Zebra 3 Public Beta (final beta)

[whassup]

Hehehe, I'd argue, Zebra 3 is its own Zebra 3 light.

Nobody prevents anyone from just using it for the oscillator + MSEG alone, with an occasional filter, a mapper or the extra LFO added to the patch.

This!

[glokraw]

so buying a new computer for just one plugin I couldn't justify

Keep in mind that all those other plugins and sundry computing tasks may also be improved by a newer computer. You can spread out the cost justification if needed. Santa does that sometimes
As someone with an i7 cpu and 8gig ram, I can relate to wanting a more powerful machine. But so far, the guy in the mirror is the biggest limiting factor. I'll look for a cheap i9 with 16 gig of ram in 2027, Lord willing.

[Funky40]

Hehehe, I'd argue, Zebra 3 is its own Zebra 3 light.

This triggers an idea:
why not make a soundpreset folder called "Z3-light" or so.
To give some "good -yet still quite simple- sounds" as a starting point.

all said !


my TL;DR:

While i have been *very* deeply into patching with HW Modulars, and in my own way very deep into sounddesign, i also +- just play with presets when it comes to SW-Synths.

It might sound foolish to ask for such sound presets (in an own folder ?).
But it would make sense to me !
To have a starting point that was not based on my doings, but by U-HE team, giving me -the user- the security that nothing was screwed by my doing.

........then take these sounds as a basement for further explorations.
( could even be turned into some base vs. some "paint by numbers" instructions or tuto videos)

to be clear: not sounds to aim in first place to be competitive sounding.
First aim: towards to create a "clear situation - starting point"


( yeah, i already dabbled with Z3 and made a own sound or two. But i can operate synths also without any understanding vs. what i´m doing, repectivly just with a very partial understanding)


i like that idea of such "base exploration" sounds with no other aim than just that.
( i´d not acept ( ) a Re in sense of: "do it yourself, it´s super simpel" / it might be. Absolutely. But that´s already shifting me into a different mind set )

[nusound mind]

Maybe this kind of workflow appeals to someone like Hanz Zimmer who has all day to experiment with different routings options that ultimately produce relatively similar results, but for people who have a general target sound in mind and want to get there fast, Zebra is like the anti-workflow. It's a shame.

... for me, I'm also trying to wind down the time I spend noodling away at a patch. I love doing it but also feel like my very finite time for music gets eaten up massively.

I'm basically a monkey slapping keys in terms of technical prowess and operational knowledge, so I somewhat sympathize w/ both of your sentiments. However I found that those module presets that one user posted in the u-he forums work fantastically for finding useful patches, so far from the main presets it comes w/, and instead of gloopy sounds meandering into the abyss for an hour, out pops crisp sounding gold. Mainly the sequenced ones thus far. About 4 or 5 which currently found there way into actual tracks already.

In terms of ratio, I think once or twice to no avail. Def. worth installing those imo. Hopefully future updates will include more module presets. Usually I go the reverse-engineer route, which a lot of times are what stock presets are good for, but definitely as it stands, there is some esotericism going on with the current functionality, which sometimes is fun, it's a big mystery and when you strike a sweet spot it's rewarding, but yeah, no-one likes noodling away to no avail too much.

[swilow11]

Hehehe, I'd argue, Zebra 3 is its own Zebra 3 light.

Nobody prevents anyone from just using it for the oscillator + MSEG alone, with an occasional filter, a mapper or the extra LFO added to the patch.

Absolutely true. I must admit when I'm using a monster synth, my brain tells me I should be doing monstrous things with it. It feels like I'm not using it "properly". I'm weird.

But seriously though, if you upgrade HIVE2 with the amazingly awesome genius of the Zebra 3 hybrid oscillators, I'll buy several

[Super Piano Hater 64]

The people asking for a more powerful Hive have overlooked some existing capabilities. Try opening up Zebralette 3.0 and right clicking on the oscillator curve. The "Copy curve" command gives you a .uhm script (just paste it into a plain text file and change the extension) and the "Export Wavetable" command renders to a WAV. Those are the wavetable formats Hive already understands.

[Urs]

Hive does not yet interpret Z3 Curves in .uhm - but I'm sure this will eventually happen. One still has to render them into a wavetable though in order to make them audible in Hive.

[DCrown]

so buying a new computer for just one plugin I couldn't justify

Keep in mind that all those other plugins and sundry computing tasks may also be improved by a newer computer. You can spread out the cost justification if needed. Santa does that sometimes
As someone with an i7 cpu and 8gig ram, I can relate to wanting a more powerful machine. But so far, the guy in the mirror is the biggest limiting factor. I'll look for a cheap i9 with 16 gig of ram in 2027, Lord willing.

Well, you know there are people who buy every year the newly released iphone.

I am still using this phone:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_3310

haha just kidding

[EvilDragon]

But seriously though, if you upgrade HIVE2 with the amazingly awesome genius of the Zebra 3 hybrid oscillators, I'll buy several

Then it won't be Hive anymore.

[swilow11]

The people asking for a more powerful Hive have overlooked some existing capabilities. Try opening up Zebralette 3.0 and right clicking on the oscillator curve. The "Copy curve" command gives you a .uhm script (just paste it into a plain text file and change the extension) and the "Export Wavetable" command renders to a WAV. Those are the wavetable formats Hive already understands.

I'm just messing around but to be precise, I'm asking for a less powerful Zebra3

[ThoughtExperiment]

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I'm just messing around but to be precise, I'm asking for a less powerful Zebra3

Have you tried OnePingOnly?

[aMUSEd]

Sounds like what you want is something like a Zebra 3 CM (except there is no CM anymore)

[swilow11]

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I'm just messing around but to be precise, I'm asking for a less powerful Zebra3

Have you tried OnePingOnly?

Too many Pings tbh.

[ThoughtExperiment]

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I'm just messing around but to be precise, I'm asking for a less powerful Zebra3

Have you tried OnePingOnly?

Too many Pings tbh.

Nice one

[Gam456]

But seriously though, if you upgrade HIVE2 with the amazingly awesome genius of the Zebra 3 hybrid oscillators, I'll buy several

1st Diva