Not that I need any more synths, but I've noticed that Zebra2 gets a lot of talk on other, more general, music forums (e.g., KVR, gearslutz), but I don't see it mentioned much on EDM forums. It seems like a pretty powerful and well-supported synth. I don't have a modular soft synth, so I may have to give the demo a go. Anybody here using it? What are its pros/cons? Any issues/bugs? How do you think it compares to something like Reaktor (if you've used it)?

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Are the two really comparable?

Reaktor seems much more extensively modular to me, just judging from the Zebra web page.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles Are the two really comparable?

Good question - I don't own Reaktor either, but yes it does seem on the surface like a deeper synth than Zebra from what little I know of the two.

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I own Reaktor and have used it a pretty good bit. I would call it more a "synth-building environment" rather than just a modular synth. Reaktor itself comes bundled with lots of synths that were built from scratch using Reaktor's own components, and you can modify those synths at a very deep level or build your own.

Zebra does look nice, though, and it also sounds good from the few samples I have heard.

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Originally posted by MrJiveBoJingles I own Reaktor and have used it a pretty good bit. I would call it more a "synth-building environment" rather than just a modular synth. Reaktor itself comes bundled with lots of synths that were built from scratch using Reaktor's own components, and you can modify those synths at a very deep level or build your own.

That makes sense. Thanks for the clarification!

Yeah, the samples for Zebra really do sound impressive. I've got a long holiday weekend with not much going on other than watching college football and a BBQ or two, so I may have to spend some time with the demo!

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the new u-he synth is going to be absolutely amazing

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Originally posted by jupiterone the new u-he synth is going to be absolutely amazing

You mean something other than Zebra? I haven't heard anything about it.

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Originally posted by cryophonik You mean something other than Zebra? I haven't heard anything about it.

I think he is talking about Bazille: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T-hZQ-lxUxM

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Zebra2 user here!
Reaktor 5 rocks also but its a PCU hog!
Zebra2 uses less PCU and it sounds sweet!

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mhm, bazille

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Last edited by jupiterone on Sep-05-2009 at 02:37

I bought Zebra2 on a whim and I haven't really been impressed by it. It has lots of features, but the sound just isn't that great. In that sense, it is somewhat like Z3ta+ - a quantity over quality synth.