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1. Creall Distorganics Future Bow Future Bows Gallayoscopic Kantoxica Mellow Smoothey Moorloch Shores Morning Fire Mortima Some Kind Of Soloist Stringophone Wolf Moon Pads Arcadia Ascendence Back Of The Hall Pads continued Backtide Crypto Subspace Empty Bed Julie s Best Friend Junar Surface Just A Nice Pad Just A Nice Synth Mahogany Modular Life Morphasine Palmer Phatness Polly Propa Slow Pad Rich Tea Simon Sub Ether The Imp Synthpad 1 The Imp Synthpad 2 To The Infinte Gate And Beyond To The Infinte Pad Treacle Under The Ice Wilde Plucked amp Struck A Quiet Moment Changing Times China Drums Electrosnare Hellsbells Kitar Lounge Layabout Port Authority Smetals Tabernacle Tampoonerie Whurllet Rhythmic amp Arpeggiated Black Helicopters Buttmuncher Dancing Prophets Dinks Filtrater Flitting Betsy Freytag Kosmeyer Mmm Pegs Nectarine Dreams Nectarine Nightmares Octaver Pley Sum Kords Put On Your Synthy Hats Razorshine Super Spade Arp 1 Super Spade Arp 2 Super Spade Arp 3 SyncSaw Arp 1 SyncSaw Arp 2 The Power of One Twenty Minutes Into The Past Vangelis on Smack Vorteks Wavesyncer Wavewarpeggiator Welease Bwian Westbound White Lines amp Cats Eyes Xpanders In Flight ZE 3iRde transmission m A2 XY Patch List XY A Quiet Moment 1 XY A Quiet Moment 2 XY Acid Burns 1 XY Aftermonics 1 XY Aftermonics 2 XY Arcadia 1 XY Arcadia 2 XY
2. Copy the MSEG templates to Zebra s MSEG folder Copy the Oscillator templates to Zebra s Oscillator folder Copy the two skin folders to Zebra s data directory if you want to install the skin zebra2 transmission user manual page 3 Installing the patches Copy the Transmission folder from Transmission Patches to C Program Files u he Presets Zebra2 If you want to use the versions of the patches without reverb and delay effects copy the Transmission NoFX folder instead Restart Zebra if it is running and the Transmission folder and all sub folders of patches and patch templates will now show up in your Zebra patch browser Installing the templates The oscillator and MSEG templates go to a different place to be seen by Zebra Go into the Transmission Templates MSEG Templates select all the h2p files and copy them all to C Program Files u he Zebra2 Modules MSEG Then go into the Transmission Templates Oscillator Templates select all the h2p files and copy them to C Program Files u he Zebra2 Modules Oscillator Note Don t copy the whole oscillator or MSEG templates folder itself into these paths as they won t show up Zebra will only see template files in the root of the template directories You need to copy all the template files inside their folders into the template paths above Installing the skin Quit Zebra if it is running and copy the Images and Scripts folders
3. Gater 05 ZE 3iRde transmission m Here s one of the gater envelopes the misc ones all have varying rhythms and are not constantly 8th or 16th notes like the regular rhythmic ones are These are worth exploring and by using different MSEG templates together you can get all kinds of cross rhythms going on Don t forget that all these envelopes can be routed to any modulatable parameter or parameters in Zebra for all kinds of rhythmic wacky fun R Misc Polley Writham 02 Here we have an envelope that s poly rhythimc it loops on odd note boundaries so each time it cycles you get a cross rhythm R Misc Releaser 02 Here s a straightforward envelope that loops while you hold a key but as soon as you let go the envelope does a long fade These kinds of envelopes can make interesting and odd things happen when you let go of the note There s just a sampling so do have a nose through them and assign them to interesting parameters the multistage envelopes are lots of fun zebra2 transmission user manual page 37 ZE 3Rde transmission m Appendices Complete listings of all the included transmission content A1 Patch Listing A2 Variation Patch Listing A3 Patch Template Listing A4 Oscillator Template Listing A5 MSEG Template Listing zebra2 transmission user manual page 38 ZE 3Rde transmission m A1 Patch Listings Ambiences FX and Soundscapes Acid Burns Barren Worlds Battersea Starli
4. Osc Tremelo Dual LFO3 Oscillator Waveforms GeoBlend Waves GeoBlend 01 Waves GeoBlend 02 Waves GeoBlend Multicycle 01 Waves GeoBlend Multicycle 02 Waves GeoBlend Multicycle 03 Oscillator Waveforms GeoMorph Waves GeoMorph Classic 01 Waves GeoMorph Classic 02 Waves GeoMorph Morph 01 Waves GeoMorph Morph 02 Waves GeoMorph Morph 03 Waves GeoMorph Morph 04 Waves GeoMorph Morph 05 Oscillator Waveforms SpectroBlend Waves SpectroBlend 01 Waves SpectroBlend Morph 01 Waves SpectroBlend Morph 02 Waves SpectroBlend Morph 03 Waves SpectroBlend Morph 04 Oscillator Waveforms Generated or resynthesised Waves Synth AM Waves Synth GI Drive Waves Synth GI Nodrive Waves Synth GI2 Waves Synth GMO Waves Synth KM Waves Synth KP Waves Synth LE Waves Synth LE2 Waves Synth LS Waves Synth LX 01 Waves Synth LX 02 Waves Synth NP Waves Synth RV ZEBRA e transmission m A5 MSEG Template Listings F Misc Motion 01 R Fall 8ths 4 TriU R Flat 8ths 4 TriD R Misc Off Repeats R Rise 16ths 4 TriU F Misc Motion 02 R Fall 8ths 8 ExpD R Flat 8ths 4 TriU R Misc Oizy R Rise 16ths 8 ExpD F Misc Motion 03 R Fall 8ths 8 ExpU R Flat 8ths 8 ExpD R Misc On The Fourth R Rise 16ths 8 ExpU F Misc Motion 04 R Fall 8ths 8 SawD R Flat 8ths 8 ExpU R Misc Polley Writham 01 R Rise 16ths 8 SawD F Misc Motion 05 R Fall 8ths 8 SawU R Flat 8ths 8 SawD R Misc Polley Writham 02 R Rise 16ths 8 SawU F Misc Rollercoa
5. ZE 3Rde transmission m Transmission Content Overview Patches 160 brand new patches from the simple to the complex covering pads leads basses synth sounds ambiences and arpeggiated or rhythmic patches All have full MIDI con troller support programmed in including the modulation wheel velocity aftertouch and all have full XY support giving you hands on control over multiple sound shaping and performance parameters without you having to have any programming knowledge whatsoever Variation Patches As a bonus we ve included a whole bank of over 400 patches which are simply tweaked versions of the main patches but saved with different XY settings these can change the sound of a patch in sometimes radical ways and Zebra makes it easy to save your own customised tweaks as well Patch Templates Often starting to program sounds your own sounds on a semi modular synth such as Zebra can involve quite some work as you have to wire in the modules you want and decide how to connect them Instead of starting from scratch the patch templates sec tion includes a whole range of patches designed to help you in programming your own patches by offering templates with varying configurations from a simple 1 oscillator configuration into 4 quad oscillator VA machines stereo physical modelling synths FM synths and lots of combinations in between All templates come with full XY mappings FX and other useful controller modulations al
6. for the classic modwheel oscillator sync bend effect Osc PWM LFOG1 Osc PWM Dual LFOG1 These two presets have the oscillator set up in a classic PWM configuration with LFOG1 controlling the PWM speed Osc Simple EnvSync Synth ENV1 Osc Simple EnvSync Synth Dual ENV1 These two have ENV1 routed to the sync tune parameter so the amplitude envelope is also controlling the sync effect zebra2 transmission user manual page 34 Osc Simple PWM Synth ENV1 Osc Simple PWM Synth Dual ENV1 A complete synth on one oscillator ENV1 usually the amplitude envelope is also routed to a Filter oscillator effect so you get envelope controlled filtering without requiring a separate filter module In addition LFO1 is routed to the phase control for pulse width effects on any waveform Osc Super Quad 1 Osc Super Quad 2 Osc Super Quad 3 Osc Super Quad 4 These are all variations of a classic trance VA style oscillator all in quad mode with varia tions of waveforms and sync effects Osc Sweep Wavetable LFO4 Osc Sweep Wavetable Dual LFO4 These two templates have LFO4 routed to the wavemod parameter for sweeping wavet able type effects and the oscillator morphs between waveforms under LFO control Osc Tremelo LFO3 Osc Tremelo Dual LFO3 Similar to the autopan templates this time with LFO3 routed to volume for tremelo modulated volume effects On to the Waves templates in the next page ZE 3Rde t
