Available now: Tone2 Icarus v3.2

[zvenx]

Fantastic.
rsp

[Examigan]

Icarus v3.2 will be available on Friday.

Update details (scroll down):
https://www.tone2.com/icarus-update.html

Awesome! I’ve been making presets with v3.1 and have around 13 so far. I’m sure that number will climb with the latest version.

[Download SOphist]

to be honest, this synth flew under my radar until now, but feature list is really impressive. already own serum2 and pigments but am getting really tempted to get this one... quickly demo´d the resynthesis part (since a lot of folks praised it) and was really impressed.

[Examigan]

demo´d the resynthesis part (since a lot of folks praised it) and was really impressed.

I used it yesterday with some audio files from my Moog and it sounds great.

[pdxindy]

to be honest, this synth flew under my radar until now, but feature list is really impressive. already own serum2 and pigments but am getting really tempted to get this one... quickly demo´d the resynthesis part (since a lot of folks praised it) and was really impressed.

Icarus is excellent. It has a wide variety of tools, without putting in too many options or ridiculous depths that are impractical. It can make lots of quality sounds and is cpu efficient. The resynthesis is very good.

[Download SOphist]

indeed. colour me impressed.

[Korg Supporter]

I come back to Icarus every time. It's great even for preset surfers.

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

A new video is available:

[zvenx]

As I suspected that it would be up early....3.2.1 is up on their site.
Thanks Markus.
rsp

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

During the beta of v3.2 we noticed that some of the new filters could 'hang-up' under certain exotic conditions. As promised this was still fixed before the official release tomorrow and the version number is now 3.2.1.
The website is also already online now.

[Teksonik]

Should we wait until the official release or is the version up now the same? I planned on spending all day tomorrow with Icraus but I may not be able to resist installing it today if it's the same....

Thanks for this very impressive update!

[zvenx]

He usually releases the final version a day or two ahead of announced date.. I imagine it is the same version that was announced for tomorrow's release.
rsp

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

Should we wait until the official release or is the version up now the same? I planned on spending all day tomorrow with Icraus but I may not be able to resist installing it today if it's the same....

Thanks for this very impressive update!

Official release is tomorrow. I expect no more changes unless somthing really unexpected goes completely wrong.

[Teksonik]

OK thanks, I think I'll stick with Plan A which was to install tomorrow and spend the whole day with Icarus. But I've got to admit the temptation to install right now is pretty great.

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

What is Icarus?
Icarus is one of the most powerful synthesizers available on the market. The award-winning audio-engine provides a gigantic sonic range, offers true high-end sound quality and creates sounds impossible with other synths. Icarus ships with over 2000 hand-picked patches from professional designers.

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

Upgrade:
https://www.tone2.com/icarus-update.html

Free demo / Update download:
https://www.tone2.com/download.html

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Version 3.2 (free update)

The update to v3.2 is available for free for all Icarus3 owners.

New filters:

• LP Ladder 6dB: This is a 6dB lowpass Ladder filter with self-oscillation. It sounds analog and uses 0-delay technology.
• LP Ladder 12dB: This is a 12 dB lowpass Ladder filter with self-oscillation. It sounds analog and uses 0-delay technology.
• BP Ladder: This is a bandpass Ladder filter with self-oscillation. It sounds analog and uses 0-delay technology.
• BP MS-20 12dB: A bandpas filter with self-oscillation. It sounds analog and uses 0-delay technology.
• HP Digital 24dB: This is very a precise digital highpass filter.
• HP MS-20 12dB: A highphass filter with self-oscillation. It sounds analog and uses 0-delay technology.
• Phaser 3x +: Analog 6-stage phaser with positive feedback.
• Phaser 5x +: Analog 10-stage phaser with positive feedback.
• Phaser 2x -: Analog 4-stage phaser with negative feedback.
• Phaser 4x -: Analog 8-stage phaser with negative feedback.
• Formant 1x: Analog formant filter with soft saturation.
• Formant 2x: Analog formant filter with two peaks and soft saturation.
• Formant 3x: Analog formant filter with three peaks and soft saturation.
• Formant 4x: Analog formant filter with four peaks and soft saturation.

