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7.1.2008 Gladiator for Mac released

The Mac version of Gladiator is available. It is available as universal binary for Intel Mac and Power PC. It supports audio unit (AU) and VST 2.4.


7.1.2008 Gladiator v1.1 released (free for all Gladiator customers).

New features, changes and fixes:

• Drastically improved time for saving/loading songs in Cubase and other hosts
• Opening the plugin is 250% faster. When the plugin is started for the first time it creates cache files (.1 .2 .3 .4) within the Gladiator_data directory. These cache files help to improve the performance.
• Drastically reduced the harddisc space for saving songs in Cubase and other hosts (previously 1,5 Mb per instance, now 850 byte).
• Removed a glitch after switching through presets.
• Slightly reduced memory usage.
• LFO1/2 "retrigger off" was renamed to "random phase"
• The word "preprocessing" appears in the HCM windows.
• Improved sound: Very low played oscs have more "treble".
• Improved sound: IQM light is switched to "light" by default. Gladiator sounds less static.
• Fixed a buffer overflow in the “Time Varismooth” modifier
• The preset format has changed: Hosts save in chunk format now (fxb/fxp). Gladiator presets are now glp/glb files.

14.12.2007 Gladiator v1.0 released

Gladiator is one of the most powerful synthesizers ever. This is a tough statement, but you should read this...

What is Harmonic Content Morphing (HCM) Synthesis?

This new synthesis method is 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 30000 different spectra available for combination and modulation.

Example:

You can take a Hammond organ, FM modulate the organ with a sawtooth, create a hypersaw and amplitude modulate this signal with a BPM synced vocoder drumline.

What is the advantage of Gladiator compared to other synthesizers?

• Real high-end sound quality: Analog, warm, transparent and fat
• Huge sonic range: From classic to unique science fiction
• Excellent value for money
• Low CPU and high reliability
• Gladiator can replace a complete room full of hardware
• Flexibility and expandability
• 750 professional sounds from Vengeance and others
• Gladiator was created by professional dsp scientists

Synthesis features

• Advanced HCM (new synthesis, unique sounds)
• FM
• AM
• PWM (can be applied on every waveform)
• Sync
• Phase modulation / PM
• Vocoder sounds (512 bands)
• Waveshaping
• Supersaw (can be applied on every waveform)
• Additive sounds (512 harmonics)
• Resynthesis sounds
• Phase distortion
• Sample playback
• Real stereo
• 18 oscillators per voice
• 74 different oscillator types with 30208 waveforms
• Additional user defined waveforms with modifiers
• Aliasfree / 162x oversampling (sample playback)
• Modular routing

Filters and effects

• 40 different filters in high-end quality (Analog, vocal, comb, elliptic, phaser, lowpass, highpass, bandpass, notch, EQ, ...)
• 20 different effects in high-end quality
• 7 distortion types with warm, analog sound
• Programmable arpeggiator, step LFO and trancegate
• BPM syncable
• IQM for clearer chords (intelligent microtuning)
• 4x stereo unison