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

[løkken]

Seven years ago I made my first OSC entry with this exact synthesizer. And this time I attempted to bring back memories of that first experience along with some of the presets I made back in the day.

https://soundcloud.com/l-k-k-n/bringing ... e-memories

DAW: Reaper 7.001

Zebralette2 x38

JS: 8x Mono to 1x Stereo Mixer x3
JS: Delay w/Tempo Ping-Pong x5
JS: Mid/Side Decoder x4
JS: Mid/Side Encoder x4
JS: Saturation x1
JS: Soft Clipper/Limiter x6
JS: Volume Adjustment x5

ReaComp x6
ReaControlMIDI x4
ReaDelay x4
ReaEQ x15
ReaGate x5
ReaVerb x2

TDR Kotelnikov x1
ValhallaSupermassive x9

[hennessey]

Entry:
https://soundcloud.com/hennesseyb/hennessey-botw

20 instances in Live 12.1 with DAW effects: Reverbs, Saturator, EQ8, Delays, Compressors, Auto Pan, Auto Filter.
3rd party: Valhalla SuperMassive

[silverpants]

My entry: "God Knows Where I'm Going - He Told Me"

https://soundcloud.com/slugnest/god-kno ... al_sharing

11 instances of Zebralette

Reaper: DAW
Dead Duck: Limiter, Compressor, Filter, Autopan, Delay
OrilRiver Reverb
ReaEQ, ReaXComp
Supermassive Delay
JS: Stereo Width
kHs Gain
Limiter No6
SPAN
YouLead Loudness Meter

[Taron]

Before I miss yet another one, here's a most terribly hack-job of crunching something together that isn't a 1 minute experiment.

https://soundcloud.com/taronium/taron-a ... ived-dream

21 instances
DAW: Reaper
Some FX...pfff:
Panagement 2, Body & Soul, PSP Chamber, Supermassive, LoudMax, POORTEC, A1 StereoControl, Overtone GEQ, Boogex

And, yeah, I tried Boogex again after years of having ignored it, while I still love it so much. But it's only gently in there for two "sort-of" guitars.

Oh dear, I don't know what keeps holding me back, but well, there is at least something. Not like I didn't start at least 2 more tracks, one of them almost made it already in the first few days again. But then life took me elsewhere. Including more Zebralette exploration, because I really feel like I did forget all about it. Then it went on my nerves, then I found a little "in" again and had some interesting fun with it. Really? Someone reads this? Well, thank you!

Anyway...there you have it!

[FrankH]

My track for this month

https://soundcloud.com/user-194933727/n ... al_sharing

Notes:
Real Time Improvisation captured from a single pass. A meditation on healing while my wife is in the hospital.

DAW: Presonus Studio One
Zebralette: x7
VST Plugins:
Presonus Autofilter
Melda MTremolo
Presonus Fat Channel
Klanghelm IVG12
Presonus Ampire
Presonus Beat Delay
Valhalla Supermassive
Presonus Analog Delay
Presonus Room Reverb
Frontier Limiter

I'm really sorry to hear about your wife being in the hospital. I truly hope she has a speedy recovery, and that her return home brings you both much joy and inspiration for the next challenge.

Thanks, She has MS so there is always something going on. She is coming home from the hospital today.

[67maxx]

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[seap]

OSC Maps

Editable map sheet

[ELEX]

My entry for this month's proceedings:

https://soundcloud.com/elex101/looking- ... al_sharing

Made in Reaper using 39 instances of Zebralette 2 for 15 voice-split, single layer instruments.
No 3rd party noises of any kind were involved.
Light clean-up duties were performed at track level by TDR Nova.
A touch of snipping done by GClip and Flux Bittersweet on the drum.
Some delay was provided by HY-Delay 4
Reverberation courtesy of U-he Protoverb and Valhalla Supermassive,
with a little help their friends: HOFA System Pan, TDR Nova, A1 Stereo Control, and JS Mixer.
Somewhat reluctantly living on the master bus are TDR Kotelnikov, A1 Stereo Control, Limiter No6, and Flux Bittersweet.

