Zebra 3 Public Beta 2 Revision 20552

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Hey all, I have a few questions. (Running Z3 beta 20552 AU)

1. Seems like the V1/V2 controls in the standard envelope only allow you to alter one parameter at a time, correct? (For example, I can't modify both delay and hold; I have to pick one.) [EDIT for posterity: yes, V1/V2 only do one thing at a time, use MSEG for more complex envelopes]

2. From init, using a standard oscillator, if I trigger two notes in octaves simultaneously with phase reset active, I would expect to hear two very steady voices. But I hear subtle pitch drift between the voices. This is agnostic of wavetable/additive source or phase random/reset. Am I doing something wrong? [EDIT for posterity: go to pitches tab and set calibration amount to 0%]

3. To that point, I'm looking through the manual trying to find any sort of way to get phase locking behavior from the standard osc (as in, divide-down oscillator behavior à la Eminent/ARP, Logan, Hohner, etc.). Is that not a thing at all? If not, Urs, I have a feature request — well, it might be better suited to DIVA, actually, but I'd love to hear it somewhere. ;)
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MCMorrise wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 8:03 pm Hey all, I have a few questions. (Running Z3 beta 20552 AU)

1. Seems like the V1/V2 controls in the standard envelope only allow you to alter one parameter at a time, correct? (For example, I can't modify both delay and hold; I have to pick one.)
correct

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MCMorrise wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 8:03 pm 2. From init, using a standard oscillator, if I trigger two notes in octaves simultaneously with phase reset active, I would expect to hear two very steady voices. But I hear subtle pitch drift between the voices. This is agnostic of wavetable/additive source or phase random/reset. Am I doing something wrong?
Go to the Pitches tab and on Pitch 1, set Calibrate to Hypercalibrate.

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MCMorrise wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 8:03 pm 2. From init, using a standard oscillator, if I trigger two notes in octaves simultaneously with phase reset active, I would expect to hear two very steady voices. But I hear subtle pitch drift between the voices. This is agnostic of wavetable/additive source or phase random/reset. Am I doing something wrong?
pdxindy wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 8:25 pm Go to the Pitches tab and on Pitch 1, set Calibrate to Hypercalibrate.
Strange. I don't have this behavior. Though, i made my own INIT;

Pitch1 (thru 4) set to 'uncalibrate', but with the dial @ 0%. Hypercalibrate isn't needed.
Could you try the INIT (attached) and see if that movement is there for you? Over here that one is 100% without deviations
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pdxindy wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 8:25 pm Go to the Pitches tab and on Pitch 1, set Calibrate to Hypercalibrate.
Ohhhhhh, that's what I was missing. Didn't realize there was a separate place for tuning calibration. Serves me right for reading the manual piecemeal rather than simply searching it. :D

This is actually perfect; I was thinking about a multi-layer modulation to get osc pitch really drifty the way my university's somewhat broken Model D was, and Destabilize nails it.

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exmatproton wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 9:33 pm Strange. I don't have this behavior. Though, i made my own INIT;

Pitch1 (thru 4) set to 'uncalibrate', but with the dial @ 0%. Hypercalibrate isn't needed.
Could you try the INIT (attached) and see if that movement is there for you? Over here that one is 100% without deviations
Yes, calibration amount at 0% provides my expected behavior! I had a duh moment. :dog:

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MCMorrise wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 10:33 pm
exmatproton wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 9:33 pm Strange. I don't have this behavior. Though, i made my own INIT;

Pitch1 (thru 4) set to 'uncalibrate', but with the dial @ 0%. Hypercalibrate isn't needed.
Could you try the INIT (attached) and see if that movement is there for you? Over here that one is 100% without deviations
Yes, calibration amount at 0% provides my expected behavior! I had a duh moment. :dog:
lovely :)

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midi cc automation for zebra 3 is not working in Bitwig clap version

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Matty686 wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 10:54 pm midi cc automation for zebra 3 is not working in Bitwig clap version
If Zebra's MIDI Indicator (top bar, between the Zebra logo and the value display) is not lighting up when you send MIDI CC, means that the host is not sending it to the plug-in. If it is lighting up, make sure you send it not he right MIDI channel.

