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Gladiator - A revolution in synthesis!
The demoversion and more info is available here:
www.tone2.com
These demosongs do not use samples. Everything is 100% HCM Synthesis.
http://www.tone2.com/Tone2_Gladiator_HCM_synthesis _Dance_and_Pop.mp3
http://www.tone2.com/Tone2_Gladiator_HCM_synthesis _Nature_and_Retro.mp3
http://www.tone2.com/Tone2_Gladiator_HCM_synthesis _Trance.mp3
http://www.tone2.com/Tone2_Gladiator_HCM_synthesis _Ambient.mp3
http://www.tone2.com/Tone2_Gladiator_HCM_synthesis _Electro_and_Experimetal.mp3
Price: Eur 149, $199
A revolution in synthesis!
Gladiator is one of the most powerful synthesizers ever. This is a tough statement, but you should read this...
What is Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM) Synthesis?
This new synthesis method is based on a large and expandable repertoire of standard waves like pulse, unique synthetic waveforms as well as resynthesis waves like trumpets, organs, pianos and voice samples. These waves can be modified in real-time by e.g. FM modulation, altering its harmonic structure, syncing, waveshaping,...
Any modification of a wave can be modulated producing lively shimmery sounds (recall: with only one oscillator!). In total there are more than 30,000 different spectra available for combination and modulation.
Example:
You can take a Hammond organ, FM modulate the organ with a sawtooth, create a hypersaw and amplitude modulate this signal with a BPM synced vocoder drumline.
What is the advantage of Gladiator compared to other synthesizers?
* Real high-end sound quality: Analog, warm, transparent and fat
* Huge sonic range: From classic to unique science fiction
* Excellent value for money
* 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 was created by professional dsp scientists
Synthesis features
* Advanced HCM (new synthesis, unique sounds)
* FM
* AM
* PWM (can be applied on every waveform)
* Sync
* Phase modulation / PM
* Vocoder sounds (512 bands)
* Waveshaping
* Supersaw (can be applied on every waveform)
* Additive sounds (512 harmonics)
* Resynthesis sounds
* Phase distortion
* Sample playback
* Real stereo
* 18 oscillators per voice
* 74 different oscillator types with 30208 waveforms
* Additional user defined waveforms with modifiers
* Aliasfree / 162x oversampling (sample playback)
* Modular routing
Filters and effects
* 40 different filters in high-end quality (Analog, vocal, comb, elliptic, phaser, lowpass, highpass, bandpass, notch, EQ, ...)
* 20 different effects in high-end quality
* 7 distortion types with warm, analog sound
* Programmable arpeggiator, step LFO and trancegate
* BPM syncable
* IQM for clearer chords (intelligent microtuning)
* 4x stereo unison
Brought it and love it!
Brought??
tried the demo and the presets just sound like plastic toys..
though i was able to create some decent presets on my own from the init patch. but all in all it's nothing which sounds really better than what's already available in the VST world..
Better synths out there imho, if i bought that it would probs not get used
I don't get why you're advertising reFX instruments on your website, though? The demos sound really good to me. I haven't used it yet, though.
It is the same company dude, or something to do with it
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| Originally posted by alanzo I don't get why you're advertising reFX instruments on your website, though? The demos sound really good to me. I haven't used it yet, though. |
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| Tone2 was founded in 2005. Tone2 is a an independent brand which develops high quality audio applications for a fair price. The brains behind Tone2 are Markus Feil (bachelor of science in computer science, known from reFX Synthesizers) and the scientist Prof. Dr. Hartmuth Pfitzinger from the Ludwig-Maximilian-University in Germany. |
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| Originally posted by Fledz When will the manual be up anyway? I'm keen to read through it. |
So you should have it already.
Why do everyone hate this synth? it is supposed to be the greatest supersaw synth ever?
Since when does everyone hate this synth 
can someone explain why all of you who didn't like the sound of this synth? What vst makes better supersaw and trance sounds? I guess there are none available?
