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pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:07 pm

benj3737 wrote:Yes, I tried MIDI learning the sync box and that works, but it really isnt a great solution for playing live. There are so many options that it's too hard to land on the right one in the heat of the moment. Also, it's not available to the host, which I actually need for my live setup. The modmapper seems like the solution for me, as it could give me as much control as I could want, but unfortunately something does seem out of place using it to control the lfo rate. Urs, I'll send you a patch to hopefully illustrate what I mean.

Thanks for al your suggestions!
Ben

Use an MSEG instead of the LFO... LFO rate does not scale linearly, but the MSEG loop does... you can use the modmapper on the modwheel to get a few discreet steps. I just tried it and it works...

if I understand the reports correctly, if you are using swing, it will not stick to host tempo over time, but that is a bug that Urs is working on and it may well be fixed in the latest beta

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Fri Dec 24, 2010 11:11 pm

pdxindy wrote:Use an MSEG instead of the LFO... LFO rate does not scale linearly, but the MSEG loop does... you can use the modmapper on the modwheel to get a few discreet steps. I just tried it and it works...

Neat

synthdawg · Post by **synthdawg** » Tue Dec 28, 2010 9:18 am

It'd be nice to see an oscilliscope built in. A nice preset osc bank of larger scope something akin to the 110 or so in faw circle that have been morphed between each other as the default osc collection, something similar for mseg. A revamped arpeggiator control system, replacing the keyboard octave setup with something similar to the FL Studio Pan Velocity Release Pitch Shift bars they work awesome in flstudio. Just something much easier to setup. Also two octave shifts on the arpeggiators I keep having to create 2 oscs with 2 arpmod setups. I'd like to see a reset button on the arpmods seems double click isn't working for resets. Double click seems to be sketchy at best in zebra not sure if its a zebra or a zebra/fl issue/windows issue. Not sure where the double click is getting wonky. A current preset buffer or multiple patch buffer. I often lose a patch accidentally clicking to a preset patch and cant return to the one I've lost cause I haven't recently saved it. A patch init button. More use of colored backgrounds on buttons.. some skins change the placement and labels of the same button and often times I can lose controls between skins. Osc FX description tooltips or popups. A preset patch filetype spec. All this being said zebra is awesome great work we're just all picky types that want to change an already excellent synth.

benj3737 · Post by **benj3737** » Fri Dec 31, 2010 8:02 am

Urs wrote:I forgot to say... parameter that are not on the list can't be automated... but I'm contemplating to add the option to make them automatable, too... at some point...

Just want to bring this issue up again. I run up against this limitation on every song. It's not that out-of-the-question to want to automate lfo rate, for instance. I know I can put it on an xy pad, or use an mod mixer, but sometimes they're used up. I usually map out the xy pads whenever I create a preset.

Also, I just got an Automap-enabled keyboard from Novation and I would love to come up with a complete mapping to avoid use of the mouse as much as possible. Automap can only access automateable parameters, so the lfo's are out of reach.

I'm sure this sort of thing is the least-fun part of being a developer, and I know you'd rather work on building new and exciting instruments, but it really affects Zebra's usability for me.

The last word, of course, is that Zebra is a killer, amazing-sounding synth that has taken over pretty much all sound-design projects. I love it, and just want it to be a little smoother to use.

Thanks!
Ben

benj3737 · Post by **benj3737** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:07 am

I would love if the midi-learn function was channel-sensitive. I've given up on using automap to create the ultimate Zebra controller (since not all parameters are automateable), but I noticed that all parameters can be midi-mapped. So I thought that I could map every knob on zebra to a cc (which would require more than one channel), and then use max/msp and my bcr2000 to send out the proper midi ccs to control whatever I want without using the mouse. Sadly, it appears that zebra ignores the channel data, which means that a max of 128 knobs can be mapped. Is this correct? If so, I humbly request that you expand the midi-mapping capabilities to recognize midi channel.

Thank you!

Ben

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 4:03 pm

Channel-sensitive MIDI mapping is coming. "One of them things..."

fas1piano · Post by **fas1piano** » Mon Jan 03, 2011 6:48 pm

Channel-sensitive MIDI mapping is coming.

this is most uber-coolish!

haven't dared to bother you with this for quite some time AND i need get back to the synth! (after an extend rhodes-only period)

FarleyCZ · Post by **FarleyCZ** » Sat Jan 22, 2011 8:44 pm

Suggestion: Presets for MMap. I did a little function in it, but it took some time to draw that precisely. It could be handy to save it for use in another patch.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 4:23 am

FarleyCZ wrote:Suggestion: Presets for MMap. I did a little function in it, but it took some time to draw that precisely. It could be handy to save it for use in another patch.

On the long list

Breeze · Post by **Breeze** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:44 am

Probably already on the "ever lengthening list": a preset search function. Sometime I don't remember which folder I saved that #$@$%$!! preset I was working on...

Breeze · Post by **Breeze** » Mon Jan 31, 2011 10:12 pm

I think I've found a bug with the key->gain scaling in Zebra 2.5: it's working inconsistently, with the curve sometimes being applied and sometimes not. Is this a known issue? I can repro if req'd.

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 12:29 am

Breeze wrote:I think I've found a bug with the key->gain scaling in Zebra 2.5: it's working inconsistently, with the curve sometimes being applied and sometimes not. Is this a known issue? I can repro if req'd.

I've never come across this one. Q: Does it happen whether the arpeggiator is on of off?

aikighost · Post by **aikighost** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 1:11 pm

So is any further development happening with ACE? Or is ACE "as is" for the foreseeable future? Id quite like to see a macros page for easy multi knob manipulations, but maybe that's just me?

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:30 pm

aikighost wrote:So is any further development happening with ACE? Or is ACE "as is" for the foreseeable future? Id quite like to see a macros page for easy multi knob manipulations, but maybe that's just me?

Only Urs can comment on further ACE development, but ACE is kind of a teaser for Berlin Modular which will have ACE XL. Anyone who purchased ACE will get Berlin Modular for price minus the cost of ACE.

Breeze · Post by **Breeze** » Tue Feb 01, 2011 4:35 pm

Howard wrote:
Breeze wrote:I think I've found a bug with the key->gain scaling in Zebra 2.5: it's working inconsistently, with the curve sometimes being applied and sometimes not. Is this a known issue? I can repro if req'd.
I've never come across this one. Q: Does it happen whether the arpeggiator is on of off?

No the Voice mode is legato. I've PMed the patch to you by ASCII. Thanks.

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