Tone2 Saurus Teaser - Competition - KVR Giveaway

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[pikadilly]

Saurus doesn't sound 'that' analog. Some patches do appear to be analog but not many of them. The behavior of the filter is a little strange. Sometimes it has some sweet spots for analog sounds but sometimes it doesn't. Had this synth sound completely analog, I do not think Tone2 would price Saurus at this price.

In terms of CPU, no one can denies this syn is efficient. But to say this synth sounds completely analog is some way off. There even to be some Gladiator ghost when tweaking the knobs.

As an owner of Diva, I would still buy Saurus for its sound, UI, and the vast amount of patches made by pro sound-designers. No reasons why one can't have both.

[pdxindy]

Saurus might not be Diva. But Tone2 has made the claims that this is an authentic analog emulation. It makes perfectly sense that it's being compared to a synth that most people agree of being the most authentic analog emulation in the existence.


"The circuits of several famous synthesizers have been measured, analyzed and carefully modeled"

What synths are they? If they sound anything like this, I would like to know so I can avoid ever buying them. FM, drive, extreme resonance and filter feedback sound so bad that I find it unbelievable that they are modelled from classic synthesizers.

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I don't care if it sounds like Diva... In fact I don't want it to cause I have Diva. I just want it to sound good in its own way...

I wish it did kind of sound like Diva but with the new cpu load so i could use a few instances realtime and have an entirely analog sounding track. I am actually disappointed in that respect.

It takes cpu cycles to have that sort of sound quality. In Diva you can turn up feedback, Filter FM and resonance and still get a pleasing high end... and you pay for it with high cpu... no way around that...

[Crackbaby]

So Tone2, any plans to change demo restrictions..?

Let me throw this can of gas into the bonfire...
Can strict demo restrictions lead people into "try before you buy" or whatever that slogan is? (no, i will not say yarr)
And please, let's stay in reality, not in a developers utopia.
If you want to make money of your software, is this the way to go?
Please take a step back, gascan is about to explode

[MaxSynths]

You are very rude!

Oh come on! Has been said with sympathy, after all
Just used that out of place words to highlight that a lot of comments and the way that has been expressed were out of place, IMO.

In any case I apologize for the rudeness!

Saurus doesn't sound bad as almost all have agreed, it just doesn't sound analog.

And I totally agree with you. Just think that I'm the one that always said, in every single "analog vs VST" thread, that a VST plugin will never sound analog, and this is what I continue to think! (but just like I said before in this thread "this is another story"... because I don't want this thread to became another analog vs digital thread)*.


Max


EDIT: *despite my personal opinion it's true that an instrument or effect can be modelled after a particular piece of gear. And this is not a myth or a business strategy as someone said: there's a lot of work involved to reach the final results! So a ton of respect to Urs, Markus and everyone involved in this kind of research. The final result can be so different because the starting point can be very different: there's not only one type of analog synthesizer (Moog).

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[himalaya]

At himalaya, that last demo almost pierce my eardrum. Grrrr.

Which one?

the high resonance demo. ouch.

This one?
http://www.electric-himalaya.com/stuff/ ... _Sweep.wav

no...

from memory this one sat in the highs a lot, i should have quoted it then and there. grr

But there is no other clip of mine in this thread with a more sharp or high frequency sound, which could possibly have that effect as you described. ?
This is the only one, the real analog sound, which you found uncomfortable.

[eytanmich123]

I wish it did kind of sound like Diva but with the new cpu load so i could use a few instances realtime and have an entirely analog sounding track.

What IS "analog sounding track" ?

How do you define one ? can you set it apart from tracks that doesn't sound "analog" or sound "half-analog" ?

Can you tell that the sound was not treated with some "mojo" eq, but it actually
sound like that from it's inception ?

WILL IT MATTER ?

As the nick "aMused" is already taken, I am SERIOUSLY pondering the idea of changing mines to "bMused" (bemused)

Just make music, people. there is a place for everyone

[osiris]

I can't get the audio to play. So, I guess I'll just do a steep res sweep in my head......
Buzzzuuuuurrruuuuuuwwooooooowwwwwwwwsshhhhhhhhhh......

[rob_lee]

Just make music, people. there is a place for everyone

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Again, congrats to Tone2 on the release of Saurus

Rob

[Teksonik]

So Tone2, any plans to change demo restrictions..?

Let me throw this can of gas into the bonfire...
Can strict demo restrictions lead people into "try before you buy" or whatever that slogan is? (no, i will not say yarr)
And please, let's stay in reality, not in a developers utopia.
If you want to make money of your software, is this the way to go?
Please take a step back, gascan is about to explode

Are the demo restrictions as bad as with ElectraX? When I tried to demo ElectraX during one of it's many "call home, open the Tone 2 website" episodes my computer locked up and after that would not boot. The boot sector was corrupt and I had to repair my system. I can't say for sure ElectraX was at fault as it could have just been a coincidence but I'm not taking any chances with any more Tone 2 demos.....and since I don't buy what I can't demo..........