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Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 2:56 pm

tschirmer wrote:I couldn't find an entry inside my registry for Zebra yet. Should there be one, and if, where, so I can double check.

No entries in the Regsitry with my stuff... I still manage to avoid it...

Tronam · Post by **Tronam** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 5:57 pm

Urs wrote:
tschirmer wrote:I couldn't find an entry inside my registry for Zebra yet. Should there be one, and if, where, so I can double check.
No entries in the Regsitry with my stuff... I still manage to avoid it...

Now only if we could get Microsoft to stop using the registy.

elxsound · Post by **elxsound** » Fri Oct 30, 2009 6:20 pm

tschirmer wrote:Tried everything (now on Ableton Live 8.0., the Zebra doesn't show up in the Plugin list. The only thing strange: I couldn't find an entry inside my registry for Zebra yet. Should there be one, and if, where, so I can double check.

You don't have to trash the preference folder each time this happens. Simply remove the zebra.dll (and zebrify, zebralette, etc..), then load live. Then add the zebra dll file(s) back to their original place and either rescan or close/reopen Live.

I'm on XP and am using Live 8.0.5... I'll download 8.0.8 and see if I have any troubles there and let you know. I'm just not looking forward to another 1gig download since there's probably another Live update in a couple weeks again anyways. Still, I should know soon.

***EDIT***

I've loaded 8.0.8 and the latest Zebra 2.5 build is still fully functional

tschirmer · Post by **tschirmer** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:03 pm

Okay, I reinstalled Zebra 2.3.1 now, which showed up in Live 8.0.8 and ran perfectly fine. I then installed the new beta, overwriting the 2.3.1 plugin dlls. After a restart of Live Zebra was still listed but unable to start. This time I made a screenshot from the error message.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Sat Oct 31, 2009 6:15 pm

Yo, I hope to post a fix tomorrow... there were two places that could cause crashes. Trying my best to speed things up...

John-E34 · Post by **John-E34** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:11 am

With all the new things happening... Has Zebra 2.5 (or a new beta), been put on hold?

I've been checking for a new beta for almost a month now, but seems the excitement is all about the new synth's.

I wait with baited breath...

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:25 am

John-E34 wrote:With all the new things happening... Has Zebra 2.5 (or a new beta), been put on hold?

I've been checking for a new beta for almost a month now, but seems the excitement is all about the new synth's.

I wait with baited breath...

It may seem so, but no, not really.

That said, hmmm... I took one week off so to speak, in which I did the ui design for ACE and I spent another three days on the ACE manual. And then there were a few days with real life stuff, such as tax declarations...

Other than that I'm hunting down bugs and adding some little improvements. See, I *thought* the betas were in a good shape but still some people experience mysterious showstoppers. Still trying to wrap my head around these.

But as I said, we'll have a couple of fresh betas shortly (I'm just a bit afarid of the amount of work that has to be put into Zebrify's gui... that's really threatening...)

red37 · Post by **red37** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:20 am

Good lad Urs...you work hard.

It will be ready when its ready i guess - and we all are looking forward to it.

John-E34 · Post by **John-E34** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:29 am

Thanks for the feedback, I have no issues with the latest beta, was just curious why the Z2 thread stalled.

Ready when it's ready - I understumble.

Goratrix · Post by **Goratrix** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:42 am

there was this thread a year ago, explains some of the reasons:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=234070

I guess it's something that we have to live with, with u-he being such a small company.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 11:59 am

Goratrix wrote:there was this thread a year ago, explains some of the reasons:
http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=234070

I guess it's something that we have to live with, with u-he being such a small company.

Yeah, hmmm. What I said back then still holds true though. Hadn't I done the research for Bazille's filter, there wouldn't be such a massive update to Zebra's XMF. Stuff like that.

In addition, unfortunately updates don't really create that many extra sales anymore. I have to extend update cycles and diversify. The goal with Uhbik was about getting into the producer business who find my other stuff too geeky. That worked quite well. The goal with ACE is to break open the market of those who otherwise buy softsynths-that-look-like-hardware. The idea therein is that these people will eventually bother to check out Zebra or any of the other products, so I'm trying to multiply.

Cheers,

Urs

bh9090 · Post by **bh9090** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 12:57 pm

How do you uninstall the 2.5 beta? I've got a gig this weekend and want to switch back to 2.3 just to be safe.

I've already deleted:
MacHD/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/Components/Zebra*
MacHD/Library/Audio/Plug-ins/VST/Zebra*

but the Installer keeps saying a newer version already exists. I've found some other items under Application Support, but it seems like things I want to keep. I don't have any plugins in ~/Library/Audio/Plug-ins.

bh9090 · Post by **bh9090** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 6:58 pm

bh9090 wrote:How do you uninstall the 2.5 beta?

I figured this out -- in case anyone else is wondering. Do "Show Package Contents" on the Zebra2.3 .pkg file and unarchive the Archive.pax.gz file. Just copy the component and VST into their respective directories.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 7:13 pm

Actually, I think there's something under MacHD/Library/Receipts/ which contains information about previous installs. I *think* that deleting the Zebra ones lets you install the older version. Not 100% sure though...

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Mon Nov 02, 2009 10:26 pm

bh9090 wrote:
bh9090 wrote:How do you uninstall the 2.5 beta?
I figured this out -- in case anyone else is wondering. Do "Show Package Contents" on the Zebra2.3 .pkg file and unarchive the Archive.pax.gz file. Just copy the component and VST into their respective directories.

That might cause problems for you. You shouldn't alter the package contents, as then it won't be correct with the receipts.

As Urs said in the above post, just throw out the package receipt under:
MacHD/Library/Receipts/
Then it will install 2.3 fine.
You can also do a search for all Uhe-Zebra folders, and trash everything except the presets, and mseg's or osc's.

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