u-he Zebra Legacy is an amazing deal...

[@CoolStoryStudio]

Can't say enough good things about u-he and their synths. Great company, and truly good people.

[@WarrenPostma]

This really is one of the greatest synths of all time, along with u-he diva.

[@Screaming-Trees]

Zebra is such a monster. Specially the dark Zebra with all those Diva modules. Just crazy. And I mean, the company is the stuff of legends. I'm still getting free stuff for Diva which I bought in 2012 I think. Amazing company. At this price I'd say it's a no brainer. Especially if you can't sleep or don't want to.

[@davidpurple3698]

But amazing the Diva ver 2 isn't out yet...

[@Screaming-Trees]

@@davidpurple3698 Well okay but what is there to add? Diva is already kind of haunting the user with its complexity. Maybe FX? Chorus is a generic chorus they could I guess model a Juno chorus or something like that. And perhaps overhaul the rest of the FX. Other than that...I don't know.

[@davidpurple3698]

@@Screaming-Trees Precise - more intuitive GUI and graphics

[@Screaming-Trees]

@@davidpurple3698 I don't know. It seems pretty straight forward to me. That kind of analogue routing/workflow (From left to right). But that's sort of what I'm used to coming from hardware. Pick your oscillators, filters, envelopes and away you go basically. Can mock up a sounds quickly. This won't suit everyone of course but I'm not sure it would be an impediment as is.

[@Christian-op1ss]

Hi nice demonstration but unfortunately extremely hard to follow since the Zebra window is tiny on your desktop. As a friendly tip, for videos switch the zoom level of the plugin or app you are using. It will allow people on smaller screens or TVs or 1080p displays to see what you are demonstrating.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

True I could not see on My tablet and people on mobile phones no chance.

[@TheValueOfN]

I can vouch for that.

[@buckycore]

Yeah, see: at 8:09 you basically created my most favorite sounding synth patch ever. All in two seconds. This thing rules

[@RAVENJOHN-yo7is]

best sound quality of any soft synth

[@PikeBishop1]

Diva, Dune 3..

[@OscarSlapp]

If you own Zebra 2 and Zebra HZ you get a free update to Zebra 3 when it releases.

[@Zrokool123]

only if you bought zebra 2 before a certain date.

[@Chalisque]

I bought Zebra2 back in 2008, ZebraHZ when it came out, and I'm still waiting for Zebra3, like many. But I love u-he synths, and for me the soundpack collection is a nice freebie.

[@meathead919]

Thank you so much, my Zebra has been collecting dust haven't touched it in years. TIme to get it out again!

[@buckycore]

I can't believe that this synth is 11+ years old. Damn, it does more than most modern Synths...it reminds me KORG's opsix native or wavestate native. They might not have all the fancy pants stuff like Phase plant or Pigments, but you can't replicate their sounds easily

[@breitbanddesign]

Great demonstration! Thanks for that!

[@jarkkojs]

Zebra 2 is quite in sweet spot for doing a modern psytrance bass fluidly: brilliance spectral effect for the higher harmonics, fundamental spectral effect for resolving the usual phase alignment problem and two XMF filters for transparent all-pass filters to do multiband-alike harmonics processing.

[@OdoSendaidokai]

I was very happy when I read about that offer. That synth is a long time on my wishlist. Really great deal! And thanks for this showcase. 🌻

[@JeffyG]

Zebra HZ is amazing! I'm just blown away by this synth and don't know why I haven't used it sooner. 🙂

[@guidorehder6802]

My favorite synth. I use it on Linux and it's awesome. Together with the four free U-HE synths it's a great foundation for different electronic genres.

[@BirdYoumans]

I never paid for a plug because there were just so many, and some quite good, free ones out there, DEXED in particular. But then I just kept seeing so many good things said about Diva that I made the mistake of downloading the demo. Wow. Could not believe it. I quickly paid the fee to get rid of the static in the demo. I was also looking longingly at the Sequental pair, the one and the five since I have a real pro one that I used back in the day as a bass synth since I played keys and bass together for about 10 years in bands. Then Native ran a half price sale on the U-he stuff so I got the Sequental pair (Repro) and Hive. I have loved all of them. Had my eye on Zebra and when it went to half I jumped on it. I am in synth heaven lol! So many patches, so little time. I may never need another synth. The whole U-he thing is just a monster. Oh, did I mention Zebralette and Tyrell from them are free, and that's what really got me interested in their stuff to begin with. And they are both great, especially to be free.