7. 1 XY The Power of One 2 XY The Power of One 3 XY The Sentinel 1 XY The Sentinel 2 XY ThipSaw 1 XY ThipSaw 2 XY ThipSaw 3 XY To The Infinte Gate And Beyond 1 XY To The Infinte Gate And Beyond 2 XY To The Infinte Gate And Beyond 3 XY To The Infinte Gate And Beyond 4 XY To The Infinte Pad 1 XY To The Infinte Pad 2 XY To The Infinte Pad 3 XY Transizta 1 XY Transizta 2 XY Treacle 1 XY Treacle 2 XY Treacle 3 XY Twenty Minutes Into The Past 1 XY Twenty Minutes Into The Past 2 XY Twenty Minutes Into The Past 3 XY Twenty Minutes Into The Past 4 XY Under The Ice 1 XY Under The Ice 2 XY Under The Ice 3 XY VA Indigo Plucks 1 XY VA Indigo Plucks 2 XY Vangelis on Smack 1 XY Vangelis on Smack 2 XY Vintage Dreams 1 XY Vintage Dreams 2 XY Vorteks 1 XY Vorteks 2 XY Wavesyncer 1 XY Wavesyncer 2 XY Wavewarpeggiator 1 XY Wavewarpeggiator 2 XY Wavewarpeggiator 3 XY Welease Bwian 1 XY Welease Bwian 2 XY Welease Bwian 3 XY Westbound 1 XY Westbound 2 XY White Lines amp Cats Eyes 1 XY White Lines amp Cats Eyes 2 XY Whurllet 1 XY Whurllet 2 XY Wilde 1 XY Wilde 2 XY Willow 1 XY Wolf Moon 1 XY XV Pulse PWM 1 1 XY XV Pulse PWM 1 2 XY XV Pulse PWM 1 3 XY XV Pulse PWM 2 Thick 1 XY XV Pulse PWM 2 Thick 2 XY XV Pulse PWM 2 Thick 3 XY Xpanders In Flight 1 XY Xpanders In Flight 2 XY Xpanders In Flight 3 XY Xtra Funk Machine 1 XY Xtra Funk Machine 2 XY Xtra Funk Machine 3 XY Xtra Funk Machine 4 XY Ze
8. 3 filter Layer Wavemod Filter Oscillators Envelopes Filter Wavemod Envelopes Effects X Cutoff X Amp env X Cutoff X Wavemod 1 Speed X Amp env Y Resonance Y Filter env Y Resonance Y Wavemod 2 Speed Y Filter env The same as the previous template this time using the regular filter A three layer architecture with wavemod functionality for thick moving patches Don t forget to explore the many filter modes for different timbres 3 osc gt 3 filter Layer Chain 4 osc gt 1 filter Filter Oscillators Envelopes Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects j f i PN a l ji X Cutoff X Amp env X Cutoff X Amp env Y Resonance Y Filter env Y Resonance Y Filter env Here we have a parallel osc filter times three architecture with chaining emplyedto add All four regular oscillators feeding into a filter extra power as each oscillator also gets passed onto the next column in the grid zebra2 transmission user manual page 29 ZE 3iRde transmission m 4 osc gt 4 filter Layer Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects X Cutoff X Amp env Y Resonance Y Filter env A 4 way parallel architecture Parallel architecutes use more DSP but are the key to get ting really big patches especially if you tweak the filters and waveforms to combine ina pleasing way 4 osc gt 4 filter Layer Chain Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects X Cutoff X Oscl Wave
9. Drips 2 XY Ice Drips 3 XY Joop Hit Her Eight 1 XY Joop Hit Her Eight 2 XY Julie s Best Friend 1 XY Julie s Best Friend 2 XY Julie s Best Friend 3 XY Junar Surface 1 XY Junar Surface 2 XY Junar Surface 3 XY Junar Surface 4 XY Juno Refraktor 1 XY Juno Refraktor 2 XY Just A Nice Pad 1 XY Just A Nice Pad 2 XY Just A Nice Pad 3 XY Just A Nice Synth 1 XY Just A Nice Synth 2 XY Just A Nice Synth 3 XY Kantoxica 1 XY Kantoxica 2 XY Kantoxica 3 XY Kitar 1 XY Kitar 2 XY Kitar 3 XY Kosmeyer 1 XY Kosmeyer 2 XY Kosmeyer 3 XY Lounge Layabout 1 XY Lounge Layabout 2 XY Lounge Layabout 3 XY MaKeS Good Bass 1 XY MaKeS Good Bass 2 XY MaKeS Good Bass 3 XY MaKeS Good Bass 4 XY Magenta 1 XY Magenta 2 XY Mahogany 1 XY Mahogany 2 XY Mahogany 3 XY Massive 1 1 XY Massive 1 2 XY Massive 2 1 XY Massive 2 2 XY Mellow Smoothey 1 XY Mini Sync Lead 1 XY Mini Sync Lead 2 XY Mmm Pegs 1 XY Mmm Pegs 2 XY Modular Life 1 XY Modular Life 2 XY Moorloch Shores 1 XY Moorloch Shores 2 XY Morning Fire 1 XY Morning Fire 2 XY Morning Fire 3 XY Morphasine 1 XY Morphasine 2 XY Morphasine 3 XY Mortima 1 XY Mortima 2 XY Mortima 3 XY Nectarine Dreams 1 XY Nectarine Dreams 2 XY Nectarine Dreams 3 XY Nectarine Nightmares 1 XY Nectarine Nightmares 2 XY Nice Twang 1 ZE 3Rde transmission m XY Nice Twang 2 XY Nice Twang 3 XY No FM E Bass 1 XY No FM E Bass 2 XY No FM E Bass 3 XY Norman 1
10. Duality 1 XY Duality 2 XY Duality 3 XY Dumbass 1 zebra2 transmission user manual page 40 XY Dumbass 2 XY Dumbass 3 XY Electrosnare 1 XY Electrosnare 2 XY Electrosnare 3 XY Empty Bed 1 XY Empty Bed 2 XY Empty Bed 3 XY Enter The Tardis 1 XY Enter The Tardis 2 XY Enter The Tardis 3 XY Eternal Wanderings 1 XY Eternal Wanderings 2 XY Eternal Wanderings 3 XY Every Nun Breaks a Synthi 1 XY Every Nun Breaks a Synthi 2 XY Filtrater 1 XY Filtrater 2 XY Flitting Betsy 1 XY Flitting Betsy 2 XY Floating In Swimming Pools 1 XY Floating In Swimming Pools 2 XY Floating In Swimming Pools 3 XY Freytag 1 XY Freytag 2 XY Frontier 1 XY Frontier 2 XY Future Bow 1 XY Future Bow 2 XY Future Bow 3 XY Future Bow 4 XY Future Bows 1 XY Future Bows 2 XY Gallayoscopic 1 XY Gallayoscopic 2 XY Gallayoscopic 3 XY Gartside 1 XY Gartside 2 XY Gartside 3 XY Gartside 4 XY Gartside 5 XY Gothica 1 XY Gothica 2 XY Handbags At Dawn Bass 1 XY Handbags At Dawn Bass 2 XY Handbags At Dawn Bass 3 XY Hard Edged 1 XY Hard Edged 2 XY Hard Res Syncer 1 1 XY Hard Res Syncer 1 2 XY Hard Res Syncer 1 3 XY Hard Res Syncer 2 Bad cables 1 XY Hard Res Syncer 2 Bad cables 2 XY Hellsbells 1 XY Hellsbells 2 XY Hellsbells 3 XY Hyper VA Bass 1 XY Hyper VA Bass 2 XY Hyper VA Bass XFM 1 XY Hyper VA Bass XFM 2 XY Hyper VA Bass XFM 3 XY Feel Lovely Bass 1 XY Feel Lovely Bass 2 XY Ice Drips 1 XY Ice
11. Thick trancey patch Works best when sequenced so the delays are tight as the patch has quite a pronounced attack Opens up the filter Filter Waves Envelopes FX Really Really Sore Birght thick synth patch Closes the filter aftertouch Reduces oscillator brightness ZE 3 2ale2 transmission m Sarm West Germany 1 patch notes Dry bright patch that fades in a thick reverberant wash when you hold the notes Closes the filter on the tail aftertouch Opens the filter on the tail Filter Waves Envelopes FX Sarm West Germany 2 patch notes Similar to the previous patch but the tail has a large sync bend on it for a different moving texture Closes the filter on the tail aftertouch Opens the filter on the tail Filter Waves Envelopes FX Serendipity patch notes Very velocity sensitive patch low velocities give a harmonic like tone which opens into fuill sawtooth brightness when you play harder Lots of reverb too Closes the filter Filter Waves Envelopes FX Sore Tooth Closes the filter Opens the filter with resonance Filter 1 Filter 2 Shaper FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 14 Super Spade Big fat compressed synth TEE aftertouch Filter EQ Envelopes FX SyncSaw Synthzilla ThipSaw Another superswa with a thippy pitch mod attack VA Indigo Plucks patch notes Digital synth plucks neieasectiiectsiain aftertouch ee Fi
12. XY Norman 2 XY Norman 3 XY Octaver 1 XY Octaver 2 XY On The 80 Down Low 1 XY On The 80 Down Low 2 XY On The 80 Down Low 3 XY On The 80 Down Low 4 XY Orange Sync Lead 1 XY Orange Sync Lead 2 XY Palmer 1 XY Palmer 2 XY Palmer 3 XY Phase Syncer 1 XY Phase Syncer 2 XY Phase Syncer 3 XY Phatness 1 XY Phatness 2 XY Phatness 3 XY Phatness 4 XY Phrozen Domes 1 XY Phrozen Domes 2 XY Phrozen Domes 3 XY Plastic Traction 1 XY Plastic Traction 2 XY Plastic Traction 3 XY Pley Sum Kords 1 XY Pley Sum Kords 2 XY Pley Sum Kords 3 XY Polly 1 XY Polly 2 XY Polly 3 XY Polly 4 XY Port Authority 1 XY Port Authority 2 XY Port Authority 3 XY Port Authority 4 XY Propa Slow Pad 1 XY Propa Slow Pad 2 XY Propa Slow Pad 3 XY Put On Your Synthy Hats 1 XY Put On Your Synthy Hats 2 XY Put On Your Synthy Hats 3 XY Quad Nation 1 XY Quad Nation 2 XY Quad Nation Pad 1 XY Quad Nation Pad 2 XY Quad Nation Pad 3 XY Quad Nation Pad 4 XY Quad Nation 1 XY Quad Nation 2 XY Quad Nation 3 XY Rack Bass 1 XY Rack Bass 2 XY Rack Bass 3 XY Radiowaves 1 XY Razorshine 1 XY Razorshine 2 XY Really Really Sore 1 XY Really Really Sore 2 XY Rich Tea 1 XY Rich Tea 2 XY Robot Birth 1 XY Robot Birth 2 XY Ronald Bass 1 XY Ronald Bass 2 XY Ronald Bass 3 XY Roobarb 1 XY Roobarb 2 XY Roobarb 3 XY Sarm West Germany 1 1 XY Sarm West Germany 2 1 XY Sarm West Germany 2 2 XY Screams Like a Mental Zebra
13. Zebra aftertouch Closes the filter down Tune Filter Envelopes FX Solo Trumpet Tribute Solo Trumpet Willow Zebra in the Wild Heavy riffy lead Closes one of the filters aftertouch Filter Cutoff Filter Reson Filter XFM FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 12 Modern Synth Borderline Digital Poly Clicky short digital synth lots of tones on the XY controls aftertouch ee Filter Waves Envelopes FX Brokasaurus Duality Hard Edged patch notes Distorted lead thats very velocity sensitive on the filter Closes the filter mod wheel Filters Distortion Distortion LFO FX aftertouch xy controls Hard Res Syncer 1 patch notes Slow sync movement in this lead ZE 3Rde transmission m LFO Hardsync Waves Filter Sync Effects Hard Res Syncer 2 Bad cables patch notes A big nasty lead that varies between being loud and power ful to breaking up in a most attractive way due to intermittent cabling LFO Hardsync Waves Filter Sync Effects Juno Refraktor Magenta ateron Massive 1 VA synth patch with lots of velocity to filter modulation Giosethe niterdewn aftertouch a Filter Waves Envelopes FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 13 Massive 2 VA synth patch using the XFM filters Closes the filter down aftertouch ee Filter Waves Envelopes FX Quad Nation Pad Quad Nation Quad Nation patch notes
14. comb oscillator being modulated by an FM oscillator and fed into a filter This is nice to play with for synthetic sounds that are different in nature from the regular or FM oscillators The XY controls alter the comb oscillator parameters for a wide range of tones zebra2 transmission user manual page 31 Comb Layer Envelopes X Cutoff Y Resonance Control your own virtual combs X Amp env Y Filter env Like Comb Single but two of them in a layer configuration Fun With Filters Filter 1 2 Filter 3 4 Global Filter Filter Mod X Cutoff Y Resonance X Cutoff Y Resonance X Amp env Y Filter env Here we have two oscillators feeding four parallel filters with a fifth filter in the effects grid All the filters are being rhythmically modulated by MSEG s so this is a nice template to use to create some rhythmic filter fun Play around with the filter controls the patterns assigned to each MSEG don t forget that Transmission comes with 200 of them and the modulation amounts ZE 3Rde transmission m Kick Designer Pad Designer Digital Kick amp Slap i i Waveforms Envelopes Vector Mix X Tone length X 808 Sub Length X 808 Sub Tuning X Lower Mid Freq X Cutoff Waveforms of al Joanne X Filter Decay Y Slap volume length Y 808 Sub volume Y Kick Tuning Y Lower Mid Gain Y Resonance Y Filter Sustain Mix be n the four oscillators Synth sty
15. it easy to play chordal trancey riffs Also there is a large reverb on an FX send that slowly fades up and down with the output being EQ d with a modulated mid frequency zebra2 transmission user Manual page22 eee Closes the filter Filter Waves Envelopes EQ Put On Your Synthy Hats patch notes 16th note sequencey synthy filtered hihat with a slow LFO to make it go aaa over time modwheel wheel Opens the filter the filter Filter LFO Envelopes FX Razorshine Super Spade Arp 1 ateron OOOO Super Spade Arp 2 ateron OOOO ZE Bide transmission r 1 ea Super Spade Arp 3 Thick synthy sequence TERE aftertouch Filter EQ Envelopes FX SyncSaw Arp 1 SyncSaw Arp 2 The Power of One patch notes One lone oscillator doing a thick tone with a variety of filter phase sync pan and oscillator FX modulations aftertouch Various tone changes Tone Tone Envelopes FX Twenty Minutes Into The Past patch notes 8th note synth octave arpeggio with some notch filter modula tion E aftertouch Adds extreme oscillator sync zebra2 transmission user manual page 23 EQ Waves Envelopes FX Vangelis on Smack patch notes Metallic synthy 16 note arpeggio Various filter changes aftertouch Close the filter down Filter Waves Envelopes FX Vorteks Wavesyncer Wavewarpeggiator patch notes Classic arpeggiator with echoes and wave modulati
16. ready pre configured so you can easily get on with the task of creating your own unique patches quickly and easily Note all patches variation patches and patch templates are saved in Zebra s h2p format which is fully cross platform compatible In additional to the normal patches there is a Transmission NoFX folder the NoFX versions of the patches have been saved without reverbs delay FX active for the people that prefer to audition dry versions of patches or use external FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 2 Oscillator Templates Oscillator modules have a lot of flexibility and Zebra offers the ability to load save oscil lator configurations complete with waveforms levels panning modulation oscillator FX sync and phase parameters and much more transmission includes a whole range of oscillator presets to aid in quickly getting the sounds you want Included are single dual and quad oscillators various FX settings and a whole library of waveforms both unique and synthesised from other instruments to offer a large range of sound possibilities at your fingertips MSEG Templates Lastly the Multistage Envelope Generators MSEGs also have a template facility and transmission includes a wide selection of envelopes from regular LFO and rhythmic settings in a variety of note values to subtle moving and shifting envelopes for sounds with motion right up to mental looping madness You can route MSE
17. 1 XY Screams Like a Mental Zebra 2 XY Screams Like a Mental Zebra 3 XY Serendipity 1 XY Serendipity 2 XY Serendipity 3 XY Simon 1 XY Simon 2 XY Simon 3 XY Simon 4 XY Simple Pulse Synth 1 XY Simple Pulse Synth 2 XY Simple Pulse Synth 3 XY Smetals 1 XY Smetals 2 XY Smetals 3 XY Smetals 4 XY Solid Basses 1 XY Solid Basses 2 XY Solid Basses 3 XY Solo Trumpet 1 XY Solo Trumpet Tribute 1 XY Solo Trumpet Tribute 2 XY Some Kind Of Soloist 1 XY Soothing Chalkboard 1 XY Soothing Chalkboard 2 XY Soothing Chalkboard 3 XY Sordid Bass 1 XY Sordid Bass 2 XY Sore Tooth 1 XY Sore Tooth 2 XY Sore Tooth 3 XY Stringophone 1 XY Stringophone 2 XY Sub Ether 1 XY Sub Ether 2 XY Sub Ether 3 XY Super Spade 1 XY Super Spade 2 XY Super Spade Arp 1 1 XY Super Spade Arp 1 2 XY Super Spade Arp 1 3 XY Super Spade Arp 2 1 XY Super Spade Arp 2 2 XY Super Spade Arp 3 1 XY SyncSaw 1 XY SyncSaw 2 XY SyncSaw Arp 1 1 XY SyncSaw Arp 1 2 XY SyncSaw Arp 2 1 XY SyncSaw Arp 2 2 XY Synthzilla 1 XY Synthzilla 2 zebra2 transmission user manual page 41 XY Synthzilla 3 XY Tabernacle 1 XY Tabernacle 2 XY Tabernacle 3 XY Tampoonerie 1 XY Tampoonerie 2 XY Tampoonerie 3 XY The Imp Synthpad 1 1 XY The Imp Synthpad 1 2 XY The Imp Synthpad 1 3 XY The Imp Synthpad 1 4 XY The Imp Synthpad 1 5 XY The Imp Synthpad 1 6 XY The Imp Synthpad 2 1 XY The Imp Synthpad 2 2 XY The Imp Synthpad 2 3 XY The Power of One
18. 27 ZE 3Rde transmission m 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer Wavemod Filter Wavemod Envelopes Effects X Cutoff Y Resonance X Wavemod 1 Speed Y Wavemod 2 Speed X Amp env Y Filter env This features a parallel two oscillator two filter path but includes wavemod functionality with the LFO s morphing the waveforms of each oscillator for some motion 2op FM gt filter Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects X Amp env Y Filter env X Cutoff Y Resonance FM Depths Moving into FM synthesis in this template we have two FM oscillators feeding into a filter The FM depths of each oscillator are on an XY control and increasing these changes the tone and adds high frequency modulation while the filter can bring these under control zebra2 transmission user manual page 28 2op FM layer Filter Waves Envelopes Effects X Cutoff Y Resonance X Amp env FM Depths Y Filter env This is like the previous template but there s two of them in a layer config each layer with two FM oscillators feeding a filter 3 osc gt 1 filter XMF Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects X Cutoff Y Resonance X Amp env Y Filter env Here we have a classic powerful analog synth type configuration with three oscillators all feeding an XMF filter Great for leads basses thick pads and polysynth type sounds ZE 3Rde transmission m 3 osc gt 1 filter 3 osc gt
