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Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Thu Oct 01, 2015 4:04 am

Slightly awkward filter music featuring two fresh sequencer patches from 2nd Thoughts:

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... d-thoughts

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Fri Oct 02, 2015 8:06 am

A video for “One Finger Ambience“

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUE-ObIrr7o

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sun Oct 04, 2015 5:32 am

Two fresh patches from this set in a rather mysterious demo - Marsian Seagulls meet Valley Pad:

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... d-thoughts

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Mon Oct 05, 2015 1:57 pm

Three fresh Zebras in a 3/4-ride - if you count hard enough you'll get the 3/4-feel

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... d-thoughts

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Tue Oct 06, 2015 4:02 pm

Dark ambient SciFi music combining two fresh Zebra patches from 2nd Thoughts:

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... d-thoughts

About 10 patches to go, I can see the finishing line around the corner.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Thu Oct 08, 2015 5:15 pm

I dig odd time signature, here is a demo combining two fresh sequencer patches, the main one in 5, the other one in 4, minimal sequencer music:

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... d-thoughts

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Sat Oct 10, 2015 4:45 am

Two fresh Zebras in a slightly melancholic and dark atmosphere:

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... d-thoughts

Expect the release within the next week.

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Mon Oct 12, 2015 2:44 am

Probably the last audio demo for this set combining several finalized patches in a rather bright track:

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... d-thoughts

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 12:58 pm

Another 2 finalized patches from 2nd Thoughts, I played the chord progression for testing one of the patches, then it turned into a final demo as I liked it. So ETA is either Friday or Saturday, any fence-sitters wanting to save a little cash, grab it soon.

https://soundcloud.com/sampleconstruct/ ... d-thoughts

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Thu Oct 15, 2015 5:09 pm

And a little video for the patch RM Gamelan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2aPkyD2Yq0

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 5:09 am

Here is a little impro with the patch Solo Wave - slightly Arab..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKqENTG4n28

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Fri Oct 16, 2015 3:41 pm

This set has now been released, the first post in this thread has been updated accordingly.

Spitfire31 · Post by **Spitfire31** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 8:24 am

About time someone else posted on this thread, no?

I pre-ordered 2nd Thoughts and I definitely didn't have any second thoughts when I started browsing 2nd Thoughts a couple of days ago.

Anyone familiar with Simon's 'thumb print' when it comes to sound design will feel right at home – the patches are all dynamic, evolving and extremely playable, be they drones, pads, sequences/arps, leads or basses. The Zebra 2 Perform x/y controls are used extensively, often all four of them and always in musically useful ways.

Simon has squeezed sounds out of Zebra 2 that I didn't realise it was capable of. Because of this, you need a reasonable computer to play some of the patches. If you play some of the drones and pads polyphonically, what with their often long releases, you'd better have some CPU juice to spare in your machine. It's worth it, though. These sounds are adventures, almost every single one.

Like I said, no second thoughts…

/Joachim

Sampleconstruct · Post by **Sampleconstruct** » Tue Oct 20, 2015 9:21 am

Spitfire31 wrote:About time someone else posted on this thread, no?

I pre-ordered 2nd Thoughts and I definitely didn't have any second thoughts when I started browsing 2nd Thoughts a couple of days ago.

Anyone familiar with Simon's 'thumb print' when it comes to sound design will feel right at home – the patches are all dynamic, evolving and extremely playable, be they drones, pads, sequences/arps, leads or basses. The Zebra 2 Perform x/y controls are used extensively, often all four of them and always in musically useful ways.

Simon has squeezed sounds out of Zebra 2 that I didn't realise it was capable of. Because of this, you need a reasonable computer to play some of the patches. If you play some of the drones and pads polyphonically, what with their often long releases, you'd better have some CPU juice to spare in your machine. It's worth it, though. These sounds are adventures, almost every single one.

Like I said, no second thoughts…

/Joachim

Thank's for the great feedback, that definitely makes my day! I did program all of these sounds at a very low buffer size inside Logic to estimate the CPU tax, but my Mac Pro seems to be quite capable so it's hard to estimate how other systems will cope. But as you said that mainly counts for the drones and pads which use several oscillators and complex filter/LFO/MSEG routings.

I really re-discovered Zebra with this set and will most probably make a set for the Dark Zebra soon, which I don't own yet but I heard only good things about the Diva filters (I don't use Diva).

BBFG# · Post by **BBFG#** » Thu Oct 22, 2015 6:37 am

this set!

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