Tone2 Releases Gladiator 4.2

"Tone2 Audio has updated their harmonic-content-morphing synthesizer Gladiator to version 4.2. The update free for anyone who bought Gladiator 4. Owners of Gladiator 1,2 or 3 can upgrade with a big discount.

What's new?

New additive synthesis modes for the 'UNISON MODE':

'Additive partials' stacks 4 disharmonic 'organ' oscillators. You can use the 'SPREAD' knob to change the ratio.

'Additive bell' stacks 4 disharmonic 'bell' oscillators. You can use the 'SPREAD' knob to change the ratio.

New additive synthesis modes for the 'PHASE MOD' spectrum:

'Tune partials +' detunes the higher partials of a spectrum without detuning the base harmonic. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.

'Tune partials -' detunes the partials in reverse direction. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.

'Splash tune' heavily detunes the partials without detuning the base harmonic. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.

'Fluppy tune' heavily detunes the partials without detuning the base harmonic. The amount of detuning depends from the morph 'SPEED'.

'Crackles' creates random phase garbage.

Enhanced sound:

The new quality mode 'ultra high-end' calculates oscillators with double precision and 4x oversampling.

The enhanced FFT precision results in more accurate resampling of waveforms.

Replaced 'Reverb Large' with a much better unit. It has a smoother rolloff and more detail.


Replaced 'Reverb Trance' with a much better unit. It has a smoother rolloff and more detail.

Replaced 'Reverb Small' with a much better unit. It has a much smoother rolloff and more detail.

Replaced 'Reverb Predelay' with a much better unit. It has a much smoother rolloff and more detail.

The threshold for bypassing the FX processing for saving CPU is lower. Reverb tails do not longer get cut-off.

The microtuning-mode 'silky chords' sounds more polished.

The psychoacoustic postprocessing unit uses more precise coeficients and 64bit processing for calculations.

The equalizer uses more precise coefficients and 64bit processing for calculations.

Enhanced graphics:

Much faster animations of the displays.

More precise layout of some knobs.

Gladiator product page:

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

Download link for the free demo:

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

Update and upgrade details:

https://www.tone2.com/gladiator-update.html