Tone2 Audio has announced the release of a new soundset for the Icarus wavetable synthesizer instrument.

Vocals & Chops comes with a collection of presets that uses Icarus’ exclusive 3D wavetable technology to create synthetic voices.

Tone2 Icarus 1.5

The patches are not just a bunch of ‘vocal samples’ – it is real speech synthesis. The vocal chants are never out-of-tune and automatically synchronize to the song’s BPM rate. This makes it very easy to add professional sounding vocals to your tracks.

Vocals & Chops features

  • The set uses Icarus’ unique 3D Wavetable synthesis to create voice sounds in realtime.
  • The sounds are exclusive and not possible with other synthesizers.
  • All vocal phrases automatically sync to BPM and are never out-of-the-beat.
  • It is possible to play vocal melodies and polyphonic singing with the keyboard.
  • It is possible to timestretch and pitchshift the vocals in realtime.
  • All voices are properly tuned.
  • Created by the developer of Icarus.
  • 150 inspiring presets.
  • Most presets can be morphed with the modwheel.
  • Seamless integration into the user interface.
  • Very easy installation.
  • Uses the new features introduced with Icarus v1.5.
  • All sounds have been have been carefully normalized.

The soundset is available for 29 EUR / $39 USD.

More information: Tone2 Audio