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Zebra Legacy is here

November 15, 2022

As of today, current Zebra2 owners can simply download and install Zebra Legacy free of charge. The price for a new license is 99 €.

What is Zebra Legacy?
Zebra2 and ZebraHZ plus all our Zebra soundsets including The Dark Zebra – quite a sizeable collection! The competitive price allows us to continue maintaining Zebra2/ZebraHZ for many years to come, while we focus on Zebra3 development and beyond.

Zebra Legacy is available from our website, replacing all the individual products. Current Zebra2 owners can use Zebra Legacy and all its content free of charge with their existing license, and will also be eligible for a 30 € upgrade to Zebra3 once it arrives. Current owners of The Dark Zebra will be automatically upgraded to Zebra3 free of charge. As Zebra Legacy is such a bargain, we will not be offering a Zebra3 upgrade path from the new 99 € licenses.

Please understand that, although we have made great progress, we cannot quote an ETA for Zebra3 yet!


Kling Klong percussion soundset for Hive 2

November 1, 2022

Kling Klong is a collection of 170+ unorthodox percussion loops and hits offering countless variations via the XY pads. There are four categories:

  • Mono Loops
  • Poly Loops
  • Fantasy Hits
  • Reality Hits

Most "Mono Loops" are arpeggiated sequences, letting you create variations by simply holding down different notes across the keyboard.

The "Poly Loops" make good use of Hive's polyphonic shape sequencer instead of the arpeggiator/sequencer: By stacking notes the user can turn slow loops into complex rhythms or dramatic repeating "flams" – an unusual technique well worth exploring!


Zebra Legacy Day: November 15th, 2022

November 1, 2022

Zebra Legacy is Zebra2 with all our Zebra soundsets for free (including The Dark Zebra), all at the extraordinarily generous price of 99€. This allows us to continue maintaining Zebra2 for many years to come while we focus on Zebra3 development... and beyond.

Zebra Legacy will be available from our web store on November 15th, replacing all the individual products. Zebra2 owners can use Zebra Legacy and all its content free of charge with their existing license, and will be eligible for a 30€ upgrade to Zebra3 once it comes out. Those who already own a license for The Dark Zebra will be automatically upgraded to Zebra3 free of charge.

There's a catch: As Zebra Legacy is such an incredible bargain, we will not be offering an upgrade path to Zebra3 for licenses purchased on or after November 15th.

Potential new Zebra Legacy customers have a choice: Either wait until November 15th and buy Zebra Legacy outright for 99€, or buy Zebra2 now, get all soundsets for free on or after that date – and also maintain an upgrade path to Zebra3. So to make the best of your upgrade options towards Zebra3, we recommend buying Zebra2 before November 15th.

Please understand that, although we have made great progress, we cannot quote an ETA for Zebra3 yet!


Major MFM2 update, Kinesis soundset for Hive

September 6, 2022

Firstly, MFM2 has just taken a giant leap forward: Most obviously, the original "3D disk" UI has been replaced by a much more practical design. Under the hood, we added CLAP as well as native support for Apple Silicon (M1) CPU, macOS Monterey.

Some other notable improvements in version 2.5:

  • New input section with transient control and filter
  • "Granular": pitch shifter, syncable to song tempo
  • "Diffusor": from audio smear to complex reverbs
  • Full preset browser, preferences page, MIDI Learn pages

Secondly, a new soundset for Hive 2: Bryan Lake (a.k.a. Sound Author) has created a 128-patch set focussing on timbral movement: Organic grooves, snappy generative arpeggios, evolving sequences and lush ambient pads. The idea was for the sounds to rhythmically "dance around each other" when layered, avoiding overt repetition. All Kinesis presets have XY pad control, and NKS audio previews are included in the installer.


Zebra2 Legacy announcement

September 6, 2022

After 10 years of speculation about an imminent Zebra3 release, things are starting to inch forward again. In 2012 we announced that the upgrade to Zebra3 would be free for existing owners of Zebra2 plus The Dark Zebra, otherwise $30 USD, and of course we will honour that promise. Please note that we switched our pricing to Euro a few years ago.

The plan is to bundle Zebra2 and The Dark Zebra together instead of selling them as individual products, one of which builds on the other. The switch to ZEBRA LEGACY will occur on a certain cutoff date (yet to be announced). Zebra Legacy will include all our Zebra2 soundsets and will become available at a very attractive price.

Your upgrade options:

  • If you already own a Zebra2 license before the cutoff date, you can simply download and install Zebra Legacy, and you will have an upgrade path to Zebra3 when it arrives.
  • If you also own The Dark Zebra, Zebra3 will be free of charge.

IMPORTANT: There will be no crossgrade option from Zebra Legacy to Zebra3. This means that people who buy Zebra Legacy after the cutoff date will not be eligible for a Zebra3 discount.


Bricks for Repro 1.1.2 released

April 26, 2022

Bricks is a modern, aggressive, lo-fi soundset with enough dusty basses, sombre pads, fractured leads and deep vintage flavours to keep everyone's creative juices flowing.

Most of the 132 'building blocks' in this soundset are unmistakably influenced by recent trends in Underground Hip-Hop and Dark Trap, underscored by the Repro FX section's ability to add plenty of 'wear and tear' to its authentic analogue tones.

Bricks is NKS-ready, including audio previews.


Access Virus A Giveaway (ended)

February 21, 2022

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To kick off the year, we are offering something special to all our newsletter subscribers: A chance to win Urs Heckmann's personal Access Virus A synthesizer!

The lucky winner will be drawn at random from all u-he newsletter subscribers. All you need to do to enter the giveaway is to be an active subscriber to our newsletter by 12:00 noon (CET) on March 14th, 2022. Existing subscribers automatically have a chance to win.

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About the prize:
The Access Virus was one of the very first virtual analogue synthesizers to appear on the market, and it became an instant hit. Urs's particular unit is running the latest firmware (2.8), and our tests showed everything to be working perfectly. An EU power supply, the printed German manual and a dust cover are included, but not the original packaging or any other extras. There are minor signs of use, such as a slight scratch on the bottom and a tiny blemish on one of the wood panels (see the pictures below).

Please note that we do not offer any support or warranty for the unit, and cannot guarantee that it will still be in pristine working condition after shipment.

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