Available now: Tone2 Icarus v3.2

[Neon Breath]

How are the filters stereo if you can't pan them (which would be a cool future feature)?

+1 on stereo panning the filters, that would be fantastic to expand Icarus' psychoacoustic effects.

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

How are the filters stereo if you can't pan them (which would be a cool future feature)?

+1 on stereo panning the filters, that would be fantastic to expand Icarus' psychoacoustic effects.

Unlike conventional synths Icarus has true stereo architechture.
It comes with true stereo oscillators. When you run the 'Stereo' types technically each oscillator consists of at least two oscillators. One for left and one for right (or a stack of these in the HyperStereo modes). You can run them with different pitches to create very wide and fat sounds. The 'spread' knob controls the detuning.
Thats's why also stereo filters are necessary. Technically the filter section consists of 4 multimode filters. 2 filter pairs for the left channel and two filter pairs for the right channel.

Filter panning is possible for a future update as a mod matrix target.

[Medenka]

at least two oscillators. One for left and one for right

That's dual mono. Unison is not stereo. Wide and fat is for the 'musicians'.

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

https://www.tone2.com/handbook/Tone2_Icarus3.pdf

Oscillator Playmodes

Icarus features a large amount of oscillator playmodes, just beneath the waveform display on the leftyou'll find the Play Mode menu.
Note that once a play mode is selected, visual feedback in the shape of multiple arrows will show the amount of oscillator detuning.

Playmodes
◦ Mono – Single oscillator. This is the classic mode which is used by conventional synthesizers
◦ Stereo – Stereo mode.

HyperSaw

◦ HyperSaw 3, 5, 7, 9 – Several detuned oscillators play at the same time. Unlike
conventional Hypersaw synthesizers, the Hypersaws in Icarus are phase optimized. This
means that the amount of beating is minimized statistically. As a result you get a sound
which suffers from less gain peaks and has more bottom. The Hypersaw oscillators of
conventional synthesizers use only sawtooths. In Icarus you can combine this mode with
any kind of waveform or wavetable. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ SuperSaw – Ninedetuned oscillators play at the same time. This mode provides the classic
'Trance' sounds from the late 90s. Unlike conventional synthesizers with Supersaw you can
combine this mode with any kind of waveform or wavetable. The detune knob controls the
amount of detuning.

Stereo Hypersaw
◦ HyperStereo 4, 6, 8, 10 – Several detuned stereo oscillators play at the same time. The
oscillators are phase optimized. This means that the amount of beating is minimized
statistically. As a result you get a sound which suffers from less gain peaks and which has
more bottom. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.

Unison
◦ Unison 2x – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The detune knob controls the amount of
detuning.
◦ Unison 4x – Four detuned oscillators are stacked. The detune knob controls the amount of
detuning.
◦ Unison 4x Stereo – Four detuned stereo oscillators play at the same time. The detune knob
controls the amount of detuning.

Stack
◦ Stack 2:1 Octave – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays one
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octave higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Stack 3:1 – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays one octave and
a fifth higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Stack 4:1 – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays two octaves
higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Stack 5:1 – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The frequency of the second oscillator is
five times higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Stack 3:2 Fifth – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays a fifth
higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Stack 5:2 – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays 2.5 times
higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Stack 4:3 Quart – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays 1.33
times higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Stack 5:3 – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays 1.66 times
higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Stack 5:4 Major – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays a major
third higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Stack 6:5 Minor – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays a minor
third higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Fifth Oct – Three detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays an octave
higher. The third oscillator plays an octave and a fifth higher. The detune knob controls the
amount of detuning.
◦ Octave 4x –Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays one octave
higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Octave 4x Stereo – Four detuned stereo oscillators are stacked. The second pair plays one
octave higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.

Autochord
◦ Third Maj/Min – Two detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays a minor
or major third higher. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Third Maj/Min 2 – Three detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays an
octave higher. The third oscillator plays a minor or major third higher. The detune knob
controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Third Maj/Min 3 – Three detuned oscillators are stacked. The second oscillator plays an
octave higher. The third oscillator plays an octave and a minor or major third higher. The
detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Chord 1 – Plays a major or minor chord. The detune knob controls the amount of detuning.
◦ Chord 2 – Plays a major or minor chord and one octave lower. The detune knob controls
the amount of detuning.

Flanger
◦ Flange 3x – Three slightly detuned oscillators are stacked to achieve a flanging effect. The
detune knob controls the modulation speed.
◦ Flange 5x – Five slightly detuned oscillators are stacked to achieve a flanging effect. The
detune knob controls the modulation speed.
◦ Flange Stereo – Six slightly detuned oscillators are stacked to achieve a stereo flanging
effect. The detune knob controls the modulation speed.

[Korg Supporter]

I discovered something cool in the wavetable editor. If you downsample the waves at a setting of 5, your waves have 32 steps and become PC Engine or SCC-style sounds! However, the maximum downsampling setting (6) gives your waveforms 64 steps, so there's no 128-step option for PGG-style wavetables.

[CinningBao]

Not sure if it's in this thread already but I did the deepest-dive ever into Icarus' oscillator playmodes a year or so ago because I've never seen anything quite like them.



All the Playmodes are chaptered-up so it should be fairly easy to find one particular playmode if desired.

[sunthief01]

Cinningbao- love your videos and hope you keep doing them. These Tone2 ones + the Toybox ones are an endless source of inspiration for me - especially when I sometimes find myself making the same sounds over and over again, your vids tend to push me into new territory

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

Thanks for the video! I'll shared it on the forum and will link to it from the website

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

I finally found time to create a video tutorial:


I plan to add more videos in the future

[CinningBao]

Cinningbao- love your videos and hope you keep doing them. These Tone2 ones + the Toybox ones are an endless source of inspiration for me - especially when I sometimes find myself making the same sounds over and over again, your vids tend to push me into new territory

Thanks so much
I've got a few plans for vids after some projects I've got on so I hope you're subscribed!

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

I finished the next video.

Tone2 Icarus3 - Interface, Tips & Tricks

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[3lu5iv3]

pressing a pad on my Launchpad does nothing.
how do i setup my MIDI controller in the standalone version?
i couldn't find anything. does anyone know?

update: nervermind i found it. i'm so bad at finding stuff. SMH...

[Korg Supporter]

It would be nice if you can change the distribution of the self-oscillating harmonics or even add a Spectral filter a la Harmor. Adding delay to the ahdsr envelopes would also be sweet.

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

how do i setup my MIDI controller in the standalone version?
i couldn't find anything. does anyone know?

update: nervermind i found it. i'm so bad at finding stuff. SMH...

Glad that you found it

For all others:
In the standalone you can find the menu(s) for the Midi setup on the top left.
Within the synth you can assign Midi CCs with a right-click on a knob.

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

1) It would be nice if you can change the distribution of the self-oscillating harmonics
2) add a Spectral filter.
3) Adding delay to the ahdsr envelopes would also be sweet.

Thank you for your feedback.

1) Can you explain this more detailed. I am not sure here what exactly you are refering to. Changing the distribution of the partials is already possible with the additive modes in Icarus3:
Within the oscillator select 'additive' instead of 'Mono' (on the left above the Vol knob). Then use the 'spread' knob to change the distribution.

2) Several spectal filters are already included. On the right of an osc select 'Filter->Lowpass Fade' or 'Filter->Highpass Fade' instead of 'None / Partial'. If there is demand for more spectral filters it is possible to add them for future versions.

3) This isn't something other users have requested to far. You can use the MSEGs for this. Route it to volume or osc volume in the matrix.