19. 7 Introduction ZE BRdAe transmission m Thank you for purchasing the transmission collection for your copy of Zebra we hope you ll have lots of fun with it whether your re a preset user a patch tweaker or an experienced synthesist Patch and Template Collection for Zebra 2 Now normally a patch collection wouldn t come with a manual and if you want you can follow the installation instructions and go and play with all your new patches without A collection of sounds and templates for u he s Zebra 2 reading any further semi modular software synthesiser However to get the most out of transmission we recommend you flip through this manual we ll keep it brief we promise to familiarise yourself with the included content What s Included transmission comes with five types of content for your Zebra e 160 brand new patches e Over 400 XY variation patches 32 patch templates e 50 oscillator templates e 200 MSEG templates e A custom designed Zebra Transmission skin e This PDF manual All presets and templates designed by Ben Hall Let s look at a brief overview of what each of those are in the next section For information and demo versions of Zebra go to www zebrasynth com Thanks to Urs Heckmann for Zebra This collection and all data contained within is the copyright of B Hall Unauthorised copying or distribution is prohibited and will result in lots of bad karma all round zebra2 transmission user manual page 1
20. Arcadia 3 XY Ascendence 1 XY Back Of The Hall 1 XY Back Of The Hall 2 XY Back in the Day 1 XY Back in the Day 2 XY Backtide 1 XY Bad Grandma 1 XY Bad Grandma 2 XY Bad Grandma 3 XY Barren Worlds 1 XY Barren Worlds 2 XY Barren Worlds 3 XY Bass Growler 1 XY Bass Growler 2 XY Bass Growler 3 XY Battersea Starlight 1 XY Battersea Starlight 2 XY Black Helicopters 1 XY Blakes Return 1 XY Blakes Return 2 XY Blakes Return 3 XY Blownophone 1 XY Blownophone 2 XY Bootsie 1 XY Bootsie 2 XY Bootsie 3 XY Borderline Digital Poly 1 XY Borderline Digital Poly 2 XY Borderline Digital Poly 3 XY Brokasaurus 1 XY Brokasaurus 2 XY Brokasaurus 3 XY Brokasaurus 4 XY Buttmuncher 1 XY Buttmuncher 2 XY Catskulls 1 XY Catskulls 2 XY Changing Times 1 XY Changing Times 2 XY Changing Times 3 XY Changing Times 4 XY China Drums 1 XY China Drums 2 XY Circuit Bent CS01 1 XY Circuit Bent CSO1 2 XY Creall 1 XY Creall 2 XY Crypto Subspace 1 XY Crypto Subspace 2 XY D Allibanyeu 1 XY D Allibanyeu 2 XY DX One Bass 1 XY DX One Bass 2 XY Dancing Prophets 1 XY Dancing Prophets 2 XY Dancing Prophets 3 XY Derrick 1 XY Derrick 2 XY Derrick 3 XY Detroit Bass 1 XY Detroit Bass 2 XY Detroit Bass 3 XY Dexter 1 XY Dexter 2 XY Dinks 1 XY Dinks 2 XY Distorganics 1 XY Distorganics 2 XY Distorganics 3 XY Dreams of Angels 1 XY Dreams of Angels 2 XY Dual Trumpet Tribute 1 XY Dual Trumpet Tribute 2 XY
21. Gs as modulation sources to all kinds of parameters for great rhythmic or crossfading fun Zebra Transmission Skin As an extra bonus we ve also created a unique Zebra replacement skin offering an alter native design style for Zebra so you won t forget your Zebra is Transmission powered Installation and use of the skin is optional you don t need to have it installed to enjoy the sonic potential of transmission 8800 taba as G Sub Ether 2 zeera transmission eeo Zebra Vector Mix Filter Waveforms Envelopes zegrRa2 transmission f ZE 3Rde transmission m Installation PC Users transmission requires Zebra2 it will not work for any Zebra 1 x versions It works on both the PC and Mac platforms that Zebra runs on In addition a number of patches use the XMF filters which were added in the free 2 1 upgrade so if you haven t updated to 2 1 get on over to www zebrasynth com and down load the update before installing transmission PC Installation After you have unpacked the transmission archive you will see this folder structure Transmission Patches Transmission Transmission NoFX Transmission Skin Images Scripts Transmission Templates Transmission Templates MSEG Templates Transmission Templates Oscillator Templates Installation Overview Here s what you need to to do install transmission Copy the patch folder to Zebra s presets folder
22. Y Filter env Y Resonance Y Osc 2 Wave Y Filter env Here we have one oscillator feeding into two filters in parallel This is a nice way to get The same as the 2 osc gt 1 filter template but this time with the XMF filter which tends varying timbres as you can set each filter to different filter types and blend the volumes to sound fatter a good start for analog type sounds of them Both filters are controller with the same filter envelope 2 osc gt 1 filter 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer XMF Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects X Cutoff X Osc 1 Wave X Amp env X Cutoff X Amp env Y Resonance Y Osc 2 Wave Y Filter env Y Resonance Y Filter env Moving up from one oscillator architectures we now have the standard two oscillators The layer patches are designed with parallel paths here we have one oscillator feeding into a filter architecture that s a synth staple into an XMF filter and a second oscillator feeding into a second XMF filter Our synth ingredients are still failry simple and we are still using one envelope to control both filters but the sounds can be more complex as you have a range of oscillator and filter choices available zebra2 transmission user manual page 26 ZE 3Rde transmission m 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer Chain XMF 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects mm Oscillators Envelopes X Cuto
23. Y Resonance Y Osc2 Wave X Amp env X Reverb Y Filter env Y Delay What s bigger than a four way parallel layer A 4 way parallel architecture with chaining zebra2 transmission user manual page 30 4op FM Shaper Envelopes X Cutoff X Amp env Y Resonance Y Filter env Back with FM synthesis here we have a 4 FMO stack similar to a 4 op FM style algorythm with FM04 having feedback Each FMO responds to velocity and each has it s own dedicated envelope for some very dynamic and expressive sounds Filter Waves Envelopes Effects X Cutoff X Amp env X Reverb Y Resonance FM Depths Y Filter env Y Delay This is another 4 FMO stack this time controlled from one envelope so the emphasis here is more on using the FMO modulation to give one single complex tone We ve also included a second chained filter for some more tone possibilities ZE 3iRde transmission m Bass Designer Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects X Cutoff Y Resonance X Filter Decay Y Filter Sustain X Mid EQ Freq Y Mid EQ Gain Using the same architecture as the 3 osc gt filter XMF we have a custom bass machine with nice tight envelopes and a big sound Using the XY controls alone will get you a huge variety of thick bass sounds Comb Single Filter Hair Envelopes Effects X Cutoff Y Resonance Control your own virtual combs X Amp env Y Filter env Here we have a
24. affecting your transmission patches and tem plates zebra2 transmission user manual page 4 Installing the patches Copy the Transmission folder from Transmission Patches to MacHD Users USERNAME Library Audio Presets u he Zebra2 If you want to use the versions of the patches without reverb and delay effects copy the Transmission NoFX folder instead Restart Zebra if it is running and the Transmission folder and all sub folders of patches and patch templates will now show up in your Zebra patch browser Installing the templates The oscillator and MSEG templates go to a different place to be seen by Zebra Go into the Transmission Templates MSEG Templates select all the h2p files and copy them all to MacHD Users USERNAME Library Application Support u he Zebra2 Modules MSEG Then go into the Transmission Templates Oscillator Templates select all the h2p files and copy them to MacHD Users USERNAME Library Application Support u he Zebra2 Modules Oscillator Note Don t copy the whole oscillator or MSEG templates folder itself into these paths as they won t show up Zebra will only see template files in the root of the template directories You need to copy the template files inside their folders into the template paths above If you prefer to install to the system area instead of your user area so the content shows up for all users of your computer use the following in
25. al Wanderings Floating In Swimming Pools ateron OOOO Gothica modwhe a Ice Drips Synth sound with lots of after reverb and sparkly icicles Slows the attack down aftertouch Brings out the clanginess ZE 3 2ad e2 transmission m Phrozen Domes patch notes Icy ambiences with lots of reflections Waves 1 Waves 2 Filter FX Radiowaves ateron OO O Robot Birth patch notes Comb abuse Lots of odd interesting bongs and scrapes Make sure you check out the extreme ends of the keyboard Closes down the filter aftertouch fe Filter Robosity Envelopes FX Soothing Chalkboard patch notes A mellow pad with reverberated chalk scrapings Decreases the scrapes aftertouch Increases the scrapes Pad Filter Waves Chalknails FX The Sentinel Reduces some top end zebra2 transmission user manual page 7 aftertouch Filter Hair Envelopes FX Basses Bad Grandma An XFM and speaker abuse bass patch Lots of sub bass aftertouch Gives more gungy top end tone Filter Waves Envelopes EQ Bass Growler Bootsie Funky bass patch with some distortion Likes to be played funk ily Filter Tone Envelopes EQ Derrick House techno style short bass Opens the filter aftertouch eee Filter Waves Envelopes EQ ZE 3Rde transmission m Detroit Bass Longer smoother bass Filter Tone Chorus Sustain EQ Dexter ateron OOOO Dumbass patch notes D
26. all 4ths 8 Square R Flat 4ths 8 SawU R Misc Gater 05 R Misc Wibblease 04 R Rise 8ths 8 SawU R Fall 4ths 8 TriD R Flat 4ths 8 Square R Misc Gater 06 R Misc Wibblease 05 R Rise 8ths 8 Square R Fall 4ths 8 TriU R Flat 4ths 8 TriD R Misc Gater 07 R Misc Wop R Rise 8ths 8 TriD R Fall 8ths 4 ExpD R Flat 4ths 8 TriU R Misc Gater 08 R Rise 16ths 4 ExpD R Rise 8ths 8 TriU R Fall 8ths 4 ExpU R Flat 8ths 4 ExpD R Misc Gater 09 R Rise 16ths 4 ExpU R Fall 8ths 4 SawD R Flat 8ths 4 ExpU R Misc Gater 10 R Rise 16ths 4 SawD R Fall 8ths 4 SawU R Flat 8ths 4 SawD R Misc Gater 11 R Rise 16ths 4 SawU R Fall 8ths 4 Square R Flat 8ths 4 SawU R Misc Gater 12 R Rise 16ths 4 Square R Fall 8ths 4 TriD R Flat 8ths 4 Square R Misc Jump Rope R Rise 16ths 4 TriD zebra2 transmission user manual page 43
27. bra in the Wild 1 XY Zebra in the Wild 2 ZE 3iRde transmission m A3 Patch Template Listings Patch Template Listings Clear All 1 osc gt 1 filter Wavemod 1 osc gt 1 filter 1 osc gt 2 filter Parallel 2 osc gt 1 filter XMF 2 osc gt 1 filter 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer XMF 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer Chain XMF 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer Chain 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer Wavemod 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer 2 osc gt 2 filter Parallel 20p FM gt filter 20p FM layer 3 osc gt 1 filter XMF 3 osc gt 1 filter 3 osc gt 3 filter Layer Wavemod 3 osc gt 3 filter Layer Chain 4 osc gt 1 filter 4 osc gt 4 filter Layer Chain 4 osc gt 4 filter Layer 4op FM Shaper 4op FM Bass Designer Comb Layer Comb Single Fun With Filters Kick Designer Pad Designer Digital Pad Designer Simple Monosynth Simple Polysynth Trance Gater Trance VA Machine zebra2 transmission user manual page 42 A4 Oscillator Template Listings Oscillator Template Listings Osc Init Dual Osc Init Osc Autopan LFO3 Osc Autopan Dual LFO3 Osc Mod Wheel Sync Dual Osc PWM LFOG1 Osc PWM Dual LFOG1 Osc Simple EnvSync Synth ENV1 Osc Simple EnvSync Synth Dual ENV1 Osc Simple PWM Synth ENV1 Osc Simple PWM Synth Dual ENV1 Osc Super Quad 1 Osc Super Quad 2 Osc Super Quad 3 Osc Super Quad 4 Osc Sweep Wavetable LFO4 Osc Sweep Wavetable Dual LFO4 Osc Tremelo LFO3
28. ccents Turns up filter resonance aftertouch Filter Tone Envelopes EQ No FM E Bass A remarkably FM sounding bass aftertouch Filter Waves Waves 2 EQ Norman aeron OOOO On The 80 Down Low ateron OOO Rack Bass VA style bass with quite a lot of filter velocity modulation aftertouch Filter Waves Envelopes EQ zebra2 transmission user manual page 9 Ronald Bass patch notes Hard sync bass which gets tamed by the filter Can get nice and funky too if you play the pitch and mod wheels in a bass lick Closes the filter down aftertouch Opens the filter Filter Oscillators Envelopes EQ Roobarb ateron i Solid Basses patch notes A Zebra variant on the classic Solid Bass sound but fatter than a DX100 on twelve McBurger s a day Closes the filter down aftertouch Filter Det Wave Envelopes EQ Sordid Bass aerou OOOO Transizta Twin Overloaded XFM filters give this bass much of it s bite aftertouch ZE 3 2aie2 transmission m Xtra Funk Machine Digital bass done Zebra style aftertouch Overloads the filter Filter Waves Envelopes EQ Classic Synth Back in the Day Blakes Return Circuit Bent CSO1 A cheap one oscillator synth that sounds slightly broken Rolls of the low end and adds more mid aftertouch Filter Waves Envelopes FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 10 Dreams of Angels patch notes N
29. cts using the wavemod parameter zebra2 transmission user manual page 35 Waves SpectroBlend 01 A variety of waveshapes in spectroblend mode Waves SpectroBlend Morph 01 Waves SpectroBlend Morph 02 Waves SpectroBlend Morph 03 Waves SpectroBlend Morph 04 16 slot wave morphs in spectroblend mode good for digital glassy and additive style sounds Waves Synth AM Waves Synth GI Drive Waves Synth GI Nodrive Waves Synth GI2 Waves Synth GMO Waves Synth KM Waves Synth KP Waves Synth LE Waves Synth LE2 Waves Synth LS Waves Synth LX 01 Waves Synth LX 02 Waves Synth NP Waves Synth RV These waveforms are all resynthesised from various synthesisers and instruments They are not really ideal or exact copies due to the current limitation of the size of single cycle waveforms in Zebra but they do capture some of the character of the originals think of them as a great source of additional waveforms for Zebra rather than as a way to emulate other instruments ZE 3Rde transmission m Content Descriptions MSEG Templates The MSEG Templates The MSEG templates are settings for Zebra s multistage envelope generators They can be loaded into an MSEG by clicking on the preset selector on the MSEG tab where the usual preset selector will be displayed The MSEG templates begin with a letter F for free running these are designed for smooth transitions and parameter modulations and aren t as such tied to any particular rhyth
30. ff X Oscl Wave X Amp env X Cutoff X Amp env Y Resonance Y Osc2 Wave Y Filter env Y Resonance Y Filter env The patches with Chain in them show a useful technique where you can feed the out This is like the 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer template but using the regular filters instead of the puts of modules down more than one path XMF Here each oscillator feeds it s own XMF filter but Osc1 also gets passed through Osc2 and into XMF2 so you get the output of Osc1 going through both filters 2 osc gt 2 filter Layer Chain 2 osc gt 2 filter Parallel Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects Filter Oscillators Envelopes X Cutoff X Oscl Wave X Amp env X Reverb X Cutoff X Waveform X Amp env X Reverb Y Resonance Y Osc2 Wave Y Filter env Y Delay Y Resonance Y Sync waveforms Y Filter env Y Delay As the previous template with the lighter regular filters Don t overlook these because This is like the one oscillator parallel template but here we have two oscillators feeding they are great for modern VA sounds with more bite and often cut through better than into two parallel filters the more expensive XMF filters The XY controls both filters at once but if you set different initial filter types and cutoff There s also a wide range of filter types to explore as well resonance settings you can get some interesting tones zebra2 transmission user manual page
31. ght Enter The Tardis Eternal Wanderings Floating In Swimming Pools Gothica Ice Drips Phrozen Domes Radiowaves Robot Birth Soothing Chalkboard The Sentinel Basses Bad Grandma Bass Growler Bootsie DX One Bass Derrick Detroit Bass Dexter Dumbass Handbags At Dawn Bass Hyper VA Bass XFM Hyper VA Bass Feel Lovely Bass MaKeS Good Bass Nice Twang No FM E Bass Norman On The 80 Down Low Rack Bass Ronald Bass Roobarb Solid Basses Sordid Bass Basses continued Transizta Xtra Funk Machine Classic Synth Back in the Day Blakes Return Circuit Bent CSO1 Dreams of Angels Every Nun Breaks a Synthi Frontier Gartside Joop Hit Her Eight Simple Pulse Synth XV Pulse PWM 1 XV Pulse PWM 2 Thick Leads D Allibanyeu Dual Trumpet Tribute Mini Sync Lead Orange Sync Lead Phase Syncer Plastic Traction Screams Like a Mental Zebra Solo Trumpet Tribute Solo Trumpet Willow Zebra in the Wild Modern Synth Borderline Digital Poly Brokasaurus Duality Hard Edged Hard Res Syncer 1 Hard Res Syncer 2 Bad cables Juno Refraktor Magenta zebra2 transmission user manual page 39 Modern Synth continued Massive 1 Massive 2 Quad Nation Pad Quad Nation Quad Nation Really Really Sore Sarm West Germany 1 Sarm West Germany 2 Serendipity Sore Tooth Super Spade SyncSaw Synthzilla ThipSaw VA Indigo Plucks Vintage Dreams Organic Aftermonics Blownophone Catskulls
