Zebra 3 Public Beta Revision 20399

[Fannon]

We have whole API for this, but it lived on the Uhbik branch of things. We only recently merged it back into Zebra, as we wanted top release the beta first. So yeah, ms readouts may be possible...

Thanks! That would be very helpful!

[Spitfire31]

i'm looking forward to Howard's first (and second …) full patch collection for Z3!

HS patches are always something special, and with a grain of humour as an extra pinch of spice.

/JHS

[jaw jaw]

We have whole API for this, but it lived on the Uhbik branch of things. We only recently merged it back into Zebra, as we wanted top release the beta first. So yeah, ms readouts may be possible...

does that mean the readout for the phase offset will be updated also? as of right now even if i assign one of the Ctrl knobs to phase offset (which i find it's a total waste of 1 of the ctrl knobs, why won't you put a dedicated phase knob?)don't get any readout for the phase position when changing the knob, please explain if I'm doing anything wrong here and there is another way to achieve phase readout

[Howard]

i'm looking forward to Howard's first (and second …) full patch collection for Z3!

I'm on it. Nose to grindstone for the next couple of months!

[Howard]

Hello Urs, this may seem strange, but I felt there was a lack of ability to bind the exciter pulse to the keys, so that the height of the pulse would change along with the keys. How do you look at this?
Look at this patch and imagine if there was such an opportunity, what would it sound like?

I hope that I did not misunderstand you but you can drag they "Key" function onto the "Numbers" from the exciter so you have keyfollow on the numbers of impulses.

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No, that's not what I meant. I meant changing the pitch (frequency) of the sound itself.

The Exciter doesn't have a "pitch (frequency)" as such (plus I don't know what you mean by "height of the pulse"), but you can modulate Stiffness i.e. the tone with e.g. KEY. Is that what you wanted?

[Urs]

does that mean the readout for the phase offset will be updated also?

I can't promise its own knob just yet, but instead of CTRL A..D there'll be a "Constant" value.

You an also use a ModMath in its default state ("Sum") with "X" turned fully up. Or Alternate with a "Full Wave +" rectifier, or Gate with Gate as Sample & Hold source... lots of ways to create a static 100% modulation value already, but yeah, Constant is missing yet.

[PieBerger]

We have whole API for this, but it lived on the Uhbik branch of things. We only recently merged it back into Zebra, as we wanted top release the beta first. So yeah, ms readouts may be possible...

does that mean the readout for the phase offset will be updated also? as of right now even if i assign one of the Ctrl knobs to phase offset (which i find it's a total waste of 1 of the ctrl knobs, why won't you put a dedicated phase knob?)don't get any readout for the phase position when changing the knob, please explain if I'm doing anything wrong here and there is another way to achieve phase readout

You don't need to waste a Ctrl for phase offset. You can hack a 'Constant' mod source by using Alternate with full wave rectification.

[jaw jaw]

does that mean the readout for the phase offset will be updated also?

I can't promise its own knob just yet, but instead of CTRL A..D there'll be a "Constant" value.

You an also use a ModMath in its default state ("Sum") with "X" turned fully up. Or Alternate with a "Full Wave +" rectifier, or Gate with Gate as Sample & Hold source... lots of ways to create a static 100% modulation value already, but yeah, Constant is missing yet.

i understood the first example but not the other 2 ("Alternate with a "Full Wave +" rectifier, or Gate with Gate as Sample & Hold source. )
Nevertheless, thank you for some clarification about this. I hope this "Constant" value feature will come soon as phase adjustment is something I use a lot.

[jaw jaw]

does that mean the readout for the phase offset will be updated also?

I can't promise its own knob just yet, but instead of CTRL A..D there'll be a "Constant" value.

You an also use a ModMath in its default state ("Sum") with "X" turned fully up. Or Alternate with a "Full Wave +" rectifier, or Gate with Gate as Sample & Hold source... lots of ways to create a static 100% modulation value already, but yeah, Constant is missing yet.

i understood the first 2 examples but not the other one ("Gate with Gate as Sample & Hold source. )
Nevertheless, thank you for some clarification about this. I hope this "Constant" value feature will come soon as phase adjustment is something I use a lot.

[jrgillam]

I'd love to be able to assign aftertouch/pressure to a CC fader in Zebra3 and in all your synths.

[PieBerger]

does that mean the readout for the phase offset will be updated also?

I can't promise its own knob just yet, but instead of CTRL A..D there'll be a "Constant" value.

You an also use a ModMath in its default state ("Sum") with "X" turned fully up. Or Alternate with a "Full Wave +" rectifier, or Gate with Gate as Sample & Hold source... lots of ways to create a static 100% modulation value already, but yeah, Constant is missing yet.

i understood the first example but not the other 2 ("Alternate with a "Full Wave +" rectifier, or Gate with Gate as Sample & Hold source. )
Nevertheless, thank you for some clarification about this. I hope this "Constant" value feature will come soon as phase adjustment is something I use a lot.

Matrix assignments have modifiers you can set; the little icons along the bottom i.e. remap, full/partial rectification or unipolarisation, quantisation, sample and hold and slew.

Alternate will flip flop between a positive and negative value set by the knob for every note on, but if it's Full Wave+ rectified it will output positive values only and making it a constant offset therefore.

SH will sample the mod source and hold it until the next sample. If the hold is Gate the mod source will be sampled on every note on and Gate outputs a value for as long as a note is held i.e. you have a constant value sampled and held per note.

[jaw jaw]

does that mean the readout for the phase offset will be updated also?

I can't promise its own knob just yet, but instead of CTRL A..D there'll be a "Constant" value.

You an also use a ModMath in its default state ("Sum") with "X" turned fully up. Or Alternate with a "Full Wave +" rectifier, or Gate with Gate as Sample & Hold source... lots of ways to create a static 100% modulation value already, but yeah, Constant is missing yet.

i understood the first example but not the other 2 ("Alternate with a "Full Wave +" rectifier, or Gate with Gate as Sample & Hold source. )
Nevertheless, thank you for some clarification about this. I hope this "Constant" value feature will come soon as phase adjustment is something I use a lot.

Matrix assignments have modifiers you can set; the little icons along the bottom i.e. remap, full/partial rectification or unipolarisation, quantisation, sample and hold and slew.

Alternate will flip flop between a positive and negative value set by the knob for every note on, but if it's Full Wave+ rectified it will output positive values only and making it a constant offset therefore.

SH will sample the mod source and hold it until the next sample. If the hold is Gate the mod source will be sampled on every note on and Gate outputs a value for as long as a note is held i.e. you have a constant value sampled and held per note.

the gate with gate as s&h doesn't seem to do anything , i'm sure i probably miss something here

[atticmike]

It would be nice if you added some premium tube and tape distortion @Urs

That's like bread and butter for me when working with Zebra 2.

[xv770]

Is the download link in the very fist post still the correct one to install? Or has there been new releases since buried somewhere in the 76 pages conversation?

[SLiC]

Is the download link in the very fist post still the correct one to install?

Yes