One Synth Challenge #191: Zebralette by u-he (exponent1 Wins!)

[Immanencer]

Edit: nevermind, happy new year!

[Negoba]

My entry for the month. Thanks to jasinski and andyrichmond for workshopping it with me. Plenty of room to grow from here but also feels close to done. Might make a few mix tweaks.

https://soundcloud.com/negoba/machine-e ... al_sharing

DAW: Reaper
Zebralette 2 x 26

Effects:
ZL EQ
Tukan Delay Machine 2
BUSTERse
OTT
Supercharger
kHs Transient Shaper
Distox
ChowTapeModel

Dragonfly Hall Reverb

LA-2Khan S2
ReaLimit

[SIL3NC3_SWX]

https://soundcloud.com/soulwerx/sil3nc3 ... edthoughts

DAW: Bitwig 5.2
17 instances (tracks) of Zebralette2

FX/Mastering:
- EQ, Peak Limiter, Compressor, Convolution, Delay, Bit8 (Bitwig)
- Valhalla Supermassive
- MCharmVerb
- MStereoExpander
- Limiter No6
- W1 Limiter

Analysis:
- MAnalyzer
- YouLean Loudness Meter2

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Thank you guys for your (noise and drum) patches and the U-HE presets, for inspiration.
It was another time a pleasure to be part of it.

[The Sound Of Merlin]

A little note on convolution devices ... which B&S is one.
Be carefull with such devices in order to stay within the rulez. Adding Reverb is only one thing convolution devices can do. The wavs you us in convolution devices as so called "Impulse Responses" come from recording the resulting signal of an "Impulse", that's why they are called impulse response ... But you can actually record Impulse Responses of each and any Device or combination of devices, and then "imprint" this on your signal ... could as well be a distortion device, a lp filter, anything you can think off that provides the impulse response. YOu can even correct phase issues of devices with a counter-impulse response
That is just a note. I'm not saying "you are not allowed to use B&S", just use it judicously.

Body & Soul Intro is a free convolution reverb containing 23 impulse response files. It has not been built to import your own impulse responses. So in this respect, you can compare it to Magic7 from Wave Alchemy: A closed system that lends its attractiveness to the quality and uniqueness of the impulse responses. Furthermore, in OSC, free convolution reverbs such as MConvolutionEZ and Convology XT were used more often in the past. Lastly, I would like to mention that Richard Semper tested Body & Soul Intro, was very enthusiastic about it and raised no objections to using my reverb in the OSC.

[johnkhf]

https://soundcloud.com/johnvanderlugt/f ... al_sharing

This is my contribution for this OSC
Zebrallette 2 is a nice powerful synth that I have enjoyed working with!
DAW Reaper 7.x
29 x Zebralette
Master: MEqualizer ,MCompressor ,GClip ,TDR KotelnikovJS: Limiter 3 (Tukan),MCompressor,
Tracks: MEqualizer, ValhallaSupermassive, MCompressor, JS: Bass Manager/Booster, TAL Reverb 4, JS: Ping Pong Pan

[aftermath81]

https://soundcloud.com/aftermath81/afte ... st-osc-191

This was quite a difficult round! I went through many drafts but found that designing realistic sounds was not very practical on zebralette, so I went really hard on simplicity, using sine (via the fundamental effect in zebralette), saw and square waves!

I used a few effects outside of zebralette:
MIDI Arpeggiator
JS Delay
ReaLimit (3x) [I might have went a little overboard with it in some parts, but I don't think it is a huge difference from the original]

There are 6 instances of Zebralette 2 in Reaper 7.30.

