Zebra 3 Public Beta Revision 20399

[Sound_Trace]

Loving Zebra 3! Running into an issue however with bipolar modulation- if I want to send a random to pan for example, I only seem to be getting half-wave/rectified values (e.g. 0-50 or 50-100). I've read the manual and it seems to suggest that I would get values from 0-100 by default but this is not the case. What am I doing wrong?

[Howard]

Loving Zebra 3! Running into an issue however with bipolar modulation- if I want to send a random to pan for example, I only seem to be getting half-wave/rectified values (e.g. 0-50 or 50-100). I've read the manual and it seems to suggest that I would get values from 0-100 by default but this is not the case. What am I doing wrong?

Working fine here (Mac). Can you post a primitive example preset?

[Urs]

Made a patch trying to recreate the hook in The Weeknd - Blinding Lights covering as many elements as possible only holding one random key on the keyboard. This to test the possibilities of Zebra3. Kick, snare, hat, bass, lead melody and a two note harmony. It's quite impressive what this synth is capable of!

Here's the sound:
Blinding lights.mp3

Here's the patch if someone's interested in checking it out:
BlindingLights.h2p.zip



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Dude!

Hehehe, with a patch like that you might definitely want to check out the group feature, where you can quickly select a subset of the patch, and right-click solo the selected modules.

[Urs]

This isn't Zebra3 specific (though I'd LOVE it in Z3) but I've always thought a u-he take (or takes) on a low pass gate would be amazing. My favorites in hardware land are SSF Steady State Gate and Rabid Elephant Natural Gate. u-he filters are some of my favorites in software and no doubt the LPGs would be ace, too

Yep... LPG... I'm waiting for an occasion to do one. Natural Gate has quickly become a staple in our racks. I haven't checked out the SSF one.

I was hoping to fit Lowpass Gates in Zebra 3 but I'm not at the point yet where I see this as a natural pairing. Maybe once we tackle our sequencer/arpeggiator for Zebra 3, which goes hand in hand with even more trigger options.

[Howard]

Here's the patch if someone's interested in checking it out:
BlindingLights.h2p.zip

"Dude!"

[Urs]

In the modulation list when you click on a modsource. Can you guys rearrange the order so that the envs are on top then LFOs 2nd? My brain keeps telling me look up first. I think the most commonly used ones should be on top.

The final modulation menu will be nicely structured. Judging from Hive's menu, Envs and LFOs will be on top.

[jtsterays]

In the modulation list when you click on a modsource. Can you guys rearrange the order so that the envs are on top then LFOs 2nd? My brain keeps telling me look up first. I think the most commonly used ones should be on top.

The final modulation menu will be nicely structured. Judging from Hive's menu, Envs and LFOs will be on top.

Is it possible to split them into different columns? the transpose one is taller than my 1080p screen.

[Chauzou]

Hi all!
I couldn't find any info on the Sample import function. Maybe I didn't search long enough, but search engines didn't get me anywhere. Sorry.
Will it be an actual sampler module or a wavetable converter? Where is it located in the GUI?
Thanks!

[jtsterays]

Hi all!
I couldn't find any info on the Sample import function. Maybe I didn't search long enough, but search engines didn't get me anywhere. Sorry.
Will it be an actual sampler module or a wavetable converter? Where is it located in the GUI?
Thanks!

Open the full spline osc editor and drag your wavetable to it. No audio sampler in Z3.

[Urs]

In the modulation list when you click on a modsource. Can you guys rearrange the order so that the envs are on top then LFOs 2nd? My brain keeps telling me look up first. I think the most commonly used ones should be on top.

The final modulation menu will be nicely structured. Judging from Hive's menu, Envs and LFOs will be on top.

Is it possible to split them into different columns? the transpose one is taller than my 1080p screen.

We have to think about that... we can easily do sub menus, and we definitely want to go multi column on Windows anyway (due to a scrolling issue, I'm told).

[stippenstoh]

Made a patch trying to recreate the hook in The Weeknd - Blinding Lights covering as many elements as possible only holding one random key on the keyboard.

Hahah, that is crazy! And an impressive demonstration of what this synth is capable of.

[misterandy]

Dude!

Hehehe, with a patch like that you might definitely want to check out the group feature, where you can quickly select a subset of the patch, and right-click solo the selected modules.

Good idea It gets a bit confusing after a certain amount of modules and routings. Such a great synth!

[Chauzou]

Thanks!
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Open the full spline osc editor and drag your wavetable to it. No audio sampler in Z3.
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[sarmad5]

Would it be possible to add an option for the Noise Oscillator rate and duration to sync to tempo as well as operating only in free time? At the moment, I can manually match the rate to the project tempo, but if the tempo changes while other elements in the patch are tempo-synced, the Noise Oscillator falls out of sync and requires re-tweaking.

This is especially noticeable when using modes like multi-hit, rise, bump, and pulse. As a workaround, I can assign a modulator to the noise volume using a constant shape to achieve tempo sync, but having a native rate-sync and duration-sync options would remove the need to consume a modulator slot. Thank you.

[Urs]

Would it be possible to add an option for the Noise Oscillator rate and duration to sync to tempo as well as operating only in free time? At the moment, I can manually match the rate to the project tempo, but if the tempo changes while other elements in the patch are tempo-synced, the Noise Oscillator falls out of sync and requires re-tweaking.

This is especially noticeable when using modes like multi-hit, rise, bump, and pulse. As a workaround, I can assign a modulator to the noise volume using a constant shape to achieve tempo sync, but having a native rate-sync and duration-sync options would remove the need to consume a modulator slot. Thank you.

You can use an LFO to trigger the single hits.

I think we mostly envisioned the repetitive noise bursts to be independent of song tempo, but I can't remember why.