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CSJ_FM · Post by **CSJ_FM** » Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:15 pm

Korg Supporter wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:13 pm
CSJ_FM wrote: Tue Apr 28, 2026 2:09 pm 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

Thanks!

DrOcsid · Post by **DrOcsid** » Tue Apr 28, 2026 4:42 pm

https://soundcloud.com/alex-bennington- ... ome-equine

My first time entering one of these. I spent a decent while on the arrangement, wanted to make something really catchy. Focused on songwriting over sound design. Might have inadvertently come out a bit Crypt of the Necrodancer-esque?

Made in Cubase Pro 15 with 21 instances of Zebra 3, and the following effects:

- 5x VST MultiPanner
- 5x Volume
- 3x Frequency
- 3x StereoDelay
- 4x SuperVision
- 1x REVelation
- 1x DaTube
- 1x Brickwall Limiter
- 1x Voxengo AnSpec
- 1x TDR Kotelnikov

All effects aside from the last two are stock Cubase effects. Wasn't sure if I should include the ones that are just metering but I did anyway.

jsandas · Post by **jsandas** » Wed Apr 29, 2026 8:02 am

https://soundcloud.com/jsandas/burnt-forest-elegy

Here's my entry for this month's challenge, and my first time finishing an OSC track after following along at home for a couple of months.

Waveform 13.5 Pro
Four instances of Zebra 3
One single equalizer on the master bus (Tracktion's #TEqualizer, I believe it's a stock plugin for Waveform pro), no other plugins.

I had a whole bunch of equalizers, compressors and reverbs in my first draft, but I managed to recreate all of that inside of the synth itself.

Spring Goose · Post by **Spring Goose** » Wed Apr 29, 2026 10:02 am

Hello good day to everybody! Here is my entry

OSC #206 Zebra 3. Made with Bitwig, Khs Limiter, TDR Nova, STFU. 12 instances of Zebra 3

https://soundcloud.com/springgoose/magp ... al_sharing

treeheated · Post by **treeheated** » Wed Apr 29, 2026 1:42 pm

Here is my submission.

https://soundcloud.com/treeheated/the-s ... -secret-to

With thanks to my 10-year-old daughter for quite a bit of creative input. Also thanks to stoogebag for helpful feedback along the way.

DAW: Reaper
FX counts:
- CLAPi: Zebra3 (u-he) x23
- VST3: SPAN (Voxengo) x1
- VST3: TDR Nova (Tokyo Dawn Labs) x1
- VST: ReaComp (Cockos) x1
- VST: ReaDelay (Cockos) x1
- VST: ReaLimit (Cockos) x1

Aluto · Post by **Aluto** » Wed Apr 29, 2026 6:00 pm

Hi !

Here is my entry

DAW : Bitwig 5
Zebra3 x18
Basic DAW built-in fx : Convultion / compressor+ / limiter

https://soundcloud.com/maekawa-i/aluto- ... al_sharing

silverpants · Post by **silverpants** » Wed Apr 29, 2026 8:27 pm

My entry "The Magnesium Paradox"
https://soundcloud.com/slugnest/the-mag ... al_sharing

DAW: Reaper
21 instances of Zebra 3

OrilRiver Reverb
Dead Duck Filter
Mastering: ReaXComp, kHS Gain, Limter No6
Monitoring:SPAN, Youlead Loudness Meter

violator_alba · Post by **violator_alba** » Thu Apr 30, 2026 12:08 am

This one might be a bit too experimental with my first attempt at microtonal music, using a quarter tone scale. Not sure I took much advantage of the possibilities this offered.

https://soundcloud.com/violator-alba-99 ... al_sharing

To ram home this month's puntastic title and image, the plant is a Bleeding Heart...
Anyway, this here effort is brought to your lugholes with Bitwig Studio 6 and 16 instances of Zebra 3. Also putting in an appearance was the following:

- Clip to zero combo of dpMeter5, Blue Cat Gain3 and KClip Zero
- Polarity-MD
- The return of Valhalla Supermassive
- Bitwig Delay+
- Bitwig Eq+
- Bitwig Micro-pitch
- Bitwig Drum Machine
- TDR Nova
- TDR Kotelnikov

The percussion is mostly unaltered presets while everything else is from as close to init as I could get in Bitwig.
Cover image courtesy of me.

FrogsInPants · Post by **FrogsInPants** » Thu Apr 30, 2026 1:09 am

It's been a while, friends. Earlier in the month, the pond was filled with toads. I spent many evenings relaxing to their calls. Now they have hopped off to be quiet, somewhere else. See you next year, little guys. Inspired by these wildly underrated frogs, I bring you April Showers and American Toads.

https://soundcloud.com/user-768555121/a ... al_sharing

DAW: Reaper

11x Zebra3

1x Airwindows Consolidated
1x MIDI Transpose Notes
1x ReaLimit

IrionDaRonin · Post by **IrionDaRonin** » Thu Apr 30, 2026 1:49 am

Hi family, long time. I hope you are doing well!

https://soundcloud.com/irion-da-ronin/thousand-clocks

Time, time for heal at 60 beats per minute in the sanctuary of thousand clocks, it seemed eternal.
Time goes faster, time slows down, time moves forward anew. Confussion, doubts, aspirations.
In the end, there is a light to a better life. Timeless hopes. It worths the wait.