[AuderMarr]

Here's my entry!

https://soundcloud.com/user-810475948/mare-serenitatis

INSTANCES: Zebralette x 10

DAW: Reaper v7.30

FX: Bus Comp2 (Tukan), DD Compressor (Dead Duck), Dust Analyzer (Signaldust), GateLab (Audiomodern), kHs Filter (Kilohearts), kHs Limiter (Kilohearts), MSED (Voxengo), Quadra Com (Stige T.), ReaComp (Reaper), ReaEQ (Reaper), Solaris (Adam Szabo), Transient-Driven Auto-Pan v1.1 (Reaper), Unlimited (Sonic Anomaly), Valvity Tube Saturation (Reaper), Volume/Pan Smoother v5 (Reaper)

[nenneb]

After skipping a few rounds, here is my entry - and I do hope you like it!
This track was created with the great DAW MuLab 10 using
11x Zebralette 2
MuLab's EQ on Bass and Toms only
Transpire, Reverb (Abstract Chamber), Loudmax, TheMasker, Wider
MHorseP3 in the Master
https://soundcloud.com/nenneb/darknessfadesawaywav

[67maxx]

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[AuderMarr]

I modified my track by adding 2 instances more and some more automations for the synth parametres. External FX remain the same.

INSTANCES: Zebralette x 12

https://soundcloud.com/user-810475948/mare-serenitatis

[seap]

Zebrapparat
Seap's submission for OSC 191 (Zebralette), January 2025

https://soundcloud.com/seap681/zebrapparat-osc191

Thom Yorke and Sascha Ring flee to London, escaping the shadow of Thom's disapproving father, the legendary Ennio Morricone. In the nocturnal heart of the city, they are invited to a Steven Wilson concert featuring strange interpretations of Pink Floyd songs. The music blends haunting melodies, atmospheric electronics, and cinematic grandeur, capturing the euphoria of their newfound freedom and the kaleidoscopic chaos of this transformative night.


DAW: Reaper 7

Instruments:
15x VST3i: Zebralette (u-he)

Effects:
1x VST3: LoudMax (Thomas Mundt)
1x VST3: Raum (Native Instruments)

DAW Effects: None

[exponent1]

Hi All,

Here's my submission, I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it!
Superheroes
https://soundcloud.com/theexponent/superheroes

DAW: Waveform
Synth: Zebralette 2 (38 Instances)
FX (Free/built-in): Compressor, Gate, 8-band EQ, Khs Transient Shaper, Deelay, Orilriver, Supermassive, MIDI Arpeggiator, GClip, OTT, Loudmax
Mastering: Kotelnikov, CHOWTape, GClip, LoudMax
Metering: SPAN, YLM2

[MilksterX]

Hello all
Happy new year! Glad to be back with our submission (Milkster & Madmcman)
Hope you enjoy
https://soundcloud.com/milksterx/milkst ... ed-up-frog

Bitwig
64 instances Zebralette

Compressor, Saturator, EQ, Filter

D16 Frontier, STFU, Raum, Supermassive, Deelay, Freeclip, Khs Trancegate, Khs Shaper, Wider
TDR Molotok, TDR Nova, TDR Vos Slick EQ, TDR Kotelnikov & Loudmax

[doctorbob]

Here's DoctorBob's submission for this challenge. Enjoy.

My photo cover art from 40 years ago on the Maasai Mara.

DAW: Reaper

Track Details: 28 * Zebralette, 28 * ReaEQ, 1 * Bass Professor Mark II, 6 * Dub Delay - TAL, 2 * Oril River, 4 * Twin Delay
Master: TDR VOS SlickEQ, Voxengo MSED, LoudMax 64bit
Meter: SPAN, YouLean Loudness Meter
Stats: LUFS: -14.4, DR: 11

https://soundcloud.com/doctorbob/pushmepullyou-osc-191

[empphryio]

55ish instances of zebralette using Reaper 6.83

OTT, ReaLimit, LoudMax, TSOM's B&S, Supermassive Valhalla, Raum, A1TriggerGate, ReEQ, TDR Kotelnikov, Replika, Reaverb

LUFS-I=11.1

Last 7 minutes are very ambient which isn't popular in OSC and of course it's long. Feel free to skip if that's a problem for you.

Thank you Jas (white noise), TSOM (cymbals), Exponent (exophase!) for sound design help.

https://soundcloud.com/anotherjaysherma ... al_sharing