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#21
Icarus / Re: Video: Icarus3 Basics, Tip...
Last post by Markus Krause - December 29, 2025, 09:06:41 AM
You can find the videos here:
https://www.tone2.com/video-tutorials.html

I didn't find time to create one with Granular. I'll add more videos after the release of Icarus 3.2.
#22
Icarus / Re: Video: Icarus3 Basics, Tip...
Last post by Examigan - December 28, 2025, 02:53:22 PM
All the videos are great :)  but is there one (maybe I missed it?) where it shows how to use the Granular funtions?  I have never been the best at using granular in whatever plugins, so it would be cool to see your take on how to use it.
#23
Icarus / Preview: Icarus 3.2
Last post by Markus Krause - December 22, 2025, 11:18:37 AM
Preview - Icarus 3.2

All the fetaures below have already been implemented and are working. Icarus 3.2 will be free for anyone who owns Icarus3.


New filters:
  • LP Ladder 6dB: This is a 6dB lowpass Ladder filter with self-oscillation. It sounds analog and uses 0-delay technology.
  • LP Ladder 12dB: This is a 12 dB lowpass Ladder filter with self-oscillation. It sounds analog and uses 0-delay technology.
  • BP Ladder: This is a bandpass Ladder filter with self-oscillation. It sounds analog and uses 0-delay technology.
  • BP MS-20 12dB: A bandpas filter with self-oscillation. It sounds analog and uses 0-delay technology.
  • HP Digital 24dB: This is very a precise digital highpass filter.
  • HP MS-20 12dB: A highphass filter with self-oscillation. It sounds analog and uses 0-delay technology.
  • Phaser 3x +: Analog 6-stage phaser with positive feedback.
  • Phaser 5x +: Analog 10-stage phaser with positive feedback.
  • Phaser 2x -: Analog 4-stage phaser with negative feedback.
  • Phaser 4x -: Analog 8-stage phaser with negative feedback.
  • Formant 1x: Analog formant filter with soft saturation.
  • Formant 2x: Analog formant filter with two peaks and soft saturation.
  • Formant 3x: Analog formant filter with three peaks and soft saturation.
  • Formant 4x: Analog formant filter with four peaks and soft saturation.

New effects:
  • Ring Modulation: You can find this new effect under the 'Frequency shifting' menu. It comes with a Damp control for a warmer sound.
  • Amplitude Modulation: You can find this new effect under the 'Frequency shifting' menu. It has a more extreme sound than Ring Modulation. It works best for effects, percussive sounds and drums.
  • Weaver Shifter: You can find this new effect under the 'Frequency shifting' menu. It works best for effects, percussive sounds and drums.

New additive synthesis modes:
  • Add Disharm 4: Plays 4 oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.
  • Add Disharm 8: Plays 8 oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.
  • Add Disharm 16: Plays 16 oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.
  • Add St Dish 4: Plays 4 stereo oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.
  • Add St Dish 8: Plays 8 stereo oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.
  • Add St Dish 16: Plays 16 stereo oscillators with a disharmonic relationship. You can use the 'spread' knob to control the type and level of detuning.

New features - GUI:
  • An XY crosshair is shown when you click with your mouse inside the EQ display.
  • An XY crosshair is shown when you click with your mouse inside the filter display.
  • New "Metal opaque" skin for the user interface.
  • It is now possible to record filter cutoff and resonace with the filter XY-pad.

New feature - XY-pad for the waveform display:
  • The XY-pad controls are available when you click and move your mouse within the wavefrom display. They add a new dimention of dynamic expression as you can now manipulate 2 parameters at the same time.
  • Context-sensitive help appears as soon as you move your mouse.
  • In wavetable mode the X-axis is assigned to the to the morph parameter. The Y-axis is assigned to the wavetable position.
  • In granular mode the X-axis is assigned to start position. The Y-axis is assigned to the grain size.
  • In sample mode the X-axis is assigned to start position.
  • If you play back a single waveform the X-axis is assigned to the to the morph parameter.

Enhanced sound quality:
  • Significantly enhanced sound quality in 44 kHz. Reduced aliasing in resampling up to 24 dB.
  • Drastically enhanced sound quality in 88 kHz samplerate. Reduced aliasing in resampling up to 40 dB.
  • Crossfades in the wavetable engine have more clarity and crispiness.
  • Enhanced sound of the Reverb Medium. It has better default parameters, a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
  • Enhanced sound of the Reverb Swirl. It has better default parameters, a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
  • Enhanced sound of the Reverb Infinite. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
  • Enhanced sound of the Reverb Plate. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
  • Enhanced sound of the Reverb Big. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
  • Enhanced sound of the Reverb Glass. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality of the equalizer.
  • More linear freuency response for filter 'LP MS-20 12dB' with high cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'LP Digital 24dB' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'LP Digital 12dB' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'LP Elliptic' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'LP Octave' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'HP Digital 12dB' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'BP Digital 24dB' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'BP Digital 12dB' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'EQ Notch' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'EQ Peak Tight' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'EQ Peak Medium' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'EQ Peak Wide' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'EQ Shelf Tight' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'EQ Shelf Wide' with low cutoffs.
  • Slightly enhanced sound quality and stabiliy of the filter 'EQ Bandlimit' with low cutoffs.

Further enhancements:
  • Reworked the default skin.
  • Reworked the skins "Metal Fire", "Metal Aqua", "Metal Monochorome", "Metal Pink", "Metal Yellow", "Metal Red".
  • Better default parameters for the delay effects.
  • More contrast for the tap selector buttons.
  • Reworked EQ settigs and parameters of the init-patch. It sits better in the mix and has longer release times.
  • Setup always selects full installation as a default.
  • Updated the texts of some dialog boxes with warnings.
  • Slightly enhanced colors and transparency values for the patch browser.
  • Many further small enhancements.

Fixes:
  • If the mousewheel was used to cycle through wavetables it falsely incremented 2 units instead of 1.
#24
Icarus / Re: Icarus issue on Sonar Cake...
Last post by Markus Krause - December 15, 2025, 09:38:57 AM
Hello Carlos,

Icarus 2.0 is over 6 years old and deprecated.
You can upgrade it here: https://www.tone2.com/icarus-update.html

The issue you describe is unknown and hasn't been reported from any other user. It seems to be a system specific problem.

You can try this:
1) Find the Icarus_data directory on your harddisc
2) Delete IcarusMouse.cfg (if it exists)

Best Regards,
Markus Krause
#25
Icarus / [solved]Sonar Cakewalk loosing...
Last post by carlo celuque - December 14, 2025, 02:39:02 PM
Hi,
Recently I have noticed an issue while using Tone 2 Icarus 2 on Sonar Cakewalk! When the Synth GUI is opened I can't change any Volume fader control on Cakewalk track! But if I close Icarus then I can move the faders normally! There must be something related with Icarus GUI and Cakewalk! Any help?
Thank you.
#26
Icarus / Re: Icarus 3.1 and Apple Silic...
Last post by Markus Krause - December 14, 2025, 09:07:40 AM
PC and Mac are different platforms and got a completely different architecture.
Migrating a song to a another computer with a different architecture is very risky as there are many things that can go wrong.

What can cause issues?
- A plugin is missing and not installed
- A plugin is not available on one platform (e.g. there is no Mac version)
- A plugin is not available on the new platform in the right CPU architecture (e.g. no M1 native version exists)
- The plugins have different version numbers
- A plugin is not available as a format on a platform (e.g. AudioUnits)
- The DAW uses different file formats on the platforms
- The plugins have a different plugin-ID and the DAW can't handle it
- The DAW dropped support for a format on a platform (e.g. Cubase on M1)

What can you do as a workaround?
- Finish the song on your old platform
- Dump the affected audio track before you migrate
- Try another plugin format (e.g. VST2)
- Save the patch and midi data of the affected track separately and then load it on the new platform manually
- Use a different DAW
#27
Icarus / Migrating vom PC to Mac
Last post by Luis - December 13, 2025, 04:06:41 AM
Hi there. I transfered a project from my Windows machine to my new MBP m4 and Icarus VST3 format in the project, it says plugin not found. I re-installed the plugin and nothing. I'm using Ableton 12.3. I tried another project and it says the same thing. Any idea? Thanks.
#28
Saurus / Available soon: Saurus 4.1
Last post by Markus Krause - November 28, 2025, 04:56:14 PM
Available soon: Saurus 4.1




The update is available for PC and Mac. It is free for anyone who owns Saurus.

Enhanced sound quality:

  • Significantly enhanced sound quality in 44 kHz. Reduced aliasing up to 12 dB.
  • Drastically enhanced sound quality in 88 kHz samplerate. Reduced aliasing up to 20 dB.
  • Enhanced sound of the reverb. It has a smoother rolloff, less phasing, more detail and more depth.
  • Slightly enhanced sound of the chorus. It has more precise interpolation.
  • Slightly enhanced sound of the delay. It has more precise interpolation.

New features:

  • It is more easy to see soundsets in the patch browser. They have blue color.
  • Template patches have grey color in the patch browser.
  • VST3-only installation has been added to the setup on PC.

Further enhancements:

  • Enhanced look of the patch browser's scrollbar handle.
  • More smart detection of the default installation path.
  • Setup always selects full installation as a default.
  • Better default values for the init patches.
  • Many small improvements.

Downward compatibility:

  • Saurus 4.1 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.


Download link public beta:
https://www.tone2.com/demo/Tone2_Saurus4_demo_PC.zip
https://www.tone2.com/demo/Tone2_Saurus4_demo_Mac.pkg

Saurus product page
https://www.tone2.com/saurus.html

#29
Icarus / Re: Icarus 3 and Waveform Pro ...
Last post by MarcH - November 22, 2025, 03:05:19 PM
Thanks Markus, I discovered that Waveform was sending a program change message from my MIDI input, not in the actual track itself. I was recently working with my hardware synths for the first time in awhile and must have inadvertently set that program change message which explains why the problem did not exist before. So Icarus was the only synth responding to that incoming message. I set the input to send no program change message and the issue is now fixed. Thanks for the support! I'm demoing Nemesis now and will likely add it to my collection as well.  :) 
#30
Icarus / Re: Icarus 3 and Waveform Pro ...
Last post by Markus Krause - November 22, 2025, 08:06:18 AM
Maybe there is something wrong in your track and you're acciddently sending Midi program change messages to the plugin.
Most other plugins to not support Midi program changes so you might not experience it here.
Starting a new track in your DAW will solve this.

If you need further assistance please refer to support[ at]tone2[do t]com. We will take care of you.
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