[@elijahkems602]

love the content, what's name of the track playing in the background 1:41?

[@bubblemilesmusic8734]

Thanks for the hint dude. Been waiting for a discount on it. Did not expect it to drop that much + all the extra stuff.

[@rayderrich]

Great sounds, and the user interface still looks pretty good. Thanks for showing us.

[@GMan269]

I guess in the software synth world Zebra 2 is a senior citizen. However, it is very powerful, wildly versatile, relevant, timeless and therefore, classic. It finds its way into a lot of my work. It's like a Swiss Army knife.

[@sokoleski]

Exxelent... Zebra IS a legend in the synthworld! I'm glad you mentioned ZEBRIFY, which is a monster FX unit , with pitch follow, env follow and what not, to process external sound.....pure magic box there 💚

[@ohheyitskevinc]

As someone who has used Omnisphere for.. ever, I was always hesitant thinking I already had enough, but Zebra 2 and HZ were always something I looked at. Picked this up for $99 the other day, and.. wow.. Only wish is that they’d have made the whole Legacy package NKS since I run it in Komplete Kontrol, but thankfully the soundbanks are easy to find in the browser.

[@mabian69]

I think they are still working on presets tagging and nks. Stay tuned for the next months....

[@BorisBarroso]

Thanks for sharing 🙏, I recently purchased this one and Zebra is really powerful, You said it has some of the filters from Diva which is Nice to know.

[@substance90]

Perfect timing. Just got Zebra Legacy and feeling kind of overwhelmed by the UI. I can certainly see where PhasePlant got its insporation though 👍

[@ggeessttaalltt]

@@michaelalexson8359 it’s good! I personally feel that zebra 2 has a bit more character but phaseplant is arguably more flexible and has a better ui. Very similar concept though!

[@meldmagic]

🧙🏻‍♂ I purchased a second-hand license of Zebra in 2012. I _still_ don't understand the gui. I just surf presets whilst a MIDI sequence is running & go from there.

[@3RTAK]

Excelente explicación y desarrollo 👌, gracias

[@oldGnRrocks1]

is it worth buying zebra legacy right now? or better off waiting for zebra3?

[@pierbover]

Great introduction! I think you missed that the Diva filters are in mono though :)

[@MarulaMusic]

Didn't think to mention it... they're pulled directly from Diva which is mono too except Diva you have you per voice tuning, modulation and unison post filter for stereo sounding stuff.

[@mabian69]

Does this mean that an oscillator with stereo unison is converted to mono sound when passed through a diva filter in TDZ?

[@pierbover]

@@mabian69 yes. The solution is to split a signal with the MIX module to two channels and then use two Diva filters but it's a bit tedious.

[@cosinussangoma4983]

i love your Tie-Fighter in the background Nate haha

[@PCG2022]

How are you listening to the sounds without it coming through the mic? 🤔. Great video. Next one on my list to get. 👍

[@MarulaMusic]

Bitwig audio is routed from my Maschine directly to a second channel in OBS and encoded seperately in the mkv file. Using a cardiod mic pattern too so pickup from the speakers is minimal.

[@OWL.]

This is a great deal but for me little too late. I have too many synths. Btw. are You aware of the free Virus C emulator "dsp56300" which works as vst and uses Virus C ROMs? It's basically a hardware Virus in software form, even all soundbanks from hardware synth work.

[@MarulaMusic]

I've got rid of so many synths recently too, won't ever ditch Zebra though. I do know about emulator, can't be bothered with the bugs at the moment though. I was never all that obsessed with the virus... keen to see if they bring out a Waldorf XTK Rom though. It was my first hardware synth and would love a clone of it for sentimental reasons.

[@HOLLASOUNDS]

Good demonstration.

