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Z3TA+

Waveshaping Synth Plugin by Cakewalk
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Z3TA+ has an average user rating of 4.63 from 30 reviews

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Z3TA+

Reviewed By vryc [all]
March 20th, 2004
Version reviewed: 1.3 on Windows

~ "Reviews like "this thing rocks!!!!!"..." ~

Well, it does. I'm reviewing the new Virus Mod2 for the z3ta+ or "zeta". Rene you genius master. Fr4nk (the guy behind the Virus preset list is a frightening ninja sound design GOD!! Once you hit the "Fiv3 sid3 p0lyg0n" sounds and just tweek the mod-wheel you'll be floored and won't know what to do with yourself. This has most if not all of the characteristics of the hardware Virus synths. And with 2x oversampling set to be in version 1.4 this synth will own even that "fat" hardware sound.

Complex would be a good word to describe this puppy, but once you've entered the cool waters of the "zeta" you'll wonder why you've got so much useless hardware lying around (if nothing else they can be "pawned" to get a more powerful computer :)).

One last thing. I've never experienced customer service like what Rene offers. He's sharp and quick with a response and always eager to implement user adaptions if possible.

The z3ta+ has absolutely redesigned VSTi's and shown its competition just how a little care in programming and great customer service can change the way we both see and use soft-synths.
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PUSHA
PUSHA
7 January 2013 at 2:11pm

*Very High Sound Quality

*Lots of presets & expansions

*Nice GUI

OVERALL - 8/10.....

Pyrotek45
Pyrotek45
29 March 2015 at 2:54am

they need to fix the modulation for the wave shaper.

Dewed
Dewed
8 July 2020 at 1:32pm

I tried to get the demo. The site is still there and says to download Command Center to get it. But you can't sign up a new account.

cyrb
cyrb
6 April 2021 at 1:33am

Revisited this oldie today. 5 instances, ~45 polyphony, all 2x oversampled = 30% CPU usage, which includes all insert effects. They don't make synths like this anymore. One instance of Diva alone reaches 50% at high polyphony.

jimmyfredriksson
jimmyfredriksson
6 April 2021 at 8:17am

It's not really fair to compare this to Diva. They use different ways to make sound. Z3ta is a wave table synth and Diva is a virtual analog synth that what I think recreates the circuits of an old analog synthesizer. That takes a lot more processing power. Also you can change the quality in Diva. But I agree with you. Z3ta is an awesome synth.

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alex philipp
alex philipp
16 June 2023 at 10:47am

Mac update here showing 03 march 2023, but latest available for download is Released: 3/6/2017

Too bad they just abandon it, not giving to free community like Surge synth. I would be happy for new free users even I paid full price long time ago.

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