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Arglebargle · Post by **Arglebargle** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:03 pm

Another reason for me to avoid Zebra.

Programentalist · Post by **Programentalist** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 6:19 pm

MacQ wrote:

Alan Meyerson is easily as responsible for the "epic" qualities of Hans Zimmer's (and many others') scores. Check out this great interview where he gets into some of the specific details.

Wow, that was a great program, I'm subscribing right away. Thanks for the tip!

spaceman · Post by **spaceman** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:12 pm

Arglebargle wrote:Another reason for me to avoid Zebra.

Your ongoing fight to avoid Zebra must be a gruelling ordeal.

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 8:24 pm

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Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Mon Jan 30, 2012 10:00 pm

Arglebargle wrote:Another reason for me to avoid Zebra.

What exactly?

- SF

Elhardt · Post by **Elhardt** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:12 am

standalone wrote: So Hans Zimmer is a f**ing liar and a murderer. I mean, he had to kill all the orchestra's musicians to erase the proofs.

I'm listening to Inception's score in Spotify right now and I can attest that you don't know how a real orchestra sounds. It's all synths.

I think it's been cleared up by other people that Inception was not only done with synths which was apparent when I was listening to the soundtrack and was hearing mostly orchestra. I think it's also been cleared up that I know plenty well what synths vs orchestras sound like.

Also to everybody else, it was pointed out by one person here that it was probably that 99% of the synth sounds were Zebra, NOT 99% of the entire Inception score was done on Zebra as everybody was reporting.

-Elhardt

Elhardt · Post by **Elhardt** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:19 am

pdxindy wrote: I consider Zebra the very best percussion/drum synth you can buy today. It is so vast and I value that it is especially good for realistic percussion sounds (even though it is not a physical modeling synth a such)

I've gotten far more realistic percussion/drum sounds out of other synths than I've heard from Zebra or any other softsynth. That's because it's not the synth that's good at percussion sounds but the person programming them. Since Reaktor is the most powerful softsynth out there, theoretically, it's capable of better sounds than any other synth.

-Elhardt

Elhardt · Post by **Elhardt** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:33 am

Urs wrote: Ken, you are most famous for making convincing orchestral sounds with synthesizers

We've even done a custom model of the Polymoog resonator you once demoed so impressively for Hans

Well "famous" might be a bit of a stretch... As for the Polymoog resonator, it's funny how me just ripping apart my Polymoog to make a coffee table and also a stand-alone Polymoog resonator led to so many different things, including COTK's coming out with a Polymoog Res module and Juergen Haible doing a PCB for people to build their own. It seemed to focus attention on a device that people either never paid much attention to or didn't really know much about. I keep telling people that there's nothing really special about the Polymoog Res since it's just 3 multimode filters in parallel with a lot of limits built in, but still it's taken on a life of its own.

-Elhardt

mcnoone · Post by **mcnoone** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 5:45 am

Elhardt wrote: Since Reaktor is the most powerful softsynth out there, theoretically, it's capable of better sounds than any other synth.
-Elhardt

Theoretically?

Lets see Theory of Relativity, Game Theory, Reaktor Theory, Quantum Theory.
Okay got it.
Reaktor isn't actually a synth though, and as you stated before that.
It's really the one making the sounds, so long as the synth has a certain level of capability. That "idea" is much more verifiable too.
Even in Synth1, as I've heard from a user here at kvr. kayoti, I believe.

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pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 6:50 am

Elhardt wrote:
pdxindy wrote: I consider Zebra the very best percussion/drum synth you can buy today. It is so vast and I value that it is especially good for realistic percussion sounds (even though it is not a physical modeling synth a such)
I've gotten far more realistic percussion/drum sounds out of other synths than I've heard from Zebra or any other softsynth. That's because it's not the synth that's good at percussion sounds but the person programming them. Since Reaktor is the most powerful softsynth out there, theoretically, it's capable of better sounds than any other synth.

-Elhardt

So what you are saying is that you are by far the very best synth programmer ever... That is quite a claim to make...

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:14 am

Elhardt wrote:I've gotten far more realistic percussion/drum sounds out of other synths than I've heard from Zebra or any other softsynth. That's because it's not the synth that's good at percussion sounds but the person programming them. Since Reaktor is the most powerful softsynth out there, theoretically, it's capable of better sounds than any other synth
-Elhardt

Ken: "heard from" is important here, and the reason why I think you're VERY mistaken about Zebra. Instead of fiddling around with e.g. the ModularV GUI and (I guess) getting disenchanted with softsynths in general, you could apply your considerable talents to making sounds in Zebra. I don't think you'd regret it...

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 7:29 am

pdxindy wrote:So what you are saying is that you are by far the very best synth programmer ever... That is quite a claim to make...

Ken IS the best at making realistic sounds, in my not so humble opinion.

pdxindy · Post by **pdxindy** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 8:45 am

Howard wrote:
pdxindy wrote:So what you are saying is that you are by far the very best synth programmer ever... That is quite a claim to make...
Ken IS the best at making realistic sounds, in my not so humble opinion.

Indeed, you are right about his skill... I just went and listened to some of his stuff. Some exceptional work there. He's earned the right to boast some. Doesn't mean I agree with him cause I've heard some very realistic percussion from various softsynths like Tassman and I stand by my comment about Zebra.

hagever · Post by **hagever** » Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:33 am

Arglebargle wrote:Another reason for me to avoid Zebra.

lol

I for one am happy with ACE. TO be honest I don't like synth with a gazillion of options. What for? You'll waste the time you could spend making music in programming presets and patches...hell no!

Hans Zimmer Loves Zebra