Kirean Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 (edited) What the title says: Tone2's Icarus 1.6 synth comes free with the January 2024 issue of Computer Music magazine. Supposedly the magazine should be out on the 29th of November. Edit: Icarus 3.0 will release 'soon'. From what I gather, upgrade price will be around 69-89 USD Edited November 29, 2023 by Kirean 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satya Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 I think Icarus demo is free , u just have to open and close the gui after 10 min to get it working n not letting it silence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyJ628 Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 Does anyone have that issue for sale yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulo Posted November 28, 2023 Share Posted November 28, 2023 An old version. IIRC v2 has been out a few years now. I thought it seemed a bit to good to be true when someone posted before about this as an upcoming freebie, but still worth having when no exchanging of beer tokens is required . I quite liked the Tone 2 synths I've had on demo, but never enough to want to pay what they usually ask for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirean Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 Magazine is out. No serial provided for Icarus, only a direct download. Not sure if there's any upgrade path yet. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
satya Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) It is like the CM version available to everyone Edited November 29, 2023 by satya 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 15 hours ago, Kirean said: Magazine is out. No serial provided for Icarus, only a direct download. Not sure if there's any upgrade path yet. Upgrade link (66.35 US$ + tax) https://order.mycommerce.com/cart/add?vendorid=200028120&PRODUCT[300973239]=1 This link is from https://www.tone2.com/icarus-update.html and the text says "Upgrade to Icarus v3.x or v2.5", so it looks like the upcoming version is included in the upgrade Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirean Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 48 minutes ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said: Upgrade link (66.35 US$ + tax) https://order.mycommerce.com/cart/add?vendorid=200028120&PRODUCT[300973239]=1 This link is from https://www.tone2.com/icarus-update.html and the text says "Upgrade to Icarus v3.x or v2.5", so it looks like the upcoming version is included in the upgrade Was ten bucks cheaper yesterday. I wonder how it works since I the CM version seems to come with a generic licence that you don't even register anywhere. Then there's also the question "Do I even need to upgrade?" that I've yet to figure out. (Most likely I won't, since I got those U-He synths to play around with first.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 There seems to be 2 different upgrade links one seems cheaper than other Maybe magazine subscribers get cheaper deal I'll check later as an subscribed to Computer Muisc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Niky Serrano Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 1 hour ago, Mark B said: There seems to be 2 different upgrade links one seems cheaper than other Maybe magazine subscribers get cheaper deal I'll check later as an subscribed to Computer Muisc It was... They updaed the price: https://www.tone2.com/shop.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark B Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 It still is there are two different links Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rintoul Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 3 hours ago, Mark B said: There seems to be 2 different upgrade links one seems cheaper than other Maybe magazine subscribers get cheaper deal I'll check later as an subscribed to Computer Muisc It seems that the cheaper link only upgrades to version 2. The more expensive link upgrades to 2 or 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirean Posted November 29, 2023 Author Share Posted November 29, 2023 2 minutes ago, Doug Rintoul said: It seems that the cheaper link only upgrades to version 2. The more expensive link upgrades to 2 or 3. It's nice that everything is so clearly laid out that there's no room for intepretation... ...oh wait! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rintoul Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 (edited) 6 minutes ago, Kirean said: It's nice that everything is so clearly laid out that there's no room for intepretation... ...oh wait! This is what I see when I click on the first link: No mentions of version 3. This is what I see when I follow through on the second link and add the upgrade to my cart: Definite mention of Icarus3. Edited November 29, 2023 by Doug Rintoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann Posted November 29, 2023 Share Posted November 29, 2023 4 hours ago, Mark B said: There seems to be 2 different upgrade links one seems cheaper than other Maybe magazine subscribers get cheaper deal I'll check later as an subscribed to Computer Muisc The magazine just says Which is what I did, and then I found the links I posted above. Yes, it is confusing that the link for "Upgrade to Icarus v3.x or v2.5" adds a product to the cart that does not mention v3, and there is a different link that adds a more expensive one that does mention v3 explicitly I'm in the same boat as Kirean - "Do I even need to upgrade?". At these prices I don't think I do 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rintoul Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 2 hours ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said: Yes, it is confusing that the link for "Upgrade to Icarus v3.x or v2.5" adds a product to the cart that does not mention v3 I can't find this link on the site. All the links I have found bring me to the more expensive option. I wonder of the link you found is an old link that should have been changed to the new link. I think I would be hesistent to use the cheaper link since there is no mention of v3 in the cart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) 9 hours ago, Doug Rintoul said: I can't find this link on the site. All the links I have found bring me to the more expensive option. I wonder of the link you found is an old link that should have been changed to the new link. I think I would be hesistent to use the cheaper link since there is no mention of v3 in the cart. The link is not difficult to find, just go to https://www.tone2.com/icarus-update.html, search the page for "upgrade to icarus v3.x" and click it. Is it an old link that should have been changed to the new link? Is it that they were thinking about a grace period and then it will change? I don't know. Sure, this kind of confusion causes hesitation, kills my impulse buy, and makes me take a harder look at the price Edited November 30, 2023 by Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Rintoul Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 (edited) 6 hours ago, Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann said: The link is not difficult to find, just go to https://www.tone2.com/icarus-update.html, search the page for "upgrade to icarus v3.x" and click it. Is it an old link that should have been changed to the new link? Is it that they were thinking about a grace period and then it will change? I don't know. Sure, this kind of confusion causes hesitation, kills my impulse buy, and makes me take a harder look at the price They must have fixed the link because it now goes to the 2 or 3 upgrade. Edited November 30, 2023 by Doug Rintoul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eusebio Rufian-Zilbermann Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 Yes, now it does, which clears the confusion (maybe they're reading this forum or a reader asked or notified them) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergio Posted November 30, 2023 Share Posted November 30, 2023 I remember buying a single Beat magazine some months ago to get a free software back then. But in this case it seems that there is no way to buy a single issue of this magazine. Am I missing something or is it just like that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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