iND | 11 October 2018 | 58.2 MBThe award-winning Gladiator is a popular synthesizer, which is used for a large number of professional productions.
It offers a groundbreaking approach to sound generation.
It’s exclusive HCM-synthesis covers a new and unique aural territory.
The update to v3.
0 is a major update, which is available for free for all Gladiator2 users.
It includes a larger and resizable GUI, a patch browser, enhanced sound quality, a bigger sonic range, a more user-friendly interface and many new features.
Gladiator3 is downward compatible.
Existing song-projects and patches can be loaded without any further steps necessary.
They will benefit from the enhanced sound quality.
New features:Created a new interface, which is nearly twice as largeBy clicking on ‘EDITOR SIZE’ you can select from four different interface sizesAdded a comfortable, new patch browserNew sound-quality mode ‘high-end’18 additional unison modes with a diverse selection of chordsAdded context sensitive tooltips with detailed descriptions for all controlsThe patches can be ranked by clicking on the stars in the patch browserThe patch rankings are stored within the file “Ranking.rnk”6 additional lfo waveforms: “Stair 4 up”,”Stair 8 up”,”Stair 4 down”,”Stair 8 down”,”Stair 4 up/down”,”Stair 8 up/down”Added manuals in English, German, French, Spanish and Italian to the new help menuNew loop mode “Noise”, which jumps to a random sectionNew loop mode “\/50%”, which ping-pong-loops 50% of the spectrumNew loop mode “\/25%”, which ping-pong-loops 25% of the spectrum3 additional phase-modifiers “Zzzap”, which sound like a laser3 additional phase-modifiers “Boing”, which sound like a reverse laser2 additional phase-modifiers “Odd noise” and “Even noise”, which noisify the spectrum2 additional phase-modifiers “Odd 90” and “Even 90”, which sound like a sub-oscillatorInformation tags about the patches are shown in the patch browserExtended halftone-range for the arpeggiator from -23 to +23Added cross-product-compatibility: Save->’Export…’ exports the sound of osc1 as an Icarus compatible wavetable in wav formatVideo tutorials can be shown from the help menuUpdates and additional sounds can be accessed directly from the help menu176 additional patchesEnhancements in sound:More linear frequency response for oscillators playing below 100HzMore precise timing for all sample-ratesReplaced all micro-tuning algorithms with a better ones.
The new ones are more subtle and sounds less ‘detuned’.
The late-reverb-tail of ‘Reverb small’ sounds less detunedThe late-reverb-tail of ‘Reverb large’ sounds less detunedThe late-reverb-tail of ‘Reverb ultra’ sounds less detunedAll effects do come with default settings now and are more useableReworked factory patchesEnhancements for the interface:Re-rendered the old GUI with sharper textsThe envelope’s attack, decay, and release time is displayed in secondsRegistration screen is now also available in GermanRenaming a preset is more straightforwardThe version number now can be also shown from within help menuThe updated credits can be shown by clicking on help menuThe parameter info display is able to show longer texts nowMousewheel support for knobs and list selectorsDouble-clicking a knob or slider resets it to the default valueMore detailed spectrum displayManuals on the Mac now can be opened from within the pluginBetter init patchEnhanced graphicsAfter loading patch names are derived from the fxp file nameProgram name and file name are synced after saving a patchAdded messages boxes with info for some possible errorsStep speed is set to 1/1 BPM after initializing a patchEnglish manual has been updatedMany smaller enhancementsPatches are now in alphabetical orderWhat’s new in v3.0?Changes:Loading and saving banks can now be accessed with a new menu called ‘load’ and ‘save’Renamed some parameters to be more consistent with the industry standardsThe envelope’s fade parameter now works as expected with long attack timesManuals in PDF format and Gladiatorskin.txt have been moved to Gladiator3_dataOn the Mac support files are now stored in /Library/Application Support/Tone2/Gladiator3_dataUpdated some textsEnhanced hardware compatibility for midi program changesSome sound categories have been renamedFixes:The timing in 44Khz and 48Khz could have been out-of-sync if large block-sizes were usedFixed some typosFixed a couple of wrong pixelsFixed a possible bug with ‘static’ loop modeCompatibility fix for the ‘m’ keyFixed a possible crash when the splash-screen was opened during closing
