KVR Audio

1-2-Many · Post by **1-2-Many** » Wed Sep 05, 2012 3:56 am

fisherKing wrote:tech support is basically unresponsive...am about ready to give up. shame, really like this one, but who cares if i can't actually use it in a track??

Rather than give up, I think we users need to get more vocal about it - I've started a thread over on the cakewalk forum. http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?high= ... =1#2652130

It's high time CW got these things resolved, or at least RESPONDED.

Johnny! · Post by **Johnny!** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 8:17 am

yeah, support for this vst is a joke. arp area is full of bugs (still), some presets are extremely low volume (no matter what I do) etc etc.
I used z3ta2 on a few tracks , but I'm not really doing that anymore due to all the quirks and hiccups. Come on Cakewalk, fix this (rather good) synth.

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:15 pm

Hi!
Maybe a silly question but here it is:
I have Zta 153 and v2 too, but which one to use?
I tend to use 153 just bacause i think it has less bugs and sounds better ...

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 7:23 pm

Well, considering they overworked the audio engine in v2, it should sound better than v1.53.

And i can confirm that it does, much better.

Pytchblend · Post by **Pytchblend** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:29 pm

I'm wondering if Z3TA+ 1.5.3 is the latest version (currently for free from beat.de http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=369965 in case you missed it), and if the beats.de 'version' is the real 'full' deal.

How many of the bugs and requests posted earlier in this thread were fulfilled; did Cakewalk/Roland listen?

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Jan 07, 2013 8:36 pm

Pytchblend wrote:I'm wondering if Z3TA+ 1.5.3 is the latest version (currently for free from beat.de http://www.kvraudio.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=369965 in case you missed it), and if the beats.de 'version' is the real 'full' deal.

To both, yes.

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:33 pm

Z3TA+2.1 still has that error or bug that switching ARP on (using midi arp pattern) can make presets 'mute' no sound can be heard but the arp animation shows that it should trigger notes....

So according to my prev. post, I think if you want z3ta with working ARP, u should use 1.5.3

Am I right?

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:38 pm

to be super correct, I can say I experienced presets muting that turned out to be sounding presets but with extremely low volume. It's an ARP bug anyway.

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 7:53 pm

From time to time, I install Z3TA+ 2 but after a while I found some "uncomfortable behaviour" that makes me uninstall this "legend". I use WIN7, Reaper so nothing special - it should work in these environment.

You can say if the arp is buggy - don't use it! But damn, I wanna use it - developers put ARPs to synth to use it, you can't replace this by drawing sequences on piano roll like tools of your DAW.

dune_rave · Post by **dune_rave** » Sun Jan 13, 2013 7:15 am

Ok people, I have populated the cakewalk forum 2.1bug thread with one more:
http://forum.cakewalk.com/tm.aspx?high= ... =1#2756019

---wow, one cakewalk user had the answer:

I thought when i switch arp on it mutes my preset, but i have forgotten one thing:

So it's not bug, I should increase arp velocity.
But all this can be very misleading,: by default when you turn ARP on, velocity is 0, so you can hardly hear anything.
Even in ARP presets, many times arp velocity is 0, and you still can hear the preset - so you might think, you dont need to push up arp velocity....

golemus · Post by **golemus** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:37 pm

I don't see presets from DAW preset list. Anybody else have this problem? The same problem exists in Live and Studio One, you cannot change patch from DAW drop-down menu or DAW buttons, only with program change messages.

EvilDragon · Post by **EvilDragon** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 1:55 pm

It's the way z3ta+ 2 was coded - it only reports one preset to the DAW, since it has its own patch management.

Johnny! · Post by **Johnny!** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 2:56 pm

Thankfully this synth was cheap when I bought it, freeware or magware vstis are less buggy than this. If this (lame support) is the case with all Cakewalk products, then I'm surely not gonna spend another penny on their software.

Can't check out now, anyone knows whether this is resaleable or not?

mabian · Post by **mabian** » Thu Jan 31, 2013 3:01 pm

Sadly, the usual CW development cycle flow.... leave bugs for a long time and customers frustrated... come on, it's 2013, there's agile programming and delivery now

- Mario

re.mark · Post by **re.mark** » Wed Aug 21, 2013 1:26 pm

Massive multi/spread issue in Cubase 7 (OS X)

The issue is as follows:
Multi/Spread doesnt work for me on an initialzed patch.
It will work fine with a preset that uses it already, but if i change from multi and back to it it become disabled in some way.

Here is a video demonstration of it occuring:

Multi works fine in factory presets, but initialze and stick multimode in for an osc and phase/spread no worky.

Tech Support at Cakewalk aren't able to recreate the issue, Tech support at Steinberg are able to recreate the issue.

Pretty much all my sound design relies on multi oscs so this is a massive issue that pretty much renders this synth useless to me.

Z3TA+ 2 Bug Report Thread