Improvements!
- u-he
- Topic Starter
- 28042 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
Here are the most requested improvements
- gui preserves look & subpages when closed & opened again
- gui remembers presets and their location
- lfo sync not only to host tempo but may also run in seconds/hertz
- on Win, presets & resources can also be kept in Vstplugins dir
- preset changes via midi, cursor keys
- global effects off switch (i.e. having them off when switching presets)
- on Win, don't forget location on Midimap file
- fold back VST reset to standard procedures (avoiding cpu spikes). No workaround for buggy hosts no more
I'll slowly make my way through them...
ok, more:
- lfo wave view + feedback on all waveforms
- more intelligent text truncation and/or bigger boxes
- colours... something with colours...
- gui preserves look & subpages when closed & opened again
- gui remembers presets and their location
- lfo sync not only to host tempo but may also run in seconds/hertz
- on Win, presets & resources can also be kept in Vstplugins dir
- preset changes via midi, cursor keys
- global effects off switch (i.e. having them off when switching presets)
- on Win, don't forget location on Midimap file
- fold back VST reset to standard procedures (avoiding cpu spikes). No workaround for buggy hosts no more
I'll slowly make my way through them...
ok, more:
- lfo wave view + feedback on all waveforms
- more intelligent text truncation and/or bigger boxes
- colours... something with colours...
Last edited by Urs on Mon May 07, 2007 9:27 am, edited 3 times in total.
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- KVRAF
- 4681 posts since 16 Mar, 2004 from Columbia, MD
Is it OK to post comments/suggestions here?
I like all of those changes. I think they'll really improve the workflow of Z2. One quick question, with regards to the global effects off switch - can you implement something where the global effects are turned off as a preset gets changed? I believe this was brought up in the past, as if you're switching presets while there is still sound being generated, sometimes you get a loud burst of reverb, distortion, delay (etc).
I like all of those changes. I think they'll really improve the workflow of Z2. One quick question, with regards to the global effects off switch - can you implement something where the global effects are turned off as a preset gets changed? I believe this was brought up in the past, as if you're switching presets while there is still sound being generated, sometimes you get a loud burst of reverb, distortion, delay (etc).
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- KVRAF
- 4229 posts since 9 Apr, 2003 from Right here, in front of my computer...
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- KVRist
- 443 posts since 17 Jun, 2003 from UK 'ish
Abilty to have the oscillator wave section animate as it morphs thru the table of waves. Switchable on/off with oscillator wave view, i.e. switches animation on when oscillator wave view selected and off when you leave that view.
Also, ZebraCM LFO view in Zebra.
Just my 400 cents...I realize these are not trivial requests.
Also, ZebraCM LFO view in Zebra.
Just my 400 cents...I realize these are not trivial requests.
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- KVRAF
- 2875 posts since 28 Jan, 2004 from Da Nang, Vietnam
This one is essential for using Z2 on stage. +1.Urs wrote: - preset changes via midi, cursor keys
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- KVRian
- 1106 posts since 8 Oct, 2003 from Belgium
Great, I was just going to ask that ! I don't like to work with a synced tempo for vibrato, the preset will sound different when you change the host's tempo.Urs wrote:lfo sync not only to host tempo but may also run in seconds/hertz
Thank you !
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- KVRian
- 681 posts since 22 Aug, 2002 from on the inside looking out
since you're changing things anyway, the ability to load individual waveshapes from presets OR the ability to copy individual waveshapes between oscillators would be *extremely* useful...
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- KVRist
- 407 posts since 23 Oct, 2006 from Northern New England
Urs,
It'd be nice if Zebra could make me a damn fine cup of espresso, too.
It'd be nice if Zebra could make me a damn fine cup of espresso, too.
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- KVRAF
- 4129 posts since 11 Aug, 2006 from Texas
Urs, does this include remembering if the user switches the preset type to h2p or h2p extended? I prefer storing patches as h2p and always forget to change it when opening zebra.Urs wrote:- gui preserves look & subpages when closed & opened again
- gui remembers presets and their location
Is there any word on the trance gate tool? I'm guessing that will come after this initial round of bug fixes and refinements.
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- KVRAF
- 4229 posts since 9 Apr, 2003 from Right here, in front of my computer...
Actually, I like the template selector as it is (refinements aside).kodama wrote:Most synths that use MSEGs have pull down menus to save & load your favorite ones and it makes sense to build patches like this.
I like the fact that you can step through the presets with the cursor keys, see the data loading into the respective module as you do so, switch between oscillators or MSEGs with the selector open to load templates into the different modules all without closing the window - it seems to me that this is better than menus with long lists of entries or multiple submenus - those are actually worse for RSI once you get beyond a certain number of entries...
- u-he
- Topic Starter
- 28042 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
Yep, good point!bmrzycki wrote:Urs, does this include remembering if the user switches the preset type to h2p or h2p extended? I prefer storing patches as h2p and always forget to change it when opening zebra.Urs wrote:- gui preserves look & subpages when closed & opened again
- gui remembers presets and their location
We're talking improvements of existing stuff... new features come occasionally, but I'd like to merely concentrate on the stuff that enhances the user experience...Is there any word on the trance gate tool? I'm guessing that will come after this initial round of bug fixes and refinements.
- u-he
- Topic Starter
- 28042 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
Yep, makes sense... might be possiblekodama wrote:Most synths that use MSEGs have pull down menus to save & load your favorite ones and it makes sense to build patches like this.
Sure, uhm, if only keyboard input would work on all hosts... this is a major construction area (just like preset switching), as I might have to convince certain host manufacturers to change stuff in their hosts even... sigh... we'll see...Also, I would like to be able to type numeric values when a control has focus to reduce RSI amongst Zebra users (a noble goal?).
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- KVRAF
- 1529 posts since 12 Jun, 2004 from Portland, OR
Well it would be much more useful if you could save as well as load templates from these menus.beej wrote: Actually, I like the template selector as it is (refinements aside).
But the way it is now, everything must be manually moved to Zebra's sacred library manually (I wish Zebra could just preview h2p files also without having to move them there).
Also, if you look at the Template Selector on the OSC module, there should be one just like it on every other module, right there on the left.