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chardin · Post by **chardin** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:35 pm

I'm wondering if Zebra2 is right for me. I confess that I'm a preset junkie but sometimes I will twist a knob or two. The demo songs are just amazing and that is causing the credit card to itch. What are your thoughts?

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:43 pm

Well, so far there's not much 3rd party presets (be it free or commercial ones), but it's not out for *that* long yet. And as it doesn't come from a big company such as NI, who are running a massive user forum including massive user libraries (especially for Reaktor and Absynth), it may not see *that* much presets as their synths.
Still, I think there's quite a nice amount of great presets included, and there's surely gonna be some more coming.
Thing is, Zebra 2 is tweakers heaven, so it might take them tweakers a while to get their stuff out.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Tue Feb 20, 2007 11:49 pm

chardin wrote:I'm wondering if Zebra2 is right for me. I confess that I'm a preset junkie but sometimes I will twist a knob or two. The demo songs are just amazing and that is causing the credit card to itch. What are your thoughts?

Try the demo... Best way to learn if something is for you.

And get the extra presets available. Tasmaniandevil just post 900 presets a few days back!

politcat · Post by **politcat** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 12:25 am

checkout the tasmodia factory remix to see all the variety you can get just tweaking the XYs. Preset heaven.

tasmaniandevil · Post by **tasmaniandevil** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:05 am

politcat wrote:checkout the tasmodia factory remix to see all the variety you can get just tweaking the XYs. Preset heaven.

Ha, wanted to suggest him this right now just to see that it's already mentioned twice.

And don't forget to visit Nucleus Soundlab because there's a free preset-bank there too. And I know that there are very good commercial banks in the making so the amount of good presets will certainly grow over time.

womoma · Post by **womoma** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 1:24 am

I agree with those who think the factory presets dont do zebra justice.

zircon · Post by **zircon** » Wed Feb 21, 2007 2:38 am

There are some cool factory bank presets - but I think you will get more use out of them if you do less traditional styles. Lots of great ambient & experimental patches. Howard Scarr's stuff is of course wonderful, especially for live performance. There is also my commercial bank of 64 presets, which is oriented towards more traditional sounds (plus its sequel is in the works).

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Is Zebra2 right for a preset junkie?