[ontrackp]

51 instances in Logic Pro X. Logic EQ, Compressors, Reverbs, Delays, TDR Kotelnikov, Molot, Nova, UAD free plate reverb.
Thanks BJ and Richard for keeping this going!

https://soundcloud.com/ontrackp/zoned

[violator_alba]

This month's effort is brought to you by the elements of fire and water. Or vague representations there of... Finely crafted in Tracktion Waveform Pro 13 with 9 instances of u-he Zebralette and the following plugins:

- the Clip to Zero trio of dpMeter5, Blue Cat Gain 3 and KClip Zero
- the inevitable Valhalla Supermassive
- kHs Stereo
- Melda MAutopan
- Tracktion TEqualiser64
- xfer OTT
- TDR Nova
- TDR Kotelnikov
- Voxengo Span

Most patches created from init (although I did use some oscillator presets) apart from one based on Richard Semper's White Noise 1 patch.
Scaler 2 used to generate the initial midi

Thanks to Kerry for the pic!

https://soundcloud.com/violator-alba-99 ... al_sharing

[z.prime]

Well, I was just thinking that the very first entry I ever had was with Zebralette and it made me realize how boring my chewnz are! Hopefully they are less boring these days... all sounds made from scratch. And again, Zebralette makes me realize something:

It was never real.

Bitwig 5.2.7
Zebralette x43-ish
Valhalla Supermassive
Xfer OTT
TDR Nova
vladg Limiter No6
Bitwig FX: EQ+, Compressor+, Delay+, Convolution, Saturator

https://soundcloud.com/z_prime/it-was-never-real

[jasinski]

https://soundcloud.com/jasinski/hydrofl ... 2286892436

Drifting off the coast of an alien sea.
All sounds made with 46 instances of Zebralette 2 in Ableton Live 12

Effects include native Ableton eq, compression, limiter as well as
Valhalla SuperMassive, The Sound of Merlin Heart and Soul, TDR Nova, Slick EQ, BX Masterdesk Classic.

[IV!]

My aftermidnight submission. I tried to finish something, even if it wasn't a completed track. My experience with Zebralette became inspiring at the very last moment.

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https://soundcloud.com/user-5930296/iv- ... 8841a083cb

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7 Instances of Zebralette 2 in Cakewalk.
FX: Ducking Space, Ethereal Verb, LoudMax, M/Ster Balance, OTT, kHs Transient, Triple EQ, Wider.

[J.Ruegg]

Hi everyone!

Got something to submit:

https://soundcloud.com/jruegg/jruegg-retaliation

A bit unpolished but I wanted to submit it anyway.

DAW: Bitwig 5.2.5

51 Instances of Zebralette (Although maybe not all of them made it to the final render)

Bitwig effects used:

* Delay+
* EQ+
* Tool
* Over
* XY Container
* Instrument layer
* Drum machine
* Oscilloscope
* Spectrum
* Peak Limiter

External effects:

* AllPassPhase
* ZEEK CHOP
* ZEEK STFU
* Cramit
* KHs Dual Delay
* KHs Reverb
* KHs Transient Shaper
* Xfer OTT
* TAL Reverb 4

[briefcasemanx]

It's been awhile. Had a bunch of problems with the clap version of Zebralette in Studio One 7. Also I'm not even sure how I got it, because the link on U-He's website leads to the full version of Zebra, not Zebralette.

https://soundcloud.com/timedogisdead/br ... es-osc-191

My link doesn't seem to be working on KVR right now? Here is the URL for my song on Spotify.

Code: Select all

https://soundcloud.com/timedogisdead/briefcasemanx-echoes-osc-191

Zebralette Instances: 23

DAW Plugins:
Pro EQ
Limiter
Analog Delay
CTC-1
TriComp
Fat Channel

3rd Party Plugins:
Fuse RS-W2395C
Fuse VPre-72
Venn Audio Free EQ
Venn Audio Free Gain
Softube Saturation Knob
TDK Kotelnikov
TDK Molot
WaveArts Tube Saturator Vintage
Analog Obsession dBComp
Analog Obsession Kolin
Melda MSaturator
Klanghelm DC1A3
Acustica Audio FireTheGold
Techivation T-Saturator
Polyverse Wider
Valhalla SuperMassive
Anwida Spatio Light
Wave Alchemy Magic7