@NotBornEveryMinute u are probably one of the few to do not appreciate such instrument. There are a lot of guys out there which use the Ztar as a real Midi Guitar, using the strings and the pull off/hammer on functions. I honestly prefer the tap way cause is easier and u can have a wider palette of sound. Hope you'll find a better tool to express yourself :-)
@NotBornEveryMinute Godin xtsa is nice, I had it before buying the Ztar, but I sold it after a month cause it still have a short yet hearable latency and it is based on tracking. Good for melodic slow or medium speed stuff but not so precise for shredding expecially for soft picking. Anyway, Godin is a guitar, the Ztar is NOT a guitar. I preferred the Ztar cause u can configure it in the way u want as a real keyboard and u have not to worry about string intonation or other.
I get what that^ dude is saying. Why play guitar parts with a guitar effect? You can do that on guitar. Or why play piano parts with a piano effect? That is boring. This instrument allows you to use any effect and play it like a guitar. So why not simulate an awesome shredding piano solo?
@gabm999 cause a guitar doesn't sounds like a piano and a piano.... is not a guitar :-) Being a guitar player I have no time to spend learning on a real piano, so I preferred a Ztar to have different sounds. check out my channel for real guitar playing. bye
$1500 and up!!! Gonna have to sell several (real) guitars first to get this baby!! "Each Ztar is built to order and requires an 8-10 week lead time." !!!
love the piano playing, i play jazz guitar but ive never tried a midi guitar before...id love to sound like bill evans on my guitar haha. Hopefully it's possible to expand the range somehow...like foot pedals to move the notes up/down and octave or two :D
@geoffreyefloyd yeah a couple of pedals should be grat to expand the octaves but u can theorically have the same number of octaves of a piano because you can set the ztar with a tuning like E-A-E-A-E-A each couple has 2 octaves, so un can have 6 octaves but you have re-learn all the songs :-D Actually I just use a sustain pedal cause the octave option is always available on the side of the ztar :-)
@oney2nwo yeah that kind of a tuning would expand the range a lot, if I were gonna go with a non-standard tuning I would probably do a straight fourths or fifths tuning just cause I like the idea of an isomorphic keyboard...another thing I might try is zoning the 1st - 12th frets and the 3rd-to 24th frets separately for left and right hand then have some octave pedals too hahahaha I dunno I just need to buy one and try it out.
What software did you use?? I dont know too much about midi yet, but when the rock controller comes out It wont have anything with it, so what will I need to set it up??? thanks :)
@Dapavid329 Looks like he used a hardware synth, the Motif. But any ZTar will work with any MIDI controlled synth/sampler, hardware or software. If you're looking for a powerful software-based solution, Reason is pretty damn killer, and will work well with a ZTar.
@Dapavid329 you can use everything you want as said by Polaris20. I preferred a Motif cause you can set the sounds you will use in a live situation, but you can use all the VST software you want. Reason is a good choice but I prefer the EAST WEST libraries. NO limits with a MIDI controller :-)
It's just a keyboard for tappers! It's not useful as a MIDI guitar! Sad owner for over 10 years!
NotBornEveryMinute 4 days ago
@NotBornEveryMinute u are probably one of the few to do not appreciate such instrument. There are a lot of guys out there which use the Ztar as a real Midi Guitar, using the strings and the pull off/hammer on functions. I honestly prefer the tap way cause is easier and u can have a wider palette of sound. Hope you'll find a better tool to express yourself :-)
oney2nwo 4 days ago
@oney2nwo If you like it, good for you! You say you tap, as do the vast majority of users I've found on YouTube. I prefer my Godin xtSA.
NotBornEveryMinute 3 days ago
@NotBornEveryMinute Godin xtsa is nice, I had it before buying the Ztar, but I sold it after a month cause it still have a short yet hearable latency and it is based on tracking. Good for melodic slow or medium speed stuff but not so precise for shredding expecially for soft picking. Anyway, Godin is a guitar, the Ztar is NOT a guitar. I preferred the Ztar cause u can configure it in the way u want as a real keyboard and u have not to worry about string intonation or other.
oney2nwo 3 days ago
I get what that^ dude is saying. Why play guitar parts with a guitar effect? You can do that on guitar. Or why play piano parts with a piano effect? That is boring. This instrument allows you to use any effect and play it like a guitar. So why not simulate an awesome shredding piano solo?
MrTomservo85 1 month ago
Is that a Floyd Rose on there?
whoohaaXL 2 months ago
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ZzzzzzzZzzzzzzz....... why not just play it on real guitar.... or just get a pano...ZzzzzZzz....
gabm999 4 months ago
@gabm999 cause a guitar doesn't sounds like a piano and a piano.... is not a guitar :-) Being a guitar player I have no time to spend learning on a real piano, so I preferred a Ztar to have different sounds. check out my channel for real guitar playing. bye
oney2nwo 4 months ago 5
$1500 and up!!! Gonna have to sell several (real) guitars first to get this baby!! "Each Ztar is built to order and requires an 8-10 week lead time." !!!
welldoneministry 5 months ago
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welldoneministry 5 months ago
love the piano playing, i play jazz guitar but ive never tried a midi guitar before...id love to sound like bill evans on my guitar haha. Hopefully it's possible to expand the range somehow...like foot pedals to move the notes up/down and octave or two :D
geoffreyefloyd 6 months ago
@geoffreyefloyd yeah a couple of pedals should be grat to expand the octaves but u can theorically have the same number of octaves of a piano because you can set the ztar with a tuning like E-A-E-A-E-A each couple has 2 octaves, so un can have 6 octaves but you have re-learn all the songs :-D Actually I just use a sustain pedal cause the octave option is always available on the side of the ztar :-)
oney2nwo 6 months ago
@oney2nwo yeah that kind of a tuning would expand the range a lot, if I were gonna go with a non-standard tuning I would probably do a straight fourths or fifths tuning just cause I like the idea of an isomorphic keyboard...another thing I might try is zoning the 1st - 12th frets and the 3rd-to 24th frets separately for left and right hand then have some octave pedals too hahahaha I dunno I just need to buy one and try it out.
geoffreyefloyd 6 months ago
- By set up I mean to make it able to make sounds like this :P
Dapavid329 7 months ago
What software did you use?? I dont know too much about midi yet, but when the rock controller comes out It wont have anything with it, so what will I need to set it up??? thanks :)
Dapavid329 7 months ago
@Dapavid329 Looks like he used a hardware synth, the Motif. But any ZTar will work with any MIDI controlled synth/sampler, hardware or software. If you're looking for a powerful software-based solution, Reason is pretty damn killer, and will work well with a ZTar.
polaris20 4 months ago
@Dapavid329 you can use everything you want as said by Polaris20. I preferred a Motif cause you can set the sounds you will use in a live situation, but you can use all the VST software you want. Reason is a good choice but I prefer the EAST WEST libraries. NO limits with a MIDI controller :-)
oney2nwo 4 months ago
this is the best that has ever created man
MIRASbeatboxer 8 months ago 2
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TheHuntress144 8 months ago
Awesome!!
dbasto1 9 months ago
WINNING!
Baddboy187 11 months ago 6
I concur with les. molto buona
Frets200 1 year ago
Great work, as usual. Love your new orchestral direction. And the shred still is great.
lfradkin 1 year ago