Zebra 3 Public Beta Revision 20399

[kneebone77]

Maybe a dumb question but is Zebralette 3 a good intro to learning how to program Zebra 3?

[Urs]

Maybe a dumb question but is Zebralette 3 a good intro to learning how to program Zebra 3?

Yes, for Osc and MSEG, definitely.

[Urs]

Did I understand correctly that access to these three curves (blue, green, red) is only possible from OSC FX?

And also the Additive Renderer.

And of course the editor itself, where you can take a Guide to alter the shape of the underlying curve.

[Andrei Marchenko]

Hi Constantly experiencing pause when closing the plugin's window. Other VSTs working perfect — closing immediately. I'm on Mac OS 15.7.2, Macbook Pro 14" M3 Max, LIve 12.3.1

[Q-Bass]

Did I understand correctly that access to these three curves (blue, green, red) is only possible from OSC FX?

The access to them is in the editor, where you can sculpt them, to shape a custom filter curve to be used in OSC FX for example..
But in the editor itself they can be used as a helper when creating the actual main curve of the oscillator (cut point under/above, scale under/above...).
Besides using them in those OSC FXs, there is also the "Spectral Modifier" - when set to "Curve", there is also the knob where you can choose between Curves and Guides. So you can use for example the blue one in Modifiear, green in OSC FX 1 and red in OSC FX 2. And you can cross fade between them, so they are not static..

(Edit: Late, but hopefuly helpful anyway)

[NAD]

Did I understand correctly that access to these three curves (blue, green, red) is only possible from OSC FX?

I'd say their main function is (in my opinion) to be used in conjunction with osc fx, but they also provide some features to assist in editing the main oscillator curves (though I admit I haven't found use for that yet).
Edit: I see this has already been answered so ignore me. Gotta remember to refresh before posting a reply....

[tasmaniandevil]

Just a request : could you add a button to select "all favorite numbers" in the preset view (it's tedious to select them one by one when you want all and only your favorites to display).

Scroll down the directory tree of the preset browser until you reach the Favourites smart folders.
Select one of the favourites folders to see only those favourites in the preset list.

[Andreya_Autumn]

You get the green and red ones (aka "Guide 2" and "Guide 3") by setting the knob labelled "Morph" in the middle or fully right position. The in-between values crossfade the curves accordingly. This can be modulated, so you can seamlessly crossfade between different filter curves in this example.

Usually, wherever you can use a Guide, you can also use the main Curve itself. Guides are easier on CPU, but they only crossfade. The Curve would still morph properly, as set up in the timeline.

Did I understand correctly that access to these three curves (blue, green, red) is only possible from OSC FX?

You can also use the guides to edit the Curves themselves. In the editor, show the guide curves and right click and you should see some options. Like say, cutting away everything above or below the guide from the curve, etc etc.

[Urs]

Videos speak louder than words:




Using Guides for this kind of thing is just soooo much faster than doing it by hand...

[jtsterays]

Yea but why can't I use the shapes tab (Main) when I'm in Guides mode?

[Urs]

Yea but why can't I use the shapes tab (Main) when I'm in Guides mode?

Because I originally thought one would not need them in the shape based editor. Now I would love them too, but I haven't had the time to add the Guides in there.

[Q-Bass]

But you can have one "working" main curve frame and make something with a help of "shapes" you want to use as guide and then simply copy it in the Guide position..

[robisme]

Just a request : could you add a button to select "all favorite numbers" in the preset view (it's tedious to select them one by one when you want all and only your favorites to display).

Scroll down the directory tree of the preset browser until you reach the Favourites smart folders.
Select one of the favourites folders to see only those favourites in the preset list.

I know, but what I want is a "all favorite numbers" being selected at once, not 8 clicks

[Andrei Marchenko]

Folks, how I can modulate filter's frequency with OSC in the plugin?

Like this:

[PieBerger]

Folks, how can I modulate filter's frequency with OSC in the plugin?

The Filter modules has two inputs A and B. A is the audio in, B is the sidechain for audio rate FM. Right click on the module to assign a lane for each input depending on how the patch is setup, by default A and B are both set to Same i.e. the lane the Filter module is currently in.

Let's say you have Osc 1 going through Filter 1 both in Lane 1 and you want to FM with a second sound source. In Lane 2 add a second Osc or FMO or Noise etc. inline with or above Filter 1 and mute the audio output of the Lane, if you only want to use as a modulation signal. Right-click Filter 1 and change Input B to Lane 2. Back in Filter 1, the dedicated Filter FM knob determines the amount of FM applied. You can also scale/modulate by adjusting the Volume of the modulating Osc/FMO/Noise.

Edit: The Grid View and Routing are covered on p12-13 of the User Guide, which can be accessed by left or right-clicking the u-he logo in Zebra3's UI.
It explain the right-click context menus for the modules and shows an example of how the grid routing functions, including how automatic adjustments are made depending on where you shift things around.