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Soundiron makes good quality stuff! Plus you don't need full Kontakt, as they are Player compatible! I would probably grab this one if I was just starting out. I initially discovered Soundiron with their Hyperion Strings Micro, then upgraded to Hyperion Strings Elements. Then added the Hyperion Brass Elements.

Some people appreciate music other than metal guitar or dance music. 🤣

This update (1.5.11) was released a week ago. No new update today, I already had it. Running NA v1.

I also have the free BlueARP which is another arp/sequencer, which appears to have a similar function. It has been around for 10 years. It was included in Unify by PluginGuru as a stock plugin. It's user interface appears more complex to me than CreamCM. BlueARP: https://omg-instruments.com/wp/?page_id=63

Kirnu CreamCM was updated for 2022 and is 64-bit VST2 plugin. The old version is in the old zipfile.

FYI, they were related to the Zebra topic, and may be of interest to Zebra fans seeking info before they purchase it. It is not easy to always stay on topic, but best to not go completely sideways into a new unrelated discussion. Cheers!

https://www.filesilo.co.uk/software/your-free-plugin-all-new-u-he-bazille-cm-zip/ BazilleCM v1.0.1 BazilleCM is a modular synthesizer plug-in by u-he (Heckmann Audio GmbH) featuring a pair of complex FM and PD capable oscillators. It is a functionally reduced ‘magware’ version of u-he BAZILLE made for the UK magazine “Computer Music”… enjoy! Computer Music & Urs Heckmann ---------------------------- Changes in version 1.0.1 - Native support for Apple Silicon (M1) - Minimum SSE4.2 required in Intel/AMD based systems - VST3 support added - Improved preset browser - Pitch Bend range now +/−48 - Ctrl A/B replaces fixed Breath and Expression modulation - Improved envelope triggering from LFO - macOS: 32bit support discontinued - Support for Oddsound MTS-ESP - Improved soundset installation - Preset browser: Added ‘Bank’ smart folders - Various minor fixes and improvements

Good point, but I was basing my statement on recent comments stated by the developer on their forum.

If you already use and like FL, then you can ignore this comment... Otherwise suggest trying the demo first. The only thing I that liked about FL is the piano roll. Everything else just didn't click with me at all. YMMV of course..

I may be mistaken, but I seem to recall that most Cakewalk synths must be installed (via the official Cake installers) on the currently running Windows OS, due to registry dependencies. They are not portable synths that can be run from a file on a spare/portable drive like some plugins are.

Urs has stated that they are unable to estimate a release date for Zebra 3. "Someday" is still where that's at. November 15th is just the cutoff date for an upgrade path from Zebra 2. If you buy Zebra Legacy for $99, you will have to pay full price for Zebra 3 whenever it is released. Zebra 2 is probably the last big gun on my personal wish list, and $99 doesn't sound bad to me for everything included!

Except that the difference now is that it appears that the KV331 developer is finally actually working on SM3. Notice all of the deep sales lately on existing products? Kind of a funny parallel with u-he finally beginning work on a long rumored Zebra 3... plus the upcoming fire sale of Zebra Legacy to fund development...

I've got a Roland JV-1080 rack and a Roland XP-30 keyboard, but it's been years since I hooked them up to Cakewalk. The same Roland architecture still seems to apply with the Fantom XR, single patch mode or multi-timbral performance mode with 16 parts. I usually didn't need elaborate arrangements with bank/preset changes, so I typically used a preset performance multi in the Roland that lined up with my Cakewalk multitrack MIDI template, with an instrument per part. Managing presets from my DAW with instrument definitions always seemed a bit tedious, so it was simpler for me to just select the multi that I wanted from the synth. It was just in the studio, so no pressure of live performance. Having each sound used already loaded and ready on it's own track is the way I work today. Now I just work in the box with virtual synths, without external hardware other than controllers. Soft synths are so much easier to manage, with all plugin states saved in the DAW project. I have forgotten all about the SysEx loads and saves that I used to know. 😉

Still happily running v1.14.1 here...

It keeps getting better...

Just a thought, and it may not apply here... But I believe that Cakewalk defaults to Omni internally for any MIDI track with its channel set to "None". That can be misleading and result in unexpected MIDI data reception when MIDI echo is enabled on a track. Always set an explicit MIDI channel number for each track when you are working multi-timbrally.

Stay tuned for the next Cherry synth launch later this month. Rumor has it that they have cooked up a replicant of the CS80!

Just a quick suggestion regarding the date format used on the price history pages. 5 Nov 2022 is shown in the DD/MM/YYYY format as 05/11/2022, which could be misinterpreted as 11 May 2022 in some regions. Can you please change this to something like YYYY-MM-DD so it reads more clearly as 2022-11-05 for 5 Nov 2022? Great job so far! Thanks!

It's $26.12 right now. I've never seen a price at PiB move around this much before! It's like the NASDAQ market intraday swings, LOL!!! Wait for a good price, then grab it. There's no sitting around for this one to settle!

That's fine, but this should really be in a different thread.

I like the sound of Zebralette, and it comes with some sweet presets. But it's really a very cut down version of Zebra, with basically one oscillator, vs. two on ZebraCM. It's amazing what some folks have done with Zebralette, and it was really Urs' idea of a demonstration of what can be done with just one Zebra oscillator, morphed, blended, and FX'd. Also contains a 32 stage MSEG (multi stage envelope generator) that adds a lot of movement. But I never felt the workflow intuitive enough to use it for more than a preset machine. I find the ZebraCM much more intuitive for sound shaping. No idea about the preset compatibility though...

Or check out OSC #104 featuring u-he Zebralette. https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2017/osc-104-zebralette Feel the power of 1 Zebra oscillator. https://u-he.com/products/zebralette/

I'm struggling with learning to make do with the 200+ synths that I already have... 🙄 I feel nothing but shame whenever I visit the OSC (One Synth Challenge) and listen to the winning songs that were produced using only one synth (with multiple instances) to create all of the sounds used. https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/ Especially this from OSC#159, featuring Surge XT: https://sites.google.com/site/kvrosc/2022/osc-159-surge-xt "This song is made with only one open-source synthesizer called "Surge XT" in the Digital Audio Software "Reaper" with only a few free effects (EQ, Compressor, Limiter)."

I was going to mention that, but figured this was a Zebra thread, so... 🤔 BazilleCM is also a very nice one, and was also updated recently. Definitely worth a shout out! Available from CM305, direct download: https://www.filesilo.co.uk/software/your-free-plugin-all-new-u-he-bazille-cm-zip/ https://u-he.com/products/bazillecm/ https://u-he.com/products/bazillecm/releasenotes.html And to go off-topic from u-he for just a second, there are also a couple of other very good freebie synths in the free CM Suite, such as DuneCM and ThornCM.