kodama wrote:So am I the only person who feels their life is already incomplete without these new U-He things?
Don't do it! We're all as excited as you are. Santa Urs will make the wait that much more worthwhile when we get them...
Improvements!
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- KVRAF
- 4141 posts since 11 Aug, 2006 from Texas
Don't do it! We're all as excited as you are. Santa Urs will make the wait that much more worthwhile when we get them...
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- KVRist
- 244 posts since 16 Feb, 2003 from Switzerland
Howard wrote:Biggest issues (feature requests) from my "boss" here are:
1) bigger GUI option
2) program change
3) proper library functions (delete, move etc.)
4) non-sychronizing LFOs (NEED this yesterday!)
4) is the only issue with Zebra that keeps coming up for me also. (i.e more than 2 globals lfos would be dead useful)
3) is a close second.
1) would be a nice option - especially a way to zoom in to the additive waveform page and other pages that require detailed mouse tweaking
Cheers
bagginz
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- u-he
- Topic Starter
- 30183 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
Some news!
Ok, I've built a Zebra with scalable GUI, fixed MidiCC stuff etc. - unfortunately there are mysterious crashes. Bummer!
On a positive note, there's now a concept to set an end to all issues with parameter automation and host limitations. In future all new plugs and updates come with a text file that contains the parameter list as visible to the host. Now we can
- edit parameter names to i.e. contain module identification if hosts don't do it, such as replace "Cutoff" by "VCF1:Cutoff" or whatever one prefers
- change the order of parameters, i.e. put filter parameters to the front in order to make them visible to Live or other hosts that don't see them
- maintain compatibility to automation in old projects even if guys at u-he squeeze a mass of new parameters inbetween (Ohhhh I'll love that!!!)
- not yet sure: Maybe (I mean it, MAYBE) make parameters automatable that are not automatable by default (i.e. each snapshot in Filterscape, only for true geeks)
Urs
Ok, I've built a Zebra with scalable GUI, fixed MidiCC stuff etc. - unfortunately there are mysterious crashes. Bummer!
On a positive note, there's now a concept to set an end to all issues with parameter automation and host limitations. In future all new plugs and updates come with a text file that contains the parameter list as visible to the host. Now we can
- edit parameter names to i.e. contain module identification if hosts don't do it, such as replace "Cutoff" by "VCF1:Cutoff" or whatever one prefers
- change the order of parameters, i.e. put filter parameters to the front in order to make them visible to Live or other hosts that don't see them
- maintain compatibility to automation in old projects even if guys at u-he squeeze a mass of new parameters inbetween (Ohhhh I'll love that!!!)
- not yet sure: Maybe (I mean it, MAYBE) make parameters automatable that are not automatable by default (i.e. each snapshot in Filterscape, only for true geeks)
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- KVRAF
- 4197 posts since 23 May, 2004 from Bad Vilbel, Germany
Urp... with 4) I didn't mean additional global LFOs, but a switch to free the existing "poly" LFOs from the shackles of tempo-synch. And with 1) I actually meant sound library functionality. Although a zoom function for SpectroBlend would be quite useful.bagginz wrote:4) is the only issue with Zebra that keeps coming up for me also. (i.e more than 2 globals lfos would be dead useful)Howard wrote:Biggest issues (feature requests) from my "boss" here are:
1) bigger GUI option
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4) non-sychronizing LFOs (NEED this yesterday!)
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1) would be a nice option - especially a way to zoom in to the additive waveform page and other pages that require detailed mouse tweaking
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- u-he
- Topic Starter
- 30183 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
Hmmm... you gotkodama wrote:Would it be horribly difficult to be able to switch msegs from key triggered to free running(mono)?
- poly (each voice triggered by its own)
- single (triggered once, then for all othe rnotes until all notes are off)
- mono (triggered again and again and again with each note)
What's left that can be triggered so that there's Attack/Loop/Release...?
If I made it so that it kind of syncs to host like a drum machine does, then it's not an MSEG. It would be a subset of MSEG.
On the other hand... along with current improvements comes the concept of "Manual Triggers". Which are basically keys. You could probably set an MSEG to be triggered by a certain key. Hold that key for the whoile song and you're done!
Läta,
Urs(Had a nice night out and got totally pissed by tons of Merlot... on the other hand I made an appointment for yet another "hollywood story"... gotta post a pic of the first one tomorrow... competitors, fasten seat belts -> u-he is going into serious marketing!)
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- KVRAF
- 1529 posts since 12 Jun, 2004 from Portland, OR
Well it would be a more customizable version of how I sometimes use the global lfos in user wave mode...
I also miss this on MFM II when I want crazy MSEG type stuff to happen with no midi input!
I also miss this on MFM II when I want crazy MSEG type stuff to happen with no midi input!
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- u-he
- Topic Starter
- 30183 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
Hmmm... in MFM2 you just need to erase every point after the loop. They should play endlessly if there's no Release.kodama wrote:Well it would be a more customizable version of how I sometimes use the global lfos in user wave mode...
I also miss this on MFM II when I want crazy MSEG type stuff to happen with no midi input!
Once I'm at the Zebrify FX plugin, this will work the same way.
