One Synth Challenge #200: Zebralette 3 Beta by U-he - (Jasinksi Wins!)

[z.prime]

... with all built-in effects

You should list the individual effects used. EDIT: I'm dumb, you must mean built-in synth FX

[bzz]

This is my Zebralette submission. I made it in a few hours today just to have something to submit, hence the sloppy result

I played with the synth here and there throughout the month, and I have mixed feelings about it. Obviously, the synth can do amazing things in the right hands. However, it apparently wouldn't be mine. Compared to Zebra/Zebralette 2, which, in my opinion, struck the right balance of sophistication and intuitiveness, this one is way too complicated for me. Also, it seems quite CPU hungry, even the wavetable engine.

Produced in Cakewalk. 16 instances of Zebralette 3. Magic7, OTT, LFX-1310, W1 Limiter as the external FX.

https://soundcloud.com/petr-n-mec/bzz-g ... hine-elves

[eraze the borders]

Happy Halloween

Here's my somewhat dark entry for OSC 200 Had a lot of fun with Zebralette 3, great synth! Looking forward to the amazing music from y'all!

https://soundcloud.com/eraze-the-border ... -the-fists

DAW: Reaper 7.49

21x Zebralette 3 (u-he)

8x ReaEQ (Cockos)
5x GrapHack (AnalogObsession)
2x ReaComp (Cockos)
2x TAL-Filter-2 (TAL-Togu Audio Line)
2x TDR Kotelnikov (Tokyo Dawn Labs)
1x HZ Multiplier (HigherHz)
1x TheMasker (Cinemystics)
1x epicVerb (Variety Of Sound)
1x Ambient Reverb 7 (Stone Voices)
1x BootEQmkIV (Variety Of Sound)
1x SPAN (Voxengo)
1x MLoudnessAnalyzer (MeldaProduction)
1x Unlimited (Sonic Anomaly)

[VCA-089]

My submission:

https://soundcloud.com/vca-089-2/infravolt-biomechanoid

38 instances used to create a track.

"A small breach in our defenses was enough to open a portal to another dimension. Right after that, the Earth was flooded by the horde of hostile alien life forms consisting of hybrid bio-mechanical creatures that are not only superior to our technology but also capable of psychic abilities. Within a few hours all major country governments were taken down and the alien occupation regime emerged. We are the rebellion, a group of scientists and brave soldiers who still stand against the alien tyranny after nearly two decades. But our chances of success in our mission are very low without a true hero..."

I'm back into my usual style of making music, it's pretty dark out there after all. The song is inspired by the old low budget sci-fi horror movie that tells a story of a hero who is stuck in a parallel timeline where planet Earth was invaded by a highly advanced and scary looking alien race. Can't you remember that movie (of course you can't, it doesn't exist).

Technical details:

Produced in FL Studio 21.2.2

Generators:

x1 FL Layer (utility)
x38 "Zebralette"

EQ & Saturation:

x4 BPB Dirty Filter
x7 FL Blood Overdrive
x30 FL Parametric EQ 2
x2 TDR "Nova"
x6 TDR & VoS "Slick EQ"

Dynamics:

x20 AdHd "Leveling Tool"
x1 D16 "Frontier"
x8 FL Balance
x2 FL PanOMatic
x3 FL Stereo Enhancer
x1 TDR "Kotelnikov"
x8 Thomas Mundt "LoudMax"

Delay & Reverb:

x12 FL Delay 3
x12 FL Reeverb 2
x6 TAL-Reverb 4
x1 VoS "epicVerb"

Master Chain:

TDR "Nova"
Limiter №6

Total:

x39 Generators
x125 Effects
x53 MIDI Patterns
x30 Mixer Tracks
No Audio Clips
x47 Automation Clips

[hennessey]

Entry:
https://soundcloud.com/hennesseyb/200b-1
(had to delete and re-add. it was stuck in "processing")
26 instances in Live 12. All DAW effects (Compressors, Saturatior, Reverbs, Delays, EQ8, AutoPan, AutoFilter) plus Orilriver

[christian f.]

https://soundcloud.com/realchristianf/z ... al_sharing

Ableton Live 12
8x Zebralette + internal FX.
Stock Ableton EQ8, compressor, Glue compressor and Limiter.

[petermartin]

https://soundcloud.com/peter-martin/project-9

DAW used - Ableton 11

3 Instances of Zebralette 3 - performed in one take, wanted to really test the musicality of instruments performance.

FX used - khs reverser, Sonimus delaySon, ValhallaSupermassive, stock ableton fx.

This is a GREAT sounding synth, however I've noticed some small crackling when using the wavetable portion of the synth for a lot of sounds. Wasn't too distracting.

I want to upload a few more that feature the full amount of drums and stuff this thing can do. Amazing synth!

