Z3TA+ 2 - Second Generation Waveshaping Synth

In August, Z3TA+ customers will be in for a special treat as we release the long-awaited Z3TA+ 2. With a redesigned user interface, deeper editing controls, new effects, and superior sound quality, Z3TA+ 2 builds on the legendary reputation of its predecessor. Of course Z3TA+ 2 would not be complete without a new collection of sounds so we retained many of the same sound designers of the original Z3TA+ to create exciting new programs that are sure to spark your creativity. If you already own Z3TA+, then the upgrade to Z3TA+ 2 is a must-have and will be available for a special price. Z3TA+ 1.5 is included with SONAR X1 Studio and Producer and those customers will also be eligible for this special upgrade pricing.

Category:

Music

Tags:

• Cakewalk SONAR X1 z3ta+
• zeta 2
• z3ta+ 2
• VST
• Instrument
• analog synth
• waveshaping

[TheFourdrinier]

@PetreckMusic: Statistically, those people are experiencing the same mental changes as the Placebo Effect. If someone thinks a product will sound worse, it almost always will. The human brain is far more inclined to believe itself than raw facts. DAW's are transparent, they take the pointer to a 32bit floating point value from a VSTi, and dereference it to the 32bit parameter on another VST. Simple. Effective. Transparent.

[simonbostock]

please make a mac version.

[TheFourdrinier]

@RoboticusMusic: Z3ta+ 1 and 2 both have oversampling (2x) and you are correct, the reverb effect samples differently with OS, and the filter becomes slightly mushy with the addition. It's an odd tradeoff: the filters in z3ta+ are unique in timbre with standard sampling, but the reverb sounds much better with OS while the filter loses it's sharpness. z3ta+ doesn't feature complex Additive Synthesis though, you can only add 6 partials. It's hard to recreate anything with that limitation.

[RoboticusMusic]

@TheFourdrinier Z3ta has that too but if your try it, it becomes a whole new synth.

[TheFourdrinier]

@RoboticusMusic: :) Oversampling additive synthesis will do that. What's really neat is that you can pick an independent oversampling value for renders that will automatically be used.

[kazunanakama]

@djcriticalnoise Cross-platofrm is never a bad thing, young padawan.

[RoboticusMusic]

@TheFourdrinier I'll have to give it another look. Sytrus easily kills my i7 cpu from what I remember.

[TheFourdrinier]

@RoboticusMusic: Definitely a more robust matrix in FM8, but the LFO and envelope generators are identical, and Sytrus can still OS the modulation at 64x the base sample rate. No artifacts at that point. At 100% depth, FM8 degrades to whitenoise(tested). One huge point in Sytrus's favor: All oscillators are 256 partial additive oscillators. I'm not saying FM8 is a bad synth, but that both have a different feature set. It depends solely upon what you need, since neither is actually better.

[RoboticusMusic]

@TheFourdrinier fm8 is much much better.

[RoboticusMusic]

@PrtuguesePride Nope. A/b testing has debunked this myth on gearslutz. these mixers don't have their own sound. Ableton live really is the greatest DAW simply because it is the largest tool chest.

[vanishy0urself]

@Flippy1565 you have your Logic, we have our Z3TA. You've got enough Mac-exclusive programs that PC users are salivating about. Let us PCers have our own perks.

[Senj1n]

hahaha, mac losers..