The real issue is that it devalues the product.
That means a new product launch will cause a small initial sales bump because some people need it right now (for arbitrary Maslows of "need") and the real boom will be at summer/Christmas - but those have to make up in numbers for the silence in between sales and the price cut during the discount. I thought u-he was the exception, but there it was.Urs also posted why U-he has this exception and if I recall correctly, the problem with NI's style of discounting is that everyone is going to wait for the sale.
#Dark zebra vs zebra 2 upgrade#
Now, as a rule, I never buy plug-ins unless they're on sale since every major software developer offers promotional discounts from time to time (e.g., NI's recent 50%-off upgrade promo). That's why it's a good idea to simply get on every major software developer's email list to make sure you don't miss any deals. I thought u-he was the exception, but there it was.
#Dark zebra vs zebra 2 code#
Once you receive the code, you need to use it by "the end of August." You can order as many products as you want, but the code is only valid for a single transaction. If you subscribed to the newsletter on or before July 1st, then you would've received an email with the discount code within a few days (mine took two days). Subscribed!Cool-hope you made it! I wished I had learned of the offer sooner so I could have shared it here in time, but I only saw it on the day it was apparently about to expire (which appears to have been July 1st, 2018, since on July 2nd, the promotional graphic below disappeared from their website). That discount has me looking hard at Zebra. Here's one: If you had subscribed to u-he's newsletter prior to July 1st, 2018, you're eligible for a 25% discount coupon (valid through August 31st, 2018). The purpose of this thread is to have a place to post about Zebra topics: u-he news, new soundsets, programming tips, upgrades, user experiences, etc. It's capable of exactly the kinds of sounds I was looking for, and is a huge jump-starter for those interested cinema sound design-much kudos to Urs, his team, and to Howard Scarr. But at least for now, that search ended after I installed The Dark Zebra. So my search for the most Zebra-like sounds to be found in a hardware polysynth has ended (though, a Novation Peak or Kyra may still remain in my sights). In another thread, I asked which analog polysynth best mimicked ZebraHZ, and the best answer was a four-oscillator VA, possibly using customized wavetables as additional sources (i.e., not necessarily an analog polysynth).
The drones are rich with mystery, movement, tension and sci-fi-ishness. As I've said, The Dark Zebra is like getting a sci-fi soundtrack-in-a-box. I own a VirusTI Polar, and many of my favorite Virus presets are Howard's-his Dark Zebra presets are just as impressive.Īs many of you know, I'm a huge fan of Hans Zimmer's and Benjamin Wallfisch's Blade Runner 2049 soundtrack. Study his patches carefully.I also read at kvraudio, "u-he has released The Dark Zebra, a bank of 400+ Zebra2 presets created by Hollywood composer Hans Zimmer and synth sound designer Howard Scarr." So, in addition to Urs, I'm now a fan of Howard Scarr's due to his work on both the Virus and on The Dark Zebra. Howard Scarr (HS) is/was an excellent sound designer, and not a small part of what makes the VirusTI sound so good.