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u-he at Synth Week 2026: Zebra 3 is here!
SYNTH WEEK 2026: Founded in 2001 by industrial designer and synthesizer fan Urs Heckmann as a one-man show, the Berlin-based audio software company u-he has since evolved into a tightly knit team of employees, active partners, and third-party contractors – with ambitious plans for the future.
Known initially for Zebra2 and Diva synthesizers, u-he has released several other highly acclaimed products over the years, and regularly contributed freeware plug-ins to popular music technology magazines. Despite their underlying complexity, u-he synths and effects are often praised for their ease of use and sheer sound quality.
More recently, the u-he team has been exploring new technologies for vastly improved analogue synthesis and delay emulation (Repro / Colour Copy), for smoothest possible wavetable interpolation (Hive 2), and new physical modelling approaches to effects (Twangström).
Spring 2024 marked the release of Zebralette 3 Beta, a free synthesizer with an innovative, spline-based waveform editing method destined to flow into the next generation of u-he synthesizers.
Zebra 3 is here!
It’s been a long road, and Zebra 3 is finally here! Built on decades of experience gained from developing Zebra2 but surpassing it in every way, Zebra 3 is packed with powerful new modules that take advantage of Zebra's renowned workflow.
Those of you who have already experimented with Zebralette 3 should have an inkling of what to expect…
With its unique oscillator, modal resonator and other complex modules, Zebra 3 is certainly on the deeper side of synthesis. The next generation of our flagship plug-in brings deep modular sound design into a modern digital instrument.
Inspired by ideas from the Eurorack world, Zebra 3 offers extensive routing flexibility, with almost every parameter available as a modulation target. It responds effortlessly to expressive performance and detailed automation.
Dive in, discover, experiment—aided by the comprehensive user guide whenever necessary—you will soon find making sounds in Zebra 3 highly rewarding!
