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Markus Krause

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Electra v2.5 beta2
« on: July 07, 2017, 09:24:03 AM »
Bugs:
This beta may still contain bugs. If you experience problems, send an email to support[a t]tone2[dot]com .
Don't forget to include:
1) your system specs
2) The host your are using
3) if it is PC/Mac, x32/x64

Download link:
https://www.tone2.com/download.html
« Last Edit: July 11, 2017, 01:11:20 PM by Markus Krause »

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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #1 on: July 07, 2017, 09:27:08 AM »
The update to v2.5 is a major update, which is available for free.
Electra 2.5 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.

New features:

- Drag & Drop modulation: Drag an envelope or lfo and drop it to a knob to modulate it
- Right-click on a knob opens a menu where you can assign a massive amount of modulation sources
- 8 additional delay effects: Wide, Fat, Diffuse, Dual, Tape, Echo, Resonator, Reflections
- 10 additonal distortion effects: Saturate, Soft clip, Hard clip, Rectify, Bitcrush, Warp, Waveshape, Ripple, Amp Sim, Multiband
- Stereo sample support for FILE -> 'Quick import sample'
- Support for 32 bit wav files
- Support for wav files created by LogicX
- Support for larger samples
- Every layer now can play stacked chords. Select 'Stack' in the arpeggiator and choose a chord
- Every layer now can solve chords , which is useful for subharmonics. Select 'Chord root' in the Arpeggiator
- New Midi learn algorithm: Right-click on a knob to assign a CC
- Hovering the mouse over a knob shows the current parameter value and the modulation source
- Modulation depth control on top left of a knob if a source is assigned
- Sectors on knobs show the modulation amount
- A red sector is shown when clipping of modulation occurs
- 7 new LFO shapes: 'Square %'
- 6 new LFO shapes: 'Stair'
- Tooltips are shown when the mouse is hovered over a control
- Undo/Redo function for sample editor
- New mod matrix targets "PitchOct", which allow a seamless tuning of +-1 octave
- FILE -> 'Quick save patch' overwrites the current fxp file with new settings
- INIT -> 'Clean matrix' removes unused matrix slots
- COPY -> 'Arpeggiator' copies all arp parameters of the current layer
- COPY -> 'Step LFO' copies all Step LFO parameters of the current layer
- PASTE -> 'Arpeggiator' pastes the arp parameters to the current layer
- PASTE -> 'Step LFO' pastes the Step LFO parameters to the current layer
- HELP -> 'Show version info'
- HELP -> 'Download updates'
- More available halftones for the arpeggiator
- 49 new patches

Enhancements:

- Drastically enhanced sound quality of frequencies over 10Khz
- More linear frequency response
- More punchy volume envelope
- Enhanced sound of most reverb types
- More inituitive parameter names for automation
- .rnk files are stored within ElectraX_sounds now
- patch rankings are written immideately on change
- Slightly enhanced sound quality for very large samples
- Enhanced sound of FM
- Enhanced sound of Sync
- Higher precision of high frequencies for Wavetable oscillator
- Higher precision of high frequencies for Custom Wave osciallator
- More linear frequency response for fractal oscillators
- Optimized performance and sound of hypersaw oscillators
- Enhanced sound of distortion
- Enhanced sound of the filters on high cutoff and resonance levels
- Enhanced sound of the effects
- No more missing frequencies above 13 kHz
- More smart algorithm for the microtuning
- Rearranged FILE menu
- More precise knobs
- Slightly less RAM required
- Enhanced some graphics
- More high-end frequencies for 'dynamic loud' mode
- More precise LFOs
- Enhanced sound of the Multitap delay by adding a low cut filter
- Enhanced sound of the PingPong delay by adding a low cut filter
- Activation dialog is now also available in German
- More intuitive handling of sample markers
- Various small enhancements

Fixes:

- Workaround for a bug in Orion, which caused a crash on scrolling through the automation parameters
- The volume of the first 1ms of a song render could have been to low
- Aliaser was detuned in 96kHz
- Midi learn did not work on layer 2-4
- Fixed a compatibility problem when knob circular mode was selected in some hosts
- Fixed a bug in loudness, which did not sound right
- Autotuning samples does not longer reset the halftone settings of the osc

Changes (just cosmetical):

- Renamed "Bass boost" mode to "Analog boost"
- Renamed "Reverb Band" to "Reverb Plate"
« Last Edit: July 11, 2017, 01:12:34 PM by Markus Krause »

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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #2 on: July 07, 2017, 01:12:35 PM »
All that i wrote just left the numbers...

