Hello there,

I have currently about 29k presets for Zebra 2 but I need help to organize it. After they are organized i will release them on sister site.

Things already done:
1. Converted all old .fxp to .h2p
2. Check duplicates
3. 22k presets already organized

So what needs to be done:
About 7k presets that needs to be organized one by one(its easy process just drag and drop inside Zebra 2). I think best way to categorize is just simply determining by ear if its lead, pluck, keys, etc(you could go deeper using sub category and determing if its "analogue" or "digital" etc if you would like...)

However only one person can work on it at the same time(i dont know how to merge .presetdatabase files). So please if you are interested helping send me PM and i will explain more.

Thank you.

 

Please share....

 

I guess he´s still organizing

 

29k presets for Zebra 2 Why? Why would you need so many? Isn't easier to just learn to program presets and keep some as templates? What are you going to do with them? Audition them for a year or something? It's just a distraction to have so many .

 

54,500 Presets on sister site although not sure what format they are. Search for:
Samples Depot 54.500 Uhe Zebra2 Presets Bundle
plus many more biggies for other synths

 

As a friend of order: You are awesome.

People who don't sort and categorize are lazy bastards! I hate when people release things unsorted, just a mess and no point in downloading. So please, continue sorting and we will be very happy.
Zebra is such a complex synth that having a huge amount of presets, with searchable tags, actually are very nice *IF* they are categorized and searchable by type properly. Even though you can make your own sounds, it is still valuable to learn different tricks and get inspiration.

I have been doing the same for other synths like Diva and Virus TI but there are so many duplicates that has been renamed by someone stupid moron that were trying to sell them illegally under different names..... You have to use a checksum compare on all files, and then delete all duplicates. I would start doing that BEFORE you start working with sorting....it will save you a lot of pre-listens...

 

I'm wondering if AI might be a helpful tool here. If you are able to feed it sounds played from Zebra and have it "recognize" the sounds into predetermined categories.

 

If you get them off of "The Sister Site" then you can categorize them all as "Plucked".

 

If you have not done so already, consider listening & determining the quality & usefulness of presets based on your needs & possibly by type of music they could possibly be used for. Atmospheric, Film, Hybrid Classical, Dance, Pop, Reggae,Hip Hop, Trap, Modern Country, etc...

Toss out the awful or useless one without prejudice.

 

Delete everything and use this time saved to make music!
ok I ->
;)

 

If you load all these as data sources into OsTIrus plugin, Go to the Patch Browser 3rd column to the right. Right click and there are options to Hide Duplicates by Name, and also Hide Duplicates by Hash. You can select both of them at the same time. There are a number of save options and export options in that same contextual menu.

I do not see these options in the Aura Virus Editor manual but maybe they are there somewhere obscure. You don't really run into this problem with the Access Virus Control plugin because it can search across multiple Soundsets for results without actually loading any of them first.

This feature in the DSP56300 emulator is probably the best option for dupe killing the shared banks for the Virus. The condition many of them were uploaded in results in a big disorganized mess.

 

Last edited: Sep 12, 2024

programming done by the right mofos ....

one out of many around here eh eh , preset and vintage warez wise .