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bookworm wrote:Dear Urs,

Sounds good. Any indication of date? This year? It would help with planning....
I wouldn't rule 2016 out, but then, I tend to always see development effort in a very optimistic way :clown:

Thing is, I started the Zebra3 Info thread to make planning easy. Its essence being, upgrading from Zebra2 to Zebra3 will be cheaper than waiting for Zebra3. Because ever since Zebra2 came out, people had requested features that don't fit the concept/technology of Zebra2 but would be nice to have nonetheless. In those cases I'd say "we'll consider it for Zebra3". So people started expecting it and holding off buying Zebra2 even though Zebra3 wasn't gonna come out anytime soon.

However, before Z3 could happen, Diva came about and changed everything. We could only do little updates in subsequent years and every new release meant tough work. What I mean is, u-he became very successful but the downside was a shift from creative stuff to maintenance. However, four years later we did that big maintenance update, we'll update Presswerk and Satin and then every resource is going to shift back to creative again. At least that's what I hope, but recent mini-projects such as Protoverb, RePro and the Drum thing may be an indicator that we're finally getting there.

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All what you say makes perfect sense. You also mention "people had requested features that don't fit the concept/technology of Zebra2", so I just wonder if there might be any compatibility issues to expect between Zebra2 and Zebra3?
Just want to know for sure because I use Zebra2 a lot and I do plan to upgrade to Zebra3 eventually.

Cheers!
Win 10 -64bit, CPU i7-7700K, 32Gb, Focusrite 2i2, FL-studio 20, Studio One 4, Reason 10

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ATN69 wrote:All what you say makes perfect sense. You also mention "people had requested features that don't fit the concept/technology of Zebra2", so I just wonder if there might be any compatibility issues to expect between Zebra2 and Zebra3?
Just want to know for sure because I use Zebra2 a lot and I do plan to upgrade to Zebra3 eventually.

Cheers!
Zebra3 will be a separate plug-in that runs next to Zebra2. It's going to be like a new synthesizer altogether. There might be limited import of Zebra2 presets, but as we're e.g. replacing all filters with better models and as we're using unified splines/curves for Oscillators, MSEGs and other modules, it's going to be impossible to recreate a Zebra2 patch 1:1 in Zebra3. We will however continue to support and develop Zebra2 for many years to come!

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Urs wrote:
ATN69 wrote:There might be limited import of Zebra2 presets
Excellent idea... :clap:
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