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EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:03 pm

And XY pads, that's a given.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:15 pm

Well, there's a lot of speculation here... I wished I knew the details myself.

sebaden · Post by **sebaden** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:15 pm

i have no problem to use instances of zebra2 along with zebra3, at least i can edit in depth. the problem with an embedded presetplayer in zebra3 is that for edit you must open zebra2 then anyway, sure a benefit depends on the way how somebody work i think..

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:17 pm

The idea is, if Zebra3 is going to be as great as we think it will, anyone will need Zebra2 solely for backwards compatibility, i.e. to open projects/songs made with Zebra2.

For new sounds people will prefer Zebra3. I'm very certain about that...

Spitfire31 · Post by **Spitfire31** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:29 pm

/Joachim

Arrested Developer · Post by **Arrested Developer** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:40 pm

Urs wrote:The idea is, if Zebra3 is going to be as great as we think it will, anyone will need Zebra2 solely for backwards compatibility, i.e. to open projects/songs made with Zebra2.

For new sounds people will prefer Zebra3. I'm very certain about that...

Well, what about CPU-load?
There are already Zebra2 sounds (e.g. from the "Zebra Orchestra" library) that (sent on a bus with satin on it) max out one of my cores when i play just 2 notes... (on a 2GHz i7)

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:46 pm

Arrested Developer wrote:
Urs wrote:The idea is, if Zebra3 is going to be as great as we think it will, anyone will need Zebra2 solely for backwards compatibility, i.e. to open projects/songs made with Zebra2.

For new sounds people will prefer Zebra3. I'm very certain about that...
Well, what about CPU-load?
There are already Zebra2 sounds (e.g. from the "Zebra Orchestra" library) that (sent on a bus with satin on it) max out one of my cores when i play just 2 notes... (on a 2GHz i7)

As long as the key modules have not been developed, I won't be able to estimate the CPU usage.

At the moment we're working on a finals et of bugfixes for Satin and AAX. Then Diva and Bazille. The maybe - if all goes well - we either start Zebra3 development, or maybe we release my little weekend project inbetween.

OTOH we did a lot of experiments. Utra-fast stacked wavetable oscillators suited for Z3, morphing of very efficient parallel filter banks. That kind of stuff.

The main work on Z3 has however been conceptual. We pretty much *know* what we want to do.

Vertti · Post by **Vertti** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 1:50 pm

I'd love to see some kind of Legacy mode which could emulate 80s digital samplers like Fairlight, Emulator I/II/III, D50 etc.

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:00 pm

Vertti wrote:I'd love to see some kind of Legacy mode which could emulate 80s digital samplers like Fairlight, Emulator I/II/III, D50 etc.

Hmmm, dunno... sampling is still not our cup of tea. We will however add plenty of means for "destruction".

Timfonie · Post by **Timfonie** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:00 pm

Urs wrote:OTOH we did a lot of experiments. Utra-fast stacked wavetable oscillators suited for Z3, morphing of very efficient parallel filter banks. That kind of stuff.

Z3 will be worth a long long wait.

Arrested Developer · Post by **Arrested Developer** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:01 pm

Urs wrote: As long as the key modules have not been developed, I won't be able to estimate the CPU usage.

Thanks for the reply...
In any case, i think multithreading would be a great feature...
While Diva with multithreading never makes problems on my computer (CPU-wise), ACE and Zebra do, allthough they are "older"...

Vertti · Post by **Vertti** » Fri Oct 04, 2013 2:16 pm

Urs wrote:
Vertti wrote:I'd love to see some kind of Legacy mode which could emulate 80s digital samplers like Fairlight, Emulator I/II/III, D50 etc.
Hmmm, dunno... sampling is still not our cup of tea. We will however add plenty of means for "destruction".

No sampling but kinda synth profiles which imitate the grittyness and aliasing of older machines.

hakey · Post by **hakey** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:19 am

Urs wrote:Hmmm, dunno... sampling is still not our cup of tea.

How about something along the lines of an updated/integrated BlueberryThing or Wav2Zebra?

It's not out-and-out sampling, but it would allow something approximating D-50 style synthesis.

And a painless method of importing single cycle waves, or sets thereof, to Zebra would be very useful.

Krakatau · Post by **Krakatau** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:49 am

Urs wrote:
Vertti wrote:I'd love to see some kind of Legacy mode which could emulate 80s digital samplers like Fairlight, Emulator I/II/III, D50 etc.
Hmmm, dunno... sampling is still not our cup of tea. We will however add plenty of means for "destruction".

Apart from sampling, what about resynthesis, ...one kind or another ?

LGK_Dude · Post by **LGK_Dude** » Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:49 am

I dont know if this has been said earlier in the thread, but please, please, please, PLEASE, PLEASE add a full blown patch browser ala Omnisphere or Alchemy, complete with tags, rating system (1-5 stars seems standard), SEARCH (especially by type of sound or genre) multiple locations, any anything else you find useful. Please?

edit: looks like it has been mentioned. Hopefully our wish comes true as I was completely put off by the way the current preset system works.

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