Tone2 Audio has released an update to its RayBlaster software synthesizer instrument for Windows and Mac (VST/VST3 and AU). Version 3.5 overhauls the innovative sound engine and the complete factory content has been reworked.
RayBlaster unveils a completely new dimension of sounds, impossible with other synths. The revolutionary Impulse Modeling Synthesis is not just a marketing buzzword, but a radically different approach to synthetic sound generation.
Changes in RayBlaster v3.5
- Enhanced sound quality and reduced aliasing.
- Enhanced FFT precision results in more accurate resampling of waveforms.
- More precise interpolation of the oscillator impulses.
- Enhanced sound of ‘Reverb Ultra’, ‘Reverb Big’, ‘Reverb Infinite’, ‘Reverb Trance’, ‘Reverb Band’ and ‘Reverb Glass’, improving rolloff, phasing, detail and more depth.
- Reduced detuning in ‘Delay Dual’, ‘PingPong’, ‘MultiTap Delay’, ‘Delay’, ‘Delay Band’ and ‘Delay Diffuse’ effects.
- The equalizer uses 64bit processing for coefficient calculations.
- The upper midrange is less sharp in the EQ modes ‘Psychoacoustic+’, ‘High Boost’ and ‘Psychoacoustic’.
- Enhanced sound of the per-voice distortion.
- The complete factory content has been reworked. 50 new sounds have been added and many existing sounds were enhanced and fine-tuned. Mediocre sounds have been kicked to provide only top-quality content (optionally available to download).
- All sounds are now properly sorted into the right categories.
- Improved visibility of soundsets in the patch browser (blue color). Tutorial patches have grey color in the patch browser.
- The patch browser can show a scrollbar for the categories.
- Additional equalizer in the Setup section. ‘EQ: Soft Midrange’ damps frequencies around 3.5 kHz with -6dB.
- Much faster animations of the waveforms, the VUs and the effect parameters.
- More precise layout of the small knobs and various GUI elements.
- Improved default settings for the init patch.
- Improved default parameters for various effects.
- Enhanced stability.
- The installer is smarter and VST3 is installed with the default setting.
- Included a workaround for DAWs that return garbage values for the BPM-rate or song-position.
- Many small enhancements.
A free update for existing users, new customers can purchase RayBlaster 3 for $99 USD / €99 EUR at the Tone2 store and from distributors Best Service, PluginFox and AudioDeluxe. Note that you can get an additional 10% discount on a purchase at AudioDeluxe by using coupon code SUMMER2026 at the checkout for a limited time.
