u-he has announced the release of Zebra v2.2.
Changes:
- Factory presets were replaced with all new bank by Howard Scarr.
- It's now compatible to Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard.
- Presets load way faster.
- User interface opens almost instantly.
- A "compact install" for Muse Receptor compatibility was added to Windows installer.
- A factory bank of oscillator module presets was added (also by Howard Scarr).
- GUI consistency was improved (i.e. renamed some parameters, too long texts get shortened to fit).
- That infamous MSEG bug is fixed (single trigger MSEG may have caused deadlock).
- The Preset Manager remembers name & location of loaded patch, saved with song.
- The editor window opens in the state where you last closed it (doesn't/can't save with song though).
- Global parameters such as FX Returns are available in modulation matrix.
- Smoother ModWheel, Breath Controller, Expression and PitchBend.
- Speaking of PitchBend, ranges can be set to 0 now to free the Wheel for other tasks.
- MIDILearn now requires a conscious decision for a menu entry - preventing users from accidentally Teaching a parameter.
- Preset scripting was improved so that 3rd party waveform converters are fully supported (still no decent documentation for scripting though).
- A bug in the reverb diffusion on SSE2 machines got wiped out - if that changes your sound, set "D-Feedb" to 0.00.
- The Preset Manager can now be used to create new folders and refresh the directory listing (right/ctrl-click).
- .h2p is now default patch format - set to native to save patches for use within host applications (usually not necessary).
- Text rendering quality on Windows was improved.
- There's no more need for Microsoft Runtime Libraries on Windows.
- One can now import patches made with the Computer Music edition of Zebra aka ZebraCM.
- Number of voices can be set to 0 in an Arpeggiator step, making this step a "skip".
- and more...