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Announcements & Updates / Gladiator 4.2 released

Last post by Markus Krause - June 04, 2026, 08:31:47 AM

Gladiator 4.2

The update to v4.2 is free for anyone who bought Gladiator 4. Owners of Gladiator 1,2 or 3 can upgrade with a big discount.

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

Free demo download link:
https://www.tone2.com/download.html

What's new in Gladiator 4.2?

New additive synthesis modes for the 'UNISON MODE':

'Additive partials' stacks 4 disharmonic 'organ' oscillators. You can use the 'SPREAD' knob to change the ratio.
'Additive bell' stacks 4 disharmonic 'bell' oscillators. You can use the 'SPREAD' knob to change the ratio.

New additive synthesis modes for the 'PHASE MOD' spectrum:

'Tune partials +' detunes the higher partials of a spectrum without detuning the base harmonic. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.
'Tune partials -' detunes the partials in reverse direction. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.
'Splash tune' heavily detunes the partials without detuning the base harmonic. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.
'Fluppy tune' heavily detunes the partials without detuning the base harmonic. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.
'Crackles' creates random phase garbage.

Enhanced sound:

The new quality mode 'ultra high-end' calculates oscillators with double precision and 4x oversampling.
The enhanced FFT precision results in more accurate resampling of waveforms.
Replaced 'Reverb Large' with a much better unit. It has a smoother rolloff and more detail.
Replaced 'Reverb Trance' with a much better unit. It has a smoother rolloff and more detail.
Replaced 'Reverb Small' with a much better unit. It has a much smoother rolloff and more detail.
Replaced 'Reverb Predelay' with a much better unit. It has a much smoother rolloff and more detail.
The threshold for bypassing the FX processing for saving CPU is lower. Reverb tails do not longer get cut-off.
The microtuning-mode 'silky chords' sounds more polished.
The psychoacoustic postprocessing unit uses more precise coeficients and 64bit processing for calculations.
The equalizer uses more precise coefficients and 64bit processing for calculations.

Enhanced graphics:

Much faster animations of the displays.
More precise layout of some knobs.

Fixes:

After closing the patch browser incorrect parameters could be shown.

Icarus / 27 sounds from Examigan

Last post by Markus Krause - May 22, 2026, 10:29:18 AM

Examigan has created 27 free sounds for Icarus3.
https://www.kvraudio.com/product/icarus3-by-tone2-audiosoftware/downloads

Sound demos:
https://whyp.it/users/42439/examigan

Gladiator / Gladiator 4.2

Last post by Markus Krause - May 08, 2026, 08:10:35 AM

'Additive partials' stacks 4 disharmonic 'organ' oscillators. You can use the 'SPREAD' knob to change the ratio.
'Additive bell' stacks 4 disharmonic 'bell' oscillators. You can use the 'SPREAD' knob to change the ratio.

New additive synthesis modes for the 'PHASE MOD' spectrum:

'Tune partials +' detunes the higher partials of a spectrum without detuning the base harmonic. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.
'Tune partials -' detunes the partials in reverse direction. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.
'Splash tune' heavily detunes the partials without detuning the base harmonic. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.
'Fluppy tune' heavily detunes the partials without detuning the base harmonic. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.
'Crackles' creates random phase garbage.

Enhanced sound:

The new quality mode 'ultra high-end' calculates oscillators with double precision and 4x oversampling.
The enhanced FFT precision results in more accurate resampling of waveforms.
Replaced 'Reverb Large' with a much better unit. It has a smoother rolloff and more detail.
Replaced 'Reverb Trance' with a much better unit. It has a smoother rolloff and more detail.
Replaced 'Reverb Small' with a much better unit. It has a much smoother rolloff and more detail.
Replaced 'Reverb Predelay' with a much better unit. It has a much smoother rolloff and more detail.
The threshold for bypassing the FX processing for saving CPU is lower. Reverb tails do not longer get cut-off.
The microtuning-mode 'silky chords' sounds more polished.
The psychoacoustic postprocessing unit uses more precise coeficients and 64bit processing for calculations.
The equalizer uses more precise coefficients and 64bit processing for calculations.

Enhanced graphics:

Much faster animations of the displays.
More precise layout of some knobs.

Fixes:

After closing the patch browser incorrect parameters could be shown.

Electra 3 / DAW configuration

Last post by Markus Krause - May 05, 2026, 07:54:23 AM

Settings for all DAWs:

Make sure that you enabled multicore/multithread support in your DAW.
Our plugins are optimised for multicore CPUs. Unlike competing companies' products, they can distribute processing across up to four CPU cores per instance. This reduces the CPU load, prevents crackles and enables lower latency settings for your sound card.

Use the settings below if you're still using an old version of the plugin:

If you are using an Electra version older than v3.0:
Recommended samplerate: 96kHz

Icarus / DAW configuration

Last post by Markus Krause - May 05, 2026, 07:34:55 AM

Use the settings below if you're still using an old version of the plugin:

If you are using an Icarus version older than v3.2:
Recommended samplerate: 96kHz

If you are using an Icarus version older than v2.5 and FL Studio /Fruity Loops:
Go to the processing options in FL Studio and select 'use fixed size buffers' and 'Allow threaded processing'.

Announcements & Updates / RayBlaster 3.5 released

Last post by Markus Krause - April 28, 2026, 09:54:23 AM

RayBlaster 3.5

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

website: https://www.tone2.com/rayblaster.html
free demo download link: https://www.tone2.com/download.html

What's new in RayBlaster 3.5 ?

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.

RayBlaster / RayBlaster 3.5 released

Last post by Markus Krause - April 28, 2026, 09:47:00 AM

What's new in RayBlaster 3.5 ?

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.

Icarus / Re: Sonar Cakewalk and Icarus ...

Last post by Markus Krause - April 27, 2026, 10:32:10 AM

Hello Carlo,

Icarus2 has been released 7 years ago and is deprecated. I recommend to upgrade it as there has been a massive number of enhancements and new features. The current version is v3.2.
https://www.tone2.com/icarus-update.html

I assume that you have accidently enabled 'aggressive mouse focus'. To disable it, find the "Icarus_data" directory and delete the file "IcarusMouse.cfg".

Best Regards

Icarus / Sonar Cakewalk and Icarus 2 GU...

Last post by carlo celuque - April 24, 2026, 09:01:43 PM

Hi Tone 2 friends,

Eveerytime I am working on project in Sonar Cakewalk and insert and open the Icarus 2 interface all buttons on Cakewalk becomes dead/not responsible and I have to close Icarus GUI in order to work on Cakewalk!

It only happens with Icarus 2 not with ElectraX !

Any Help?

Thank you

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Gladiator / [solved] Gladiator3_data

Last post by Dumtek - April 23, 2026, 02:42:09 PM

In the file folder "Gladiator3_data" I am noticing a lot more files thant show up, in what i believe to be files for the sample noise section, seeing that they have the same names. However there are many more there like "bubbles, rainforest, shotgun, etc." that do not show up in that area yet have the .gls file name. I did get them to work if i changed the number like to 001 for the set and the gls file that goes with them.

Would love to have the shotgun sound... $:-\$

One thought i had was due to overall file size and the ones that won't show up got shit canned to make space for updates and improvements or something. But what do i know.

That or my old ass computer is ~~fagging~~ out or something.

Kind Regards, PDT

UPDATE - I think I figured it out. One has to purchase the expansions to unlock said sounds i take it.
Seems like" State of Art" is the one i am after then.

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