Zebra 3.0 - out now

[ThoughtExperiment]

There's a support group axiom that states "It's easier to buy a pair of slippers than it is to carpet the world."

They also often list "litigiousness" and "quixotic" as character defects. And the medical experts agree.

Perhaps "getting a life" is simply a constructive nudge to sign out and go take a walk in the real world.

Perhaps...but to be fair, it wouldn't look that way to a new guy

Maybe somewhat directed to the verbose seasoned member waxing the philosophical as well.
Realizing I should just keep away from this thread since it has so little to do with its subject line now.

Absolutely not - I loved the 'slippers' quote, I merely thought you were maybe being a little too charitable in your interpretation of the 'get a life' crack. But God knows there's all too little of that here on KVR sometimes, so my apologies too

[ptnah]

i have a 4/4-bar with say 5 discrete 16th-notes spread across it and want to increase say the env release exponentially over the second half of the bar via an MSEG (i know there are other ways, eg via velocity etc, but that is not the point here). how?

Not arguing against your feature request.

But the example above can be done with a Math Module and an LFO.

interesting. i shall look into that. what math module would you employ here?
i guess it is also somewhat possible just with a ramp lfo with delayed onset and bent shape via slew and symmetry.
it is a simple example with many possible solutions.
handling all that visually directly on a graph of course would be so much more precise and superior, but i am just repeating my points here.

also thank you for your previous comment.

[Urs]

If you want certain movements to happen over time on subsequent, short notes, maybe this trick will do it:

Create 3-5 different MSEG curves for what's supposed to happen at different stages of the movement. Make sure they morph so that the in-between corresponds to the desired transitions.

Take a LFO in sync mode to morph between the MSEG Curves.

Alternatively, if you need complex patterns, morph the MSEG with a Mapper, and run the mapper either by increment or with that same LFO. Then you can have distinct MSEG curves at distinct notes, you're basically sequencing the MSEG shapes over time through different notes.

[ptnah]

If you want certain movements to happen over time on subsequent, short notes, maybe this trick will do it:

Create 3-5 different MSEG curves for what's supposed to happen at different stages of the movement. Make sure they morph so that the in-between corresponds to the desired transitions.

Take a LFO in sync mode to morph between the MSEG Curves.

Alternatively, if you need complex patterns, morph the MSEG with a Mapper, and run the mapper either by increment or with that same LFO. Then you can have distinct MSEG curves at distinct notes, you're basically sequencing the MSEG shapes over time through different notes.

thank you, Urs. all valuable and interesting insights, that i will try out.

have to mention though, that this would cost me in the first case 1 extra modulator and in the second case even 2 extra modulators. there i would probably just stick to my external method, "spending" only the one macro knob.
with the "free running" MSEG no additional modulators needed and of course being able to use that ace graphical interface in a straight forward way.

but i dont want to harp on too much about my specific wishes, i am glad you saw my post and maybe you will include it in your considerations for a future update. thanks!

[pdxindy]

interesting. i shall look into that. what math module would you employ here?

Math Module Mode - Minimum is X with X at 50. LFO1 in Bipolar. Modulate LFO1 symmetry with LFO1

The Math modules are really useful!!

[ptnah]

interesting. i shall look into that. what math module would you employ here?

Math Module Mode - Minimum is X with X at 50. LFO1 in Bipolar. Modulate LFO1 symmetry with LFO1

The Math modules are really useful!!

nice! i ll try it out!

[frag]

Dear Urs,

don't get me wrong, I'm not an "ecologist" or something like that, but why do you want me to throw away a perfectly working PC?
That is - why did you abandon multithreading from Diva & Repro?
Joining the Microsoft bandwagon, for what.
This solution with suggestions how to optimize patch is so slow and strange...

Now the computer parts sellers will jump: you suck, you need new CPU (and I do have a new CPU). But I also like to see threads on my old CPU used efficiently.
Programming has become garbage recently. Well, it is difficult.

[Urs]

why did you abandon multithreading from Diva & Repro?

Because more and more computers today and tomorrow have asymmetric CPU cores, and we need to figure out how to compute our threads only on performance cores. Otherwise the performance gets a lot worse, like Diva and Repro on Apple silicon (but also e.g. on my Thinkpad).

[ksandvik]

Old computers are alas old performance-wise, but it's easy to freeze / bounce tracks.

[IvyBirds]

Old computers are alas old performance-wise, but it's easy to freeze / bounce tracks.

I'm disappointed that Zebra 3 won't run on my Windows 98 machine. It has a 400mHz Pentium II, and 128MB of Ram

[VitaminD]

why did you abandon multithreading from Diva & Repro?

Because more and more computers today and tomorrow have asymmetric CPU cores, and we need to figure out how to compute our threads only on performance cores. Otherwise the performance gets a lot worse, like Diva and Repro on Apple silicon (but also e.g. on my Thinkpad).

Is it possible to put in a check to see if the CPU does not have asymmetric CPU Cores (such as all AMD processors) and allow the traditional multithreading?

[Teksonik]

I was flipping through the presets today and ran into Howard Scarr's "Polka Dots" which is a hilarious tribute to the band "Angine de Poitrine" and pretty damn accurate too.

Well done sir, well done.

[AgileAI]

Great Synth, high CPU means I am getting value for money not wasting capacity on high end CPU!

How do I import samples and set up the sequencer?

[Stephan Oertel]

Hallo zusammen, wird es ein Deutsches Handbuch geben? Das würde mir das ganze sehr erleichtern!

Könnte man sicher arrangieren...

Top!!
Danke

[Alchemedia]

Great Synth, high CPU means I am getting value for money not wasting capacity on high end CPU!

How do I import samples and set up the sequencer?

It's not a sampler.
No arp/seq (yet), however...