Tone2 releases Gladiator v4.0

Tone2 Audio has updated their harmonic-content-morphing synthesizer Gladiator to v4.0.

Gladiator4 is fully downward-compatible with all previous versions. All existing songs and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary and will benefit from the enhanced sound-quality.

New features:

• GUI with 14 different sizes (with and without parameter-editor).
• Native support for WQHD, 4K, 5K and 8K UHD displays.
• Support for hardware-acceleration.
• Now all parameters can be automated in all DAWs.
• The current HCM morph-position is shown with a vertical line.
• The mousewheel can be used to quick-select patches.
• It is now possible to export waveforms or wavetables on PC and Mac as a .wav file.
• Arpeggiator-position is shown in the GUI.
• Ultrasharp graphics with enhanced HiDpi and Retina Display support.
• GUI can be scaled from 66% up to 200% by clicking in the lower right corner.
• Automatic detection of the ideal GUI size.
• Lots of other small stuff.

Higher sound-quality:

• More transparent and clear over-all sound.
• The synth 'sits better in the mix', especially when it is combined with other instruments.
• The audio-engine now uses 64-bit precision instead of 32-bit, which results in a higher sound-quality.
• The timing-resolution of the modulation is now twice as precise.
• Enhanced sound of the automatic micro-tuning. Chords can not longer get too much out-of-tune.
• More precise pitch-calculation.
• All sounds with the quality setting "very high" have a more precise and fast modulation.
• More linear frequency-response for certain configurations.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb large. It has a more transparent tail.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb small. It has a more transparent tail.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb predelay. It has a more transparent tail.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb predelay. It has a more transparent tail.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb trance. It has a more transparent tail.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb old. It has a more transparent tail.
• Enhanced sound of Super Strings. It has a higher precision rendering.
• Enhanced sound of formant-scaling.
• Higher resolution mixing.
• Sounds with quality setting "very high" have more accurate envelopes.
• Lots of other subtle enhancements.

Enhancements:

• Higher performance.
• Completely rewritten GUI code.
• Reworked big parts of the audio-code.
• Reworked and enhanced graphics.
• Several small enhancements for the patch-selector and patch-browser.
• Smoother animations and more responsive controls.
• The spectrum-displays show more details.
• The skin has some color-bleeding around the displays.
• More contrast for the spectrum-display and the filter-frequency-response.
• More contrast for the LCD displays.
• Several small enhancements for the VST3 and AU version.
• Fine-tuned some coordinates in the interface.
• The LFO waveforms are drawn with a continuous line.
• The automatic screen-size detection is smarter.
• Smarter installer.
• Reworked tool-tips.
• Re-sizing the VST3, Standalone and Audio Unit works more reliable in various DAWs.
• More beautiful font for the patch-browser for certain configurations.
• Fine-tuned some colors.
• The animations are faster and smoother.
• Enhanced stability.
• A warning message is shown when the installation is damaged.
• A warning is shown when the user accidentality selects a GUI-size that is too large for the screen.
• The installers come with a Microsoft/Apple approved certificate.
• Lots of other small improvements.

Changes:

• Removed the demo-version timeout and added a voice-over.

Fixes:

• Some DAWs could show the VST3 version on PC with an incorrect size when Windows scaling was used.

Price: €149 / $ 169.

Free upgrade: The upgrade is free for anyone who bought Gladiator directly from tone2.com after April 2023.

Upgrade with discount: Gladiator 1 and 2 and 3 owners are able to upgrade to v4.x with a big discount (€39 or $39).

Free demo download: tone2.com/download