[@dottedrhino]

Will it work with FL Studio?

[@BappinProductions]

yes

[@Maradnus]

I remember having to stop ising the zebra as it crashed so much. So i had to use it in a different arrange & boune it out. I love many many projects because of it. But it was a good one! Im sure its a lot better now, i was talking from 2008/2010 ish time

[@MarcoPolux]

Hey! thanks so much for this video, I didn't know the SoundSets were free now for owners, I just downloaded them all and install them 👍 👍 Zebra is the most complete amazing Soft Synth there is, even today and even that it doesn't have yet Granular..... still one of the top 5. Can't wait for Zebra3

[@schneider-martin]

yes, sounds good! fresh ideas in a legacy format.

[@markyazzigreen8082]

Nate.....opens synth, 10 mouse clicks later pure gold is beaming outta speakers. Me....opens synth, 10 mouse clicks later sounds like 80's casio.

[@csabagodor9445]

the good old Adam Szabo trance synth programming course (trance music mastery one from the prev decade) is still accessibl on 'Bravo Prime' channel, Zebra zero to hero

[@markyazzigreen8082]

@@csabagodor9445 nice suggestion 🤙🏻 lots to digest there

[@ouhyjevha]

Im thinking should i buy this now or wait for zebra 3??

[@MarulaMusic]

It's worth it now just for the presets.

[@hayward85]

Got it today!

[@ouchieouchie8130]

@Nate, hey Bitwig 5 Beta eh? You haven't made a vid in a while, hopefully you're just busy and all is well on your end for you and yours!

[@MarulaMusic]

Took a bit of a break from making videos due to time constraints at the moment... too much other stuff going on. Will hopefully be back soon. I have some Bitwig content coming for Sonic Academy as well.

[@crhkrebs]

I know it’s a little late but I noticed this on the U-he site, “As Zebra Legacy is such a bargain, we will not be offering a Zebra3 upgrade path from the new 99 € licenses.” Has this changed in the year you made this video? Looks like the 30 Euro upgrade is only for Zebra 2 owners.

[@carldubcats]

nice, not everything in this world is black and white but when it is, it is.

[@digitalsketchguy7844]

You could make a lot of hits with this one VST.

[@KlemenKotar]

How many soundsets are there? How many presets each? This might be worth it just for the presets.

[@MarulaMusic]

Around 3800... The full list is on their site. Every bundle you can buy from u-he is included.

[@KlemenKotar]

@@MarulaMusic Thanks. Found them under Soundsets, strangely enough :) I was expecting them under Zebra Legacy before.

[@jackstheraptor2791]

I'm a bit worried that the channel hasn't been updated in 8 months. I hope everything is okay and Nate is fine.

[@MarulaMusic]

All good, just overwhelmed with work really... been involved with app development for something we're hoping to release by the end of the year, plus trying to balance work for clients, my own music, sonic academy... just been a crazy year!

[@jackstheraptor2791]

Wonderful news! Keep up the brilliant work!@@MarulaMusic

[@Emmanuel_Tuts-Schiemsky]

Yes this is crazy offer and you don't hear nearly nothing about this..........good that you makes this video.......zebra sound fantastic.......

[@The_Rock_That_Floats]

I currently don’t own anything from U-He.. should I hop on Legacy or should I buy Zebra2 + Dark Zebra while waiting for Zebra3? (This should give me Zebra3 free of charge)

[@aneri72]

Zebra2 and Dark Zebra are discontinued as separate products. Zebra Legacy is the replacement, but there is no direct upgrade path to Zebra 3 from Zebra Legacy.

[@The_Rock_That_Floats]

@@aneri72 oh.. Well then, not that complicated after all. But thanks! Last time I checked you could buy them separately, not too long ago

[@Chalisque]

@@The_Rock_That_Floats Before the 15th Nov. They made that clear. At $100, Zebra Legacy is a bargain worth grabbing. Everything u-he is high quality.

