Tone2 unveils Electra2

Tone2 is planning to release the Electra2 virtual synth, which will replace ElectraX, but you’ll have to wait later this summer.

Tone2 did not detailed all the new features yet, but they already gave us some very interesting information. Here is what we know about Electra2 so far:

New GUI
Physical modeling synthesis
16 new effects: Smart Unison, Phaser FB (phaser with feedback), Phaser Stereo, Vibrato, Vibrato Stereo, Tremolo, Tremolo Stereo, Reverb Infinity, Reverb Big, Reverb Glass, Reverb Band, Reverb Real, Loudness and Bass Boost
5 new filters:
- Vocal AM: a vocal filter with amplitude modulation
- Vocals 2: a vocal filter which cutoff controls the vocals and the resonance the formant frequencies
- LP AM: low-pass filter with amplitude modulation
- BP Boobs: dual band-pass filter which resonance controls the peak distance
- M Shape: low-pass and high-pass in series which resonance controls the bandwidth
Sample Editor with 25 edit options
500 additional patches
Revamped original patches
Built-in patch browser
Retro-compatible with ElectraX

Electra2 should be available in a couple of months ; pricing of the full licence and upgrade are still to be announced, but if you purchased ElectraX in May or order it now and until the release of the new version, you get a grace period and will receive the upgrade for free.

Following are the first pictures of Electra2: