Zebra Legacy 2.9.4 Update Released – CLAP, AAX, Key Control

[tasmaniandevil]

Hi everyone,

the Zebra Legacy 2.9.4 update is now available.

With this update, Zebra Legacy gains CLAP support and native Silicon AAX support for Pro Tools. It also includes our experimental Key Control feature, as well as many bug fixes and improvements.

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As usual, the update is free for existing license holders. Just download it from the product page and install over the old version.

https://u-he.com/products

Cheers,
the u-he crew

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Improvements

* Supports the latest macOS versions (Sonoma/Sequoia)
* Support for CLAP
* Native Apple silicon support for Pro Tools (AAX)
* VST3 SDK updated to 3.7.8
* Key control (experimental feature)
* Improved GUI performance
* Improved dialog handling
* Added 50% & 60% GUI scaling options
* VST2 > VST3 migration support for hosts using the IPluginCompatibility interface
* Linux install-script improvements
* Linux version now supports MTS-ESP microtuning
* Browser: added option to show/hide folders
* Browser: saving search results now supports drag & drop
* Browser: save dialog description and usage fields now scroll while entering text
* Browser: drag & drop folders onto smart folders to assign tags
* Improved parameter automation in Pro Tools
* Improved latency compensation during MIDI event scheduling
* Registration dialog automatically purges unsupported characters
* Windows installer comes with an uninstaller
* Windows installer remembers last used options
* Windows installer blocks installation to ProgramData location
* Twitter link replaced with Mastodon in u-he menu

Fixes

* Fixed: ARM version of Digital noise type was tuned slightly differently than intel version (Mac only)
* Fixed: VST2 was sorted as effect plugin in Reaper on Linux
* Fixed: VST3 producing stuck notes in Digital Performer
* Fixed: VST3 crashes in Digital Performer related to plugin GUI
* Fixed: VST3 synth plugins falsely reported inputs to host
* Fixed: dialogs could appear behind plugin GUI in Cubase (Windows only)
* Fixed: it was possible to open the same dialog window twice; this could lead to a crash
* Fixed: Windows UI scaling was messing with dialog positioning
* Fixed: using CMD+A in dialogs made the GUI disappear in Logic
* Fixed: aborted preset save operation could lead to wrong metadata being displayed in the inspector
* Fixed: using the "duplicate" option in the browser could crash if permissions were missing
* Fixed: glide time was dependent on audio buffer size
* Fixed: Renoise no longer needs the "enable keyboard" option for menus to work
* Fixed: plugin focus no longer needed for dropdown menus to work (Mac only)
* Fixed: problem when loading the init preset immediately after loading the plugin (Mac only)
* Fixed: plugin stayed mono when using the "Mono > Stereo" option in Logic under native silicon
* Fixed: GUI glitch when switching to smaller GUI size (Pro Tools only)
* Fixed: problem when automating parameters with identical names (Pro Tools only)
* Fixed: preset search input field did not receive mouse input (Pro Tools only)
* Fixed: VST3 produced stuck notes when using the computer keyboard to play notes in FL Studio on Mac
* Fixed: scroll wheel not working on second display under some conditions (Windows only)
* Fixed: installer now scaled correctly on high-resolution displays (Windows only)
* Fixed: preset overwrite dialog was not showing up (Linux only)
* Fixed: default author was set to preset name in presets (Linux only)
* Fixed: auto-versioning feature wasn't working (Linux only)
* Fixed: right-click preset selection frame wasn't disappearing (Linux only)
* Fixed: input field was empty when editing preset search result (Linux only)
* Fixed: double-click on menus could lead to crash (Linux only)
* Fixed: dialogs always opened at the left edge of the screen (Linux only)
* Fixed: dialogs could be opened multiple times (Linux only)
* Even more small fixes and improvements

Special Notes

* This is the last version that includes VST2 support on Mac, Windows and Linux.
* This is the last version including 32-bit support on Windows.
* AAX and CLAP versions are 64-bit only.

[zvenx]

Thanks.
rsp

[ralfrobert]

@u-he: Have any of the soundbanks changed? The timestamps are quite recent, and I would like to know if I should re-install them or if that's unnecessary.

[Viktor [TUC]]

Hi Ralf,

it's not super necessary, same presets, same preset names, same folder structure.
For those with more recent timestamps, some of the XY assignments have been reworked and improved.

Viktor
u-he team

[GruvSyco]

Thanks, you guys are f'n killing it.

[MrJubbly]

Special Notes

* This is the last version that includes VST2 support on Mac, Windows and Linux.
* This is the last version including 32-bit support on Windows.
* AAX and CLAP versions are 64-bit only.

Question:

As this is the last version of the installer to include the VST2 formats of these plugins...

What will occur when any users (whose DAWs don't support IPluginCompatibility) attempt to install the NEXT version of these plugins, which by then will no longer include the VST2 formats?

Will that future installer uninstall any existing VST2 versions from our devices prior to installing the next update? Or will it leave them intact?

I'm asking as I have many older projects which used the VST2 versions of these plugins and as of yet, my DAW FL Studio does not yet support the IPluginCompatibility method of automatic VST2 to VST3 migration.

[seafire]

Installers should never delete anything, only overwrite to update.

[MrJubbly]

Installers should never delete anything, only overwrite to update.

I think the new u-he installers do first uninstall the previous version, before installing the update though, don't they?

[Urs]

I hope you are aware that discontinuing VST2 was not a decision we made - it was made for us. There's a good chance that we are the only ones who take licensing contracts very seriously. Our lawyer double checked with Steinberg's and the conclusion is that supporting VST3 means an obligation to discontinue VST2. It's an uncomfortable fact that concerns all plug-in and host developers. It's painful for us, and painful for all users. It's less painful for users of DAWs and hosts which face the reality by implementing iPluginCompatibility. It works very well wherever hosts support it. Please let your host developers know that iPluginCompatibility is the way forward - for VST. In future hopefully relevant policies are thought out better and more responsibly.

[EvilDragon]

Yeah, I did, multiple times, but Cockos don't seem to want to do it (I've been baying about this since 2022 when they attempted some migration, but apparently it was not IPluginCompatibility...)

(And worse still, it'd probably take them like an hour to do it because they are 10x programmers )

[MrJubbly]

To be clear, I exclusively use CLAP formats of u-he plugins for all my current/new projects.

However, I still require VST2 formats for opening many old projects, which used those instead.

I have no objections to this current update being the last version to include VST2 formats in the installer.

I only wish for any subsequent updates not to uninstall the already installed VST2 format of this current release from my device.

Otherwise, it would not be productive for me to install those future updates.

[Alexander_D]

Thanks for this sweet update! One of my favourite synth for sure!

[Inger Wrongwriter]

Please let your host developers know that iPluginCompatibility is the way forward - for VST. In future hopefully relevant policies are thought out better and more responsibly.

What on earth is "iPluginCompatibility"? (Neither Google nor KVR Search have been friendly to me... )

[BobDog]

@u-he: Have any of the soundbanks changed? The timestamps are quite recent, and I would like to know if I should re-install them or if that's unnecessary.

I just reinstalled them as the dates had changed, it cleverly creates a backup folder with the old ones in. I just deleted them.

[martinjuenke]

The new update gives me this warning in Logic Pro 11.01 on MacMini M1 Sonoma:

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