Zebra 3 Public Beta (final beta)

[mutagen]

Pure class, Absynth 6 got to have its day and then Z3 drops.

Lovely sounds, wish I didn't have work and training to complete.

[Teksonik]

I think it was about 20 years ago when I sent a picture of some hardware thing with "Replaced By Zebra" on it. Should we send pictures of what Zebra will replace this time?

I sent a picture of my Ensoniq ESQ which has long since been sold on......

Anyway I insta-purchased the upgrade. License card worked perfectly, a very elegant solution.

Now in a show of the greatest willpower in the history of mankind I'm going to go work out before diving into Zebra 3 but I will tear into it later with the ferocity of a stoner tearing into a five topping pizza.

Congratulations on the release.....

[Echoes in the Attic]

Pure class, Absynth 6 got to have its day and then Z3 drops.

Lovely sounds, wish I didn't have work and training to complete.

Poor Absynth got 1 day to itself.

[Urs]

Pure class, Absynth 6 got to have its day and then Z3 drops.

Lovely sounds, wish I didn't have work and training to complete.

Poor Absynth got 1 day to itself.

Well, they actually released it, with an impressive campaign nonetheless. We only dropped a beta in our support forum...

[nusound mind]

Oh snaps

Congratulation Urs and team. I haven't downloaded it yet but I love it already.

[Alexander_D]

Finally! I am a big fun of Zebra 2. One of the best synth for me. Seems that Zebra 3 is.more powerful! Congrats! BTW when you plan to release it officially?

[Korg Supporter]

Thank you for this! I hope we get a lite version in the vain of ZebraCM for those who are overwhelmed with too many specs and options.

[EnGee]

Congratulations on the beta release

Unfortunately I don't have Original Z2 license, so it is way over my budget (for now at least).

Have a good time and enjoy this amazing synth

[coroknight]

I have to say I'm a bit disappointed. Synths like Serum 2 and Phaseplant have pushed the boundary of intuitive UI, flexibility (like routing flexibility), and effects.

Intuitive UI:
- Really feels like a synth from 10 years ago with updated modules.
- Functionality spread in multiple places. Like some fx being available in both the middle grid and fx grid, while some fx are only available in the fx grid. In Serum all automation routing is listed in the matrix but in zebra some of it is on the units themselves, and some of it is in the matrix tab.
- Wasn't clear that the up/down arrows besides a mod target changed the mod amount. In many synths you can just click and drag the box itself to change the mod amount.
- Still not sure how to make a patch mono vs poly? Is that the pitches section?
- I was really hoping they'd refine the UI for editing curves after releasing Zebralette 3 but they haven't. It's frankly not intuitive at all. For example, you can morph guide curves but it's not clear that the 3 curves are meant to morph into each other, the UI makes it look like they're 3 separate curves. Why not have 1 guide curve with 3 "frames" on a timeline like wavetable frames?
- Routing should be a lot simpler. I should be able to just drag a source to a destination like in other synths.
- A lot of knobs and boxes in general.

Flexibility:
- Why can't I route anything to anything? That's such an awesome feature in synths like serum and phaseplant. It feels like 10 years of development should have allowed this.
- Unison is pretty basic. Why don't we have options other than detune to control unison mix and spread?

Effects:
- Very lacking. Take distortion for example, just 4 basic algorithms. No waveshapper or other advanced distortion.
- Pretty basic reverb?

Overall there is definitely some innovation in some places like the curve system is powerful despite the UI, but overall it feels like innovation was focused on a handful of areas and the rest is stuck in time from 10 years ago.

[zerocrossing]

Pure class, Absynth 6 got to have its day and then Z3 drops.

Lovely sounds, wish I didn't have work and training to complete.

Poor Absynth got 1 day to itself.

Well, they actually released it, with an impressive campaign nonetheless. We only dropped a beta in our support forum...

What NI calls a full new version that costs $99 to upgrade to, you’d call a free .5 update.

[zerocrossing]

I think it was about 20 years ago when I sent a picture of some hardware thing with "Replaced By Zebra" on it. Should we send pictures of what Zebra will replace this time?

I sent a picture of my Ensoniq ESQ which has long since been sold on......

Anyway I insta-purchased the upgrade. License card worked perfectly, a very elegant solution.

Now in a show of the greatest willpower in the history of mankind I'm going to go work out before diving into Zebra 3 but I will tear into it later with the ferocity of a stoner tearing into a five topping pizza.

Congratulations on the release.....

For me it was a Virus C. Best upgrade I ever made.

[kraster]

You did it!

Out before GTA6.

[S4410]

Very expensive i 'm afraid.

[Teksonik]

- Still not sure how to make a patch mono vs poly?

In the Perform tab there is a switch: Poly-Mono-Legato.

[coroknight]

- Still not sure how to make a patch mono vs poly?

In the Perform tab there is a switch: Poly-Mono-Legato.

Thanks, I honestly didn't even look at that tab because I thought it'd have X-Y pads or other live performance related controls.