99% of presets sound absolutely awful to me and in some cases put me off the synth. If I hadn't have gotten Z3TA+2 included in X1 Production Suite then I'm not sure I would have bought it after going through the presets, even though I know now that it's an awesome instrument. Most of them (and this goes for most synths I demo) sound like the designer is stuck in an early 90's timewarp of cheesy big-room rave music and I couldn't imagine ever wanting to use them in a track, not even with a lot of tweaking. But having said that, I've bought preset packs for Z3TA+2 that have been excellent, for example the Vintage 70's/80's one which is for sale in the Cakewalk store. I just wish more stock presets were of this caliber and usability.

Of course you don't have to use all the presets, if just a couple are useful and make a good song, that's often money well spent IMO.

Presets can be fun, and very rewarding. There are times when I don't have anything I want to record, and I'll sit back and go through presets. While most are not going to be ever used, occasionally you find that one preset that you get lost in, sometimes playing for hours, and sometimes this becomes the beginning of a song. 

S.L.I.P.
Presets can be fun, and very rewarding. There are times when I don't have anything I want to record, and I'll sit back and go through presets. While most are not going to be ever used, occasionally you find that one preset that you get lost in, sometimes playing for hours, and sometimes this becomes the beginning of a song. 

Yep!

I'm a little disappointed that there are only three oscillators, perhaps I got spoiled by Z3TA+ (2). I mean I also have a MicroMoog that sounds fine with just one and a sub, but for such a modern looking synth I had expected six or something. I'm on the preset bandwagon too though!

The extra oscillators may have bashed the CPU. I was surprised, when I was reading the product page, that we we are advised to use a 256+ sample buffer. My DAW lives at 64 and I wish my gear would run at 32. I don't see how I could go backwards and enjoy it.

It seems pretty easy on my CPU so far but I haven't really pushed it yet.

Sanderexpander, your comment got me thinking about oscillators, and what you might need lots of 'em for.
 
More than 3 of these particular oscillators would probably be too CPU-intensive for most machines. Even Zebra, which is pretty efficient, seriously gobbles up CPU cycles when more than two oscillators are employed. Fortunately, my favorite patches need only one or two. I've played with SynthMaster in its massive multi-oscillator mode, and my computer just rolls over and dies.
 
6+ oscillators serves just two purposes, as near as I can tell: emulating Hammond sounds and building up EDM supersaws. No general-purpose synthesizer nails Hammond sounds anyway (you'd need 96 oscillators to do that) and I hate supersaws, which grate on my ears.
 
So I'm not impressed by synths that advertise many oscillators. It's easy enough for any developer to add any number of oscillators - it's literally cut 'n paste. Most devs don't bother, because it's what each oscillator can do, rather than how many times you do it in parallel.
 
You have to ask yourself why multiple oscillators are used in the first place. The answer is spectral modulation. The Minimoog sounded great because its oscillators were inherently unstable. As they slowly drifted in pitch they modulated one another's harmonics in a crude simulation of what happens when acoustical instruments play together. The Micromoog emulated that in an even cruder way, with pulse-width modulation. But there are diminishing returns when adding more oscillators.
 
My favorite new synth right now is OBXD, a free Oberheim emulation. Like the original Oberheim Expander Module, it has just two basic oscillators.

Chandler
On another site the maker posted a comparison between his synth and some popular ones(which he didn't name). In the comparison you could see there was less alaising and the harmonics looked clearer than the others.
 

Then, one of the makers of one of the other synths used in the comparison (Urs Heckman) chimed in to note that his synth has a switch which will turn his oscillator picture (the 3rd one) into one that looks like Melda's.
 
 

The price has already been lowered after howls of protest on kvr. New price will be $256. Still too high, IMO, to be competitive with comparable products. Though I'm sure Vojtech would say that there are no comparable products, and he'd be mostly right.
 
Unfortunately, part of the "incomparable" claim is because it's missing a few things people have come to expect from advanced synthesizers. Being able to pan each oscillator independently, for example. And of course the Melda UI philosophy does take some getting used to. Anyone who's been using synths for a long time will likely initially look at it and go "huh?".
 
However, I expect to see many improvements made to it over the coming year. And if you just listen to it rather than examining every knob and feature, it does sound pretty darn good.