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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 digitalboytn [all]
November 17th, 2011
Version reviewed: 2.1 on Windows

I just wanted to say how much I am enjoying using z3ta+ 2...

I've had all of Rene's synths since back in the RGC days and they have always been special creations for me...

We know that he's a genius and his ideas are groundbreaking and inspiring...

But I must say that the new mechanics who worked on z3ta+ 2 have done a wonderful job in both paying homage to the original and bringing some new features to the table and everything is working perfectly for me...

I like the new library system and the GUI layout - both a big improvement on the original...It's easier to "drive" the new model......

The architecture of the synth engine is very similar to the original,but there's some new coding in there and the synth engine sounds better ...Top marks

The new filters and all the extra doo dahs are so cool and once again they sound great....

z3ta+ has always had a great vibe - it's got character and a real "mojo" about it and the new version loses none of that vibe...It's sounds great by itself and it's got attitude in the mix......


z3ta+ 2 makes many other soft synths out there sound soft alright ! Like limp lettuce :)

This synth is really deep and extremely versatile...Loading a few waveforms can transform it into whatever you want it to be - as Francesco showed us with the Virus mod...So cool and so many great possibilities...

Thanks to all involved at Cakewalk for the great work and especially to Rene for the original inspiration...

EDIT 12/18/2012

I'm using Z3TA+2 almost every day and the deeper I dig into it,the more I like it...

It doesn't do everything,but what it does,it does very well :)

It's one of my main workhorses and it would be an asset for anyone involved in synthesis and music production...

This one's a classic and it deserves the highest rating that I can give it...

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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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