[Fbr]

Here we are again...
https://soundcloud.com/the-broken-machi ... zebralette

L'étude exquise de la zébralette

As always, music and image is made 100% by myself.
Most sounds made from init, except snare based on preset with alterations.


Zebralette3 beta2 19

Valhalla Supermassive 2x

in Ableton 12 with following stock fx:
DrumRack 1x (grouping of drum Zebralette3 instances)
Auto Pan 4x
Glue Compressor 9x
Compressor 1x
Limiter 11x
Utility 3x
EQ8 12x
Saturator 2x
Arpeggiator 1x
Delay 1x

[aarongrooves]

This is my Zebralette submission. I made it in a few hours today just to have something to submit, hence the sloppy result

You consider this sloppy? It sounds incredible

[zipidowski]

Managed to make something. It´s crappy but it is what it is.

https://soundcloud.com/zipidowski/zebradowski

Bitwig 6 beta
12 instances of zebralette 3
Tdr Nova, khs filter, loudmax, raum, cramit, khs delay, zl eq, khs transient shaper.

[MadMcMan]

Here's my track:
https://soundcloud.com/madmcman/the-fifth-dawn

Here's my OSC for October 2025, made with Zebralette3 in Bitwig

with 58x Zebralette 3's
and the following FX and tools
Tonal Banalnce2 (not free but is used for analyzing)
Adaptr Metric AB (not free but is used for analyzing)
Limiter No6
BX Masterdesk classic
TDR Kotelnikov
TDR Vos Slick EQ
TDR Nova
Dragonfly Room
Airwindows PureGain
Valhalla Supermassive
KHS Haas
TDR Prism
Pancz
KHS Limiter
KHS Transient Shaper
Scaler2 (not free but is used for generating midi chords when starting the track)
TDR Molotok
STFU
Fresh Air
Frontier
Raum
BusterSE

Bitwig:
Humanize
Note Transpose
Tool
Instrument Layer
Key Filter+
filter+
Peak Limiter
Sculpt
Multinote
Focus

[Vospi]

https://soundcloud.com/vospi/vospi-im-h ... -challenge

Good luck everybody!

35 Zebralettes III, I think 2 of them weren't used.
Very tough on CPU, especially when you need metal or other clear highs. On the other hand, it does deliver metal, clean and clear, if you have the cycles to spend. It's the first project, I think, ever, where I had to crank up my buffer to the maximum on this CPU (16 "real" cores), and still freeze some tracks (I think just 2, though), and still get enormous stutters. Can't imagine working in an OSC setting for a serious result on a weak CPU. Must be such a drag.

The rest of the list is smaller to not clog up the page (didn't find a spoiler tag if we have it).

Sixth Sense Deelay
Sixth Sense Cramit
Ozone 11 EQ
MEqualizer
Diopser
DeePanpot
Fruity Reeverb
Fruity Reeverb 2
Fruity Delay Bank
Fruity Waveshaper
tiagolr FILT-R
tiagolr GATE-12
Fruity Frequency Splitter
Fruity Convolver
MStereoscope (as a channel filter)
MUtility
MRatio
MWaveshaper
MFreeformPhase
Fruity Fast Dist
Fruity Panomatic
ReaEQ
kHs Gain
kHs Gate
Maximus
ValhallaSupermassive
Themasker
MSED
u-he Protoverb (appropriate!)
upd.: sorry, I forgot FL Emphasis

[davi-dj]

Hello friends one month again
Here's my submission this time:

https://soundcloud.com/davi_dj/zebra-workout-osc200

DAW: Bitwig 5.35
Instances: 25xZebralette3 (Clap version)

Internal Plugins: EQ+, compressor
External Plugins: KhsTransientSharper, ValhallaSupermassive, KhsTranceGate, TDR Kotelnikov, TB_Broadcast_v3, Limiter No6

[z.prime]

z.prime - Slow Motion

Zebralette 3 is pretty great, but also challenging! I managed to make some good sounds... I should have added some of them

https://soundcloud.com/z_prime/slow-motion

---- Instances ----
Zebralette3: ~50

---- Bitwig Devices ----
Compressor+: 2
Convolution: 1
Mid-Side Split: 1
Note Receiver: 6
Oscilloscope: 4
Tool: 5
EQ+: 14
Peak Limiter: 1

---- Other Effects ----
Limiter No6: 4
OTT: 11
Protoverb: 1
TDR Nova: 1
ValhallaSupermassive: 1
kHs Clipper: 2
kHs Limiter: 1

Enjoy!

[z.prime]

khs reverser

Just thought I'd note the rules disallow "sampling effects (e.g. glitch, tapestops, scratching etc.)". I think reversing audio probably falls into that category? Better to know now, I think, while there's still time (though admittedly only a little time) to do something about it, if you so chose.