32. ice poly patch with most of the tone coming not from the oscillators but from the filter with high resonance Adds a tremelo shimmer aftertouch ee Filter Waves Envelopes FX Every Nun Breaks a Synthi faferouch SSS Frontier Soft and wet ambient lead Opens up the filter and filter envelope sustain aftertouch Filter Waves Filter Env FX Gartside Joop Hit Her Eight aftertouch ZE 3 aie transmission m Simple Pulse Synth Faily vanilla synth with a slow PWM effect controlled by a global LFO Closes the filter aftertouch Filter Waves Detune Envelopes FX XV Pulse PWM 1 XV Pulse PWM 2 Thick patch notes Similar to the previous patch but features two of them in a layer configuration and more detune for a bigger sound Filter Waves Envelopes FX Leads D Allibanyeu patch notes Short lead with some portamento nice for little accents Also works well down the bass end Adds FM brightness aftertouch Filter Waves Envelopes FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 11 Dual Trumpet Tribute Chorused detuned trumpet with lots of reverb aftertouch Vibrato rate Filter Vibrato Envelopes FX Mini Sync Lead Orange Sync Lead Phase Syncer aeron SSS Plastic Traction Formant based lead which gives an interesting timbre aftertouch Filter vowels Filter Formants Envelopes FX ZE 3Rde transmission m Screams Like a Mental
33. le kick drums are the focus of this template from dancey thumps to electro This one instead for brighter thinner digital style pads long decay 808 style kicks Pad Designer Simple Monosynth Filter Waveforms Envelopes Vector Mix Filter Oscillator Envelopes i X Cutoff X Filter Decay X Cutoff X Waveform X Amp env Y Resonance Waveforms of all fourioscilistors Y Filter Sustain pax be n the four oscillators Y Resonance Y Sync waveforms Y Filter env Primarily intended for thick warm analog style pads A great start for simple monosynth sounds one dual oscillator into an XMF filter with one shared envlope controlling both the amplitude and the filter Initially with two oscillators active but if you can spare the horsepower and want even thicker pads enable the extra two oscillators and or the XMF filter zebra2 transmission user manual page 32 ZE 3iRde transmission m Simple Polysynth Trance VA Machine Oscillator Envelopes Effects Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects X Cutoff X Amp env Y Resonance Y Filter env X Cutoff X Waveform X Amp env Y Resonance Y Sync waveforms Y Filter env Much like the Simple Monosynth template this one is set in poly mode and emulates A good start for for those trance riffs thick sounds some quad oscillators fast envelopes some of the simpler 80s analog polysynth type sounds and lots of filter action Trance Gater Fil
34. lter Hair Envelopes FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 20 Smetals Synthetic velocity sensitive digital plucky synth Closes the filter and makes the sound more plucky aftertouch Filter Waves Envelopes FX Tabernacle patch notes Droney ethnic percussion Works best if you liberally beat the keyboard with your fingers aftertouch a Filter Hair Envelopes FX Tampoonerie Digital percussivey interval synth works nicely in rhtyhmic chords Compression and opens the filter aftertouch Filter Waves Envelopes FX Whurllet Phasey mallet sound Closes the filter aftertouch ee Filter Waves Envelopes FX ZE 3Rde transmission m Rhythmic amp Arpeggiated Black Helicopters 16th note repeater pad aftertouch Closes down the filter Filter Waves Envelopes FX Buttmuncher Dancing Prophets Dinks Filtrater Synth with a global filter modulated by a rhythmic MSEG tem plate hint zebra2 transmission user manual page 21 aftertouch Various filter tones Filter Oscillators Envelopes FX Flitting Betsy patch notes 8th note smooth filter modulated pad with echoes picking up the 16th notes Adds LFO offset modulation for the filter for a filter autopan effect Filter Waves LFO FX Freytag patch notes Another global filter moduled synth patch this time a different looping pattern that has a quirky rising release when you re lease all the ke
35. lters Vector Mix Envelopes FX ZE 3 2Padje transmission ma eee Distorganics Complex lead or pad Vintage Dreams Nice ambient digital synth Different filter tones aftertouch C O Filter Waves Envelopes FX Organic Aftermonics Blownophone Catskulls ateron OO Creall Lead that shifts around the formats Nice when played legato zebra2 transmission user manual page 15 aftertouch Filter Tone Tone Organics Env Speed FX Future Bow aeron O Future Bows ateron OOOO Gallayoscopic Very mellow and wet ambient lead or pad aftertouch Filter Cutoffs Envelopes Twin FM FX Kantoxica ZE 3Rde transmission m aftertouch Various tone changes Filter Hair Envelopes FX Mellow Smoothey mod wheel aftertouch a Filter Waves Envelopes FX Moorloch Shores ateron OOO Morning Fire patch notes Lovely glitchy ambient pad with the MSEG s modulating various parameters aftertouch Filter Tone Tone Organics Env Speed FX Mortima Some Kind Of Soloist A kind of odd synthetic sax patch notes mod wheel aftertouch xy controls zebra2 transmission user manual page 16 Adds more top end bite Filter Hair Envelopes FX Stringophone aeron SSCS Wolf Moon Pads Arcadia aerou SSS Ascendence Slow attack rising filter pad aftertouch a Filter Waves Envelopes FX ZE 3Rde transmis
36. m The ones beginngin with R the vast majority are rhythmic envelopes p free running smooth envelopes R Fall Rhythmic envelopes that descend over each cycle good for things such as filter modulation R Flat Rhythmic envelopes that stay level over each cycle good for gating type effects R Rise Rhythmic envelopes that rise over each cycle good for things such as filter modulation R Misc A variety of miscellaneous rhythmic effects The non Misc rhythmic MSEG templates are further labelled for the note values of the repetive templates 4ths for quarter notes 8ths for eighth notes 16ths for sixteenth notes The numbers in brackets indicate how many notes there are in a cycle and then a brief description of the content So let s look at some examples zebra2 transmission user manual page 36 R Fall 4ths 8 SawD Here we have a rhythmic envelope R that falls over it s duration Fall each peak is a quarter note 4ths and there are 8 peaks 8 Lastly it has Saw type decays and the saw wave is a descending saw D R Fall 16ths 4 ExpD Again we have a falling rhythmic envelope this time set to 16ths There are 4 sixteenths with an exponential decay R Flat 16ths 8 ExpU This envelope is flat and therefore stays at the same level Each peak is a 16ths note and there are 8 of them in the loop with exponential curves that are rising R Misc
37. n B style deep but grungy bass Lots of usable variations on the XY controls with this Filter Tone EQ Low EQ Low Mid DX One Bass patch notes Deep bass which depite the name onyl contains one FM oscilla tor that handles a sub sine wave VCF1 VCF2 Filter Decay EQ Handbags At Dawn Bass patch notes Nice bass for funky house lines Sounds realistic in a fake way if played right Changes EQ lowers bass EQ and raise the MID EQ zebra2 transmission user manual page 8 aftertouch Filter Waves Envelopes EQ Hyper VA Bass XFM patch notes More modern VA style bass patch with a glitchy attack due to a fast pitch envelope controller by the same envelope that controls the filter Opens the filter Filter Overdrivin Envelopes EQ mod wheel aftertouch xy controls Hyper VA Bass patch notes If you ever wondered what digital bass sounds like this is as good a patch as any to find out OPens the filter Filter Waves Envelopes EQ mod wheel aftertouch xy controls Feel Lovely Bass patch notes Named after the classic Moroder style bass lines this has an sixteenth note echo Modifies the filter and reduces the echo ateron OOOO Filter Waves Tune Env EQ MaKeS Good Bass Vintage digital bass Closes the filter aftertouch Opens the filter Filter Oscillators Envelopes EQ ZE 3Rde transmission m Nice Twang patch notes Nice down low for D n B style a
38. ns the filter and vibrato aftertouch Closes the filter Filter Waves Envelopes FX ZE 3Rde transmission m To The Infinte Gate And Beyond patch notes A huge reverbed pad that s very wet with a gate triggered by any key press that lets the reverb through Great for interesting tectures hit a chord let go then play staccato notes which gives you the sound of the reverb tails on each note Adds a phaser effect Filter Waves Waves FX To The Infinte Pad Treacle ateron OOOO Under The Ice Beautiful shimmering digital pad Closes the filter aftertouch E Filter Waves Envelopes FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 19 Wilde Opens the filter Filter Waves Envelopes FX Plucked amp Struck A Quiet Moment aeron OOOO Changing Times aeron OOOO China Drums patch notes Velocity layered percussivey things Close the filter mod wheel Filter Hair Envelopes FX aftertouch xy controls Electrosnare patch notes A variety of electronic snarey goodness use the XY s to tailer your snare to taste ZE 3Rde transmission m Closes the filter aftertouch O Filter 1 Filter 2 Dynamics Envelopes Hellsbells ateron OOOO Kitar ateron OOOO S O Lounge Layabout ateron O Port Authority patch notes Synthetic interval mellow reverbed muted synth tone Opens filter and makes the sound more velocity responsive aftertouch Fi
