Z3ta's presets are even more misleading than Rapture's imo.  The presets are more useful than original Z3ta, but still too much trance.

I don't use DP as much as I used to.  Mostly because of Kontakt.  It still has a bunch of good sounds and most of the sounds take up a smaller footprint, which is nice when I need to do something in a 32 bit app like P5.
 
I don't use Rapture as much as I used to either, mainly because of the number of synths out there.  However, I keep coming back to it because I just seem to be able to make so many useful sounds with it.  I definitely recommend checking out the free Muz3um pack, as well as the CA rapture packs and the Universal 120 pack.
 
Z3ta+ and I don't seem to get along quite as well, even with its modern revamping.  There are only a few presets I have seen that I like for it, these being the Virus mod and the Muz3um set.  I think I liked a few of the Xenos sets too.
 

Z3ta+ is a very powerful synth but as I mentioned in an earlier post I only really found it really useful once I started programming from scratch.
 
Its not that hard once you grasp the modulation matrix but I do tend to  have trouble imagining what the wave shaping is going to sound like before I start, hence there is quite a bit of trial and error. If you do a lot of programming of course experience will start to tell you what to expect.
 

My problem is that I tend to forget that I have some of these products. I just reach for the ones I always use out of habit.

MGC59
My problem is that I tend to forget that I have some of these products. I just reach for the ones I always use out of habit.

That does happen, you can have too much stuff.
 
Also you are going to get better results from a less capable program you know well that a better one you don't know your way around.
 
 

MGC59
My problem is that I tend to forget that I have some of these products. I just reach for the ones I always use out of habit.

See, I actually really like this. I have things I use daily and will remain in my arsenal, but sometimes when I feel like something is missing, it's good to pull up something I've not used in a while because most of them are decent products and might put a new spin on something I'm working on that I might not have considered with my normal workflow.

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Fwiw komplete ultimate 10 with komplete kontrol lets you get easy access to all sounds plugins with a few keyboard pushes . Been finding gems like never before..

Could describe how it works with 3rd party plugins .....also do you get the names of parameter and isit easy to use it with act ...
 
Thks

I bought the virtual instruments video from the Cake shop.  You do learn a sense of appreciation from some of them.
I thought Beatscape was a great idea. To play 16 Rx2 files in Reason you need 16 devices.
 
Cyclone was ahead of it's time. I remember seeing it in Sonar2 and never messed with it.