Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by Grandmasterbird » Wed Dec 16, 2009 5:53 pm

aqua_tek wrote:is this a free update for previous Zebra 2.x owners?
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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by Android Bishop » Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:05 pm

anything made by u-he is an instant grab. if you dont own zebra you are seriously missing out. shit I'd get it just for zebrify, possibly one of the greatest effect plugins I've ever seen

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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by glitchrock-buddha » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:01 pm

Android Bishop wrote:anything made by u-he is an instant grab. if you dont own zebra you are seriously missing out. shit I'd get it just for zebrify, possibly one of the greatest effect plugins I've ever seen
Zebrify could possibly be the only fx unit you'd need. And it's free with Zebra! 8O
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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by gurumonkey » Wed Dec 16, 2009 9:45 pm

wooo hooo! now i'm excited to see uhbik 1.1 out of beta. soon i hope.

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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by Kodama » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:05 pm

This release is dope, 2x XMF filters, mod map alternate key modulations, etc...

Urs has another release coming out at some point with a special distortion module.

Z2 is my fave 3rd party device ever, it has a very special quality to its sound, it's full featured, low cpu, and easy to program.
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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by glitchrock-buddha » Wed Dec 16, 2009 10:40 pm

Kodama wrote: Z2 is ... low cpu, ...
Not so much anymore with the new XMF filters actually (when playing polyphonically, especially pads). It can really climb high now. However there is an eco mode for the XMF at least.
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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by Tweaking Knobs » Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:18 am

for me has always felt low on the cpu

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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by necho » Thu Dec 17, 2009 10:30 am

ok - been playing with the demo.... I've spent years thinking: "I don't need another big complex synth"... but now I realize how wrong I was. This is a truly amazing synth... pretty much without equal, I'd say! Gonna grab it with my christmas money...
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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by Urs » Thu Dec 17, 2009 11:06 am

Thanks guys!

Yep, it's a pretty major upgrade and free for existing 2.x users. I'll send out a newsletter during the weekend because I also want to have a stable Uhbik 1.1 ready. And then the newsletter can contains ACE 1.0, Zebra 2.5 and Uhbik 1.1 all in one go 8)

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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by Pasha » Thu Dec 17, 2009 1:04 pm

Tarekith wrote:I don't get the Operator comment at all.
Me too. +1
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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by distraub » Mon Dec 21, 2009 4:44 pm

Got my 2.5, loving the new changes, except there now seems to be a bug in it with Zebra EQ and live 8.1... it is really odd, I click on the EQ shelf to change it, but it seems to jump oddly, and change a different shelf, almost like one of those trick programs that avoids your mouse. Is this happening to anyone else?
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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by slow riot » Mon Dec 21, 2009 4:46 pm

distraub wrote:Got my 2.5, loving the new changes, except there now seems to be a bug in it with Zebra EQ and live 8.1... it is really odd, I click on the EQ shelf to change it, but it seems to jump oddly, and change a different shelf, almost like one of those trick programs that avoids your mouse. Is this happening to anyone else?
exact same thing.

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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by Urs » Mon Dec 21, 2009 7:50 pm

distraub wrote:Got my 2.5, loving the new changes, except there now seems to be a bug in it with Zebra EQ and live 8.1... it is really odd, I click on the EQ shelf to change it, but it seems to jump oddly, and change a different shelf, almost like one of those trick programs that avoids your mouse. Is this happening to anyone else?
Yeah, sorry, funny thing is, I havn't changed a thing... will get in touch with Ableton in January to get this sorted quickly.

Question: Is it an AU thing, or does it also affect VST?

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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by glitchrock-buddha » Mon Dec 21, 2009 8:20 pm

distraub wrote:Got my 2.5, loving the new changes, except there now seems to be a bug in it with Zebra EQ and live 8.1... it is really odd, I click on the EQ shelf to change it, but it seems to jump oddly, and change a different shelf, almost like one of those trick programs that avoids your mouse. Is this happening to anyone else?
Ableton has gone something funky going on with VST parameters since Live 8, at least on macs. I'm sure it has something to do with unconfigured plug-ins. As a temporary workaround, if you configure the eq parameters in the Zebra device, they stop from jumping.

There are many plug-ins which have problems jumping, or preset switching being sluggish, until you configure the parameters, and then things are normal. For example minimonsta VST takes minutes to switch a preset in Live 8. If you hit configure and switch a preset, it configures the first 128 parameters, presets change at normal speed. And parameters stop jumping.

Ableton definitely need to be bugged about this.
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Re: Zebra 2.5 is out , go buy it if you dont own it !!!

Post by distraub » Tue Dec 22, 2009 3:43 pm

Urs wrote: Yeah, sorry, funny thing is, I havn't changed a thing... will get in touch with Ableton in January to get this sorted quickly.

Question: Is it an AU thing, or does it also affect VST?
It is a VST on my end... using Windows XP
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