cards.

in 1978 I joined the army and got married, that wife worked then at Arp on Hartwell Ave in Lexington Mass.

[Markus Krause]

Was a very lazy pupil an did a bad exam. After school I had to join the army in 1999. It wasn't my cup of tea as I had some problems to subordinate.
Studied Electronics in 2000. Thought that I could continue beeing lazy as in school but messed it up. Instead, preferred playing in a 'Chillout Electonic Jazz Band' with my friends and coded VST plugins that I played during our life sessions. In those days I nearly ruined my life with drugs. Finally noticed that this isn't healty at all. After this I completely stayed away from this and seriously changed my life. I got reasonable and studied IT. I received no money from my parents and had to fund my studies with VST plugin. This time I finished the exam properly.
Never had a wife that was interested in doing music. Got divorced last year. A good decision. We still got a good relationship.

[zeph]

Was a very lazy pupil an did a bad exam. After school I had to join the army in 1999. It wasn't my cup of tea as I had some problems to subordinate.
Studied Electronics in 2000. Thought that I could continue beeing lazy as in school but messed it up. Instead, preferred playing in a 'Chillout Electonic Jazz Band' with my friends and coded VST plugins that I played during our life sessions. In those days I nearly ruined my life with drugs. Finally noticed that this isn't healty at all. After this I completely stayed away from this and seriously changed my life. I got reasonable and studied IT. I received no money from my parents and had to fund my studies with VST plugin. This time I finished the exam properly.
Never had a wife that was interested in doing music. Got divorced last year. A good decision. We still got a good relationship.

Well done Markus on what you have achieved at Tone2 from a not so good past. You should be very proud!!!!!

I also had a bad past and managed to do pretty well after that!!!

[EnGee]

Wow! What a life! Hard but a great effort with a great result. Glad that you could make it out of the addiction.
It could make a great movie as it has a good moral

[martinjuenke]

Was a very lazy pupil an did a bad exam. After school I had to join the army in 1999. It wasn't my cup of tea as I had some problems to subordinate.
Studied Electronics in 2000. Thought that I could continue beeing lazy as in school but messed it up. Instead, preferred playing in a 'Chillout Electonic Jazz Band' with my friends and coded VST plugins that I played during our life sessions. In those days I nearly ruined my life with drugs. Finally noticed that this isn't healty at all. After this I completely stayed away from this and seriously changed my life. I got reasonable and studied IT. I received no money from my parents and had to fund my studies with VST plugin. This time I finished the exam properly.
Never had a wife that was interested in doing music. Got divorced last year. A good decision. We still got a good relationship.

I really like your honesty

[Markus Krause]

Icarus 2.5.x is available now.

The update is a major update that is available for free for all Icarus2 users.

Video with the new features:
https://www.tone2.com/video/Tone2_Icaru ... _VBR75.mp4

Download (free demo & update):
https://www.tone2.com/download.html

Product page:
https://www.tone2.com/icarus.html



New features:

161 additional patches created by professional designers.
Reworked patch browser with 6 different sizes (small/normal/big + with/without keys).
Native M1 Silicon support on the Mac.
Added a VST3 version for Mac.
Added a standalone version for Mac.
A spectrum analyser displays the frequency-response in the patch browser.
Tooltips with descriptions and hints are shown when you hover over a control.
Help->'Show version info' displays the mode in which the plugin is running (ARM/Intel).
When samples are played back a red sample preview window is shown.
A vertical line shows the current sample playback position.
A double-click resets a knob to default.
Free Soundset demos.
Extended skin support for 3 sizes.
The shape of AHDSR envelopes can now be edited by drawing in the display.
Timing info is shown in the AHDSR windows.
AHDSR envelopes are animated when Midi CCs are routed to them.
Tradtitional sample import with Tools->Load/Save->'Load Sample'.
Added feature desciptions to many menus of the wavetable editor.
You can load traditional samples in .wav format with drag&drop to the oscillator's waveform display.
Samples can be tuned automatically on import.
The mousewheel can be used to switch through wavetables.
Tooltips can be hidden or shown in the Config section.
It is possible to record automation with the effect sliders.
The mouse arrow changes over controls that can be edited by drawing in the display.

