How to import wavetables into Icarus 2
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Icarus 2 from Tone2 imports wavetables like this: serum-compatible packed WAV at 2,048-sample frames via drag & drop or menu.
This guide gives the exact layout Icarus 2 expects, the step-by-step load, the Hyperwave export settings that match, and plain fixes for the import failures the documentation warns about.
Everything here is verified against Tone2's own documentation or source code — sources at the end of the page, checked 2026-08-16.
What Icarus 2 expects
Loads packed WAV wavetables in the Icarus wav format — frames in series at exactly 2,048 samples each, 1–256 waveforms — including tables from Serum and Falcon; drag & drop onto the oscillator's 3D display or load via the oscillator/editor menu.
Step by step
- Export from Hyperwave as a packed mono WAV at 2,048 samples per frame with at most 256 frames — Icarus's documented layout (N × 2,048).
- Drag & drop the WAV onto an oscillator's 3D display, or use Load Wavetable (N*2048 samples, Icarus, Serum, Falcon) from the oscillator menu or the Wavetable editor's File menu.
- Save the patch — Icarus stores wavetables inside patches and songs, so no separate file needs managing.
If something goes wrong
- How many waveforms can an Icarus 2 wavetable hold?
- A wavetable can consist of 1 to 256 waveforms — keep Hyperwave exports at 256 frames or fewer.
Export settings for Icarus 2
Icarus 2 has no dedicated export preset in Hyperwave — the default preset ("Default — 2048 × 256") writes 2,048 samples per frame, 256 frames, mono 32-bit float, and matches the layout documented above.
- Default — 2048 × 256
- 2,048 samples per frame × 256 frames · 32-bit float · 48 kHz
Sources
Verified 2026-08-16 against: