Zebra 3 and Zebra Legacy

[Sound Author]

Did I hear "Berlin Modular"?

Yeah, I guess the concept for a synth called exactly that isn't going to happen this decade, but another synth that fits the product line is certainly a possibility.

I wouldn't mind ACE getting a much deserved update later on down the road. Too many people think it's just a light version of Bazille and don't realize or appreciate what it actually is. Semimodular VAs don't get enough love.

[bonch]

I learned synthesis on a modular, so I'm really comfortable with cabling, but I do enjoy Zebra's efficient workflow very much. I feel like I can do anything, and quickly.

[Sound Author]

Patch cables scared me at first, but now they are my preferred workflow. No fishing through menus and tabs. Just run the output to the input. Boom. Done.

[reppinghades]

What kind of demo restriction is planned for Zebra 3? Would it be like the concept discussed in this thread?

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[Urs]

The stuff in that thread never worked out, I can't even remember what the actual idea was. I guess it turned out to be not such a great idea after all.

We do have a concept for a better copy protection, but I can not currently see if and when that's gonna happen, and if it has influence on the demo restriction at all.

[Funkybot's Evil Twin]

An ACE Pro would be cool. Or another modular down the road. Personally though, I'd love to see some U-he VCV Rack modules. Hardware clones of the U-he Eurorack modules are the first obvious candidates but then also filters, osc's (ACE oscs, Bazille oscs), envs, and VCAs. I'm not sure how much of a money-maker they'd be (probably a small fraction on what U-he can make on a standalone synth), but for the full modular experience, that still seems like a lot more low-effort than a new modular synth. So hopefully the effort would be an equally small fraction against development of a new standalone synth, which could bend the cost/effort curve to make it worthwhile.

I've just gone through the effort of basically removing a bunch of VCV stuff from my library to shrink the size and focus on the core modules I use the most. But it's great that it's such a playground.

[jtsterays]

Z3 -> Diva 2 -> Ace 2 would be the dream.

[nilhartman]

Z3 -> Bazille 2 eh ^^

[Urs]

Hehehe, if anything, we'd nicely (!) improve ACE and Bazille as 1.x and maybe add another synth that follows the West Coast style of synthesis.

[WolfKay]

and maybe add another synth that follows the West Coast style of synthesis.

 

[Sound Author]

Hehehe, if anything, we'd nicely (!) improve ACE and Bazille as 1.x and maybe add another synth that follows the West Coast style of synthesis.

I got lost in VCV Rack for a good long while a few years ago but eventually had to pry myself away from it because I didn't see much of a preset market for it. I would love a modern Eurorack-style modular system from u-he with the cutting edge signal processing wizardry that's going on with a lot of these crazy modules these days.

[pierb]

Urs, are there any plans to revamp the comb filter of Zebra 2?

It's a really wonderful module capable to produce so much stuff.

I'd be super happy with more modes but what would be really amazing is having a way to create new modes. Maybe with something like an umh script or some visual tool.

[Urs]

We're working on improved versions of those, which keep the fundamental frequency constant no matter the damping or whatever other settings.

[nilhartman]

Urs, has the upcoming Z3 additive rendering engine any chance to be someday implemented in other synths like say erm Bazille ?
I can’t get over the premises of that engine, the demo vids sound beyond incredible and I want it in every « digital inspired » u-he synths
Am I being greedy ?

[Urs]

It isn't even close to final in Zebra yet, it might not make it into the initial Zebralette3 release... we're currently focussing on purely curve-based wavetable-like synthesis in order to finish something we can finally publish...