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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #3 on: July 11, 2017, 01:10:53 PM »
Update:
The mac version and the demo are now also available.

https://www.tone2.com/download.html

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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #4 on: July 11, 2017, 02:01:35 PM »
Thanks, finally I can start testing.
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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2017, 10:02:39 AM »
is it me? or is the serial knob (filters) not working properly?
When at serial, the audio from the first filter is still being passed thru. But it should go thru the second filter completely, right?

In serial, at the moment, it is splitted filter. Which isn't serial ofcourse.

Recreation; 1 layer, 1 OSC, set to filter 1. Set filters 1 and 2 to simple LP and enable Serial.
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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2017, 03:27:33 PM »
RANDOM isn't working when MONO(phonic) or legato is selected.
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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2017, 09:57:40 AM »
Hello exmatproton,

When at serial, the audio from the first filter is still being passed thru. But it should go thru the second filter completely, right?

It is a feature, not a bug.
Marke sure that you did set VOL of Filter1 to 0. Otherwise it will be mixed with the serial output of filter2.

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RANDOM isn't working when MONO(phonic) or legato is selected.

Confirmed (if you refer to 'Random' as matrix source). It does only retrigger after silence. I will fix this

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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2017, 03:18:43 PM »
Hello exmatproton,

When at serial, the audio from the first filter is still being passed thru. But it should go thru the second filter completely, right?

It is a feature, not a bug.
Marke sure that you did set VOL of Filter1 to 0. Otherwise it will be mixed with the serial output of filter2.

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RANDOM isn't working when MONO(phonic) or legato is selected.

Confirmed (if you refer to 'Random' as matrix source). It does only retrigger after silence. I will fix this

It was me then  :P

And thnx for confirming the random-bug  ;)
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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2017, 10:55:01 PM »
Just got the update and the very first thing I noticed is that drag and drop doesn't seem to work at all in standalone or in plugin form. The synth is also noticeably slower. Things like reset and loading presets are very sluggish. There is no notable high cpu usage though. This is with Windows 10 and Cubase Pro 9. Should I email support about that?

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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #10 on: July 24, 2017, 09:35:37 AM »
Reporting bug within the beta thread is fine.

Drag & Drop:

Click on the LFO text (not the waveform), hold the mouse button and move it to a knob.

I will do some tests with the performance. Electra 2.5 has a much higher sound quality than the previous versions. It needs around 30% more CPU.
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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #11 on: July 24, 2017, 12:02:16 PM »
Update:

Drag & Drop:
In the release version it will also work when you use the waveform display as drag & drop source

Performance:
I did run some tests. It needs 150 ms to load a sound on my PC (an older i7). I did notice a significant performance drop on loading compared to the previous Electra versions.

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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #12 on: July 24, 2017, 02:42:09 PM »
Update:

Performance:
I did run some tests. It needs 150 ms to load a sound on my PC (an older i7). I did notice a significant performance drop on loading compared to the previous Electra versions.

In which DAW? In Studio One (3.5.1) it takes around 10 seconds. In FL Studio (12.5) it takes around 130ms. In Reaper (5.4) it takes around 1 second and in Ableton (9.7.3) it takes 1 second as well.
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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #13 on: July 24, 2017, 04:09:40 PM »
Around 140 ms in all tested hosts (x64 and x32):
Orion, Ableton, Reaper, Standalone, Savihost

Setup is an I7 with Intel SSD. If loading takes a lot longer it is most likely related to a slow hardisc or other software running in the background

Further tests on an old Laptop with Celeron CPU and a cheap SSD. Here it needs around 400ms.

Please note that some patches may contain large samples as a bulk dump. Here loading might take a little longer (up to 500 ms?)

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Re: Electra v2.5 beta2
« Reply #14 on: July 24, 2017, 04:59:16 PM »
Around 140 ms in all tested hosts (x64 and x32):
Orion, Ableton, Reaper, Standalone, Savihost

Setup is an I7 with Intel SSD. If loading takes a lot longer it is most likely related to a slow hardisc or other software running in the background

Further tests on an old Laptop with Celeron CPU and a cheap SSD. Here it needs around 400ms.

Please note that some patches may contain large samples as a bulk dump. Here loading might take a little longer (up to 500 ms?)

I use an i7 4790K @ 4,6 gHz, a samsung EVO 850 ssd and the loading is 10 seconds in Studio One only. All other tested DAWs are working properly (after the update of ElectraX). No other plugin take longer then 1 second to load in Studio One. Not sure what Studio One is doing here exactly.

(just to let you know :) )
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