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- KVRer
- 29 posts since 24 Sep, 2007
Not sure if it's a right thread to post a wishlist... here's mine:
1. Ability to load .tun file globally so it won't change each time I switch patch (like in Albino, Rhino etc.)
2. Less cleartype-like GUI (letters look blurry to me)
Also my Cubase crashes whenever I load .tun file whith only Anamark or only standart tuning section present. Is there an explanation somewhere with how .tun file should look like to work with Zebra?
Oh, and +1 vote for "clean mode"
BTW Zebra is great! ...but gets out of tune....
...yeah, I know...just kiddin'
1. Ability to load .tun file globally so it won't change each time I switch patch (like in Albino, Rhino etc.)
2. Less cleartype-like GUI (letters look blurry to me)
Also my Cubase crashes whenever I load .tun file whith only Anamark or only standart tuning section present. Is there an explanation somewhere with how .tun file should look like to work with Zebra?
Oh, and +1 vote for "clean mode"
BTW Zebra is great! ...but gets out of tune....
...yeah, I know...just kiddin'
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- KVRAF
- 1529 posts since 12 Jun, 2004 from Portland, OR
Urs wrote:Hmmm... in MFM2 you just need to erase every point after the loop. They should play endlessly if there's no Release.kodama wrote:Well it would be a more customizable version of how I sometimes use the global lfos in user wave mode...
I also miss this on MFM II when I want crazy MSEG type stuff to happen with no midi input!
Once I'm at the Zebrify FX plugin, this will work the same way.
Ooooh, I'm already trying to cut back on my Zebrify wet dreams as is...
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- KVRist
- 244 posts since 16 Feb, 2003 from Switzerland
A suggestion:
Adding another mode or two in the shaper module would be an easy way to greatly expand Zebra's tonal capabilities.
I find the current modes of Shaper and Wedge pretty good, but the others are minimally useful.
I would love to see a mode capable of far more dirty and extreme clipping.
I have tried running shapers modules in series, using the XMF module as an overdrive into shaper(s) (and vice-versa)and in all kinds of high and low gain configurations with some success, but still cannot easily get the type of sound easily obtainable by just running the output through say the Cubase Overdrive plug-in or pretty much any simple freebie distortion plug.
Why don't I just run the output of Zebra through an external plug then?
Because I would like to keep the sound within Zebra to use it's other modules as well as its excellent effects.
It IS possible to get a hi gain sound, but with a lot of tweaking and chaining of modules hence the suggestion of a "high gain" mode.
Also missing is a (good) sample reduction mode. A huge amount of frequency dependant tonal possibilities are made available with a good sample reduction plug
Good examples of Sample reductions to model?
The standard one is Logic is among the best if not the best. The one called "STP" in LoFI module of Albino 3 is almost as good.
Cheers,
bagginz
Adding another mode or two in the shaper module would be an easy way to greatly expand Zebra's tonal capabilities.
I find the current modes of Shaper and Wedge pretty good, but the others are minimally useful.
I would love to see a mode capable of far more dirty and extreme clipping.
I have tried running shapers modules in series, using the XMF module as an overdrive into shaper(s) (and vice-versa)and in all kinds of high and low gain configurations with some success, but still cannot easily get the type of sound easily obtainable by just running the output through say the Cubase Overdrive plug-in or pretty much any simple freebie distortion plug.
Why don't I just run the output of Zebra through an external plug then?
Because I would like to keep the sound within Zebra to use it's other modules as well as its excellent effects.
It IS possible to get a hi gain sound, but with a lot of tweaking and chaining of modules hence the suggestion of a "high gain" mode.
Also missing is a (good) sample reduction mode. A huge amount of frequency dependant tonal possibilities are made available with a good sample reduction plug
Good examples of Sample reductions to model?
The standard one is Logic is among the best if not the best. The one called "STP" in LoFI module of Albino 3 is almost as good.
Cheers,
bagginz
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- u-he
- Topic Starter
- 30183 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin
Yo,
I agree that distortion is not my strength... but it's the strength of my employee... remember a plugin called "TriDirt"? - I guess the next revision of the shapers will have some more striking effect
Urs
I agree that distortion is not my strength... but it's the strength of my employee... remember a plugin called "TriDirt"? - I guess the next revision of the shapers will have some more striking effect
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- KVRAF
- 1529 posts since 12 Jun, 2004 from Portland, OR
Yeah, I generally only use Wedge.
A sine that works like Live's saturator set to sine and a nasty bit cruncher, as well as rate reduction (good to mimic old digital) would be quite nice.
A sine that works like Live's saturator set to sine and a nasty bit cruncher, as well as rate reduction (good to mimic old digital) would be quite nice.
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- KVRAF
- 5017 posts since 13 Dec, 2005 from The Void
hah! That guy's working with you?Urs wrote:Yo,
I agree that distortion is not my strength... but it's the strength of my employee... remember a plugin called "TriDirt"? - I guess the next revision of the shapers will have some more striking effect
Jens, "B.t.w.: it appears I was wrong"
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- u-he
- Topic Starter
- 30183 posts since 8 Aug, 2002 from Berlin