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HydrogenHuman · Post by **HydrogenHuman** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 3:44 am

I recently got the new Tone2 Electra2, and I wanted to know what other Tone2 synth would be a good choice to compliment Electra2?

I'm leaning towards Nemesis because it appears to have the biggest differences from Electra2, but Gladiator seems like a nice choice as well.

If anyone can share their suggestions I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

JonSolo · Post by **JonSolo** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 4:44 pm

They are all good and different in their own right. It depends on what you NEED in a synth. I have them all (along with tons of others) either because I love variety or suffer from GAS.

But they all have different feels and sounds that make them special. The best compliment to Electra2 is a good DAW, heh.

Jon

PaulSC · Post by **PaulSC** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:03 pm

HydrogenHuman wrote:I recently got the new Tone2 Electra2, and I wanted to know what other Tone2 synth would be a good choice to compliment Electra2?

I'm leaning towards Nemesis because it appears to have the biggest differences from Electra2, but Gladiator seems like a nice choice as well.

If anyone can share their suggestions I would appreciate it.

Thanks!

Facing the same question as you, I went with Nemesis. I'm happy with that choice, it's a good complement to E2.

I was also tempted by Rayblaster -- someday maybe…

Ingonator · Post by **Ingonator** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:12 pm

I would maybe go with Nemesis too as it is the most different one.

Anyway Rayblaster is quite unique so it could be worth a look too. Needs some time to get used to it and to make full use of it. The most important feature is that by default it does not really have a filter but it gets gets the "filter response" from the waveform that is loaded into it. This could be either an "emulation" of a certain filter (if the waveform was created using a certain filter) or a "fantasy filter" from a more or less complex waveform. The waveform does not have to be created using a filter but Rayblaster will us it to create a kind of filter response anyway. With complex waveforms this could sound like a mix of a formant filter and/or a Comb filter.
With the resynthesis feature it could also import longer samples which results in "granular" like sounds.

As already mentioned it is not really simple at the first look. I highly recommend reading the manual if you want to get familiar with Rayblaster.

I have also posted some informations here (i was one of the betatesters and did a lot of patches and also waveforms for it):
http://www.tone2.org/forum/index.php?topic=1336.0
http://www.tone2.org/forum/index.php?topic=1446.0

While i got all Tone2 synths (and most FXs) those for which i made most patches so far were Saurus and Rayblaster (more than 250 patches for each).

Ingo

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:29 pm

I succumbed to getting four of them during a two for one sale with added cart discounts a couple of months back.
And they are all good synths, definitely have their own character compared to what else is out there.

My favorite seems to keep coming back to Gladiator2 though.

bludreamsounds · Post by **bludreamsounds** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:44 pm

none, It does wavetable, fm, sample loading etc.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 6:48 pm

PaulSC wrote:
HydrogenHuman wrote:I recently got the new Tone2 Electra2, and I wanted to know what other Tone2 synth would be a good choice to compliment Electra2?

I'm leaning towards Nemesis because it appears to have the biggest differences from Electra2, but Gladiator seems like a nice choice as well.

If anyone can share their suggestions I would appreciate it.

Thanks!
Facing the same question as you, I went with Nemesis. I'm happy with that choice, it's a good complement to E2.

I would have done this.

Robmobius · Post by **Robmobius** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:24 pm

Yep, as everyone else says grab Nemesis. It's a really great sounding synth and it's FM so it's doing its own thing. Very easy to program as well.

Gladiator is also cool, but Nemesis is a better choice if you want a contrast.

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Sat Aug 30, 2014 7:38 pm

+1 for Nemesis

HydrogenHuman · Post by **HydrogenHuman** » Sun Aug 31, 2014 3:44 am

Thanks for the suggestions.

I did in fact get Nemesis so I'm sure I will enjoy it!

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martiu · Post by **martiu** » Sun Jul 31, 2022 11:43 pm

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