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#31

Icarus / Re: Sonar Cakewalk loosing foc...

Last post by Examigan - December 31, 2025, 11:44:44 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.

I just tried that in Cakewalk by Bandlab (latest free version) and in the free tier of Sonar by Cakewalk.
I have Icarus 3. 

It works fine here, no focus issues.

#32

Icarus / Re: Icarus feature requests

Last post by Examigan - December 31, 2025, 07:52:53 PM

Sorry if someone else already asked for this:

I'd like if the dropdown menus would highlight whichever the choice was from, just to make it easier to find it again and use related types.   


For instance - on the Synthesis/Morph mode tab, when it drops down, it would be nice to have which category it comes from.  So if I see "Spirit" on that tab, and I click on it, it would highlight "Lofi" in the dropdown so I can find where it originates from.   

#33

Icarus / Re: Video: Icarus3 Basics, Tip...

Last post by Examigan - December 31, 2025, 07:38:28 PM

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.

Awesome, thanks Markus!

#34

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.

#35

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.

[New filters:]

#36

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.

#37

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

#38

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.

#39

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

#40

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.