[@The_Rock_That_Floats]

@@Chalisque I’ve only heard good things about it, so I’ll be grabbing Legacy.. at this point there’s no ETA for Zebra3 so I’ll probably be too impatient either way lol. I also don’t think u-he will overprice it either

[@humansrants1694]

@@The_Rock_That_Floats Used in a lot of Hans Zimmer movies Dark Zebra was custom made to do the sound for Batman Begins and The Dark Knight and includes all the presets used in those movies. Some were used for Bladerunner 2049.

[@sea-saw2654]

Dark zebra.? Is that not a horse.? 🫤

[@Zforms_music]

Good deal. I still love my Halion 6 :D

[@ArtEntity]

i kinda want it kinda don’t... For a plugin called “Zebra” i wish they hired me for the UI... it just looks scary and idk about the sounds

[@josephthorne3061]

You have ZERO to worry about. Zebra is truly the desert island synth.

[@ArtEntity]

@@josephthorne3061 okay now i wanna try it

[@GMan269]

The GUI is just another way to look at basic subtractive synthesis. Pull your blocks together that you want and view their connections in the middle. I'm not a wiz, but I dig this piece a lot, and for a long time! It doesn't get old.

[@josephthorne3061]

@@GMan269 100% and the sound capabilities are second to none.

[@jptaylor]

If you were doing a blind test with the Moog One vs Zebra2, I imagine most would not be able to tell the difference sonically.

[@UNLISTEDWEB]

I like u-he products. But i dont see a point to buy legacy now. The company is being stupid not to give some discount from Zebra Legacy to Zebra 3. Ill buy some other synths meanwhile skipping on Zebra completely.

[@MarulaMusic]

Its 99€ for Legacy including all the soundsets... around 3800+ commercial presets. I'm not sure what more of a discount you can expect for that price.

[@UNLISTEDWEB]

@@MarulaMusic Yea, i never pay for presets. I pay for the engine. The synthesizer itself. And like i said, the company is being stupid no to offer at least some discount.

[@MarulaMusic]

@@UNLISTEDWEB Zebra ued to cost 179€ though... 99 is discounted already plus you get Dark Zebra and the presets. I'm not seeing the issue here.

[@halion9]

No upgrade path to zebra 3. Shame about that.

[@mudi2000a]

You could have bought Zebra 2 before today. Then you would get Zebra Legacy AND an upgrade path.

[@MarulaMusic]

I'm not sure about no upgrade path... but definitely not the 30 euro if you already owned zebra. It's still worth the purchase price just for the presets alone though.

[@mudi2000a]

@@MarulaMusic so that is what u-he themselves are saying that there will not be an upgrade path. As I have other products from them I got all this through their newsletter but it should also be on their web page.

[@henrikfisch]

No problem for me. "Zebra Legacy" is already a steal. So if "Zebra 3" comes out somewhere in the future ... they get my money too.

[@Chalisque]

I paid $200 for Zebra, another $100 for Dark Zebra. Now you can get all that including the soundset collection for $99. That's why there's no upgrade path. (Though I do get the soundset collection for free.)

[@maxisingleone]

Im playing regular Zebra2 presets on the Zebra Hz version... it is normal?? All the soundsets are on the Zebra Hz presets browser... Is full compatible?? Great video, any time you hear this synth you want to play it...!! 🎹🎛🔊🎶🛸😘😘😘

[@Chalisque]

Anything Zebra2 can do, ZebraHZ can do, identically. ZebraHZ has a slightly tweaked UI, and some extra modules. If you do things in ZebraHZ like use the Diva filters, then Zebra2 can't do that. Also the presets are just stored as files in the data directory, so you can copy them across from Zebra2 to ZebraHZ via the file manager. If, according my brief test, you copy a ZebraHZ patch that uses a Diva filter, for example, into the Zebra2 preset folder, all that happens is that the Diva filter is replaced by an empty module slot, and everything else is the same. It's nice they do this rather than give an error message, as other software often has a habit of doing. Fail gracefully.

[@maxisingleone]

@@Chalisque thanks so much!! Im so happy because i want to play all the Pads from Joseph Hollo and try the diferent Diva filters...! 👍🏽🎹🎶☺️

[@jptaylor]

Too much talking. Ugh.