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Shane Sanders · Post by **Shane Sanders** » Thu May 31, 2007 5:00 pm

If all goes well, it's only three more weeks of waiting and this will be mine:

Mine will come with a nice leg rest, USB + normal MIDI out, and a built-in breath controller thingy. And it will have all white keys, with the fret markers along the side of the neck.

Yummy.

CascadianSynths · Post by **CascadianSynths** » Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:25 am

Man I know I am late on seeing his thread but I have a Ztar coming to me to in about a week or so. I hope it will be as cool as it seems cracked up to be. Thats why I'm on the hunt for some killer vstis to use with it.

CapnLockheed · Post by **CapnLockheed** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 5:54 am

That's it dammit!!

I'm selling off some guitars getting
me one of these summbitchez!!

I feel like I'm driving
a Hyundai when I play my EZ-EG.....I wanna drive a Benz!!

Cheers....CL

AndrewSimon · Post by **AndrewSimon** » Sun Oct 07, 2007 6:32 am

Shane Sanders wrote:If all goes well, it's only three more weeks of waiting and this will be mine:

Mine will come with a nice leg rest, USB + normal MIDI out, and a built-in breath controller thingy. And it will have all white keys, with the fret markers along the side of the neck.

Yummy.

Congratulations.... but don't you own the MINI Z already?
and if so why the upgrade (or downgrade?)

By the way here is mine:

SuitcaseOfLizards · Post by **SuitcaseOfLizards** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 4:14 pm

I've considered getting one of these for some time - how playable are they? I've tried the various pitch-to-midi devices and I'm not happy with the tracking (not to mention my playing style isn't clean enough to prevent a LOT of false triggering)...

My background is mostly blues/rock but I dabble with keys on occasion, but I prefer the feel of a guitar.. not sure how well those skills would translate to a Ztar.

AndrewSimon · Post by **AndrewSimon** » Mon Oct 08, 2007 6:53 pm

woolyloach wrote:I've considered getting one of these for some time - how playable are they? I've tried the various pitch-to-midi devices and I'm not happy with the tracking (not to mention my playing style isn't clean enough to prevent a LOT of false triggering)...

My background is mostly blues/rock but I dabble with keys on occasion, but I prefer the feel of a guitar.. not sure how well those skills would translate to a Ztar.

Well it's not like playing a guitar, the neck is pretty wide and even all the way down.
The "frets" are at a fixed distance from each other and do not shrink as you go down the neck so there is adjustments to be learned.
The good news is that there is absolutely no tracking going on so you get what you play.
There are many ways to play the Ztar not only the traditional way.
Tappers will feel quite at home here.
Then you can tap with 2 hands.... even on the same string at the same time (if you set it up that way).
You can use the strings or you can just tap a pad to trigger notes... and so on.
Breath controller, preprogrammed cords, tap the last fret to trigger strings the possibilities are endless.
Bottom line it's a killer for triggering bass lines and playing some piano on my tracks.... and that's all I need from it.

CascadianSynths · Post by **CascadianSynths** » Tue Oct 09, 2007 9:52 am

CapnLockheed wrote:That's it dammit!! I'm selling off some guitars getting
me one of these summbitchez!! I feel like I'm driving
a Hyundai when I play my EZ-EG.....I wanna drive a Benz!!

Cheers....CL

Thats cool man. It sounds like you and I both started out with an EZ-EG. I personally felt like I had to try a Ztar because those Yamaha necks on the EZ practice guitars just aren't long enough for my playing tastes or ideas. I mean I knew I wanted to try a Ztar out but obviously they aren't cheap things so I felt lucky when I found a used Z6-SP+. What is sort of cool about that EZ-EG though in my opinion as a gimmicky sort of thing is the not so smooth whammy bends it can do (that many people seemed to not like at all) in my opinion.

rro · Post by **rro** » Wed Oct 10, 2007 10:35 pm

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Gents,
I play the Ztar Z7S and I can tell you, there is no tracking problem. Zero delay. Fastest thing in the West!

I've used it on my "Guitar Revolution" CD and it's wonderful:
http://www,cdbaby.com/lesfradkin15

After a small learning curve and fret distance adjustment period, you'll be glad you bought one. Tapping is a gas but strumming has some benefits as well.

Best,
Les Fradkin

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