Tone2 says that their flagship Icarus synth has been updated to v1.6. This major update, is available for free and includes new resynthesis modes, additonal effects, a better user interface, enhanced sound and a large number of new features.

Icarus 1.6 is downward compatible with all previous versions. A spokesperson told us, “All existing song projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary. They will benefit from the enhanced sound quality.”

Icarus Features

• The powerful audio engine is able to produce all important synth sounds in high-end quality
• The award winning '3D wavetable synthesis' creates sounds impossible with other synths and reveals a new level of dynamic expression
• The resynthesis allows you to rebuild any sound with a single mouse click
•  Low CPU requirement
• Easy to use interface with animated displays and drag&drop modulation
• Huge sonic range
• Over 1000 presets by pro-designers
• Patch browser
• Powerful wavetable and spectrum editor
• 3 x 53 effects, vocoder
• Powerful Arpeggiator
• 10x stereo Hypersaw, unison, stacks, chords, mono, poly, legato...
• 54 synthesis modes (FM, PWM, formant, phase distort, sync, ...)
• Dual multi-mode filter section with 62 filter types and 8 distortion types
• Customizable user interface
• Expandability, modular

Pricing and Availability:
Free update.

Icarus costs €149 / $179.

More information:

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