What the bleep to play with a Ztar

A midley of several tunes to test the endless possibilities offered by using a Ztar. The Ztar is a MIDI controller device. It looks like a guitar, but is 100% MIDI. The samples in this video are made by using a Ztar Z6-S model and a Yamaha Motif Rack ES. Hope you will enjoy it. thanks for watching.
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[NotBornEveryMinute]

It's just a keyboard for tappers! It's not useful as a MIDI guitar! Sad owner for over 10 years!

[oney2nwo]

@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]

@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.

[oney2nwo]

@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.

[Dapavid329]

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 :)

[oney2nwo]

@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 :-)

[Baddboy187]

WINNING!

[oney2nwo]

@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

[MrTomservo85]

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?

[whoohaaXL]

Is that a Floyd Rose on there?

[polaris20]

@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.