u-he Zebra 3 Is Finally Here!

The OG Zebra was released in 2003, it was quickly adopted by heavyweight users and became a tool of choice for composers and producers including Hans Zimmer, where it was used on the Dark Knight soundtrack. Zebra 2 was in 2018 and now we have Zebra 3. (We have a video coming - stay tuned)

Several years in the making, its one of the most anticipated software releases in some time. We've had a few insights from developer Urs Heckmann regarding the new spline based editing workflow for oscillators and multi-segment envelope generators, but that's only some of it. 

The level of detail and power in the generators, modulators and FX is eye opening and for those looking for a deep synthesis tool, you wont be disappointed. But also, the UI and UX is designed so that even with all that depth, most features are esy to access. An impressive feat.

Zebra 3 is  available now priced at 249 Euros with owners of the original Zebra 2 paying 30 Euros, if you own Zebra 2 and The Dark Zebra, its free. Owners of Zebra legacy  (after November 2022) will need to pay the full price as this was heavily discounted.

• Windows (64-bit): CLAP, VST3, AAX
• macOS (64-bit): CLAP, AUv2, VST3, AAX
• Linux (64-bit): CLAP, VST3

Features Detail:

• Adaptive interface: Modules only appear when added to the patch, organised via drag and drop
• Over 1,200 factory presets
• Unified spline editor for oscillator waveforms and MSEG curves with geometric morphing
• Two oscillator engines: Wavetable (up to 16× unison) or additive (up to 1024 partials, can be inharmonic)
• 20 oscillator effects including spectral decay, sync, phase remapping and more
• Filters with 13 models, both classic and original (Ladder, Cascade, SVF etc) each offering up to 12 responses (e.g. LP, HP, BP with 6/12/18/24 dB/Oct)
• FM oscillators with 2 operators plus an audio input as a third operator
• Modal resonators and comb filters with detailed control over feedback and damping for physical modelling synthesis
• Noise and Exciter modules for realistic transient and physical modelling sources
• Vector & Scan mixers: Blend 4 sources with XY pad (loopable) or scan through them sequentially
• Pitch, gate and trigger signals as first-class modulation -- modular-style routing freedom
• Mod Math modules for combining and transforming modulation signals
• Mappers that act as step sequencers or as freely drawable transfer curves for other modulators
• Ring modulators, distortions, wavefolders, equalizers (as global effects and per voice)
• Delays, multitap delay, reverbs, compressors etc. in global FX grid with per voice send amounts
• Available as CLAP, VST3, AU and AAX on macOS, Windows and Linux
• Support for MPE, microtuning, MTS-ESP (realtime tuning)

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