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(Modulate This) Sounds & Preset Libraries Synth: Gladiator

Bastiaan van Noord Releases New Sound set for Gladiator 2

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Ronnie over at rekkerd.org just did a post on the release of a new Gladator 2 soundset by Bastiaan Van Noord. I thought I’d re-blog this news as well as Gladiator 2 is one of my all time favorite virtual instruments. I’m also a fan of Bastiaan Van Noord’s work in previous sound sets.

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I also noticed Bastiaan has started his own company for sound design work here http://www.noiseworkx.com/.

Workstation Sound Set info:

Workstation is a Gladiator 2 soundset featuring 155 new and exciting presets designed by Bastiaan van Noord, showcasing what Gladiator's Harmonic Content Morphing synthesis is capable of. A collection of warm & lush pads, beautiful soundscapes, pumping basses and fierce synth sounds, suitable for a wide range of music genres, including Progressive, Electronica, IDM, Minimal and Cinematic.

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Mark Mosher, Blogger, Electronic Musician, Boulder ,CO
www.ModulateThis.com
www.MarkMosherMusic.com

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(Modulate This) Synth: Gladiator Synths & Instruments (Virtual)

Modulate This! Gladiator Discount + Gladiator 2.1 Update + Gladiator Electronic Expansion

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SAVE $30 ON GLADIATOR 2 TILL AUGUST 6TH
If you follow Modulate This!, you know I’m a fan of Tone2’s Gladiator Virtual Synthesizer. My recent video Sound Design with Gladiator 2: HCM Synthesis Explained is already close to 3,000 views. As a result of the popularity of this video I’ve met Markus Feil, the developer or Gladiator 2. Markus was kind enough to extend a $30 off discount for Modulate This! readers – so you get this great synth for $169 instead of $199. You can see the link in the right hand column of the blog. Please don't post this link on other sites and instead direct people to Modulatethis.com. This will help me bring more offers like this to you in the future.

Two other items of interest for Gladiator users are listed below. I pulled the info from the most recent Tone2 newsletter.

Gladiator v2.1 (free for all Gladiator 2 users)
Improvements in sound quality:
– Drastically improved low notes oscillator sound
– Improved reverb sound: Softer and more diffuse reverb tails
– Improved psychoacustical processing
– Improved spectral slope of low frequencies to reduce gibbs effect for more 'analog' sound
– Improved sound quality of intelligent microtuning (IQM): Warmer sound for long release times
– Extended dB range of master volume knob
– Reworked existing factory presets: Warmer sound

New features:
– 3 new phase modulators for analog sounding pulsewidth modulation: PWM, PWM alt, phase shift
– Added song position sync support for LFO 1/2 ('bpm' has to be set to 'on' and 'retrigger' to 'off')
– Added split keyboard support; new modulation sources: Low keys, High keys
– Added new 'split' arp mode which applies ARP on high keys only and leaves low keys for basses
– 18 new factory sounds

Changes, fixes and improvements:
– Faster loading time of PC full version
– Demoversion: Nag Voice only every 9 minutes instead of every minute
– Improved host compatibility: Cubase 4 & 5, Orion, Fruity Loops, Logic
– Fixed (PC): Wrong version number was displayed in Cubase
– Fixed: Microglitch in volume envelope
– Fixed (Full version, Mac): 'Demoversion' instead of user name was displayed for 2 seconds after loading
– Fixed (PPC Mac): 'Spec format' and 'Spec clean' modifier could output silence
– Fixed (FUll version, Mac): 'save all' could crash Gladiator2
– Changed (Mac): Focus of mouseover when 'show editor' was set to 'off'

ELECTRONIC EXPANSION:
– Over 300 handpicked sounds
– Additional stereo trancegate effect with 22 patterns
– Additional reverb type: Reverb ultra
– 3 additional early reflection effects
– Additional aliaser lofi effect
– Additional stereo enhancer effect
– The expansion is directly integrated to the interface of Gladiator 2.1
– 3 additonal skins as bonus content: Gold, red and black
Impressive arpeggiator sequences, resonant basses, groovy drumlines, vocaloid sounds, cutting leads, chiptune sounds, techno stabs, rhythmic trancegates, deep housechords, atmospheric pads and ambient textures are among the many types of electronic sounds featured inside this expansion. A must have if you're looking for new sounds or if you want to expand Gladiator with more features.

Links:

Mark Mosher
http://www.modulatethis.com
http://www.markmoshermusic.com
http://www.twitter.com/markmosher

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(Modulate This) Sound Design Synth: Gladiator Synths & Instruments (Virtual) Video Tutorials

Sound Design with Gladiator 2: HCM Synthesis Explained

Update: checkout the discount link on the right side of the blog.

I started using Tone 2 Gladiator 1 a year ago and recently upgraded to Gladiator 2. Gladiator 1 & 2 are based on a new type of synthesis called Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM). HCM offers a clever way to generate wavetables with a massive variety of harmonic content that can be modified over time. Tone2’s approach with HCM is quite unique so I put together this video which offers a step-by-step explanation of what HCM synthesis is and how to use it. These techniques apply to both Gladiator 1 & 2.

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If you like the sound of Gladiator 2 but find it too expensive, you should check out Firebird+. Firebird+ only has a fraction of the the editing capabilities but is still quite a capable instrument for the price.

Links:

Mark Mosher
http://www.modulatethis.com
http://www.twitter.com/markmosher

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(Modulate This) Synth: Gladiator Synths & Instruments (Virtual)

TONE 2 Gladiator tip: How To Open The Editor Interface to Expose Parameters

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Gladiator has a great user interface. However, if you insert the synth into your host, the default view hides the editor panel. Click the "Editor" button and you’ll then see…

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Mark Mosher
www.markmoshermusic.com
www.modulatethis.com

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(Modulate This) Synth: Gladiator Synths & Instruments (Virtual)

Tone2 Gladiator Synthesizer – A Great Interface Takes the Pain Out of Complex Synthesis

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Update: checkout the discount link on the right side of the blog.

If you are looking for a synth that can morph between subtractive, FM, wavetable, and addditive synthesis yet has a simple interface check out Gladiator by Tone2.

OVERVIEW:

Tone 2, the developers who created Vanguard, released Gladiator a few months back. I'd seen mention of it in magazines for a few months and finally took the time to download it and all I can saw is wow! The interface not only looks great but offers a nice metaphor for controlling the complexity under the hood (click the image above to see a larger view). The variety of sounds is huge and the sound is fantastic.

Gladiator is described by Tone2 as a Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM) synth. They explain this as a new synthesis method "based on a large and expandable repertoire of standard waves like pulse, unique synthetic waveforms as well as resynthesis waves like trumpets, organs, pianos and voice samples. These waves can be modified in real-time by e.g. FM modulation, altering its harmonic structure, syncing, waveshaping,… Any modification of a wave can be modulated producing lively shimmery sounds (recall: with only one oscillator!). In total there are more than 30,000 different spectra available for combination and modulation."

MY LIST OF TOP FEATURES:

1) Programmable Arpeggiator that lets you turn steps on, set pitch, slide to pitch. I really like this interface.

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2) Step LFO. This is like the trancegate on Vanguard but has many more features.

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3) A refreshingly straight-forward modulation routing scheme.

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MORE TO COME:

According to Tone2's web site, there are going to continue to expand Gladiator in the future with additional sounds, wafeforms, resynthesis of custom content, custom sounds for the vocoder section, and add the ability to import of wav samples.

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MP3 DEMOS:

Mark Mosher
www.markmoshermusic.com
www.modulatethis.com