New effects:

• Ring Modulation: You can find this new effect under the 'Frequency shifting' menu. It comes with a Damp control for a warmer sound.
• Amplitude Modulation: You can find this new effect under the 'Frequency shifting' menu. It has a more extreme sound than Ring Modulation. It works best for effects, percussive sounds and drums.
• Weaver Shifter: You can find this new effect under the 'Frequency shifting' menu. It works best for effects, percussive sounds and drums.

New additive synthesis modes:

• Add Disharm 4: Plays 4 oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.
• Add Disharm 8: Plays 8 oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.
• Add Disharm 16: Plays 16 oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.
• Add St Dish 4: Plays 4 stereo oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.
• Add St Dish 8: Plays 8 stereo oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.
• Add St Dish 16: Plays 16 stereo oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.

New features - GUI:

• An XY crosshair is shown when you click with your mouse inside the EQ display.
• An XY crosshair is shown when you click with your mouse inside the filter display.
• New "Metal opaque" skin for the user interface.
• It is now possible to record filter cutoff and resonace with the filter XY-pad.

New feature - XY-pad for the waveform display:

• The XY-pad controls are available when you click and move your mouse within the wavefrom display. They add a new dimention of dynamic expression as you can now manipulate 2 parameters at the same time.
• Context-sensitive help appears as soon as you move your mouse.
• In wavetable mode the X-axis is assigned to the to the morph parameter. The Y-axis is assigned to the wavetable position.
• In granular mode the X-axis is assigned to start position. The Y-axis is assigned to the grain size.
• In sample mode the X-axis is assigned to start position.
• If you play back a single waveform the X-axis is assigned to the to the morph parameter.

Enhanced sound quality:

• Significantly enhanced sound quality in 44 kHz. Reduced aliasing in resampling up to 24 dB.
• Drastically enhanced sound quality in 88 kHz samplerate. Reduced aliasing in resampling up to 40 dB.
• Crossfades in the wavetable engine have more clarity and crispiness.
• Significantly enhanced sound quality of the synthesis mode 'Harmonic Shift'. It is the new default mode for new patches.
• Enhanced sound of the Reverb Medium. It has better default parameters, a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
• Enhanced sound of the Reverb Swirl. It has better default parameters, a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
• Enhanced sound of the Reverb Infinite. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
• Enhanced sound of the Reverb Plate. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
• Enhanced sound of the Reverb Big. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
• Enhanced sound of the Reverb Glass. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
• Major chords soun better with the microtuning mode 'dynamic silky'.
• Slightly enhanced sound quality of the equalizer.
• More linear freuency response for filter 'LP MS-20 12dB' with high cutoffs.
• Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filters 'LP Digital 24dB', 'LP Digital 12dB', 'LP Elliptic', 'LP Octave', 'HP Digital 12dB', 'BP Digital 24dB', 'BP Digital 12dB', 'EQ Notch', 'EQ Peak Tight', 'EQ Peak Medium', 'EQ Peak Wide', 'EQ Shelf Tight', 'EQ Shelf Wide' and 'EQ Bandlimit'.

Further enhancements:

• Reworked the default skin.
• Reworked the skins "Metal Fire", "Metal Aqua", "Metal Monochorome", "Metal Pink", "Metal Yellow", "Metal Red".
• Better default parameters for the delay effects.
• More contrast for the tap selector buttons.
• Reworked EQ settigs and parameters of the init-patch. It sits better in the mix and has longer release times.
• Setup always selects full installation as a default.
• Updated the texts of some dialog boxes with warnings.
• Slightly enhanced colors and transparency values for the patch browser.
• The filters are switched to ON automatically if the 'filt env' or 'lfo3' knob is tweaked.
• Many further small enhancements.

Fixes:

• If the mousewheel was used to cycle through wavetables it falsely incremented 2 units instead of 1.
• The diodes sometimes did show wrong values on the Mac.
• Enhanced stablility of some physical modeling, phaser and formant filters.