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Howard · Post by **Howard** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:17 pm

Hi gang

Although I'm an absolute beginner with Zebrify, I've been trying to write that final section of the Zebra manual (with a few tips from Urs). I've managed to come up with a first version - get it here:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dibl0napd ... ha.pdf.zip

Please nitpick, tell me what you don't understand, post some personal experiences etc.. I need your input to make more sense of this "beasty"

Thanks!!

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 5:49 pm

Sorry but this is really nitpicky...

KeySource
Determines how Zebrify derives its note data i.e. KeyFol and envelope gate.
MIDI: KeyFol uses inputted MIDI notes - with last note priority, like in Zebra2's effects
section. Note: Envelopes and MSEGs can only be triggered in this mode.

I'd use 'incoming MIDI notes' or 'MIDI note input' rather than 'inputted MIDI notes' which is kind of awkward. I don't think it's wrong (that is I believe inputted is a word) it just seems weird.

The explanation of the pitch/envelope detection looks good, at least it makes sense to me. I felt like I had a pretty good grasp of how the detection sections work but it's nice to know the technical details (like the frequency range of the Essness detector).

Meffy · Post by **Meffy** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:06 pm

Not a user but a stickler for English usage, and I concur. Either of Justin's suggestions would be exactly right.

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:18 pm

why not inpothead MIDI notes then?

Thank you very much for the manual!

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 6:26 pm

mellotronaut wrote:why not inpothead MIDI notes then?

That's how the user manual for justin3am reads.

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Thu Jan 20, 2011 9:24 pm

justin3am wrote:Sorry but this is really nitpicky...

Good! Thanks

pasha811 · Post by **pasha811** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:07 pm

It clarifies a lot of what I discovered by trial & error.
It's really useful even at this stage. Well done Howard.
I became a fan of Zebrify in the last 4 months and the amount of fun
it gave me was simply incredible. More a GR300 than a GR300 I would say
as a proud owner of a VG99! Thanks for the manual!

Urs · Post by **Urs** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 2:53 pm

I still think I have to work a lot on the pitch detection. It seems very easily confused by volume changes. Maybe I should add a compressor in front of it...

justin3am · Post by **justin3am** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:00 pm

And possibly a high pass filter and low pass filter to isolate frequencies, though I guess that's what the hi/lo note controls are doing? When I use my guitar (particularly with an ebow) the pitch detection seems to jump octaves a lot. I figure this is because the signal I'm using is very harmonically rich and Zebrify is just choosing the strongest harmonic.

I know that this isn't a feature request thread but... a stereo side chain input would be very helpful with Zebrify. I can already kinda accomplish this by using the stereo input as two mono inputs but if we had four inputs I'd be in heaven.

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Fri Jan 21, 2011 5:27 pm

Zebrify section now included with today's Zebra User Guide update...

DaddyAdv · Post by **DaddyAdv** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 2:45 pm

Nicely done Howard, I had figured out the Evelope Detection thing before, but the Pitch Detection now is much clearer to me.

Actually Urs, I was quite impressed how well this works.
I quickly build a kind of "auto"-vocoder, with Zebrify detecting the Pitch (Modulator) and playing the oscillators (Carrier) in tune with the incoming singing (and then into Live's own vocoder).
Work quite well !

Gino Cortesi · Post by **Gino Cortesi** » Mon Jan 24, 2011 11:08 pm

Threshold is a slider!

Oh man..... all this time...

Howard, that alone made this whole effort worthwhile

In general this is much needed coverage. Greatly appreciated.

An idea for an example is to drive a VCF with midi to slice up an audio clip (from the bass line or drum track or what have you). It's a lot of fun.

Best regards,

Gino

pasha811 · Post by **pasha811** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 5:53 pm

How could I missed that... Fantastic. Thank you.

opus_diaboli · Post by **opus_diaboli** » Sun Feb 20, 2011 7:03 pm

@Howard:
Sorry for being OT, but didn't you want to make some YouTube videos to unveil some tips and tricks of Zebra sound programming? I know, I'm impatient ...

Howard · Post by **Howard** » Mon Feb 21, 2011 12:13 am

opus_diaboli wrote:@Howard:
Sorry for being OT, but didn't you want to make some YouTube videos to unveil some tips and tricks of Zebra sound programming? I know, I'm impatient ...

Patience, patience.

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KVR Audio

Zebrify manual - please rip to shreds ;-)