One Synth Challenge #206: Zebra 3 Beta by u-he! (Irion Da Ronin wins!)

[Korg Supporter]

Here is my track for this contest. I was able to finish the base track before my Spring break, and I am happy with how it sounds. I may still edit it on my laptop while I am away.

https://soundcloud.com/jack-frost7/zebr ... 06-zebra-3

I used a Novation Launchkey Mk4 to play and hold down notes. Recorded and edited in Bitwig Studio 6.0
18x Zebra 3 Beta (including 8 instances contained in a "Drum Machine")
3x EQ-5
2x Reverb
1x Delay-4
1x Delay+
1x Arpeggiator

[bzz]

This is my submission for the month.

My impression of the synth follows what I already experienced and expressed with Zebralette 3. It can obviously do miracles, but for me it's not as intuitive as Zebra 2 used to be (maybe I just need to read the manual...) Also, the CPU hungriness is killer.

Produced in Cakewalk. 12 instances of Zebra 3. epicCLOUDS, kHs Delay, OTT, W1 Limiter as the external FX.

https://soundcloud.com/petr-n-mec/bzz-j ... ipes-blues

[terrasomniac]

[reupload]

This is a song about my recent dramatic relationship with wild blackcurrants. I submitted it earlier in the week but wanted to tweak the mix a bit more. The song is based around a pretty bonkers percussive patch.

https://soundcloud.com/terrasomnia/ribes-lacustre

21X instances of Zebra3

DAW: Reaper

MASTER FX: ReaLimit > TDR Kotelnikov > ReaEQ > Limiter No6 > ReaLimit

TRACK FX: 4X BlueArp, 1X Limiter No6, 2X MAutoPan, 12X Midi Transpose Notes, 1X midiExactDelay, 1X MONSTR, 4X MSEG-1, 1X Pancz, 16X ReaEQ, 21X ReaLimit, 4X Room Reverb, 5X Spectral Compressor, 9X Stereo Field Manipulator, 1X STFU, 2X TDR Kotelnikov, 9X TDR Nova, 3X Wider

ARTWORK: Modeled and rendered in Blender, fixed up in Photoshop.

edit1: updated instances/FX list with final version of track.

[Nd6829]

Once again, everyone's work this month is truly incredible... it makes me feel quite ashamed of my own. For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, I ran into an issue this month where adding more than one track caused a System Overload, leaving me unable to do anything. Zebra 3 Beta is amazing, but because of that issue, I wasn't able to fully flesh things out. Here is my submission for this month.
https://soundcloud.com/nd-6829/osc-206
Zebra 3 beta×1
Daw: GarageBand
GarageBand EQ
GarageBand Reverb
Dear vr pro 2

[embix]

That was a tough one. Zebra3 is obviously a very capable synth running on my not so capable potato. There already are a bunch great sounding presets. The Shakuhachi patch is marvelous, but unfortunately didn't in the track. Anyway, single instance, being very careful with chords, avoiding fast arps and immediatly freeze/record once I had something remotely useful got me there, kinda. Would love to use Zebra3 on a decent machine just to remain in the flow.

Daw: Reaper 7.69
Instances: 26x Zebra3 (builds 20977 and 21625)
Other Plugins:
2x U-HE Protoverb
1x ReaLimit

https://soundcloud.com/embix/embix-3-year-old-quagga-fo

[Examigan]

Once again, everyone's work this month is truly incredible... it makes me feel quite ashamed of my own. For reasons I'm not entirely sure of, I ran into an issue this month where adding more than one track caused a System Overload, leaving me unable to do anything. Zebra 3 Beta is amazing, but because of that issue, I wasn't able to fully flesh things out. Here is my submission for this month.
https://soundcloud.com/nd-6829/osc-206
Zebra 3 beta×1
Daw: GarageBand
GarageBand EQ
GarageBand Reverb
Dear vr pro 2

I think they allow freezing of tracks if needed.
I didn't need to for my track, but it may be possible.

This is in the rules:
"Also, If you need more performance / CPU a workaround is to freeze all the tracks."

[Ivan_C]

Hello everyone! This is the first time ever I submit something for the KVR OSC, and this was not for the least complex and capable synthesizer

So I'm using 3 instances of Zebralette 3 + 21 instances of Zebra 3, using only the stock FX plug-ins from Ableton Live + Spaceship Delay (obviously) + ValhallaSuperMassive. It was really fun to do, and it allowed me to get a better feel for the Zebra 3 interface and its sound capabilities.