39. on for tonal changes mod wheel Various tonal changes aftertouch Various tonal changes Filter Oscillators Envelopes FX Welease Bwian patch notes Thick warm pad with subtle 8th filter modulation that triggers a little echoed octave jump sequence when you release a key ZE 3Rde transmission m Opens the filter The Variation Patches Inside the Variation folder you will find a large collection of patches all starting with XY Filter Oscillators Envelopes FX over 400 of them Westbound Every patch in the main library has at least one XY variation patch and some have up to 6 variations and they have been made using the original patches XY assignments In some Littl eat ds ni 7 lavi hord cases the volumes have been balanced out on patches with extreme settings for your patch notes ittle sequence that sounds nice when playing chords CONEA CNCE Various tonal changes P Various tonal and pitch changes They are not organised into categories as the sounds can vary wildly from the original patch a pad sound can become a bass a bass can become a lead and a lead can be Filter Tone Envelopes FX come a huge dark distorted sound effect from hell White Lines amp Cats Eyes We like to think of it as a well of inspiration for you to nose through do check them out because there s some really great patches in here Xpanders In Flight Bandpass filtered synth patch with a swung arpeggiator pattern Closes the fil
40. ransmission m Oscillator Waveforms These are waveform banks and are preset with generic oscillator parameters Now as loading an oscillator preset changes all that oscillator s parameters and if you are already working with an oscillator with various custom parameters and you want to load in new waveforms there s an easy way to achieve this Just add a new unused oscillator temporarily into the grid load the waveforms into that oscillator right click on the waveform display and select Copy Waveset De activate that oscillator go back to your original oscillator again right click on the waveform display and select Paste Waveset which will copy all the waveforms into that oscillator Waves GeoBlend 01 Waves GeoBlend 02 A variety of waveshapes in GeoBlend mode Waves GeoBlend Multicycle 01 Waves GeoBlend Multicycle 02 Waves GeoBlend Multicycle 03 The multicycle waveforms are resynthesised using 16 cycles of a complex waveform rather than just a short single cycle Waves GeoMorph Classic 01 Waves GeoMorph Classic 02 These are the standard synth type waveforms and are probably the first call for standard subtractive synthesis Waves GeoMorph Morph 01 Waves GeoMorph Morph 02 Waves GeoMorph Morph 03 Waves GeoMorph Morph 04 Waves GeoMorph Morph 05 These waveforms use the morph function to smoothly blend from one source waveform in slot 1 to a different waveform in slot 16 which can give nice smooth effe
41. rces and you will see Zebra s Images and Scripts folders Copy the Images and Scripts folders from the Transmission Skin folder overwriting the originals We recommend you back up the original Images and Scripts folders before installing the Transmission skin zebra2 transmission user manual page 5 ZE 3iRde transmission m Content Descriptions Patches The Patches Here follows some brief descriptions and programming notes of all the patches together with an overview of the control options In many cases the XY controls the mod wheel and aftertouch controls where appropri ate modulate multiple parameters at once so we ll just give a quick summary of roughly what happens you can dissect the patches of ones that interest you to find out what s going on as a good way to learn some Zebra tricks Ambiences FX and Soundscapes Acid Burns Controls rate of burbles aftertouch Phaser effect Tone noise Filter Formant filter FX Barren Worlds ateron OOOO Battersea Starlight patch notes Smooth interval pad ambience Brings up another interval aftertouch Filter Amp envelope Filter envelope FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 6 Enter The Tardis Synthy Doctor Who style filter rise effect aftertouch Increases the filter sustain so the sound holds while holding a note instead of going straight into the decay Filter Wobblies Envelopes Effects Etern
42. sion m Back Of The Hall Junar Surface A synth pad played totally wet Smooth pad Shifts the pitch up an octave Opens the filter Filter Waves Envelopes FX Filter Waves Envelopes FX Backtide Just A Nice Pad Crypto Subspace Just A Nice Synth Empty Bed Mahogany Julie s Best Friend Modular Life Shimmerey FM pad Pad with various LFO sweeping filters Reduces FM brightness Various filter changes Adds FM brightness FM Amount Envelope 1 Envelope 2 FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 17 aftertouch Filter Oscillators Envelopes FX ZE 3Rde transmission m Morphasine Wavestation esque moving glassy pad Filter Waves Env Slurs FX Palmer Closes the filter Rich Tea Closes the filter Opens the filter Filter Waves Envelopes FX Simon ateron OO Filter Waves Envelopes FX Phatness patch notes Thick synth brass type patch quick attacks and releases aftertouch Increase filter sustain level Filter Waves Envelopes FX Sub Ether Closes the filter Filter Waves Detune Envelopes FX Polly Closes the filter aftertouch Filter Waveforms Envelopes Vector Mix The Imp Synthpad 1 Thick analog synth brass Filter Waves Envelopes FX Propa Slow Pad aftertouch Filter Waves Envelopes FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 18 Filter Waves Envelopes FX The Imp Synthpad 2 Thick analog synth brass variation Ope
43. stallation paths instead Patches MacHD Library Audio Presets u he Zebra2 MSEG templates MacHD Library Application Support u he Zebra2 Modules MSEG Oscillator templates MacHD Library Application Support u he Zebra2 Modules Oscillator ZE 3iRde transmission m Installing the skin AudioUnit Version Quit Zebra if it is running and locate your Zebra2 component file in the finder It will be in one of these two locations MacHD Library Audio Plug ins Components MacHD Users USERNAME Library Audio Plug ins Components Control click or right click on the Zebra2 component file and select Show Package Con tents This will open a new window displaying a folder entitled Contents Go into Contents Resources and you will see Zebra s Images and Scripts folders Copy the Images and Scripts folders from the Transmission Skin folder overwriting the originals We recommend you back up the original Images and Scripts folders before installing the Transmission skin Installing the skin Mac VST Version Quit Zebra if it is running and locate your Zebra2 vst file in the finder It will be in one of these two locations MacHD Library Audio Plug ins VST MacHD Users USERNAME Library Audio Plug ins VST Control click or right click on the Zebra2 vst file and select Show Package Contents This will open a new window displaying a folder entitled Contents Go into Contents Resou
44. ster R Fall 8ths 8 Square R Flat 8ths 8 SawU R Misc Polley Writham 03 R Rise 16ths 8 Square F Misc Scenic Railway R Fall 8ths 8 TriD R Flat 8ths 8 Square R Misc Polley Writham 04 R Rise 16ths 8 TriD R Fall 16ths 4 ExpD R Fall 8ths 8 TriU R Flat 8ths 8 TriD R Misc Polley Writham 05 R Rise 16ths 8 TriU R Fall 16ths 4 ExpU R Flat 16ths 4 ExpD R Flat 8ths 8 TriU R Misc Polley Writham 06 R Rise 4ths 4 ExpD R Fall 16ths 4 SawD R Flat 16ths 4 ExpU R Misc 4 Bar Architect R Misc Random ExpD R Rise 4ths 4 ExpU R Fall 16ths 4 SawU R Flat 16ths 4 SawD R Misc 4 Bar Big Finish R Misc Releaser 01 R Rise 4ths 4 SawD R Fall 16ths 4 Square R Flat 16ths 4 SawU R Misc 4 Bar Climber R Misc Releaser 02 R Rise 4ths 4 SawU R Fall 16ths 4 TriD R Flat 16ths 4 Square R Misc 4 Bar Faller R Misc Releaser 03 R Rise 4ths 4 Square R Fall 16ths 4 TriU R Flat 16ths 4 TriD R Misc 4 Bar Skyscrapers R Misc Releaser 04 R Rise 4ths 4 TriD R Fall 16ths 8 ExpD R Flat 16ths 4 TriU R Misc Albert R Misc Releaser 05 R Rise 4ths 4 TriU R Fall 16ths 8 ExpU R Flat 16ths 8 ExpD R Misc Crazy Eights 01 R Misc Samba Man R Rise 4ths 8 ExpD R Fall 16ths 8 SawD R Flat 16ths 8 ExpU R Misc Crazy Eights 02 R Misc Short Looper R Rise 4ths 8 ExpU R Fall 16ths 8 SawU R Flat 16ths 8 SawD R Misc Crazy Eights 03 R Misc Slowalker R Rise 4ths 8 SawD R Fall 16ths 8 Square R Fla
