Tone2 RayBlaster3 - Impulse-Modeling-Synthesizer

[zvenx]

I got an email today with a new link..
I imagine all emails may not come at once, but for sure check your spam to make sure it isn't in there.
rsp

[Neon Breath]

Nope, nothing here.

@Tone2: any cue on how to update to 3.5 ?

[zvenx]

I am sure, it will be via an email that will come by Friday.
rsp

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

@Tone2: any cue on how to update to 3.5 ?

I sent out an email with a download link yesterday. If you did not receive it, please check out your spambox. If this doesn't help you can request a free reshipment here:
https://www.tone2.com/reshipment.html

Please note that RayBlaster3.5 is free for everyone who bought RayBlaster3 (RayBlaster 3.0 was released on October the 30th 2023).
RayBlaster1 and RayBlaster2 owners who purchased it before October 2023 can upgrade here:
https://www.cleverbridge.com/1853/?scop ... art=264525

[JoeCat]

@Tone2: any cue on how to update to 3.5 ?

I sent out an email with a download link yesterday. If you did not receive it, please check out your spambox. If this doesn't help you can request a free reshipment here:
https://www.tone2.com/reshipment.html

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If you have gmail, it likes to sort these into Promotions
In any case, thanks for what looks to be an awesome update!

[Neon Breath]

Thanks @All for your help, got it. It was indeed in my Spam folder, you guys were right.

And thanks for the solid update Tone2/Markus

Magnificent and unique synth!

[tumface]

This is a great update. The sound improvements are nice, and the plugin GUI running at high frame rate on Mac is also really nice!

[Neon Breath]

Interesting fact I've noticed, not sure why but RayBlaster is one of those synths I rarely turn off the FX to use the external plugins I own instead. The delay, the reverb and the phaser algos in particular works so well with the synth, they really gel together like alot of others synths don't, therefore I prefer using my external FX plugins.

The only downside is that I would've really liked there to be more than two FX slots so I could use more of them. They make the overall synth sounds so cohesive. Two more FX slots in a future update? maybe?

[mutagen]

Preset 'A Sunshine MF' has been inspiring for noodling around and playing stuff.

[tumface]

It's funny that the Tone2 website lists RayBlaster as its most CPU-intense synth (I'm assuming that means with normal-ish settings and not like Icarus with maxed out unison) but even on my 5 year old MacBook Pro, RayBlaster barely uses anything at all. If I call up any synth released in the last couple of years, they can easily use 5x-10x the amount of CPU per voice. All of the Tone2 synths are crazy low CPU by modern standards.

It's also great that Tone2 still supports old OS versions. I don't like to upgrade my music production machines' OS version once I've got it set up and working, since it tends to create more problems than it solves.

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

You are right. The texts on website need an update. What was 'average' or 'low CPU' demand in the past is now 'very low CPU demand' these days.

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

New! RayBlaster 3.5

RayBlaster unveils a completely new dimension of sounds, impossible with other synths. The revolutionary Impulse Modeling Synthesis is not just a marketing buzzword, but a radically different approach to synthetic sound generation.

Website: https://www.tone2.com/rayblaster.html
Free demo download: https://www.tone2.com/download.html



What's new in v3.5?

The update to v3.5 is a major update. It overhauls the innovative sound-engine of the Impulse Modeling Synthesizer. The complete factory content has been reworked.
The update is free for anyone who bought RayBlaster 3. Owners of RayBlaster 1 or 2 can upgrade with a big discount.

Enhanced sound quality:

• Significantly enhanced sound quality when 44 kHz or 22 kHz is used as the DAW's samplerate. Reduced aliasing up to 12 dB.
• Drastically enhanced sound quality when 88 kHz or 176 kHz is used as the DAW's samplerate. Reduced aliasing up to 20 dB.
• The enhanced FFT precision results in more accurate resampling of waveforms.
• More precise interpolation of the oscillator impulses.
• Enhanced sound of 'Reverb Ultra'. It has stereo input, a smoother rolloff, more detail and more depth.
• Enhanced sound of 'Reverb Big'. It has has stereo input, a smoother rolloff, more detail and more depth.
• Enhanced sound of 'Reverb Infinite'. It has stereo input, a smoother rolloff, more detail and more depth.
• Enhanced sound of 'Reverb Trance'. It has stereo input, a smoother rolloff, more detail and more depth.
• Enhanced sound of 'Reverb Band'. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
• Enhanced sound of 'Reverb Glass'. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
• Reduced detuning in 'Delay Dual' effect.
• Reduced detuning in 'PingPong' effect.
• Slightly reduced detuning in 'MultiTap Delay' effect.
• Slightly reduced detuning in 'Delay' effect.
• Slightly reduced detuning in 'Delay Band' effect.
• Slightly reduced detuning in 'Delay Diffuse' effect.
• The equalizer uses 64bit processing for coefficient calculations.
• The upper midrange is less sharp in the EQ modes 'Psychoacoustic+', 'High Boost' and 'Psychoacoustic'.
• Enhanced sound of the per-voice distortion.

Better factory content:

• The complete factory content has been reworked.
• 50 new sounds have been added.
• Lots of existing sounds were enhanced and fine-tuned.
• All sounds are now properly sorted into the right categories.
• Mediocre sounds have been kicked to provide only top-quality content. You can download them optionally from the website.

New features:

• It is more easy to see soundsets in the patch browser. They have blue color.
• Tutorial patches have grey color in the patch browser.
• The patch browser can show a scrollbar for the categories.
• There is an additional equalizer in the Setup section. 'EQ: Soft Midrange' damps frequencies around 3.5 kHz with -6dB.

Enhanced graphics:

• Much faster animations of the waveforms, the VUs and the effect parameters.
• More precise layout of the small knobs and various GUI elements.

Further enhancements:

• Better default settings for the init patch.
• Better default parameters for various effects.
• Enhanced stability.
• The installer is smarter and VST3 is installed with the default setting.
• Included a workaround for crappy DAWs that return garbage values for the BPM-rate or song-position.
• Many small enhancements.

Fixes:

• Fixed an unlikely crash that could happen when the Windows function of the oscillator is automated.

Downward compatibility:

• RayBlaster 3.5 is downward compatible with all previous versions. Existing song projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary. They will benefit from the enhanced sound-quality.
• The factory content has been reworked and many sounds have been moved to other categories. To avoid duplicates we recommend to uninstall your previous RayBlaster version before you install v3.5.

[Tone2 Synthesizers]

It's funny that the Tone2 website lists RayBlaster as its most CPU-intense synth (I'm assuming that means with normal-ish settings and not like Icarus with maxed out unison) but even on my 5 year old MacBook Pro, RayBlaster barely uses anything at all. If I call up any synth released in the last couple of years, they can easily use 5x-10x the amount of CPU per voice. All of the Tone2 synths are crazy low CPU by modern standards.

It's also great that Tone2 still supports old OS versions. I don't like to upgrade my music production machines' OS version once I've got it set up and working, since it tends to create more problems than it solves.

The website has been updated. The CPU demand is now 'very low':
https://www.tone2.com/comparison.html