Tone2 Icarus 2 €199

Tone2 are known for their expansive range of big, bold supersynths, including Electra 2 (8/10, cm209), Gladiator 3 (8/10, cm263), Nemesis (9/10, cm202) and Icarus (9/10, cm237). The last of these has just received its first full version update, the headlines of which are the addition of an onboard drum machine, two multistage envelope generators (MSEGs) and a ten-module ‘Glitch’ effects sequencer.

In with the old

For this review, we’ll focus on the new goodies in Icarus 2 (VST/AU), but first, a quick recap on the instrument as a whole. Icarus is a three-oscillator ‘multi-technique’ synth,