45. t 16ths 8 SawU R Misc Crazy Eights 04 R Misc Smoothey 01 R Rise 4ths 8 SawU R Fall 16ths 8 TriD R Flat 16ths 8 Square R Misc Crazy Eights 05 R Misc Smoothey 02 R Rise 4ths 8 Square R Fall 16ths 8 TriU R Flat 16ths 8 TriD R Misc Crazy Eights 06 R Misc Stomper R Rise 4ths 8 TriD R Fall 4ths 4 ExpD R Flat 16ths 8 TriU R Misc Cyril R Misc Struck Out 01 R Rise 4ths 8 TriU R Fall 4ths 4 ExpU R Flat 4ths 4 ExpD R Misc Degress 01 R Misc Struck Out 02 R Rise 8ths 4 ExpD R Fall 4ths 4 SawD R Flat 4ths 4 ExpU R Misc Degress 02 R Misc Throbb R Rise 8ths 4 ExpU R Fall 4ths 4 SawU R Flat 4ths 4 SawD R Misc Eddie Says Yes 01 R Misc Wackbards 01 R Rise 8ths 4 SawD R Fall 4ths 4 Square R Flat 4ths 4 SawU R Misc Eddie Says Yes 02 R Misc Wackbards 02 R Rise 8ths 4 SawU R Fall 4ths 4 TriD R Flat 4ths 4 Square R Misc Eddie Says Yes 03 R Misc Warped Eighths R Rise 8ths 4 Square R Fall 4ths 4 TriU R Flat 4ths 4 TriD R Misc Fwadi R Misc Weeds R Rise 8ths 4 TriD R Fall 4ths 8 ExpD R Flat 4ths 4 TriU R Misc Gater 01 R Misc Whippersnapper R Rise 8ths 4 TriU R Fall 4ths 8 ExpU R Flat 4ths 8 ExpD R Misc Gater 02 R Misc Wibblease 01 R Rise 8ths 8 ExpD R Fall 4ths 8 SawD R Flat 4ths 8 ExpU R Misc Gater 03 R Misc Wibblease 02 R Rise 8ths 8 ExpU R Fall 4ths 8 SawU R Flat 4ths 8 SawD R Misc Gater 04 R Misc Wibblease 03 R Rise 8ths 8 SawD R F
46. ter Filter EQ Envelopes FX zebra2 transmission user manual page 24 ZE 3Rde transmission m Content Descriptions Patch Templates The Patch Templates The Patch Templates have been designed to give you a jump Start for sound design Traditionally what most people do is to either start tweaking an existing preset or you start from a totally blank initialised patch Tweaking an existing preset is a worthwhile experience but can often be a little confus ing especially for new Zebra users as a patch can have wildly varying architectures and modulation routings Starting from an initialised patch gives you a wider start canvas but does require a fair amount of work to get to a useful point and it s easy to forget about things like setting up XY controls and having to keep reinventing the wheel for every patch The patch templates included with transmission are complete useful patches in their own right but they are intended to get you in the ballpark for a particular type of sound quickly freeing you from building the architecture and letting you concentrate on the character you want In addition the XY controls are set up to provide quick and useful character changes so even if you are a novice at synth programming and class yourself as more of a preset user or tweaker then loading up a template and tweaking the XY controls and using them in conjunction with the oscillator templates will give you the abilit
47. ter Oscillators Envelopes X Cutoff X Amp env Y Resonance Y Filter env Here we have some big modern VA style sounds controlled by MSEG1 gating a global filter Because we re fedding into wet FX before gating we get an interesting bigger than life sound which responds nicely to the rhythmic gating effect Experiment with the patterns assigned to MSEG1 zebra2 transmission user manual page 33 ZE 3iRde transmission m Content Descriptions Oscillator Templates The Oscillator Templates The oscillator templates available when you click on the oscillator preset selector in Ze bra for each oscillator come in two main types The oscillator templates beginning with Osc are oscillator presets with various settings described in just a moment They are all full of usefull waveforms in all 16 wave slots The oscillator templates beginning with Waves have generic oscillator settings and are basically extra waveform libraries Let s run through the Osc templates first Osc Init Dual Osc Init These are initialised oscillators in single and dual modes respectively A simple way to revert to a clean slate if you ve gone to far with your oscillator parameters Osc Autopan LFO3 Osc Autopan Dual LFO3 These oscillators have LFO3 modulating the pan position for autopan effects Osc Mod Wheel Sync Dual This oscillator is in dual mode with the mod wheel assigned to the sync tune parameter
48. to C Program Files u he Zebra2 Data This will overwrite the original gui so we recommend you back up the original Images and Scripts folders before installing the Transmission skin ZE 3Rde transmission m Installation Mac Users transmission requires Zebra2 it will not work for any Zebra 1 x versions It works on both the PC and Mac platforms that Zebra runs on In addition a number of patches use the XMF filters which were added in the free 2 1 upgrade so if you haven t updated to 2 1 get on over to www zebrasynth com and down load the update before installing transmission Mac Installation After you have unpacked the transmission archive you will see this folder structure Transmission Patches Transmission Transmission NoFX Transmission Skin Images Scripts Transmission Templates Transmission Templates MSEG Templates Transmission Templates Oscillator Templates Installation Overview Here s what you need to to do install transmission Copy the patch folder to Zebra s presets folder Copy the MSEG templates to Zebra s MSEG folder Copy the Oscillator templates to Zebra s Oscillator folder Copy the two skin folders to Zebra s plugin if you want to install the skin The following installation instructions will install the transmission content into your user area on your hard disk instead of the system area This means you can update and reinstall the factory presets without
49. y to make sounds to your taste quickly and easily Let s have a look at the included templates zebra2 transmission user manual page 25 Clear All This is a just a reset template that clears and resets everything in Zebra included for your convenience when you do want to start from scratch 1 osc gt 1 filter Filter Oscillator Envelopes Effects i X Cutoff Y Resonance X Waveform Y Sync waveforms X Amp env Y Filter env Here we have a simple one oscillator one filter synth with an envelope for each This is a good starting point for simple sounds and for learning Zebra The XY controls give you hands on access to the filter oscillator waveforms envelopes and effects 1 osc gt 1 filter Wavemod Filter Wavemod Envelopes Effects X Cutoff Y Resonance X Wavemod 1 Speed Y Wavemod 1 Depth X Amp env Y Filter env This is based one the 1 osc gt filter template with a one oscillator this time in dual mode and one filter but it includes Wavemod functionality that is LFO2 is routed to the oscillator s Wavewarp control meaning the oscillator slowly morphs through it s wave forms ZE 3iRde transmission m 1 osc gt 2 filter Parallel 2 osc gt 1 filter XMF Filter Oscillator Envelopes Effects Filter Oscillators Envelopes Effects X Cutoff X Waveform X Amp env X Cutoff X Osc 1 Wave X Amp env Y Resonance Y Sync waveforms
50. ys As quite a lot of wet FX reverb delay appears before the global filter some nice textures can be achieved Closes the filter Adds filter resonance Filter Waves Envelopes FX Kosmeyer Mmm Pegs patch notes Plucky arpeggio with lots of different tones on the XY s Echoes pick up the off beats Add cyclical wave modulation ZE 3Rde transmission m Filter Waves Envelopes FX Nectarine Dreams patch notes Plucky 8th note arpeggiator with echoes Various comb tone parameters aftertouch Closes the filter Filter Hair Envelopes FX Nectarine Nightmares patch notes Variation on the previous patch with some octaves changing au eae the arpeggios modwheel wheel Various come tone Various come tone parameters sis aftertouch Closes the filter Filter Hair Envelopes FX Octaver patch notes Meaty filter modulated sequence with the pitch modulation handled by a user defined LFO pattern on LFO2 mod wheel Adds frequency offset for some panning and separation effects between the two XMF filters Closes the filter Filter Tone Envelopes FX aftertouch xy controls Pley Sum Kords patch notes A VA style fat synth patch with an arpeggiator driving an 8th note patern As each arpeggiator step is polyphonic with an octave setting of zero you can play three notes at once and they will stay on the same note rather than cycling up and down as you usually expect with arpeggiators This makes

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