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Intro to Zebra stream

I'm 43 years old and just today I noticed I have a bit of a French accent when speaking English lol

I haven't spoken French daily in like 25 years!

I need to speak English more often.
Nah, you sound just like Ronaldinho. You sound much younger than 43.
 
I'm 43 years old and just today I noticed I have a bit of a French accent when speaking English lol

I haven't spoken French daily in like 25 years!

I need to speak English more often.

I’m pretty good at speaking English!!
 
BTW I have a few other synths I could use a rocket booster intro similar to your Zebra2 intro: Reaktor6,
mSoundFactory,
Falcon2,
Synclavier V.
In case you are considering doing other intros, I'd be keen on attending those-- in a heartbeat. Somehow pdfs don't do it for me compared to a live show-and-tell. :thumbsup:
 
So you'll be using Zebra's filters then? :P
And if he turned on a camera next time, he could even use a comb filter 😁

I most definitely got sidetracked making a nice pad out of the crackle noise & comb filter, by the way. I'll try to polish it up and share it here when I get a chance...
 
BTW I have a few other synths I could use a rocket booster intro similar to your Zebra2 intro: Reaktor6,
mSoundFactory,
Falcon2,
Synclavier V.
In case you are considering doing other intros, I'd be keen on attending those-- in a heartbeat. Somehow pdfs don't do it for me compared to a live show-and-tell. :thumbsup:
I can run a kickstart Falcon session if there's interest.
 
Here's the sound I've made, with a gradual rise and fall of the mod wheel.
View attachment Zebra_NoisePad_Demo.mp3

I have also mapped Aftertouch and the X/Y pads to some simple changes - they are documented. The preset is attached as a .zip - apparently .h2p files are not allowed... For those who haven't installed new presets before: if you open the Zebra preset browser, right click on the "User" folder in the tree on the left and click "Open in explorer", it will take you to the spot that you need to copy this into.

Thanks @Pier for the awesome walkthrough! I will definitely be playing with my own Zebra sounds more from now on.
 

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For those who haven't installed new presets before: if you open the Zebra preset browser, right click on the "User" folder in the tree on the left and click "Open in explorer", it will take you to the spot that you need to copy this into.
It seems to have been doing this automatically for me. I just drag the .h2p file from my Downloads folder onto the Zebra interface (User folder selected, but anywhere works). Then when I look at my Library>Audio>Presets>u-he>Zebra2 folder, the new preset has been saved there. Then I delete from Downloads.
 
It seems to have been doing this automatically for me. I just drag the .h2p file from my Downloads folder onto the Zebra interface (User folder selected, but anywhere works). Then when I look at my Library>Audio>Presets>u-he>Zebra2 folder, the new preset has been saved there. Then I delete from Downloads.
Yet another thing I've learned today! Thanks for the tip 👍
 
Just found another resource for Zebra2.

Prior to Pier's great intro video, I was able to achieve interesting modulations by clicking on Microtuning.
Located at the bottom of Zebra on the Global tab. Once you click on the small box below Microtuning it engages. Next Click on the box just under Microtuning to explore the factory scales (26) == Insta changes to your sound and midi track.

Bonus: After Pier pointed out how to access the User Guide, I looked there and discovered under Microtunings, that Zebra uses .TUN microtuning table files of which "literally thousands of these are available online and most of them are free."

Sure enough this site gives a rich selection (64 scales) for MAC/PC:
(includes regular temperaments, world scales, no octaves and eikosany (20-note scales).

If you are a Reaper user, I treat this resource similar to ZD-Ultimate reascales: while in composer mode you want something beyond major-minor.
 
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I can run a kickstart Falcon session if there's interest.
Well... I did it, I created my first Falcon tutorial for those that were interested.

 
What do you think of this format for explaining a Zebra preset?

Too short? Too long?

 
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