Zebra 3.0 - out now

[enCiphered]

I enabled the editor and made the change there, so in this case, didn't even touch the txt file.

I forgot about the editor but don't see a way to get to it from the Z3 GUI. The manual doesn't mention it but I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing.

It's a bit awkward to enable imho: You need to have a default.h2p preset in your Presets/Zebra3 folder. It needs to have a line like this

!EDITOR=YES

I'll attach it, too

Hmm, following that, Bitwig Studio opens a completely blank plugin editor of Zebra 3 and crashes every time.

[krowtoh]

This is my first u-he purchase and I’m really enjoying Zebra 3. One question: does double-click not reset a parameter to its original default value, as many other VSTs do? Or is there a setting on my Mac that I need to change to enable this or is this feature not working. I tried to double click reset on one of the free u-he products (Zebralette 3) and it doesn't work there either.

 

What controls, specifically, are you attempting to reset? I just tried here in Windows and double click is resetting to default value in Z3, on the controls I've tested.

 

I just grabbed a random preset and moved the Filter 1 cutoff. Pretending I don’t like the change I made, I wanted it to go back to where it was when I first loaded the preset. In some cases, a double‑click will return a control to its default value. In Zebra (and I’m sure some other synths), I think I just need to get used to using the undo arrow or Ctrl+Z, because that’s really what I want. If I double‑click my example parameter, it jumps to 100% (47.4 kHz in this case), not to the value it had when I first loaded the preset. Sorry—this is just a me‑and‑UI thing.

[pdxindy]

I changed the color name to:
GR_PROPERTY graphic='fader-cap.svg' name='colour' id='17' value='Palette-100'

Thanks a lot, that worked perfectly. But it kind of opened up a can of worms. Now I want the knob pointers to be a little brighter. I don't know if it's possible but the Mapper horizontal grid lines could benefit from a bit more contrast as well. My old eyes have a hard time seeing them especially at a grid size of 12.

By knob pointer, you mean the line that indicates the knob position? I think that's white already.

Yes, the Mapper Grid lines look a bit faint. You can change them here:

Line 279 - COLOUR name='Spline-MinGrid' rgba='ffffff17'

The Alpha transparency is 17 - this is hex, not a 00-99 scale. 17 is = 9% - 2e would be 18%

COLOUR name='Spline-MinGrid' rgba='ffffff2e'

Keep in mind that this will change the grid for the MSEG's and Osc's too. If you want to change just the Mapper grid, that requires a few more steps.

First, add a new color definition

COLOUR name='Spline-MinGrid-Mapper' rgba='ffffff2e'

then go to line 5563

PROPERTY control='tmmap1-genstep-max' name='colours' id='10' value='Spline-MinGrid'

and change value='Spline-MinGrid' to the new definition 'Spline-MinGrid-Mapper'

That will update Mapper 1. Then go to the same PROPERTY for Mappers 2-4 and make the same change.

Now you can set the Mapper grid lines independently from the MSEG and Osc grid lines.

[pdxindy]

Okay thank you very much gentleman I've got it now. Z3 opens in Editor mode now so I assume moving the default .h2p out if its location is needed to open in normal mode or did I put the file at the wrong level?

When you open in the editor, 'esc' key will make the editor inactive so you can navigate the UI

Also, when you want to get back to normal, change the

!EDITOR=YES

to !EDITOR=NO

in the default.h2p preset.

[pdxindy]

I enabled the editor and made the change there, so in this case, didn't even touch the txt file.

I forgot about the editor but don't see a way to get to it from the Z3 GUI. The manual doesn't mention it but I'm sure it's something simple I'm missing.

It's a bit awkward to enable imho: You need to have a default.h2p preset in your Presets/Zebra3 folder. It needs to have a line like this

!EDITOR=YES

I'll attach it, too

Hmm, following that, Bitwig Studio opens a completely blank plugin editor of Zebra 3 and crashes every time.

Works fine for me in Bitwig. Did you make default.h2p an empty text file? Or use an init preset and add the !EDITOR=YES to it?

[FrogsInPants]

I took a screen grab of the default and just did a negative image. To the people who need a lighter theme to satisfy their eyesight, is this background too bright?

Looks pretty reasonable to me. It's a bit lighter overall than the light Zebralette 3. For my eyes, I think anything in that range would probably be good.

[pdxindy]

Question about the theme editor - how do I change a tab i.e. when Z3 first opens the bottom section defaults to Perform - I want to edit things on the FX tab, but not sure how to get the editor to make that the focus.

Hit the Esc key to return to the regular synth. Then you can navigate to different tabs, open the editors, etc. Then. hit esc again to go back to the editor

[enCiphered]

Works fine for me in Bitwig. Did you make default.h2p an empty text file? Or use an init preset and add the !EDITOR=YES to it?

I used the file provided by Fannon. But I also tried saving the init preset and modifying it afterward in a text editor. Same result.

[cb8rwh]

Nice one, thanks very much.

Question about the theme editor - how do I change a tab i.e. when Z3 first opens the bottom section defaults to Perform - I want to edit things on the FX tab, but not sure how to get the editor to make that the focus.

Hit the Esc key to return to the regular synth. Then you can navigate to different tabs, open the editors, etc. Then. hit esc again to go back to the editor

[pdxindy]

Works fine for me in Bitwig. Did you make default.h2p an empty text file? Or use an init preset and add the !EDITOR=YES to it?

I used the file provided by Fannon. But I also tried saving the init preset and modifying it afterward in a text editor. Same result.

And if you set

!EDITOR=YES
to
!EDITOR=NO and save

What happens then?

[enCiphered]

Works fine for me in Bitwig. Did you make default.h2p an empty text file? Or use an init preset and add the !EDITOR=YES to it?

I used the file provided by Fannon. But I also tried saving the init preset and modifying it afterward in a text editor. Same result.

And if you set

!EDITOR=YES
to
!EDITOR=NO and save

What happens then?

If I change it to !EDITOR=NO and save, the GUI is back again the next time I open Bitwig. But I can’t see or make use of the editor.

[cb8rwh]

So when I open up the editor and click on the FX grid I can no longer click on anything else, or right-click on it to see any properties etc. Any ideas if I am doing something wrong or whether or not there is an issue with that particular element?

Z3_Theme_Editor.png

[pdxindy]

If I change it to !EDITOR=NO and save, the GUI is back again the next time I open Bitwig. But I can’t see or make use of the editor.

I have no more suggestions... maybe email u-he support and ask.

[pdxindy]

So when I open up the editor and click on the FX grid I can no longer click on anything else, or right-click on it to see any properties etc. Any ideas if I am doing something wrong or whether or not there is an issue with that particular element?

You mean it's frozen? Once you select FX Grid you cannot select say Osc1 up above?

[cb8rwh]

Ok, I explained it badly and incorrectly.

I can right-click on an element and it will show a pop up menu. If I right-click on the OSC Grid, or FX Grid, I don't get a pop up menu and I can no longer select/right-click any other elements until I close and reopen the UI.

So when I open up the editor and click on the FX grid I can no longer click on anything else, or right-click on it to see any properties etc. Any ideas if I am doing something wrong or whether or not there is an issue with that particular element?

You mean it's frozen? Once you select FX Grid you cannot select say Osc1 up above?