Tone2 – Gladiator 4
The update to v4.0 is a major update. The upgrade is free for anyone who bought Gladiator directly from tone2.com after April 2023. All others can upgrade with a big discount.
Downward compatibility:
Gladiator4 is fully downward compatible with all previous versions. All existing song-projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary. They will benfit from the enhanced sound quality.
New features:
GUI with 14 different sizes (with and without parameter-editor).
Native support for WQHD, 4K, 5K and 8K UHD displays.
Support for hardware-acceleration.
Now all parameters can be automated in all DAWs.
The current HCM morph-position is shown with a vertical line.
The mousewheel can be used to quick-select patches.
It is now possible to export waveforms or wavetables on PC and Mac as a .wav file.
Arpeggiator-position is shown in the GUI.
Ultrasharp graphics with enhanced HiDpi and Retina Display support.
GUI can be scaled from 66% up to 200% by clicking in the lower right corner.
Automatic detection of the ideal GUI size.
Lots of other small stuff.
Higher sound-quality:
More transparent and clear over-all sound.
The synth ‘sits better in the mix’, especially when it is combined with other instruments.
The audio-engine now uses 64-bit precision instead of 32-bit, which results in a higher sound-quality.
The timing-resolution of the modulation is now twice as precise.
Enhanced sound of the automatic micro-tuning. Chords can not longer get too much out-of-tune.
More precise pitch-calculation.
All sounds with the quality setting “very high” have a more precise and fast modulation.
More linear frequency-response for certain configurations.
Enhanced sound of Reverb large. It has a more transparent tail.
Enhnaced sound of Reverb small. It has a more transparent tail.
Enhanced sound of Reverb predelay. It has a more transparent tail.
Enhanced sound of Reverb predelay. It has a more transparent tail.
Enhanced sound of Reverb trance. It has a more transparent tail.
Enhanced sound of Reverb old. It has a more transparent tail.
Enhanced sound of Super Strings. It has a higher precision rendering.
Enhanced sound of formant-scaling.
Higher resolution mixing.
Sounds with quality setting “very high” have more accurate envelopes.
Lots of other subtle enhancements.
Enhancements:
Higher performance.
Completely rewritten GUI code.
Reworked big parts of the audio-code.
Reworked and enhanced graphics.
Several small enhancemets for the patch-selector and patch-browser.
Smoother animations and more responisve controls.
The spectrum-displays show more details.
The skin has some color-bleeding around the displays.
More contrast for the spectrum-display and the filter-frequency-response.
More contrast for the LCD displays.
Several small enhancements for the VST3 and AU version.
Fine-tuned some coordinates in the interface.
The LFO waveforms are drawn with a continous line.
The automatic screen-size detection is smarter.
Smarter installer.
Reworked tool-tips.
Re-sizing the VST3, Standalone and Audiounit works more reliable in various DAWs.
More beautiful font for the patch-browser for certain configurations.
Fine-tuned some colors.
The animations are faster and smoother.
Enhanced stability.
A warning message is shown when the installation is damaged.
A warning is shown when the user accidently selects a gui-size that is too large for the screen.
The installers come with a Microsoft/Apple approved certificate.
Lots of other small improvements.
Changes:
Removed the demo-version timeout and added a voice-over.
Fixes:
Some DAWs could show the VST3 version on PC with an incorrect size when Windows scaling was used.
