Tone2 releases Nemesis 2 Synthesizer

Tone2 Audio has released Nemesis 2, a new synthesizer-plugin for Windows and Mac OS.

The update to v2.0 is a major update, which is available for free. It includes a big GUI, many new features, new waveforms, higher sound-quality, better performance and many enhancements.

Nemesis 2 is downward-compatible with all previous versions. All existing song projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary.

What's new in v2.0?

New features:

• A big interface is available beside of the normal scale now.
• It is possible to select from 4 GUI sizes in 'CFG'.
• The synth can create an unlimited number of new sounds with FILE->'Create random patch'.
• 119 additional Waveforms including many noisy and complex types.
• New effect 'Hypersaw' which stacks 3,5,7 or 9 voices.
• New effect 'Haas Effect' which creates the impression of positioning a sound source.
• New effect 'Chorus Standard' which has the sound of an industry-standard chorus.
• The texts shown in the patch-browser on Mac support hi-dpi drawing.
• The plugin detects the best GUI-size automatically.
• Added Digital-Signatures for the installers on PC.
• Added Notarisation for the installers on Mac.
• Support for Code-Signing on the Mac, since new hosts may require it to be able to run plugins.
• Compatibility with MacOS Catalina and Big Sur.
• Completely new AudioUnit interface.
• The texts shown in the patch-browser on Mac support hi-dpi drawing.
• Keyfile-dialogue is available in German.

Enhancements:

• The interface has a smoother rendering with more contrast.
• Much faster loading of plugin and patches.
• Compatibility with Windows 10.
• Enhanced sound of MultiTap, Delay, PingPong, DelayDual, Doubler DelayBand. They sound less detuned.
• More beautiful fonts.
• Patch-browser has more contrast.
• Reworked many graphics.
• Many small enhancements.

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.
• Faster closing of plugin.

Changes:

• 32-bit on PC is not longer supported. If you still use a 32-bit host, install Nemesis 1.6 instead.
• MacOS 10.7 is the minimum requirement now. If you still use 10.6 or 10.5, install Nemesis 1.6 instead.

Fixes:

• Fixed a rarely appearing crash that could happen when the plugin was closed while a tooltip was shown.
• Fixed an unlikely crash on the Mac which happened if the plugin was closed immediately after opening the browser.

System requirements:

• PC: Windows XP / 7 / 8 / 10 / Vista (32-bit or 64-bit).
• PC formats: 32-bit VSTi, 64-bit VSTi, standalone.
• Mac: MacOS 10.7 or higher / MacOS 11; Intel CPU or Apple M1.
• Mac formats: 32-bit VSTi, 64-bit VSTi, 32-bit Audio Unit (AU), 64-bit Audio Unit (AU).

Price: $99.

Nemesis 2 features user-friendly copy-protection: No cloud, no dongle, no need to be online.