Enhanced sound:

Higher sound-quality in 44 kHz, 48 kHz and 88 kHz sample-rate.
More precise timing.
New microtuning algorithm that detects and enhances a wide range of chords.
Enhanced sound of Reverb. It has a more smooth rolloff and less detuning.
Enhanced sound and default settings of the Vocoder.
Enhanced sound of Ensemble effect. It has a more subtle modulation and is in-tune.
Enhanced sound of Hypersaw 10x Stereo.
Enhanced sound of Delay, Delay Wide, Delay Diffuse, Delay Band and Delay Dual.
Enhanced sound of Multitap and PingPong. They have a more subtle modulation.
Enhanced sound of Reverb Dark. It is calculated with higher precision.
Fine-tuned the default values for some effects.

Enhancements:

More smart detection of the VST2 path.
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.
Better workflow and more intuitive use of the interface.
Enhanced many graphics.
Higher performance.
The slider in the wavetable editor is more easy to handle.
The interface has more contrast.
Random Button with extended feature set (3 oscillators, creates new wavetables, etc).
Many small enhancements for the wavetable editor.
Much faster loading and saving.
Further optimisation to prevent denormalisation.
Importing .wav files with drag&drop to the oscillator displays gives much better results.
Fine-tuned the coordinates of some GUI elements.
The resynthesis with single oscillators gives much better results.
More efficient compression for image resources.
The resynthesis menus have been cleaned up and are more straightforward to use.
The OSC Tool menu has been cleaned up. Redundant items have been removed.
Graphics performance in wavetable editor is faster.
The envelopes in the drum sequencer have a blue color.
The Vocoder has higher default volume and is more easy to play.
Added descriptions to the Resynthesis menu.
Added descriptions to the Vocoder menu.
Many small enhancements.
The scrollbar in the patch-browser has more contrast.

Fixes:

Tooltips did not work with Dark Mode with Big Sur.
Workaround for the 'unusual' designed audio architecture of FL Studio. It is not longer necessary to enable 'Use fixed size buffers' to avoid crackles.
Workaround for a bug of Big Sur where new AudioUnits are only detected after a reboot.
Several small compatibility fixes for MacOS 11 and MacOS 12.
The coordiantes of the context-menu for knobs were not always correct.
Fixed a rarely appearing crash in the wavetable editor.
A drag&drop line is not longer shown when the wavetable editor is open.
The coordinates of the scrollbar-handle in the patch-browser could have an wrong offset.
A double-click to a knob of an envelope now correctly redraws the display.
Tooltips were not properly readable in some DAWs under BugSur with Dark Mode.
Automation in the VST3 version did not work with parameters that were located behind the 10th slot.
Workaround for a bug of Ableton and FL Studio which do not properly stick to the AudioUnit2 standard and did not display the AudioUnit.
Workaround for a bug of Reaper which does not display automation parameters incorrectly.
Workarounds for many DAWs which did not resize the VST3 plugin properly.

Changes:

AudioUnit is now an AUv2 plugin.
AudioUnit and VSTi are now a Universal Binary for 64bit Intel and M1.
Apple's development tools are unable to build 32bit Intel binaries when you support M1. Sadly we had to drop support for it.
Apple's Notarisation and the M1 support requires a MacOS version higher or equal than 10.11. If you still use an older version you must stick with Icarus 2.0.
The name of 'Reverb Trance' is now 'Revereb Swirl'.

[Lectropunk aka influx808]

Deadly update markus!

[EnGee]

Great update It works great with M1. Thank you

[sacer]

I have downloaded all the other new installers like nemesis and rayblaster, but version info shows me 2.1 and 2.72 instead of 2.4 and 2.9
Anyone else has the same issues on windows. On the homepage it looks like both, win and Mac have been updated

[rezoneight]

Nice Markus! Thank you for the hard work!

[Spitfire31]

Thank you for this generous upgrade!

Unfortunately, in Live 11.1 on my Mojave (10.14.6) iMac 2019 5k 27", the GUI covered the whole screen and I couldn't find any way to shrink it. Never mind, though, since everything worked in slow motion.

I downgraded to the previous version and everything worked fine again. If you're om Mojave, maybe first download a demo, if you don'y yet own a license.

[Markus Krause]

Icarus 2.5 has a new feature: It automatically picks the largest possible size for your screen.

Enhancements:

More smart detection of the VST2 path.
...
The ideal GUI size is detected automatically.

To change the GUI size and make it smaller click on the 'SIZE' button on the top left. There you can select from 12 different sizes (also explained on page 17 in the handbook).