20 thoughts on “Tone2 Intros Saurus 4, ‘True Analog Sound’ Without Compromises”

1. i always get excited when I see a cool piece of hardware… then it turns out to be just a VST facade; then disappointment.

   1. How fascinating.

      1. your muffins taste bad.

         1. I don’t care as long as you keep buying them.

2. Dear Synthtopia, Why post this stupid scam shit?

   1. Can you elaborate? Tone2 has been around for years.

      1. No I’ll not elaborate. I think you know exactly what I meant.

         1. Maybe Synthhead knows what you mean, but I don’t and I’m pretty sure the majority of other subscribers here don’t, either. Personally, I think that since its inception, Saurus has been among the best of the affordable software VA synths. I haven’t updated to Version 4 yet, but Version 3 certainly wasn’t a “scam”. I have a majortiy ot Tone2’s synths and I consider all of them to be among the best performers for their cost for what they specifically do.

            1. +1

   2. Very nice synth but not a scam thats for sure

   3. Not a scam. All of their synths are quite. I prefer skeuomorphic plug-in interfaces, I find it hem more approachable than the more abstract or minimalist UIs. I do think they overdo the glowy stuff though. I’m looking forward to the new update.

3. Huh, a scam? Been using this synth for years and on a whole bunch of records even. Love this synth. I sometimes wonder if the commentators on this site are actually music makers.

4. The scam he’s referring to is actually the shitty headline

   “True Analog Sound without compromises”

   *Just below that: virtual analog synthesizer instrument – Plugin, VST etc..

   1. Yeah this synth is so much better than hardware

      1. On the other hand, there are a lot of hardware synths that sound a lot shittier than Saurus!

   2. How, exactly, is that a “scam”? Assuming you are referring to audio similarity to sounds produced by a classical analog synth, as far as VA synths go, Saurus is among the best in my opinion. In that regard, it is far more convincing of producing “true analog sound” than is, say, is a Prophet Rev 2 (if you consider the exemplar to be a classical analog synth), In a more “is it true?” interpretation of the statement, sound is something you perceive. There is no reason that a plug-in, or any piece of software, could not produce “True Analog Sound without compromises”. According to you, nobody who has not personally listened to an analog sound source (e.g., synth) in person, or reproduced by anything but a CD, SACD, or even an high-bitrate MP3 has never heard “True Analog Sound”. Remember, any time you hear anything, it is a TRUE ANALOG SOUND. “True Analog Sound” involves the movement of air molecules and their compressions and rarefractons, not the source of those sounds.

5. As a bit of constructive criticism, it’s often hard to tell what category your articles fall under. For example, this one leads off with a picture that looks like a hardware synth but in reality is a software synth. With so many topics, perhaps you could find a way to indicate category. Maybe an icon or title?

   1. Wouldn’t the statement “Tone2 has introduced Saurus 4, a major update to its virtual analog synthesizer instrument for Mac & Windows”, kinda give it away?

      1. yup, only after you’ve clicked on the article though. I thought it was hardware. it would help to have general classification system visible from the front page. unless you were already familiar with the product or the company, it looks like hardware, and reads like hardware.

         I suppose the angst comes from folks saying “software is better than hardware”, but still co-opting the hardware “look” in the software product. “get off our lawn!”. lol

         remember all that “look and feel” nonsense around graphics in the 1900’s?

6. i wonder if people think VCV Rack is hardware lol