Zebra 3.0 - out now

[Lbdunequest]

Where i can find wavetables? it seems like Zebra 3 only comes with standart waves?

[Zipede]

Will there be a lighter skin made available? Even though dark skins look smarter, my old eyes have a hard time with white characters on black backgrounds.

[Torchlight]

Very generous of you to make the upgrade free for owners of Zebra 2 and Dark Zebra. Thank you, Urs.

[Caine123]

one question, I had Zebra 2 already but when i have let the licenses sent to me i had to buy and upgrade to Zebra 3, is there any info why then? 30 bucks is not much but im wondering that people write they had a Z2 license like me and didnt have to pay?

[Chris-S]

Z2 + ZebraHZ = free Upgrade.

[whyterabbyt]

is there any info why then?

yes, tons of it. for the past 14 years or so. yes 14 years.
read the u-he forum. read the u-he website. read the post before yours.
free upgrade is for folk who own Z2 and Dark Zebra.

"After 10 years of speculation about an imminent Zebra3 release, things are starting to inch forward again. In 2012 we announced that the upgrade to Zebra3 would be free for existing owners of Zebra2 plus The Dark Zebra, otherwise $30 USD, and of course we will honour that promise."

https://u-he.com/news/2022/09/zebra-legacy-released/

[kraster]

Where i can find wavetables? it seems like Zebra 3 only comes with standart waves?

The wavetable paradigm in Zebra 3 is different from the typical "wave to frame" based one.

Wavetables are created parametrically using curves. If you are familiar with vector based drawing there are parallels between those methods and wavetable creation in Zebra.

It's an incredibly elegant and powerful solution.

[EvilDragon]

Will there be a lighter skin made available? Even though dark skins look smarter, my old eyes have a hard time with white characters on black backgrounds.

Eventually, yes.

[zvenx]

I have learned to tolerate the new skin, I still don't like it.
Looking forward to when there are more skins (more choices).
rsp

[Teksonik]

Where i can find wavetables? it seems like Zebra 3 only comes with standart waves?

The wavetable paradigm in Zebra 3 is different from the typical "wave to frame" based one.
Wavetables are created parametrically using curves. If you are familiar with vector based drawing there are parallels between those methods and wavetable creation in Zebra.
It's an incredibly elegant and powerful solution.

We can hand draw our own waveforms or load single cycle .wavs into the slots. Importing full size samples works but the results are unpredictable (but at times desirable) and it can be crashy so I wouldn't recommend trying it for now.

Sweeping through a wavetable or spline curve set or whatever you want to call them with an MSEG or LFO for example works as it would in other synths. Random to Curve Morph works well for adding variation to a sound.

I'm still trying to get my head around this and how to use it to create audibly better results but that will probably come with time on task:

Z3 042126.png

[Teksonik]

I have learned to tolerate the new skin, I still don't like it.
Looking forward to when there are more skins (more choices).
rsp

I'm fine with the default theme but I was going to try doing an edit of it just for fun. However the files are in .svg format and I've never had much luck editing them. I can edit .bmps and .pngs with no problem but my preferred graphics program doesn't handle .svg files very well. I've tried Inkscape and Gimp with very little to no success.

Hopefully Plugmon will do a lighter theme for those who want it so maybe if people express the willingness to pay for such a theme it will incentivize him to make one.

[pdxindy]

I'm fine with the default theme but I was going to try doing an edit of it just for fun. However the files are in .svg format and I've never had much luck editing them. I can edit .bmps and .pngs with no problem but my preferred graphics program doesn't handle .svg files very well. I've tried Inkscape and Gimp with very little to no success.

If you are only changing colors... then there's no need to edit the SVG's.

[Lbdunequest]

Where i can find wavetables? it seems like Zebra 3 only comes with standart waves?

The wavetable paradigm in Zebra 3 is different from the typical "wave to frame" based one.

Wavetables are created parametrically using curves. If you are familiar with vector based drawing there are parallels between those methods and wavetable creation in Zebra.

It's an incredibly elegant and powerful solution.

What if i dont want to create, just select from the supplied content?

[pdxindy]

Is Zebra3.txt the only file that needs to be in /Themes/My Theme/Scripts/ ?

Or does EditorSetup.txt and Z3SplineEditor.txt also need to be in there?

Nah, just Zebra3.txt

Thanks... I noticed since I created a theme, that now when I enable the Editor and go into the Shapes Editor, that there are 2 of every SVG file. Makes sense since the themes can be switched on the fly, but it makes it confusing.

So I'm removing the theme and editing the main files until I have what I want, then I'll turn it into a theme.

[pdxindy]

What if i dont want to create, just select from the supplied content?

For now, you can only load Osc Presets which includes all Osc settings. They are going to add the ability to load just the Curve Sets.