I have to say that at no point did I feel overwhelmed or stuck when it came to sound design. The plug-in was well suited to the musical genre I wanted to explore. I might change the mix before the submission period ends.

https://soundcloud.com/musicalentropy/z ... 19c123d249

[Korg Supporter]

Hello everyone! This is the first time ever I submit something for the KVR OSC, and this was not for the least complex and capable synthesizer

So I'm using 3 instances of Zebralette 3 + 21 instances of Zebra 3, using only the stock FX plug-ins from Ableton Live + Spaceship Delay (obviously) + ValhallaSuperMassive. It was really fun to do, and it allowed me to get a better feel for the Zebra 3 interface and its sound capabilities.

I have to say that at no point did I feel overwhelmed or stuck when it came to sound design. The plug-in was well suited to the musical genre I wanted to explore. I might change the mix before the submission period ends.

https://soundcloud.com/musicalentropy/z ... 19c123d249

I think you can only use Zebra 3.

[neverbeeninariot]

Hello everyone! This is the first time ever I submit something for the KVR OSC, and this was not for the least complex and capable synthesizer

So I'm using 3 instances of Zebralette 3 + 21 instances of Zebra 3, using only the stock FX plug-ins from Ableton Live + Spaceship Delay (obviously) + ValhallaSuperMassive. It was really fun to do, and it allowed me to get a better feel for the Zebra 3 interface and its sound capabilities.

I have to say that at no point did I feel overwhelmed or stuck when it came to sound design. The plug-in was well suited to the musical genre I wanted to explore. I might change the mix before the submission period ends.

https://soundcloud.com/musicalentropy/z ... 19c123d249

I think you can only use Zebra 3.

I think you can also use Zebralette 3 : )

There was a discussion somewhere (possibly Discord, I forget...) - but basically, because ZL3 is a subset of Z3 you're not gaining anything that is not already in Z3.

Richard or BJ can maybe chime in to confirm.

[Ivan_C]

Is it legal to use Zebralette instead? As much as I know it uses the same principle of sound creation (on the oscillator level). It's obviously a very "skinny" version of Zebra, but it's very simple and straightforward. It's also works fine on my old system.

Zebralette 3 is basically a subset of Zebra 3, and it's patches can even be imported to Zebra 3 (though they lose the fx chain) so it should be fine. Please state with your submission details which you have used.

Note: earlier versions of Zebra or Zebralette are a different synth, thus not acceptable for this challenge.

I saw this message before starting to work on my submission. Basically Zebralette 3 uses the standard oscillator engine from Z3, and I wouldn't have the right to use the version which is based on Z2.

[FrogsInPants]

I think you can also use Zebralette 3 : )

There was a discussion somewhere (possibly Discord, I forget...) - but basically, because ZL3 is a subset of Z3 you're not gaining anything that is not already in Z3.

It was earlier in this thread.

Is it legal to use Zebralette instead? As much as I know it uses the same principle of sound creation (on the oscillator level). It's obviously a very "skinny" version of Zebra, but it's very simple and straightforward. It's also works fine on my old system.

Zebralette 3 is basically a subset of Zebra 3, and it's patches can even be imported to Zebra 3 (though they lose the fx chain) so it should be fine. Please state with your submission details which you have used.

Note: earlier versions of Zebra or Zebralette are a different synth, thus not acceptable for this challenge.

[neverbeeninariot]

It was earlier in this thread.

[SIL3NC3_SWX]

One Synth Challenge #206: Zebra 3

https://u-he.com/products/synths/zebra3/
https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/20 ... 06-zebra-3
viewtopic.php?p=9222999

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SiL3NC3_SWX - Layered Zebra
https://soundcloud.com/soulwerx/sil3nc3 ... ered-zebra

Layer by layer, movement unfolds,
raw textures giving way to open space.

Driven by contrast rather than perfection –
expect the unexpected.

NJ0Y.

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DAW: Bitwig
17 instances of Zebra3

Bitwig:
- Arpeggiator, EQ+, EQ-5, Reverb, Filter+, Tool, Convolution, Gate, Saturator, Delay-2

FX:
- Airwindows Consolidated

Mastering:
- Bitwig: Compressor+, Peak-Limiter
- Other: Polarity-MD, Polarity-SC, Free Clip 2

Analysis:
- YouLean Loudness Meter, MAnalyzer (Wine)
- K-Meter

PS: Entirely made with Debian (Linux)

Keep on Looping...

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~ Copyright : SiL3NC3 - 2026 : All Rights Reserved. ~

[CSJ_FM]

"Zebra 3 is being ran in demo mode correct?"
(Nvm) I see it says beta mode.. I but I still hear that static sound?

[Korg Supporter]

Zebra 3 is being ran in demo mode correct?

No, you need to download the Zebra 3 beta and its license card here
viewtopic.php?t=628418