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spidergod · Post by **spidergod** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:40 pm

Hello

Well have been listening to various demos of the commercial soundset librarys that are out there for zebra 2 and they all sound amazing.

Only problem is once I purchase zebra I can only afford 1 soundset pack.

Which one to go for?

My music style is mainly soundscape ambient stuff with a mix of light and dark and some idm and psychedelica thrown in.

Just wondering which soundpack would suit me?

Lots of x/y pad assignments is one of the main plus points

cheers

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 9:44 pm

I'd say get Zebra and download all the free presets for it and use it for a while... then think about a soundset to fill in any gaps...

runray · Post by **runray** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 7:37 am

I think 'Ambient Voices' by Dmitry Sches should impress you for your style. Also try 'Arksun Soundbank' and 'Sonic Elements Valkyrie'.

Goratrix · Post by **Goratrix** » Thu Jul 08, 2010 10:17 am

Michael Kastrup's Oldskool and Howard's Science are the best.

mabian · Post by **mabian** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:10 pm

Have you checked the tons of free preset packs around? There's a page on the zebrasynth website about it, I don't remember now...

But I can say there are incredible sounds there, for example the FLARE and Zebra food banks are the foundation for all of the songs I am doing now with Zebra.

- Mario

apolo · Post by **apolo** » Sat Jul 10, 2010 5:41 pm

Of those I have heard the tassmodia and the valkyrie are two of the best...!

Xenos (another great sound designer) has a new bank but no demo yet...!

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 11:33 am

http://www.u-he.com/PatchLib

core · Post by **core** » Sun Jul 11, 2010 12:28 pm

mcnoone wrote:http://www.u-he.com/PatchLib

+1 lots of sounds available at no cost!

Arksun · Post by **Arksun** » Mon Jul 12, 2010 11:24 pm

spidergod wrote:
My music style is mainly soundscape ambient stuff with a mix of light and dark and some idm and psychedelica thrown in.
Lots of x/y pad assignments is one of the main plus points

cheers

Checkout the Soundtrack and Chillout mp3 demos I have up for my Zebra Soundbank as they might possibly be what you're after:

http://www.arksun-sound.com/products.html

Also all of my sounds use aftertouch, modwheel and all 4 XY pads, with the 2nd pad morphing the sound into totally different ones, effectively giving thousands of variations

V-Synth · Post by **V-Synth** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:45 pm

Arksun's EDM demo sold it for me, the first few seconds still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up

The pad and lead about 10 seconds in, inspiring.

Cyforce · Post by **Cyforce** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 1:48 pm

The Arksun soundset is defitniv one of the best ones for Zebra.
Inspiring, impressive, and all sounds are very useful.

apolo · Post by **apolo** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:01 pm

spidergod wrote:Hello

Well have been listening to various demos of the commercial soundset librarys that are out there for zebra 2 and they all sound amazing.

perfectly agree, is difficult to pick just one...!

covalent · Post by **covalent** » Sat Jul 17, 2010 2:09 pm

They're all fantastic preset libraries. It's a rather daunting task to narrow it down to only one.

I suppose that if I was forced to choose at gunpoint, I'd have to go with Arksun's library... He was able to strike a perfect balance between 'WOW-factor' and 'usefulness' of the presets.

Hope that helps.

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zebra 2 preset packs - all sound amazing, which one to go for???