Cool, yeah I knew about the lanes and the 4 layers, i guess if I do some routing I could use more than 4 oscillators if I so felt like it, like a few FM oscs and a few normal. Anyhow, just for the sake of discussion (not arguing): Just consider that in Dune 2, one layer has 3 oscs (not including the unison stuff) and you have 8 of those to your disposal, so 16 complex oscillators and 8 simple ones (the 3rd/sub oscillator). I realize that obviously you might not need/want to outdo every synth in the market in every single feature, just saying. I mean in theory you could make the grid expandable/scrollable (so that it doesn't eat up more screen space), I bet it would be a selling point for the whole modular crowd to make it more unlimited. Like, lets say I would like to make ultra-layered FM stuff, like this one: http://www.vintagesynth.com/yamaha/tx816.php which is basically 8 x DX7 and would make it possible to make patches like in this: I know you can't please everyone on everythingUrs wrote:Zebra is already designed to have 4 layers within a single patch - it's the four "lanes" in its Module Grid. Those layers can have entirely different synth structures, and signals can run from one layer to the other.mrj1nx wrote:I don't know about layering in Zebra 2 (don't have it yet sadly so haven't deep dived yet), but thinking about the layering in Dune 2 which is very powerful and also stuff like Rob Papen Prisma, essentially a way to store a "multi-instance" patch. For example to make sounds highly responsive to velocity, or to build up a sound in a sort of multiband fashion of making the low-mid-high components as different layers. Is there any plans for layering in Zebra 3?
Zebra3 will have easier means to duplicate stuff from one lane to another, so you can pretty much do everything, without too much tabbing.
The beauty of this approach is that envelopes etc. can be shared between the modules, which usually isn't the case in a synth with a stricter approach to layering.
Also I think that Zebra3 should be carefully expand. The only thing I miss sometimes or are in need of is a additional (or two) Env, MSEGs or LFOs. Of course a resonator module and additional comb models are also welcome 
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