Different synths just sound different, even with the same configuration...Autobot wrote:I just bought Zebra a couple of days ago but I'm firm with modular synth and furthermore with the whole Zebra concept but even if I save a preset with 4 osc 4 filter and a bunch of mod sources it will not be the same as programming a synth dedicated to easy programming and a one page concept. Every sounddesigner knows that different structure of a synth leads to other results. (When you improvise a sound, surely you can build almost every sound with most common synths).V0RT3X wrote:hollo wrote:He have Zebra already.
For one page: do you know about the upcoming Spectral by Linplug?
Nice spectral editor for waveforms and for filters.
Even the matrix is on the main page for easy overview for controllers.
Spire also have different character and easy workflow to use next Zebra.
He has zebra already?? Then he doesn't need to ask for a new one until he learns how to use Zebra.. lol
I will check Surge and Dune ... looks promising
That said, at this point, I know Zebra well enough that I can create sounds faster with it than with most other 'simpler' synths... Some simple synths do not necessarily display so clearly what is going on. If there are two filters are they serial, parallel and how are the osc's routed into them... With Zebra, one glance at the grid and I can see which modules are being used and in what configuration. If I open up a preset I have not used in a while, one glance and I understand its basic structure.
Dune for example, is one page but much is accomplished in the mod matrix that it often takes some time to figure out how a sound is constructed. I wouldn't call it easier.
Make a standard Zebra preset template (or a couple) and it is as fast as a basic subtractive (because then it is). With 2 osc's, 2 filters, 1 mix module, 2 envelopes and 2 LFO's and stick to the modulations available on the modules and you have a capable one page synth. No need to switch tabs at all.
I think one of the tendencies for new Zebra users is to use too many modules and get too complicated. I would say with Zebra it takes a bit more learning time to get to where you are just as fast as a simple subtractive.