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February 15, 2014
U-He Zebra
This is just a quick look at U-He's Zebra plug-in and a few of the features I like/find interesting. I really enjoy using this instrument in Pro Tools and I highly recommend it. Check out these tutorials from ADSR for some cool ways to use Zebra.
Great post Jordan. I find that it’s always super nice to find good software instruments that play nicely with Pro Tools. I know the ability to ReWire software like Reason is an availability, but something about just being able to throw an insert on an instrument track is very appealing to me. How would you compare this instrument to say for example, Thor in Reason? I see that it has price of around $200 bucks. Would you say that it is worth the price in comparison to other virtual instruments in the same price range? Again, great video… Very informative.
I agree. ReWire, although letting me access the instruments I am more familiar with, can be a pain setting up and occasionally causes latency issues (not to mention more CPU/RAM usage). Its so much nicer just throwing an insert in Pro Tools.
Its hard to compare Thor with Zebra. I am more familiar with Thor and I find it easier to get a representation of the sound in my head to play back on the computer. That being said, Zebra has a more customizable arpeggiation section, a more hands-on approach to custom wavetable synthesis and wave alteration and the multi-stage envelope generator is a more intuitive process of creating amplitude/modulation envelopes. Zebra also offers the X/Y performance controls, which can be set up in Reason through the combinator, although at a much more limited capacity and with a lot more of a headache.
Because I am more familiar with Reason, I would be more likely to use Thor (or the RE Parsec) in order to produce specific sounds, and use Zebra more to experiment. It is a bit pricey but I would highly recommend purchasing Zebra over competitors like synthesizers from Rob Papen or Sugar Bytes. So unless you were planning on purchasing Spectrosonics' Omnisphere, I'd say grab Zebra as your next virtual instrument.
Great post Jordan. I find that it’s always super nice to find good software instruments that play nicely with Pro Tools. I know the ability to ReWire software like Reason is an availability, but something about just being able to throw an insert on an instrument track is very appealing to me. How would you compare this instrument to say for example, Thor in Reason? I see that it has price of around $200 bucks. Would you say that it is worth the price in comparison to other virtual instruments in the same price range? Again, great video… Very informative.
ReplyDeleteI agree. ReWire, although letting me access the instruments I am more familiar with, can be a pain setting up and occasionally causes latency issues (not to mention more CPU/RAM usage). Its so much nicer just throwing an insert in Pro Tools.
ReplyDeleteIts hard to compare Thor with Zebra. I am more familiar with Thor and I find it easier to get a representation of the sound in my head to play back on the computer. That being said, Zebra has a more customizable arpeggiation section, a more hands-on approach to custom wavetable synthesis and wave alteration and the multi-stage envelope generator is a more intuitive process of creating amplitude/modulation envelopes. Zebra also offers the X/Y performance controls, which can be set up in Reason through the combinator, although at a much more limited capacity and with a lot more of a headache.
Because I am more familiar with Reason, I would be more likely to use Thor (or the RE Parsec) in order to produce specific sounds, and use Zebra more to experiment. It is a bit pricey but I would highly recommend purchasing Zebra over competitors like synthesizers from Rob Papen or Sugar Bytes. So unless you were planning on purchasing Spectrosonics' Omnisphere, I'd say grab Zebra as your next virtual instrument.