"The new Z5000 provides a practical and economical means of adding digital stereo effects to the monophonic sounds of a modular synthesizer. The Z5000's twelve stereo effects include seven different types of reverbs, ranging from dry reflection to highly diffused tail, two ping-pong delays, two triplet delays, and a smooth chorus. It also includes four mono effects including: a linear comb filter (flanger), an exponential comb filter (two-stage phaser), a monophonic delay and a +/-1 octave pitch shifter.One of the unique features of the Z5000 is that each of the sixteen DSP programs offers a smooth parameter sweep using the front panel controls and/or an external positive or bi-polar CV. Coupled with the available digital effects, the Z5000 is able to be fully integrated into a system, making post-processing of modular synth sound effortless by eliminating the need for long cables with adaptors running to external multi-effects processors. And because the Z5000 is designed to handle 'hot' modular signals, it helps prevent audio clipping caused by un-matched signal levels.
The Z5000 hardware combines the benefits of analog patch cables with the sound of 24bit digital effects in a convenient Eurorack module that is easily integrated into your system like any other analog module.
The new Z5000 is now available through AH and Schneiders Buero
http://www.tiptopaudio.com/z5k.php"
Update: If you are curious as to what the difference is between the old and new Z5000, here is what Gur had to say in the comments: "new DSP processor with 16 new algorithms, stereo delays, digital comb filters, new reverbs and a much smoother control with Bi-Polar CV. This revision of the Z5000 is focusing mainly on the stereo image, while the old Z5000 was more about highly diffused reverbs. One doesn't necessarily replace the other."
