Tone2 Audio releases Gladiator3 synthesizer plugin (VST/AU)

Tone2 Audio has announced the release of Gladiator3, an update to the synthesizer instrument that offers an exhaustive list of synthesis methods, including the Tone’s HCM-synthesis.

Version 3 features a larger and resizable GUI, a patch browser, enhanced sound quality, a bigger sonic range, a more user-friendly interface and many new features.

The award-winning HCM-synthesis is exclusive to Gladiator and not available from any other company. It is based on a wide range of interesting waveforms, wavetables, resynthesized samples, voices and natural sounds.
The harmonic structure can be modified with 10 modules and 132 different algorithms to alter the sound. A powerful randomize-function allows the creation of an unlimited number of musically useful sounds with a single mouse-click!
Gladiator supports up to 18 oscillators per voice with stacking, 4x stereo unison and crystal clear sound-quality.

Changes in Gladiator 3

Created a new interface, which is nearly twice as large.
By clicking on ‘EDITOR SIZE’ you can select from four different interface sizes.
Added a comfortable, new patch browser.
New sound-quality mode ‘high-end’.
18 additional unison modes with a diverse selection of chords.
Added context sensitive tooltips with detailed descriptions for all controls.
The patches can be ranked by clicking on the stars in the patch browser.
The patch rankings are stored within the file “Ranking.rnk”.
6 additional lfo waveforms: “Stair 4 up”,”Stair 8 up”,”Stair 4 down”,”Stair 8 down”,”Stair 4 up/down”,”Stair 8 up/down”.
Added manuals in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian to the new help menu.
New loop mode “Noise”, which jumps to a random section .
New loop mode “\/50%”, which ping-pong-loops 50% of the spectrum.
New loop mode “\/25%”, which ping-pong-loops 25% of the spectrum.
3 additional phase-modifiers “Zzzap”, which sound like a laser.
3 additional phase-modifiers “Boing”, which sound like a reverse laser.
2 additional phase-modifiers “Odd noise” and “Even noise”, which noisify the spectrum.
2 additional phase-modifiers “Odd 90” and “Even 90”, which sound like a sub-oscillator.
Information tags about the patches are shown in the patch browser.
Extended halftone-range for the arpeggiator from -23 to +23.
Added cross-product-compatibility: Save->’Export…’ exports the sound of osc1 as an Icarus compatible wavetable in wav format.
Video tutorials can be shown from the help menu.
Updates and additional sounds can be accessed directly from the help menu.
176 additional patches.
Various sound and interface enhancements, improvements and fixes.