And please note that all presets of gladiator have been designed by very famous guys who are famous becaues of their supersaw patches
Vaz Modular
vaz modular is very old and thus that it cannot have such an advanced filter and oscillator algorithms as what gladiator has... also vaz sounds very soft and uh its trying to emulate a classic analog synth which are not so good for supersaw... Also I haven't hear any trance supersaw patches for vaz.
Please correct me if i am wrong and post links to vaz modular trance patches demos?
http://www.kiresounds.se/catalog.1.html
3 good sound demos in the link above
Just because Vaz Modular is not 'new', does not mean it isn't as good as, or better than Gladiator. It is just one example i chose, i could have picked Sylenth1, Albino3, Rob Papen Predator, all which, imho, sound better than Gladiator. Just my opinion though, which i am more than entitled to, as are you
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| Originally posted by Ry Thomas http://www.kiresounds.se/catalog.1.html 3 good sound demos in the link above Just because Vaz Modular is not 'new', does not mean it isn't as good as, or better than Gladiator. It is just one example i chose, i could have picked Sylenth1, Albino3, Rob Papen Predator, all which, imho, sound better than Gladiator. Just my opinion though, which i am more than entitled to, as are you |
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| Originally posted by supernewbie vaz modular is very old and thus that it cannot have such an advanced filter and oscillator algorithms as what gladiator has... also vaz sounds very soft and uh its trying to emulate a classic analog synth which are not so good for supersaw... Also I haven't hear any trance supersaw patches for vaz. Please correct me if i am wrong and post links to vaz modular trance patches demos? |
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| Originally posted by supernewbie vaz modular is very old and thus that it cannot have such an advanced filter and oscillator algorithms as what gladiator has... also vaz sounds very soft and uh its trying to emulate a classic analog synth which are not so good for supersaw... Also I haven't hear any trance supersaw patches for vaz. Please correct me if i am wrong and post links to vaz modular trance patches demos? |
FInally got around to playing with this. I'm quite impressed by how powerful it sounds and.. well... that it doesn't sound like software. I haven't played around with it a whole lot, but I think when I get it, I'll have a new go-to synth when my virus TI is maxed out.
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| Originally posted by alanzo FInally got around to playing with this. I'm quite impressed by how powerful it sounds and.. well... that it doesn't sound like software. I haven't played around with it a whole lot, but I think when I get it, I'll have a new go-to synth when my virus TI is maxed out. |
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| Originally posted by thecYrus you really think so? for my taste the quality is far far below NI synths. |
Pro-53 sounds like software. Absynth is a bitch to program and is mostly for atmosphere. I've never tried Reaktor.
massive was very good, but it's a cpu hog. Same goes for absynth and it's hard to program too, like he said.
Reaktor is by far my favorite. But it's not only a synth. Imagine a box of meccano or lego technic to create your own synths and fx without any decent manual. Better, imagine having to build an ikea pax system for your bedroom without the instructions manual.
Well you get an idea of reaktor. The 1000 page manual is a piece of crap, but once you get beyond that point... there's no return and you get lost in creative madness!
And regarding Galdiator, well, I wasn't too impressed, but it's surely a question of taste.
yeah it's really more taste than better. but i prefer massive, fm8 and reaktor much more. absynth is killer too but somehow i don't like the current interface for programming it (not so inspiring for me)
gladiator has a very distinct plastic sound to my ears which i don't like. well actually with tweaking i got some very nice presets from it but the factory presets are plain weak (plastic and cheese sounding)
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| Originally posted by RichieV SHOKK and Flutlich used vaz for their leads. And trance pretty much started to suck after they left. |
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| Originally posted by supernewbie vaz modular is very old and thus that it cannot have such an advanced filter and oscillator algorithms as what gladiator has... also vaz sounds very soft and uh its trying to emulate a classic analog synth which are not so good for supersaw... Also I haven't hear any trance supersaw patches for vaz. Please correct me if i am wrong and post links to vaz modular trance patches demos? |
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