Tone2 has released version 1.1 of Gladiator, the Harmonic Content Morphing based synth plug-in.
Changes in v1.1
- Drastically improved time for saving/loading songs in Cubase and other hosts (hard disk space per instance also reduced from 1.5MB to 850 byte per instance).
- Opening the plugin is 250% faster.
- Removed a glitch after switching through presets.
- Slightly reduced memory usage.
- LFO1/2 “retrigger off” was renamed to “random phase”.
- The word “preprocessing” appears in the HCM windows.
- Improved sound: Very low played oscs have more “treble”.
- Improved sound: IQM light is switched to “light” by default. Gladiator sounds less static.
- Fixed a buffer overflow in the “Time Varismooth” modifier.
- The preset format has changed: Hosts save in chunk format now (fxb/fxp). Gladiator presets are now glp/glb files.
The Mac version of Gladiator is now also available, as universal binary for Intel Mac and Power PC. It supports audio unit (AU) and VST 2.4.
More information: Tone2 / Gladiator
Tone2 has released Gladiator, the Harmonic Content Morphing based synth plug-in.
The award winning Gladiator gives you a groundbreaking approach to sound generation. Its exclusive HCM™ synthesis technique, covers new and unique aural territory, only possible with Gladiator. The innovative synthesis, design and unmatched sound quality, make this not only the perfect instrument, but also the best virtual synthesizer and go-to instrument for all those looking for the ultimate creative tool.
Gladiator features
- Real high-end sound quality: Analog, warm, transparent and fat.
- Huge sonic range: From classic to unique science fiction.
- Low CPU and high reliability.
- Gladiator can replace a complete room full of hardware.
- Flexibility and expandability.
- 750 professional sounds from Vengeance and others.
Gladiator is available for Windows PC and Mac OSX (license is cross platform), and costs 149 EUR/$199 USD (MAC version of Gladiator will be available before Christmas).
More information: Tone2 / Gladiator
Tone2 has announced Gladiator, a powerful new synthesizer based on Advanced Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM) synthesis.
Developer Markus writes about HCM synthesis:
The new synthesis method is based on a large and expandable repertoire of standard waves like saw or pulse as well as complex waves like multi waves, trumpets, organs, pads, pianos, and voice samples.
These waves can be modified in real-time by e.g. transposing the wave by one or two octaves and adding it to the original wave, altering its harmonic structure, syncing, compressing or expanding the frequency domain of the spectrum, making the wave fat using only one (!) oscillator by transforming each wave into a supersaw, selecting some cycles of a sample and moving through them over time (comparable to wavetable synthesis)…
Any modification of a wave can be modulated producing lively shimmery sounds (recall: with only one oscillator!). In total there are more than 30000 different spectra available for combination and modulation.
Gladiator features
- Synthesis: Advanced HCM (new synthesis), FM, AM, PWM
- Sync, Phase modulation, vocoder sounds, waveshaping, distortion, supersaw, additive sounds, resynthesis sounds, phase distortion sounds
- Sample playback
- 30208 waveforms
- 18 OSCs per voice
- Effects: 40 different stereo filters, 20 effects
- Real stereo
- 162x oversampling
- Programmable ARP & Step LFO/trancegate
- BPM syncable
- Microtuning
- EQ
- Modular routing
Gladiator is currently in a private beta testing stage and is expected to be released in early December. It will be available for Windows and Mac OSX (no pricing info yet).
More information: Tone2 / Gladiator