22 instances of Zebra 3 beta in FL Studio.
Free effects used: (Keep it simple)
·FL Maximus (Multiband compressor)
·FL Emphasis (Limiter)
·FL Parametric EQ 2
·FL Transient processor
·FL Love Philter (For gate and fake sidechain effects)
·ValhallaDPS SuperMassive (Reverb)
·TAL Reverb 3

All going good. Got fatter, got uglier and got older.

Started this 3 days ago or so. No time, but i think this contest worths it.

And that's it. Please, enjoy!

Have a nice day

EDIT: Forgot to add TAL Reverb 3 to the effect list.

Neptune · Post by **Neptune** » Thu Apr 30, 2026 8:11 am

Hi, another month is over. This is my attempt this month.

https://soundcloud.com/user-570157220/m ... al_sharing

25x Zebra 3 by UHE
Daw: Cubase 15pro
Stock Cubase Effects: Multiband Compressor, Brickwall Limiter, EQ, Magneto2, Maximizer, Stereo Enhancer, Room Works Reverb
3rd Party Plugins: Panagement 2, PanCake2, TDR Nova, TDR Kotelnikov

hennessey · Post by **hennessey** » Thu Apr 30, 2026 2:51 pm

Entry:
https://soundcloud.com/hennesseyb/414-309-b

18 instances in Live 12 with usual DAW effects: Saturator, EQ8, delays, compressors, AutoFilter, Utility, and Reverb.

Valhalla Supermassive the only 3rd Party.

dwringer · Post by **dwringer** » Thu Apr 30, 2026 4:02 pm

Greetings everyone! It's been a while since I participated in one of these challenges - 13 years(!) in fact, although I did have two or three abandoned attempts in the interim - but like many of us I'd been waiting for Zebra 3 for a very long time and couldn't miss out on this chance to put it to some use. The depth of this synth is remarkable and I could have spent several months just learning my way around it, but I eventually settled on a mix of presets, heavily modified a few, and got this track out as best I could within the remaining time.

I ultimately used 12 instances of Zebra 3 in my DAW of choice, Reaper, along with:
2x Cockos ReaComp
1x Cockos ReaEQ
1x Cockos ReaLimit
1x Valhalla Supermassive
1x CHOW Tape Model

Great to see a lot of entries this month; I look forward to spending time going through all of them and listening to all the different ways people have come up with to use this extremely versatile synth. Kudos to Urs and the u-he team for a fantastic release!

https://soundcloud.com/dwringer/dwringe ... al_sharing

MadMcMan · Post by **MadMcMan** » Thu Apr 30, 2026 4:52 pm

https://soundcloud.com/madmcman/z3d_ex_loader

Here's my zebra 3 OSC made in bitwig with the following.
56x instances of zebra3

VST:
Airwindows MackEQ
Analog Obsession BuserSE
Analog Obsession FrankCS
Analog Obsession Varimoon
Dragonfly Room
DearVR Pro2
FreeClip
Frontier
KHs Dual Delay
KHs Haas
KHs Transient Shaper
KHs TranceGate
Limiter No6
LoudMax
Ozone Imager2
Supercharger
TB_Spectrogram
TDR Kotelnikov
TDR Nova
TDR Molotok
TDR Prism
Varispeed
Valhalla Supermassive
Wider

Bitwig:
Audio Receiver
Delay-2
EQ-2
Humanize
Instrument Layer
KeyFilter+
Mid/Side Split
Note Transpose
Peak Limiter
Sculpt
Stepwise
Tool

VCA-089 · Post by **VCA-089** » Thu Apr 30, 2026 5:18 pm

My submission:
https://soundcloud.com/vca-089-2/infravolt-incognito

33 instances used to create a track. I've chosen Zebralette 3 instead.

This time I made a soundtrack for an imaginary late 90's style stealth action game (or possibly a strategy game) with a classic "cold war era spy movie" aesthetic with a fusion of futuristic cyberpunk elements. I didn't have time to learn the major synth, so I've chosen it's little brother and played around with presets. I've focused on creating the atmosphere and layering the soundscape. The synth itself is still a piece of alien technology to me, but I like the variety of sounds it can produce.

Produced in FL Studio 21.2.2

Generators:

x1 FL Layer (utility)
x33 U-he "Zebralette 3"

EQ & Saturation:

x3 BPB Saturator
x11 FL Parametric EQ 2
x1 TDR "Nova"
x20 TDR & VoS "Slick EQ"

Dynamics:

x27 AdHd "Leveling Tool"
x1 D16 "Frontier"
x5 FL Balance
x7 FL Stereo Enhancer
x1 TDR "Kotelnikov"
x8 Thomas Mundt "LoudMax"

Delay & Reverb:

x9 FL Delay 3
x2 FL Reeverb 2
x1 VoS "epicVerbmkII"

Master Chain:

TDR "Nova"
Limiter №6

Total:

x34 Generators
x98 Effects
x37 MIDI Patterns
x33 Mixer Tracks
No Audio Clips
x15 Automation Clips

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