Zebra 3 and Zebra Legacy

[jooster]

I really wanted Zebra 3 for a long time, but today i thought, it just been so long i really dont care anymore since the market is flooded with so many amazing and powerful synths. And Zebralette 3 isnt something i find interesting now. I hope im alone in this because i love uhe and want for it to have a successful z3 launch.

You are not alone, I kind of lost interest for 10 years waiting too, Z3 has to be something really outstanding to get my interest back. Zebralette sadly didn't do this job.

That's wild to me. The sounds you can achieve in Zebralette 3 with a single oscillator are very impressive. I've never looked forward to a plug-in release with this much excitement. Of course, everyone is welcome to feel however they'd like, but publicly announcing how much you don't care comes off like sour grapes due to having to wait a long time. I can't help thinking that the fear of missing out will bring you back on board once it releases.

I have Z2 since 2011. It has a depth that is still inspiring for me and capable of reaching new sounds. I don't entirely agree with the U-HE philosophy (i.e. how things are done) but I _mostly agree_ so find the workflow quite decent. Z2 (and more so Z2 HZ version) is capable of very organic/human sounds, not to say other soft synths cannot do that but I just happened to use Z2 so why change.

With Zebralette3, I think the osc/mseg design tools are overdone and focussed on drawing shapes mostly without a relation to a musical aspect but the sounds that can be made with this "prototype", a single oscillator, have a clarity and definition not heard in Z2 nor in other synths I am familiar with. So far messing with Z3-lette hasn't been boring yet (given that it is a purposely limited Z3). Getting to know a few tools very very deeply is more rewarding (to me) than hopping from one to the next.

Additionally, for U-HE to release Z2HZ version for free after all these years of Z2 with numerous upgrades/fixes, is massive to me. That's a company that cares - in a synth/keyboard world where hardware is rendered obsolete after a few years because the developer can't be bothered to upgrade their drivers.

Perhaps I am too much fan-boy

[kodnin]

You should take a look at Zebralette 3

Do you mean you can now easily select waveforms from a wavetable from the line with dots above the editor? Something like that could work, but I'd be curious how that would translate to a much more dense interface with Zebra 3.

You should take a look at Zebralette 3

I have taken a look at Zebralette 3. That's what I'm basing my comment on. I see that there's a lot of UI real estate for Zebralette as it only has one oscillator and can therefore offer an easy waveform selection from the wavetable at the top, but I'm curious how this would translate into the (I assume) much denser interface of Zebra 3 where you can select multiple oscillators. Would it then also have a quick waveform selection option, like Zebralette 3's?

I guess what I'm hoping for is something similar to Hive 2, where there's both ergonomics for basic waveforms and depth for complex and custom waveforms/wavetables.

[-FFX-]

Zebra 2 is such a good synth, but now while exploring 192khz rendering, some osc-fx really is not sample rate independent, which is a known and also very annoying issue. For example bandworks.

Could it be possible that we will see a sample rate fixed zebra 2 version, so it always will sound like the sample rate was 48kHz?

This could be optional, for ultimative backwards compatibility...

So some kind of "end-final" version, for the next generations, to be gazed in the museum.

[Touch The Universe]

I assume Z2 patches will be compatible with Z3, but was also wondering if zebralette 3 patches will load in z3 by chance.

[Fannon]

No, Zebra 3 is a new synth and it will not be backward compatible with Z2 patches.
But I assume that Zebralette 3 patches will load as it's a subset of Zebra 3.

[Touch The Universe]

Thanks, bummer, but good to know.

[Viktor [TUC]]

Zebra 3 is a new synth and it will not be backward compatible with Z2 patches.

Correct, and also Zebra2 will be kept alive alongside Zebra 3, it won't be discontinued when the new version is released. Too many users rely on their Z2 libraries, so we'll make sure it doesn't die anytime soon.

Viktor

[colourdotz]

Correct, and also Zebra2 will be kept alive alongside Zebra 3, it won't be discontinued when the new version is released. Too many users rely on their Z2 libraries, so we'll make sure it doesn't die anytime soon.

Viktor

Hallo Viktor, any estimate for an Apple M Chip Pro Tools AAX Version?

[tasmaniandevil]

Hallo Viktor, any estimate for an Apple M Chip Pro Tools AAX Version?

No estimate, sorry. It will take some more months. We are making progress, but there are a few other plugins we need to update before we can tackle Zebra Legacy.

[colourdotz]

Hallo Viktor, any estimate for an Apple M Chip Pro Tools AAX Version?

No estimate, sorry. It will take some more months. We are making progress, but there are a few other plugins we need to update before we can tackle Zebra Legacy.

Are we talking Uhbik here ?

[tasmaniandevil]

Amongst others, yes. We are working on Uhbik 2.0 at the moment. Still a long way to go, though.

[limitlesssss]

Amongst others, yes. We are working on Uhbik 2.0 at the moment. Still a long way to go, though.

When you say “long way”, are we talking months or years? I hope it's months.

[tasmaniandevil]

Months. Still more than a hundred open tickets in the Uhbik project. Quite a bit of work. But we are making progress steadily.

[robisme]

Months. Still more than a hundred open tickets in the Uhbik project. Quite a bit of work. But we are making progress steadily.

Personaly, I wouldn't care if you released Zebra 3 before Uhbik gets perfect

[limitlesssss]

Months. Still more than a hundred open tickets in the Uhbik project. Quite a bit of work. But we are making progress steadily.

Thank you. I was thinking it may be years away. Glad it's only months away.