Saurus

Mac
Windows

Category	Audio Production / Sequencers
Version	2.5
Format
Compatibility	MacOS X UB
License	Commercial Software
Price	$103 / 99€
Rating
Updated On	Sep 9, 2017
Total Downloads	1,067
Mac Downloads	749

Category	Audio Production / Sequencers
Version	2.5
Format
Compatibility	Windows
License	Commercial Software
Price	$103 / 99€
Rating
Updated On	Sep 9, 2017
Total Downloads	1,067
PC Downloads	318

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Virtual analog synth

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Saurus takes the high regarded analog sound from the past into the unlimited digital realm, fusing them together with a user interface that invites to tweak and a multitude of unique sound sculpting tools exclusive to Saurus. All without placing heavy demands on your CPU or budget.
At the heart of Saurus are its high-end quality oscillators employing our True Analog Modeling Technology, which produces a warm characteristic sound reminiscent of the hardware units from the past.

Features
- Covers all important aspects of traditional analog synths
- Mono, Legato & Polyphonic modes employing analog voice management
- Two Syncable Oscillators and two Sub Oscillators
- Not just standard waveforms but also a large number of exotic ones
- Pulse Width Modulation and Oscillator Sync applicable to every waveform
- Oscillator Drift, Phase and Noise Modulation controls
- Noise FM, AM and Ring Modulation for Oscillators
- Analog filter with self-oscillation, nonlinearity, 6 filter types, FM and feedback
- LFOs and modulation capable of running at audio-rate
- Powerful Arpeggiator with extensive configuration possibilities
- Flexible Modulation Matrix with new features, including a filter
- Programmable gate
- 4x Stereo Unison modes with spread and panning control
- Analog modeled Distortion and Tube amp
- Optional Psycho-Acoustic processing
- High-end quality Effects

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Mac OSX 10.5 or higher; G4, G5 or Intel Mac (32 or 64 bit)

Windows XP / ME / 7 / 8 / Vista (32 bit or 64 bit); Intel Pentium4 compatible CPU

Saurus v 2.5 Sep 9, 2017 MacOS X UB

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New features:

Drag & Drop modulation: Drag an envelope or lfo and drop it to a knob to modulate it

Midi learn support: Right-click on a knob to assign or remove a CC

Right-click on a knob opens a menu where you can assign a massive amount of modulation sources

Hovering the mouse over a knob shows a box with information

Modulation depth control on top left of a knob if a source is assigned

Sectors on knobs show the modulation amount

A red sector is shown when clipping of modulation occurs

File->'Show version info' shows the version number of Saurus

Right-click on a knob and 'reset' resets a knob to the default value

File->'reset midi learn' removes all CC assignments

File->'Clean matrix' cleans up the mod matrix and resets unused slots

Right-click on a knob and 'remove modulation' removes all assigned mod sources

Tooltips are shown when the mouse is hovered over a button

Enhancements:

More beautiful background skin

Enhanced sound of the Reverb: Less detuned sound and more beautiful early reflections

Enhanced sound of the PingPong delay: Added a lowCut filter

Enhanced sound of the Delay: No more detuning and a more wide sound

Enhanced sound of microtuning

Better sound quality: New high-end resampling algorithm

More bass and warmer sound

More linear frequency response in 'linear mode'

Faster Volume Envelope for more punch

Saurus v2.5 'fits better to the mix'

New knobs with enhanced performance

Parameters are more easy to adjust

Patch rankings are now stored as .rnk files within Saurus_sounds

Fat Unison is more easy to setup

More 'bottom' if a new patch is initialized

Texts are more easy to read

Activation dialogue is now also available in German language

Faster loading of 32bit PC version

More robustness

Faster patch loading

Lower CPU on Mac

Fixes:

Better compatibility with Fruity Loops

Matrix source 'random' did not work in legato mode

It is not longer possible to click on the VU diodes

Fixed a very unlikely but possible crash

Saurus v 2.0 Apr 30, 2015 MacOS X UB

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Enhanced sound quality because the synthesis engine has been completely reworked.
Over 260 additional patches.
Completely reworked all existing factory sounds.
Added a comfortable patch browser.
More detailed emulation of the ‘analog’ sound. The degree of analog behavior is now selectable.
Enhanced graphics.
More comfortable user interface.
A large number of further new features and enhancements.
Saurus2 is 100% downward compatible with all previous versions.

Saurus v 1.1 Jan 10, 2013 MacOS X UB

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New features:

Arpeggiator can be loaded and saved
Added 42 additional arpeggiator patterns
Selecting patches by clicking on the arrows is supported now
Included 14 demosounds of Analog SoundSet
Gatekeeper support (Mac)
Help PDF can be shown from GUI (Mac)
Windows8 support for 64 bit versions

Enhancements:

Enhanced sound of boost
Enhanced sound of 24dB filter
Enhanced sound of feedback
Enhanced sound of sync
Enhanced sound of unison in poly16 mode
Enhanced sound of OSC noise
Enhanced Legato
More punchy sound
Slighly enhanced shape of volume envelope
Enhanced installers
Many other minor enhancements

Changes:

Removed demo voice
Demo time has been extended to 20 min
Init patch is available in demo

Fixes:

Fixed a memory leak
Fixed a rarely appearing problem with hanging notes
Sustain pedal
Fixed a subtle click which could happen with allSoundOff in 44 khz
Fixed wrong labels of LFO waveforms
Some fixes in list selectors

Saurus v 1.0 Apr 6, 2012 MacOS X UB

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Saurus v 2.5 Sep 9, 2017 Windows

Download Demo Download Update

New features:

Drag & Drop modulation: Drag an envelope or lfo and drop it to a knob to modulate it

Midi learn support: Right-click on a knob to assign or remove a CC

Right-click on a knob opens a menu where you can assign a massive amount of modulation sources

Hovering the mouse over a knob shows a box with information

Modulation depth control on top left of a knob if a source is assigned

Sectors on knobs show the modulation amount

A red sector is shown when clipping of modulation occurs

File->'Show version info' shows the version number of Saurus

Right-click on a knob and 'reset' resets a knob to the default value

File->'reset midi learn' removes all CC assignments

File->'Clean matrix' cleans up the mod matrix and resets unused slots

Right-click on a knob and 'remove modulation' removes all assigned mod sources

Tooltips are shown when the mouse is hovered over a button

Enhancements:

More beautiful background skin

Enhanced sound of the Reverb: Less detuned sound and more beautiful early reflections

Enhanced sound of the PingPong delay: Added a lowCut filter

Enhanced sound of the Delay: No more detuning and a more wide sound

Enhanced sound of microtuning

Better sound quality: New high-end resampling algorithm

More bass and warmer sound

More linear frequency response in 'linear mode'

Faster Volume Envelope for more punch

Saurus v2.5 'fits better to the mix'

New knobs with enhanced performance

Parameters are more easy to adjust

Patch rankings are now stored as .rnk files within Saurus_sounds

Fat Unison is more easy to setup

More 'bottom' if a new patch is initialized

Texts are more easy to read

Activation dialogue is now also available in German language

Faster loading of 32bit PC version

More robustness

Faster patch loading

Lower CPU on Mac

Fixes:

Better compatibility with Fruity Loops

Matrix source 'random' did not work in legato mode

It is not longer possible to click on the VU diodes

Fixed a very unlikely but possible crash

Saurus v 2.0 Apr 30, 2015 Windows

Download Demo

Saurus v 1.1 Jan 10, 2013 Windows

Download Demo

Saurus v 1.0 Apr 6, 2012 Windows

Download Demo

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