What makes U-he Zebra so loved?

[spunkmuffin]

On that note, u-He's documentation is top-notch. One thing common to them that I don't find in other synth documentation are the "Tips & Tricks" sections. I've learned a lot from those.

The "Tips & Tricks" are tops. Thank you Howard

yeah would be nice to name a few because that is why i started this thread, to see if I want to buy Zebra for the third time

I would say definitely don't buy it. Just keep starting threads like this and thinking...should I...shouldn't I...should I...shouldn't I..........

[Elektronisch]

Zebra 2 is a cult classic. Just like Sylenth1 just not amongst EDM producers.

[InLight-Tone]

It covers so many basses and covers them well. Can't wait for 3!

[jbw]

It covers so many basses and covers them well. Can't wait for 3!

Not just basses, it covers leads and pads too!

[ATN69]

I bought the Padsheaven collection from Joseph Hollo for Zebra 2, and those pad sounds are really sweet. Learned a lot by study how he tweaked Zebra 2 to make those pads.

[fmr]

Also, take a look at the Massive Modular skin by Plugmon.

It's ugly. (lot's of bad design options, IMO).

[gentleclockdivider]

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[gentleclockdivider]

Please allow me to speak openly. You kinda need a PhD or something to do in Reaktor what you can do in Zebra within a few minutes. I can't do it. Even some of the most basic factory patches of Zebra would bring your CPU to its melting point should you succeed to recreate the result in Reaktor (remember: Zebra's control rate is 10+ kHz... set Reaktor to that if you like. Also, Zebra's signal flow is stereo all through the signal path). Reaktor can do almost anything and it's very well suited for this and that, but it's IMHO totally not suited to be a workhorse synth in a day to day production environment. And why is that? - Easy: Reaktor comes with thousands and thousands of ensembles, modules and building blocks which all look, sound and behave differently. If you want to load a patch and tweak it to your needs you first need to understand it. So yes, you can do almost everything, but it comes with a cost. The currency of that cost is *time*. No-one has time. Reaktor's biggest feature is also its weakest spot. It's a usability nightmare which emerged from the most comprehensive playground for synthesis. Can't have one without the other.

Zebra can do a shitload of things too. In almost no time and with only a few modules whose sound, look and behaviour just need to be learned once. With a very good ratio of control rate vs. CPU which IIRC is 16 times higher than Reaktor's standard setting.

So where again are we at in the value discussion?

You're absolutely right, nobody really regards Reaktor as a "workhorse synth", neither did I, so there's no comparison... but imo Zebra is too cumbersome to fill that slot either, and that slot is heavily contested, with some viable candidates costing half of it. I'd personally get something more nimble and modern UI as the do-it-all synth.

I see Zebra as an advanced sound design synth, but is overpriced in that sector when compared with the king of the hill.

Zebra's contol rate is +10 khz ?
Step it up a notch please , so we can have lfo's that go in the Khz range ..update rate should then be a bit highr then 10khZ if we don't want aliasing

The control rate or rather even rate in reaktor primary can be whatever you want ( when using the A 2 E ) module .
You can do audio rate modulation at sample rate update rate , just using the P input ...
When using core , youshouldn't care about all of this ... s.r./2 is more then enough for high quality modulation.
Reaktr's standard control settings is there for legacy stuff and slow modulations , it rears it ugly head when audio rate mod is used , but this can easily be fixed with a Ato E module or using core .
I can just as fast create a 512 parallell band pass filter bank in reaktor than creating a preset from scratch in zebra .


Both are great

[Hanz Meyzer]

Huh, my post seems to be lost, so I write once again:

Every module in Zebra seems to be carefully designed with love, and sounds really good standing alone even. The filters have a nice character, the unison sounds great and also lots of options. The distortion modules are the extra bonus, sounding really amazing. The downside for me is the GUI only, too small, a bit too slow, too space wasting at the same time, and missing some comfort functionality - but this is addressed in the upcoming version!

[ATS]

When is Zebra 3 coming out?

[beely]

When is Zebra 3 coming out?

After Zebra 2.8...

[kokotte]

Z3: i could bet on: Q1 2019.
i hope before but let the boss responds...
Z2 HZ can easily take all my time since the Z3 release.

[fanodu1]

Cause it's a versatile working horse zebra that's easy to get into (but hard to master) and it can be used in pretty much any genre.

[yellowmix]

Also, take a look at the Massive Modular skin by Plugmon.

It's ugly. (lot's of bad design options, IMO).

The colorscheme or do you mean the modulation UI that was implemented in Massive and is in many other synths today (Serum, VPS Avenger, Falcon, etc.)? Because there's a blue version, too.

[fmr]

Also, take a look at the Massive Modular skin by Plugmon.

It's ugly. (lot's of bad design options, IMO).

The colorscheme or do you mean the modulation UI that was implemented in Massive and is in many other synths today (Serum, VPS Avenger, Falcon, etc.)? Because there's a blue version, too.

The aestethic options in general (colours, fonts, etc.). Generally speaking, I prefer more homogeneous GUIs - this one is like a summer salad.

Supposedly, it would help. To me, it's quite the opposite. Yes, he later built a new colourscheme based in blue(ish), but didn't improve anything else.

But I'm all in favour of options