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I read this already, but a +1 for an option to keep the scope steady and repaint by a "play head". Moving waveforms are most of the time harder to look at.

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I think it would be better if DC block is on by default in the Osc.

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Urs wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 11:14 pm
Matty686 wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 10:54 pm midi cc automation for zebra 3 is not working in Bitwig clap version
If Zebra's MIDI Indicator (top bar, between the Zebra logo and the value display) is not lighting up when you send MIDI CC, means that the host is not sending it to the plug-in. If it is lighting up, make sure you send it not he right MIDI channel.
ok the light flashes but modulation for ctrl parameter CtrlD with midi cc 3 on channel 1 is not working

this is the cc I am using to test

I also tried cc1 and cc 19

cc 19 works

cc1 and 3 don't can you fix this

also I tried cc 16 witch is general purpose that docent work either witch is odd because cc 19 works

after a bit of tinkering it seems Ctrl D is permanently bound to cc 19 regardless of what I set it to

is this a bug or is it unfinished

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Matty686 wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 1:44 am
Urs wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 11:14 pm
Matty686 wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 10:54 pm midi cc automation for zebra 3 is not working in Bitwig clap version
If Zebra's MIDI Indicator (top bar, between the Zebra logo and the value display) is not lighting up when you send MIDI CC, means that the host is not sending it to the plug-in. If it is lighting up, make sure you send it not he right MIDI channel.
ok the light flashes but modulation for ctrl parameter CtrlD with midi cc 3 on channel 1 is not working

this is the cc I am using to test

I also tried cc1 and cc 19

cc 19 works

cc1 and 3 don't can you fix this

also I tried cc 16 witch is general purpose that docent work either witch is odd because cc 19 works

after a bit of tinkering it seems Ctrl D is permanently bound to cc 19 regardless of what I set it to

is this a bug or is it unfinished
how are your CC's setup in Zebra3? You can set them up manually (i am using 30, 31, 32 and 33 for the CTRL knobs)

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exmatproton wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 4:10 pm
Matty686 wrote: Sat Feb 14, 2026 1:44 am
Urs wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 11:14 pm
Matty686 wrote: Sat Feb 07, 2026 10:54 pm midi cc automation for zebra 3 is not working in Bitwig clap version
If Zebra's MIDI Indicator (top bar, between the Zebra logo and the value display) is not lighting up when you send MIDI CC, means that the host is not sending it to the plug-in. If it is lighting up, make sure you send it not he right MIDI channel.
ok the light flashes but modulation for ctrl parameter CtrlD with midi cc 3 on channel 1 is not working

this is the cc I am using to test

I also tried cc1 and cc 19

cc 19 works

cc1 and 3 don't can you fix this

also I tried cc 16 witch is general purpose that docent work either witch is odd because cc 19 works

after a bit of tinkering it seems Ctrl D is permanently bound to cc 19 regardless of what I set it to

is this a bug or is it unfinished
how are your CC's setup in Zebra3? You can set them up manually (i am using 30, 31, 32 and 33 for the CTRL knobs)

yes I set them up in zebra 3 using the prefrences menu

I don't have a keyboard running I am trying to automate the cc data by using bigwigs cc automation I have created a Bitwig midi cc automation track using channel 1 cc 16. in zebra 3 I have this mapped to ctrlD and I am using CtrlD to modulate the volume of lane one this works fine if I have ctrlD set to cc19 and use that but when I try to use cc 16 zebra still reads input from cc 19 instead of cc 16 like I set it to. I think the prefrences menu is not working correctly in zebra 3

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Some oscillator effect feedback, I'd love it if these were possible:
  • the Zoom Out oscillator effect could zoom all the way out
  • the Sync oscillator range stopped at an octave, currently it goes slightly over the octave when it's at 100%
  • Map-o-Matic - is it possible to do negative RePhase? Maybe I don't know how to use it correctly, I want to be able to do "Bend -" like Serum
  • Phase Distortion - are we going to be able to use Curves and Guides here eventually?

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