Available soon: Tone2 Saurus 2.6 - public beta inside

[Markus Krause]

I apologize for creating a new thread. But the old Saurus thread was not created by myself and I can't manage it properly.

What is Saurus?

Finally, true analog sound does no longer require compromises! Saurus2 is an extremely authentic emulation of analog synthesizers. It covers all aspects of the most famous and expensive synths, but without disadvantages.


Product page:
https://www.tone2.com/saurus2.html

Screenshot:
https://www.tone2.com/files/Tone2_Saurus_v2.5.jpg

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Saurus 2.6 public beta

The update to v2.6 is available for free for all Saurus users.
Saurus 2.6 is downward compatible with all previous versions. All existing song projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary. They will benefit from the enhanced sound quality.

New features:

Tooltips and Drag&Drop info can be hidden in the config section
Added Digital Signatures for the installers on PC
Added Notarisation for the installers on Mac
Support for Code-Signing on the Mac, since newer hosts may require it to be able to run plugins
Compatibility with MacOS Catalina
Completely new AudioUnit interface
A double-click on a knob resets in to the default value (Mac)

Enhacements:

PC and Mac version are loading faster
Chorus sounds smoother
Delay and PingPong sound more harmonic
Tube-distortion is more clear and supports oversampling
Menus are bigger
Check-marks in the list-selectors show the currently selected item
Workaround for a well-known bug in Apple's AU-manager: It is not longer necessary to reboot the Mac to detect the plugin
AudioUnit
Better compatibility with Windows 10
Several small enhancements in the GUI
Slightly warmer sound
Saurus.pdf and .cfg files are not longer stored in plugin-directory
SaurusLog.txt is not longer created (Mac)

New features and enhancements (standalone-version for PC):

Added a recorder that can export your jam-session to a wav-file
The BPM-rate can be changed
Added a soft-clipping-algorithm with low harmonic distortion
The current patch can be saved on exit and is reloaded automatically on start
MME-driver support
Midi-through support with output-routing
Added Midi-velocity-curves with multipoint-splines
Optional Midi-transposition with up to +-48 semitones
Optional Midi-channel-filtering
The current BPM-rate, CPU-load and volume is shown on the top-panel
Tooltips are shown on the top-panel
Lower latency for the sound-card drivers
More responsive GUI with 120 Hz refresh-rate for smooth knob movements

Fixes:

Fixed a compatibility problem with some hosts where automation was not recorded correctly
Fixed a possible crash on loading the GUI
Cubase did display an incorrect plugin-version
Fixed two rarely appearing crashes on FL Studio Mac
Fixed a rarely appearing problem when envelope-parameters were not updated correctly
Fixed a rarely appearing crash in Reaper when ESC was pressed while a tooltip was shown
Fixed a problem where the demo could output garbage after the time has been running out
Fixed a bug where low frequencies were missing in the left channel

Changes:

32 bit on Mac is not longer supported. If you still use it, install Saurus 2.5 instead.
MacOS 10.7 is the minimum requirement now. If you use 10.6 or 10.5, install Saurus 2.5 instead.


Download links v2.6 beta:

If you experience problems with the beta please sand an email to markus[a t]tone2[dot]com

PC 64 bit:
https://www.tone2.com/Tone2_Saurus_X64_demo.zip

PC 32 bit:
https://www.tone2.com/Tone2_Saurus_demo.zip

Mac 64 bit:
https://www.tone2.com/Tone2_Saurus_Demo.pkg

Mac full version 64 bit:
https://www.tone2.com/update/Tone2_Saurus2_Mac.pkg

PC full version: Will be available soon

To be able to run the full version you require a valid licence and a key-file. If you don't own a full version you can download the free demo or purchase the product.

[zvenx]

Thanks Markus
rsp

[Lerian]

Found a bug in 2.6 - when changing filter type from controller knob (SL MK2) saurus crashes and crashes reaper too. It happens both in automap version of the plugin and also when manually mapping it. Windows 10 x64, Reaper 6.11, Saurus 2.6

Great synth otherwise.

[Markus Krause]

Thanks.
I don't own a SL MK2, but i will try to reproduce it and fix it in an free update.

Markus

[Lerian]

Hi Marcus,

I don't think it maters the controller, i told you the model because the automap version suffers too, but that's just a wrapper and midi cc is the same in every controller.

Thanks

[functionform]

Must... not... instabuy...

[Markus Krause]

Please don't buy!

[DJErmac]

I dream of a Nemesis flashsale like you did for Saurus... I regret selling this synth so much...

[e-crooner]

Downloaded the demo.
Would be nice if the arrow keys and the esc key could be used to step through presets in the browser and to close the browser, respectively.

Many presets are too loud.

[Lerian]

+1 for the arrow keys.

And maybe a redesigned interface, as for all the tone2 synths (and ofc, the website ). Some research say the design affects user's perception of a synth including sound quality - imho one of the reasons Serum and Pigments get so much praise. If interested msg me, im also into designing interfaces. And ofc, scalable interface - a standard nowadays.

[Trancit]

Hi Markus.

I just noticed a little issue with Saurus VST3 in Bitwig (probably not only there)...
While the VST2 version works fine, VST3 is blocking Spacebar for Transport Start/Stop once you touch a knob on the GUI... the VST2 version doesn´t behave like this...

Is there anything you can do to make them function the same?

[Seluvis]

One thing that I miss from advanced analogue reproductions is cross modulation, something I am not sure Saurus is currently capable of? Its just a nice trick that produces interesting in-harmonic sounds.
Hopefully in future Saurus will get cross mod?