Tone2 released RayBlaster 3

Tone2 released RayBlaster 3, a major update free for anyone who bought RayBlaster directly from tone2.com after April 2023. All others can upgrade with a big discount.

New features:

• GUI with 22 different sizes (with and without keys).
• Native support for WQHD, 4K, 5K and 8K UHD displays.
• You can now drag & drop wav files on the wave displays to import them.
• Support for hardware-acceleration.
• Ultrasharp graphics with enhanced HiDpi and Retina Display support.
• Automatic detection of the ideal GUI size.
• GUI can be scaled from 100% up to 450% by clicking in the lower right corner.
• Patch browser can now also be opened by clicking on ‘Browser’ or the display on the upper left.

Higher sound-quality:

• More transparent and clear over-all sound.
• The synth ‘sits better in the mix’, especially when it is combined with other instruments.
• The audio-engine now uses 64-bit precision instead of 32-bit, which results in a higher sound-quality.
• Enhanced sound of the automatic micro-tuning.
• More precise pitch calculation.
• Higher quality resampling in 44 and 88 kHz sample-rate.
• More linear frequency-response for certain configurations.
• Enhanced sound of the Reverb Large. It has a more transparent tail and sounds less detuned.
• Enhanned sound of Reverb Huge. It has a more transparent tail and sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb Small. It sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb Ultra. It has a more transparent tail and sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb Big. It has a more transparent tail and sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb Infinite. It has a more transparent tail and sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb Trance. It has a more transparent tail.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb Band. It sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb Glass. It sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Reverb Spring. It sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Delay. It has a more precise interpolation and sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Delay Band. It has a more precise interpolation and sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of PingPong. It has a more precise interpolation and sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Delay Fat. It has a more precise interpolation.
• Enhanced sound of Delay Diffuse. It has a more precise interpolation and sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Delay Dual. It sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Tape Delay. It sounds less detuned.
• Enhanced sound of Chorus. It has a more precise interpolation now.
• Enhanced sound of Hypersaw. It has a more precise interpolation now.
• Enhanced sound of Chorus2. It has a more precise interpolation now.

Enhancements:

• Higher performance.
• Reworked and enhanced graphics.
• Smoother animations and more responisve controls.
• Several small enhancemets for the patch-selector and patch-browser.
• Completely rewritten GUI code.
• More contrast for the LCD displays.
• Several small enhancements for the VST3 and AU version.
• Reworked some tool-tips.
• More beautiful sectors for knob-modulation.
• Fine-tuned some coordinates in the interface.
• Re-sizing the VST3, Standalone and Audiounit works more reliable.
• Enhanced stability.
• Smarter installer.
• Re-renderd the background bitpmap skin with a higher resulution.
• More beautiful font for the patch-browser for certain configurations.
• Fine-tuned some colors.
• Added Color bleeding for the glowing displays on the main screen.
• The installers come with a Microsoft/Apple approved certificate.
• Lots of further small enhancements.

Changes:

• Removed the demo-version timeout and added a voice-over.

Fixes:

• Some DAWs could show the VST3 version on PC with an incorrect size when Windows scaling was used.

More info here: Tone2 | RayBlaster 3