NEXUS2 comes with over 70 new features and improvements. Here are most important ones:

  • Expansion Dance Vol.2 already included! - 128 new presets, 500 MB of new samples
  • Three skins (Black 'evil', Black 'good' and Cobalt) included for free
  • New FX: analog phaser from Arts Acoustic - up to 16 stages. Smooth as silk
  • New FX: stereo enhancer - widen or narrow the stereo field
  • Feature Matrix: layers can be switched on/off separately
  • New section: oscillator mix level
  • Oscillators can be switched on/off separately
  • Volume- and pan-control for each oscillator

The complete list follows:

  • Expansion Dance Vol.2 already included!

  • Feature Matrix: layers can be switched on/off separately

  • Oscillator mix (new section)

    • Oscillators can be switched on/off separately
    • volume control for single oscillators
    • volume control for 1up oscillators (when used by preset)
    • panning control for single oscillators
    • free transposing of single oscillators (+/- 36 semitones)
    • free detuning of single oscillators (centwise up to +/- 1 semitone)
  • Trancegate
    • new trancegate presets
    • clear via right-click
    • length freely adjustable between 2-32 steps
    • graphical zoom when pattern length is changed
    • delay (tempo-synced)
    • fade in (tempo-synced)
    • graphical markers on every beat
    • adjustable loop-start
    • graphical marker on play-position
    • shuffle-factor + graphical representation of shuffle-factor
    • librarian uses the full height now, making it much easier to use
  • Arpeggiator
    • new arpeggio presets
    • maximum length increased to 32 steps
    • graphical zoom when pattern length is changed
    • graphical marker on every beat
    • newly created steps have default settings now
    • steps can be transposed note* and octave-wise
    • while holding shift, step-lengths can be adjusted smoothly
    • adjustable loop-start
    • graphical position marker
    • shuffle factor + graphical representation of shuffle-factor
    • expanded arpeggiator filter (incl. drum modes)
    • librarian uses the full height now, making it much easier to use
  • FX
    • new: analog phaser from Arts Acoustic
    • new: stereo enhancer
    • two FX slots instead of just one
    • FX slots can be swapped
    • preset librarian
    • multi-FX can be saved in one file (XFX)
    • 70 new FX presets sorted by effects-categories
    • 25 new XFX presets
  • EQ
    • EQ now has four bands
    • new EQ types: lowpass, highpass, bandpass, bandpass2, notch, peak, lowShelf, highShelf
    • Q factor for each band
    • free frequency (20-18000hz) for each band
    • separate gain (-/+24db) for each band
    • on/off switch for each band
  • Modulation
    • Portamento: trigger mode fixed
    • Pitchbend: Range increased to +/- 48 semitones
  • Mod-matrix
    • more logical sort order
    • separate destinations for FX-slot 1 and FX-slot 2
    • new mod destination flanger feedback
    • new mod destination flanger depth
    • new mod destination flanger speed
    • new mod destination degrader distortion
    • new mod destination distortion gain
    • new mod destination analog phaser pre-filter
    • new mod destination analog phaser lower freq
    • new mod destination analog phaser feedback +/-
    • new mod destination stereo enhancer width
    • new mod destination stereo enhancer gain
    • new mod destination phaser speed
    • new mod destination chorus speed
    • new mod destination EQ1-4 freq
    • new mod destination EQ1-4 Q factor
    • new mod destination EQ1-4 gain
    • new mod destination OSC1-4 volume
    • new mod destination OSC1-4 pan
    • new mod destination OSC1-4 1up volume
  • Librarian
    • can be sorted by name, regardless of the category-prefix
  • Global
    • auto-import-from-desktop function for expansions, skins, and licenses
    • "Nexus Content" is detected automatically after installation (required on OSX only)
    • scroll-speed of mouse-wheel in lists freely adjustable