Fleer
Loving and cherishing my z3ta+2 as it was my ticket into this forum!

Do you plan to create your own sounds, or surf presets all day? <rhetorical question>
 
I was doing great, until the deals on AIR, SynthMaster, and SONiVOX came along ...
 
Out of 10,000 new patches (PRESETS), I think I may have found 9,000 that I like!

Fleer
Don't do this here, guys. KVR or Gearslutz are better places for such banter.
On topic, those Klanghelm freebies are mighty fine indeed.

bitflipper
Z3ta sat on my hard drive for ages, unused. I'd thumbed through all the presets and found very little there that would be of use to me. Wrote it off as an EDM lo-fi whoosh-maker.
 
That was a mistake. The folks who created the factory presets had simply made assumptions about who their target user was (it wasn't me!) and tailored the examples appropriately. That's unfortunate, because it's a capable synth and relatively easy to program.
 
Whether you are a preset-puncher, a roll yer own type, or somewhere in between, presets are important. They are a showcase for what a synth is capable of. I wonder how many other good synths I've skipped because they had weak presets.
 

• Submissions must be announced in the submissions forum thread with a link to the song's soundcloud, and include a brief report how it was made:
  The DAW/host, all FX used, and how many instances of the synth and FX was used.
  
  
• Effects rules:
  • Most Native DAW effects may be used (see below for what NOT to use)
    • The effects must be easily available freeware 3rd party effects. This does not include plug-in betas, demos, magware or freeware that has expired, unless a special exception is made that month.
  • ANY Built-in effects native to the plug-in itself may be used. (So built in chorus / distortion / etc is allowed)
• The following DAW effects are NOT allowed:
  • Any type of modulation effect (e.g. chorus, phaser, flanger, rotary etc.). (Please note that effects like reverb or delays that perform modulation to achieve their sound are ALLOWED, but the modulation usage must be minimal.)
  • Effects that pitch the sound (e.g. pitched / granular delays, tapestops etc.)
  • Any effect that transforms the sound to make them unrecognizable as being from the synth.

• No use of samples, sample libraries or live sounds (like voice, guitar etc allowed). However, for convenience or CPU saving,
  synth bouncing are allowed but only where the EXACT same result could have been achieved using
  the original synth. This means that for example pitching and reversing is not allowed. Sampling for example
  a bass drum in order to get a consistent sound is not allowed either. Samplers used must be host samplers or freeware and easily available.

• More Clarification: Audio must not be touched at all once it leaves the DAW (aka after bouncing a track or a stem). For example: One cannot master the audio in another software or service. Also, If you need more performance / CPU a workaround is to freeze all the tracks.

• Commercial synth patches/soundbanks are not permitted

abacab
I think that z3ta+ still sounds better than Z3TA+ 2
 
I have A/B tested a few patches from the original set, and I see a difference on a spectrum analyzer.

kennywtelejazz

abacab
I think that z3ta+ still sounds better than Z3TA+ 2
 
I have A/B tested a few patches from the original set, and I see a difference on a spectrum analyzer.

I haven't A/B tested them to hear what I like better between the 2 ...
When I'm using my midi guitar I do get lost in space when I use them synths
Time sure fly's and the next thing I know it's  Earth To Kenny it's time to walk the dog
One thing I love is using the z3ta+ as an effects unit ...there are some really great sounds in there  w a lot of movement .
 
Kenny

abacab

kennywtelejazz

abacab
I think that z3ta+ still sounds better than Z3TA+ 2
 
I have A/B tested a few patches from the original set, and I see a difference on a spectrum analyzer.

I haven't A/B tested them to hear what I like better between the 2 ...
When I'm using my midi guitar I do get lost in space when I use them synths
Time sure fly's and the next thing I know it's  Earth To Kenny it's time to walk the dog
One thing I love is using the z3ta+ as an effects unit ...there are some really great sounds in there  w a lot of movement .
 
Kenny

 
That midi guitar thing sure sounds like fun.  I wonder if I could mod my P-Bass up with that stuff?

Rain
My list of freebies would include:
 
Arturia's MiniFilter V, which they gave away recently. Messed with it tonight. Nice.
 
Arturia's MiniMoog V, a freebie from a few years ago. 
 
Camel Audio's Camel Crusher - I've been using that one for ages.
 
Eventide Stereo Room, a gift from Focusrite.
 
Focusrite Red EQ and Comp, also a gift from Focusrite.
 
NI's Kontakt Player (because I'm too lazy to convert those few remaining libraries that I use to EXS-24's format).
 
 
I can't say that I use any of them regularly, but I wouldn't want to be without them.
 
 
Freebies that I used to use on the PC which aren't available on my platform:
 
HG fortune's synths - ProtoPlasm and STS-21 in particular. Inspiring stuff.
 
E-Phonic plug-ins - pretty much all of them. Tape Delay, Retro Delay, LoFi and Drumatic were among my go-to.