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GMusic · Post by **GMusic** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 7:10 am

http://www.alonso-sound.com/zebra2_soun ... tails.html

Has anybody bought it?

I'm interested in the trance presets. They sound great from the demo song. It seems like he decided to make a versatile bank and not focusing totally on electronica/trance stuff.

After looking through his other stuff, I was hoping that this new bank would be pure trance related. I think Zebra needs more of those. Pure emotional powerful trance leads,basses, arps, plucks and what not.

Share with us your review if you do buy them.

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 8:18 am

GMusic wrote: I'm interested in the trance presets. They sound great from the demo song. Sadly, it seems like he decided to make a versatile bank and not focusing on electronica/trance stuff.
After looking through his other stuff, I was hoping that this new bank would be pure trance related. I think Zebra needs more of those. Pure emotional powerful trance leads,basses, arps, plucks and what not.

Diversity is the reason for not targeting one genre of music, in a patch bank.
Not everyone likes trance sounds, so designers who put more variety of sounds in their banks, are doing so, to appeal to a more diverse customer base. If someone can only do trance sounds, and nothing else, I wouldn't consider even buying a bank that only has one type of sound.

As for trance banks, there's the Adam Van Baker commercial set. I've not bought it, but heard it has a lot of trance presets.
A great bank for trance, in my opinion, is the psycox free bank here.
http://www.u-he.com/PatchLib/presets/z2 ... xmas08.zip

Also the Zircon Dance Electronic commercial, I've only heard that it has a lot of trance type sounds.
So try one of these, if that's what your into.

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:28 am

I just listened to those demos. The Alonso set sounds rather good to me!

GMusic · Post by **GMusic** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 9:35 am

Mc,

I removed 'sadly' from my post, because it is a great bank from what I can hear.

I love the demos and the sounds no doubt. They are nice. However, I was just hoping for pure electronica presets, given the content of his other banks/synths. Never the less, Thanks for the recommendations!

sinzero · Post by **sinzero** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:49 pm

cool demo, very well made with some great sounds

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 5:53 pm

Howard wrote:I just listened to those demos. The Alonso set sounds rather good to me!

well after hearing the audio demos for days of Zebra you might just see a
WTB:Zebra in marketplace in an hour as soon as i ate my Kebab hehe.

sorry to hijack the thread.

best

Rob

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:04 pm

rob_lee wrote: well after hearing the audio demos for days of Zebra you might just see a
WTB:Zebra in marketplace in an hour as soon as i ate my Kebab hehe.

So, would you buy Zebra for, say, $150 rather than the $200 full asking price? You know you might be able to swing yourself a deal there if you ask nicely

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:06 pm

hakey wrote:
rob_lee wrote: well after hearing the audio demos for days of Zebra you might just see a
WTB:Zebra in marketplace in an hour as soon as i ate my Kebab hehe.
So, would you buy Zebra for, say, $150 rather than the $200 full asking price? You know you might be able to swing yourself a deal there if you ask nicely

a deal where? marketplace?

i'll post a message after i had my food mate

cheers

Rob

bmrzycki · Post by **bmrzycki** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:14 pm

rob_lee wrote:a deal where? marketplace?
i'll post a message after i had my food mate
cheers
Rob

I think hakey is referring to http://u-he.com/zebra/index.php?item=DC. I'm sure you have something you can take a picture of.

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:17 pm

bmrzycki wrote:
rob_lee wrote:a deal where? marketplace?
i'll post a message after i had my food mate
cheers
Rob
I think hakey is referring to http://u-he.com/zebra/index.php?item=DC. I'm sure you have something you can take a picture of.

Yep!

Vectorman · Post by **Vectorman** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:30 pm

There definitely are some great-sounding patches in the demos. Further demonstrates what a great and varied-sounding instrument Zebra is in its current version, even without the new filter modes coming in 2.5. I'm buried in Bazille and Synth Squad atm, but this set is on my list of things to check out as soon as I get a handle on the new tools.

rob_lee · Post by **rob_lee** » Mon Aug 17, 2009 6:47 pm

bmrzycki wrote:
rob_lee wrote:a deal where? marketplace?
i'll post a message after i had my food mate
cheers
Rob
I think hakey is referring to http://u-he.com/zebra/index.php?item=DC. I'm sure you have something you can take a picture of.

if only i was clued up on all these technical gadgets like how to take pics and transfer from my phone to pc or scan stuff...

think i'll just post a message shortly coz i wouldn't know how to operate a damn camera phone and by the time i did all that i could have had some presets made so thanks again guys i'll think what to do next..i'll take the plunge at sometime tonight and go for Zebra

cheers

Rob

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 2:24 am

rob_lee wrote:i'll think what to do next..i'll take the plunge at sometime tonight and go for Zebra
cheers
Rob

You could always try the Zebra patch contest and win the Berlin Modular to use too. hint hint nudge nudge...

zircon · Post by **zircon** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 3:00 am

These sounds do indeed seem very cool. Every designer has their own unique style, which is what makes preset collections so interesting

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Tue Aug 18, 2009 8:42 am

Wow, these demos are amazing, indeed!

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