Z3TA+, the award-winning Waveshaping Synthesizer, is
the newest member of the Cakewalk family. Z3TA+ is a top-of-the line analog-style
synthesizer with incredible sound shaping capabilities. The exclusive bandlimited
Waveshaping technology makes Z3TA+ one the best and most respected synths in the
industry. As a complete instrument, Z3TA+ is oriented to the professional musician
and sound programmer looking for uncompromised sound quality and features.
Z3TA+ (zay’-ta) is among the most expressive and
inspiring virtual instruments available today, fully capable of producing the
most authentic vintage analog sounds and incredible, cutting edge modern sounds.
Whether you’re looking for lush, warm pads, slowly evolving atmospheres,
searing leads or sparkling FM sounds, Z3TA+ delivers the goods, and includes
hundreds of professional presets.
Effects
Drive
- 6 Drive modes, including Soft/Hard drive, Valve Amp, Smart Shaper and Heavy
Metal (local plus global drive stage), individually selectable for both filters.
- Tone, Drive and output Level controls.
- Progressive Stereo Decimator (lo-fi).
Modulation
- 9 Mode Modulation section, full stereo operation (except when mono modes
are selected).
- Modulation speed sync'able to host Tempo.
- 3 modulation waveforms.
- Broad range of Chorus, Flanger and Phaser effects available, including mono/stereo
chorus, flanger and phaser, 6-voice chorus, Quad phaser.
- Delay, Speed, modulation Depth, Feedback, 2-band Modulation Equalizer with
selectable modes and Level controls.
Compressor
- 3 Mode dedicated compressor, with Threshold, Ratio, Gain and output Level
controls.
- Delay Section
- 3 individual stereo delay lines, with Time (L & R), Delay, Feedback
and Level controls.
- Multi mode 3-band EQ inserted in the feedback loop, with 6 EQ modes.
- Tempo Sync capable.
Delays
- Three independent delay lines which sync to host tempo.
- Stereo, Ping, Cross and LRC delay modes.
- Three-band stereo equalizer with six eq modes for each delay line.
- Individual time settings for L and R channels, feedback and level controls.
Reverb
- Full stereo reverb.
- 4 Reverb modes, including Small Room, Mid Hall, Big Hall and Plate.
- Size, Damp, Lo, Hi and Wet/Dry controls.
EQ
- Full stereo eq.
- 7 band equalizer with 11 equalizer modes (Wide 1/2/3, Half 1/2/3, Low, Lo/Mid,
Mid, Mid/Hi, Hi).
- Stereo Cabinet-Amp simulator, with 19 different preset simulations.
Main Effects
- Effect bypass.
- Stereo Main Limiter.
Features
Oscillators
- 32-bit wavetable synthesis with three rendering modes (DRAFT, NQ, HQ).
- 6 Oscillators, 60 built-in waveforms, 6 user loadable waveforms, PWM possible
in all oscillators with any waveform.
- 64 voice polyphony (CPU dependant) with polyphony limiter and Intelligent
Voice Allocation (no clicks when maximum polyphony is exceeded).
- Independent Waveshaper for each oscillator with 14 wave transformations:
WARP, TWIST, MULTIPOINT, WAVE, SYMMETRY, DRIVE, WAVE, OFFSET, SHRINK, SELFSYNC,
BIT REDUCTION, HIPASS and LOWPASS filters, DC-OFFSET and WINDOW, all fully
bandlimited and real-time capable.
Filters
- 2 Stereo Filters (4 filters total), 10 Filter Modes: 12dB/oct LPF/HPF/BPF/BRF,
24dB/oct LPF/HPF/BPF/BRF, 36dB/oct LPF, formant. Filters can be set in parallel
or serial.
- Individual Cutoff, Resonance, Resonance Boost, Pan, Level and Limiter controls
for each filter.
Low Frequency Oscillators
- Morphing capable LFOs, 4 global, 2 local (per-voice), all host Tempo Sync
capable.
- Individual Offset, Delay, Fade In, Morph Time, Speed, Tempo Sync and Key
Sync mode controls.
Envelope Generators
- Eight 6-stage envelope generators, 1 bipolar, 6 unipolar, 1 main Amp eg,
all with adjustable positive or negative amount.
- Individual Delay, Attack Time, Slope Time, Slope Level, Decay Time, Sustain
Level, Release Time controls.
Arpeggiator
- Algorithmic arpeggiator with all basic patterns
- MIDI arpeggiator with 100 built-in patterns.
Modulation Matrix
- 16 row modulation matrix with Source, Range (min/max), Curve, Control and
Destination options.
- 24 modulation sources, including all LFOs, Egs, main Oscillators, Attack
and Release velocity, Unipolar and Bipolar keyboard tracking, internal functions
and polyphony.
Version 1.5 Added Features
- Now supports x64 binaries
- New stand-alone mode
- Real-time and off-line playback quality selectors
- Import MIDI file to Arpeggiator function
- Optimized Arpeggiator Engine
System Requirements
- 800x600 minimum resolution.
- 1GHz or faster processor, 128Mb of RAM or more recommended.