Tone2 announces Electra2 plugin synth

Tone2's ElectraX is a great 'do it all' plugin synth, so we're pleased to be able to report that a successor, Electra2 has been announced. It may have lost an X, but it's gained a fistful of new features.

Electra 2 promises to arrive with "a high quality sound engine, multilayer support and a large range of music production features". Here's a summary what's new:

• Over 700 additional patches
• All factory sounds were completely reworked
• Comfortable patch browser
• Sample editor
• Physical modelling synthesis
• 16 new effects
• 5 new filter types
• 236 additional waveforms
• Enhanced sound quality
• New graphics
• Better user interface
• Enhanced performance
• Electra2 is fully downward compatible with the previous version
• A large number of further features and enhancements

Electra2 is coming in July and will be available from the Tone2 website. Pricing details are still to be confirmed.