Bold claims come from soft synth heads Tone2 this week as they release the powerhouse Gladiator synth with revolutionary HCM synthesis. The latest acronym stands for Harmonic Content Morphing, allowing waves to be modulated producing lively shimmering sounds, alongside more traditional FM and AM techniques. The 'do it all' synth could easily become a one stop shop for dance producers and Mac and PC users can get in on the action for £99 from the download store at Tone2 Audio demos and a PC software demo are also up on the site.

Synthesis features LI>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