Does Zebra ever go on sale?

[Gonga]

Zebra was my first choice but I couldnt afford it so I decided to improve my "digital area" arsenal and picked bright sounding NI Massive. its just ... life

Massive is a really good synth, on many levels, including sound quality.

[mcnoone]

hehe, yes I hoped that there will be Zebra sale during Black Friday too Why ? because it's the only U-He product which my computer can handle (im not happy when one channel takes around 30 % of my cpu)

This only happens in poly mode with long release times.
Anything using mono or legato modes use very little cpu no matter how long the release or even on the highest quality settings. True for both ACE and Diva.
This only makes pads something difficult to do with them.
I don't really like analog type pads anyway (except for the hold for a long time kind) so anything in poly mode with short release times is fine on memory.

about sale. looks like there will be always one side not fully satisfied It works just both ways. Zebra was my first choice but I couldnt afford it so I decided to improve my "digital area" arsenal and picked bright sounding NI Massive. its just ... life

Well Zebra has a Dinocrossgrade thing to cut $50 bucks off the price, not to mention all the patch competitions to win an nfr for free.
The regular price of Massive is the same cost as Zebra.
I know the sale on Massive, but Zebra has always had that special $50 off thing for ever.
Isn't $50 savings enough?

[dayjob]

but w/massive you get one synth.. w/zebra you get zebra, zebralette, zebrify.. well worth the asking price imho.. especially considering the dino $50 discount.

[re8]

but w/massive you get one synth.. w/zebra you get zebra, zebralette, zebrify.. well worth the asking price imho.. especially considering the dino $50 discount.

Yes, a good deal. I'm sure this guy was happy to upgrade!
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[Stevee00]

Where is the marketplace? I've searched U-He and KVR forums and can't find it.

I have a copy of ACE I want to sell. Why? Because I'm deep into Zebra and Diva.

I'm asking US$60 (which I think is about 45 euro).
EDIT: I just sold it for $60. 2/23/12

Steve

[bmrzycki]

Where is the marketplace? I've searched U-He and KVR forums and can't find it.

I have a copy of ACE I want to sell. Why? Because I'm deep into Zebra and Diva.

I'm asking $50 USD (which I think is about 37 euro).

Steve

It's here: http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=43

[TwoToneshuzz]

Before you sell ACE be aware that when Bazille comes up there is an upgrade path for owners of ACE to Bazille.

Besides I think that ACE as it stands now has a lot to offer, as well as tons of great patches already programmed. Not to mention Howards Tutorials.

Common sense and right mindedness Behoves us to not let the DIVAS of the world dominate the ACES or surely we are lost all lost!

Regards

Wade

[Stevee00]

TwoTone, I appreciate your concern. However I have made the highly personal decision to not work at the sound design level, but rather the music composition level. Diva and Zebra offer plenty of wonderful sounds for me to make music with. Think about all the music composed over the years for a poly keyboard with ONLY ONE VOICE: The piano. So the hundred or so voices I've selected from Diva and Zebra to construct my musical palette is already an abundance of riches.

I do admit, the Berlin Moduler does look good.

I'm happy to give somebody else a deal on ACE so they can dive into modular synthesis. It's just sitting on my shelf collecting virtual dust.

Steve

[Nielzie]

ACE is a wonderful synth. The more I use it the more I love it. At first it takes some time to know what is going on when starting to tweak it seriously, but once you start to understand.. So much fun to use and experiment!

[TwoToneshuzz]

TwoTone, I appreciate your concern. However I have made the highly personal decision to not work at the sound design level, but rather the music composition level. Diva and Zebra offer plenty of wonderful sounds for me to make music with. Think about all the music composed over the years for a poly keyboard with ONLY ONE VOICE: The piano. So the hundred or so voices I've selected from Diva and Zebra to construct my musical palette is already an abundance of riches.

I do admit, the Berlin Moduler does look good.

I'm happy to give somebody else a deal on ACE so they can dive into modular synthesis. It's just sitting on my shelf collecting virtual dust.

Steve

I'm okay with that!! I'm a pianist myself and have only just returned to electronic computer based production in the last two years. I must admit I'm no synthesist either. But the Bazille and ACE seems to me to be a really great interface to learn some of the basics, the underlying technology of the sounds paletes richness. Understanding the how is in my opinion a fruitful activty and spawns new ideas. Insight = inspiration.

Good luck to you with your tools of choice. The Zebra seems frigteningly open ended powerful, and very modular like, just without the cables...

Regards

Wade

[Stevee00]

Wade,

Diva has an even warmer sound than Zebra in terms of sound, and I like it better because it's simpler. Possibly in between Zebra and ACE in terms of the interface. Diva emulates the early analog synths, the first generation without patchcords. I didn't like working with patchcords when I programmed the Buchla in the '70s, and I don't like them now (though at least with the ACE you never run out of patchcords, which used to be a real problem).

Steve

[Aiynzahev]

TwoTone, I appreciate your concern. However I have made the highly personal decision to not work at the sound design level, but rather the music composition level. Diva and Zebra offer plenty of wonderful sounds for me to make music with. Think about all the music composed over the years for a poly keyboard with ONLY ONE VOICE: The piano. So the hundred or so voices I've selected from Diva and Zebra to construct my musical palette is already an abundance of riches.

I do admit, the Berlin Moduler does look good.

I'm happy to give somebody else a deal on ACE so they can dive into modular synthesis. It's just sitting on my shelf collecting virtual dust.

Steve

And what a good deal too! Check you emails I'm dying here!

Seriously though, ACE does look really good. I was also put off by all the patch cords etc when I first demoed it a while back, but these days I am really loving sound-design, it just takes a lot of time and for me a lot of thinking more than anything else. But you know I completely understand your comment about the piano, The creative approach of different people varies as much as different people vary from each other.

[TwoToneshuzz]

Wade,

Diva has an even warmer sound than Zebra in terms of sound, and I like it better because it's simpler. Possibly in between Zebra and ACE in terms of the interface. Diva emulates the early analog synths, the first generation without patchcords. I didn't like working with patchcords when I programmed the Buchla in the '70s, and I don't like them now (though at least with the ACE you never run out of patchcords, which used to be a real problem).

Steve

I patch cords are not the most fun thing to run out of.

I actually bought Diva recently, and I'm now upgrading my Computer so I can play it!! Actually I'm having a lot of fun even though I can only use 1 or 2 voices, in "great" modus. I supplement then with a voice or two from my external gear.

So you've been at it since th seventies.. That was the beginnings of it all. Must of been thrilling for you back then!

What I like the most about ACE is what it inspires the sound designers to come up with. It's the modus for working the modular way that brings new sound resources that spring to life these "old" techniques bring new resources to the sound palette.


Regards

Wade



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