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Electrobop · Post by **Electrobop** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:12 pm

rexlapin wrote:rob,
Don't let that stop you. So have Howard Scarr, Michael Kastrup, beej, and
a lot of other folks, and everyone brings there own experience to the party.
(See the link on the forum to the preset banks for what's currently available.)
I'd like to see what you would come up with.
Cheers,
Scott

+1

brok landers · Post by **brok landers** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:13 pm

androidlove wrote:tehlord, i've tried a lot of payware i wasn't fond of either. i understand zebra isn't the kind of sound you need. >snip<

hmm, i actually do not understand this ... with zebra you can actually do _any_ sound you're after, even ultra realistic acoustic stuff ... there's only one other synth that comes close in flexibility, and that's helix ...

op, i guess you'll have to dig into zebra for a longer period and learn how the synth behaves ... it's not quite obvious at first shot ...

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:26 pm

rexlapin wrote:rob,
Don't let that stop you. So have Howard Scarr, Michael Kastrup, beej, and
a lot of other folks, and everyone brings there own experience to the party.
(See the link on the forum to the preset banks for what's currently available.)
I'd like to see what you would come up with.
Cheers,
Scott

+2 (someone beat me to the +1

)

Waker · Post by **Waker** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:34 pm

Zebra was a sleeperhit for me. I've demoed it a couple of times, and it didn't really click... And then it did. I listen to a couple of demo tracks of the payware patchsets, and Howard's demo convinced me. Both Helix and Zebra are amoung my favorit nonsample synths.

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:36 pm

Im gonna see if i can download the demo first at the site..i'll do it in the morning as cubase 5 is coming and iv'e just installed xp64 on my system so i have'nt got no way to demo Zebra unless there is a standalone version

Like someone just said here..if there are plenty of routing and modulation features on a piece of software then any sound is possible.
Tonight i'll do some research on Zebra and probably install the demo tommorrow.

rob lee

brok landers · Post by **brok landers** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:37 pm

understandable ...

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:42 pm

Well the mp3 demos of Zebra sound great.ijust listened to a couple on the website

chj · Post by **chj** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:43 pm

I demo'd alot of synths people talk about and thought many were unremarkable. I think some people that are into synths get too involved in the technical bells and whistles and lose sight of the fact that in the end it has to sound good. But Zebra2 was one of the exceptions. Plenty of bells and whistles to keep synthheads happy and in the end the sound is excellent.

22tape · Post by **22tape** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:45 pm

kbaccki wrote: Name a softsynth with as much synth power, as easy to program, sounds as creamy (not sterile and cold), and is not a CPU hog (as Z2 isn't).

Vaz Modular! you asked

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:50 pm

chj wrote:I demo'd alot of synths people talk about and thought many were unremarkable. I think some people that are into synths get too involved in the technical bells and whistles and lose sight of the fact that in the end it has to sound good. But Zebra2 was one of the exceptions. Plenty of bells and whistles to keep synthheads happy and in the end the sound is excellent.

Well when i make a soundbank like i did for sylenth i made sure that every preset would sit perfect in a mix so as the user would not have to tweak the sound much other than external e.q to suit.
I make sure that most or every knob does something so as the patch you played would morph into something totally different.i sometimes spent 6 hours just on one patch..

im definatley gonna download the demo tommorow and see if i can come up with something.

rob lee

androidlove · Post by **androidlove** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:51 pm

brok landers wrote:
androidlove wrote:tehlord, i've tried a lot of payware i wasn't fond of either. i understand zebra isn't the kind of sound you need. >snip<
hmm, i actually do not understand this ... with zebra you can actually do _any_ sound you're after, even ultra realistic acoustic stuff

wow, any sound?

bduffy · Post by **bduffy** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 7:53 pm

Waker wrote:Zebra was a sleeperhit for me. I've demoed it a couple of times, and it didn't really click... And then it did. I listen to a couple of demo tracks of the payware patchsets, and Howard's demo convinced me. Both Helix and Zebra are amoung my favorit nonsample synths.

I had the same experience. I've known about Zebra for years, I must've demoed it once or twice before, but the last time I was like "I must have this", based practically on the first patch alone.

While I must insist that the OP has the right to not be impressed by something, I'd urge him to try it out in a mix, stick with it a little longer. It's hands-down my favourite, most-used synth, and I've blown people away with the power of its bass sounds alone.

morelia · Post by **morelia** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:01 pm

I know how you feel. I had a similar experience with the 77 Trans Am

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:04 pm

tehlord wrote:I dont see what all the fuss is about.

awsum. thanks for teh heavy research dood!

chj · Post by **chj** » Wed Apr 08, 2009 8:16 pm

rob_lee wrote:
chj wrote:I demo'd alot of synths people talk about and thought many were unremarkable. I think some people that are into synths get too involved in the technical bells and whistles and lose sight of the fact that in the end it has to sound good. But Zebra2 was one of the exceptions. Plenty of bells and whistles to keep synthheads happy and in the end the sound is excellent.
Well when i make a soundbank like i did for sylenth i made sure that every preset would sit perfect in a mix so as the user would not have to tweak the sound much other than external e.q to suit.

Sylenth1 was another one of the exceptional synths for me. FM8 probably rounds out my top3 for sound quality.

I had a go on Zebra 2