Check out my recent article “ 8 Tips for Building Synth Sounds from Scratch” for more on the subject.
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This is a great starting place to create your own sound.
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This defaults to one oscillator, one envelope and one LFO which can be seen in the Synthesis window. You can choose an initial state in the Preset window (last preset on the Local directory). There are eight color-coded labels that can be applied to help you organize your favorite sounds. You can also bypass effects when auditioning a preset which is a great feature. Preset names that end with a “+” indicate the onscreen XY performance controls under the Perform window as connected to the sound.
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Selecting a preset will supply useful information such as a sonic description and control features like the effect of the mod wheel, aftertouch, pitch bend, breath, expression as well as the name of the preset designer. The onboard presets were designed by Howard Scarr and there are others available from the u-he Patch Library or from 3rd party sources such as Simon Stockhausen’s Patchpool site. There are several categories including the 10th Anniversary collection: Bassics, Pianoids, etc. You can now open the waveform editor to a full-screen display for easier editing and MSEG editors can be expanded to a larger window as well.Ī quick tour of the Presets window is demonstrative of the well-conceived instrument design in Zebra 2 and characteristic of other u-he instruments.
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The newest version also adds two wave folder effects (FOLD 1 and 2) and a new reverb (NuRev). Version 2.8 was released at the end of last year and comes with a completely revamped interface that is visually stunning. U-he is a developer well-known for making great sounding soft synths with intuitive control interfaces and low CPU usage - and Zebra 2 is no exception.