Review: Herz-OG by Zero-G

Zero-G Herz-OG, along with Its huge arsenal of samples will have you churning out hits in no time with nothing more than this library.

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Review Herz-OG by Zero-G

Herz-OG from Zero-G Limited is the latest offering in a long line of high-quality, professional instruments that Zero-G has been making since the 90’s. Its uncomplicated GUI and huge arsenal of samples will have you churning out hits in no time with nothing more than this library. You can pick up this beauty for $53.95 at Zero-G

Zero-G Limited is an offshoot of Time+Space and was founded by Ed and Julie Stratton in the early 90’s. With Ed at the helm, having educational experience in recording and practical experience as an accomplished musician, Zero-G was launched into the stratosphere and quickly established a solid reputation in the music world. Anyone familiar with this company knows that quality and excellence is par for the course and that you will get way more than your money’s worth out of any of their instruments.

Herz-OG normally sells for $66.99 and we got our copy from  Zero-G 

Thoughts

I was excited to do this review because when it comes to Zero-G products, I have never been disappointed and the product description for this one promised a lot. I was already pleased with the number of sounds included in Herz-OG, for such a low price point, before I even loaded up an instrument. It felt a little daunting scrolling through the huge list of files and I felt that if had they grouped like-instruments into subfolders, it would’ve helped alleviate that burden. It also would’ve helped in knowing what type of instrument you were loading because the names don’t always convey this information.

I was really satisfied with the overall look of the GUI when I loaded my first instrument. It was really clean, symmetrical, and reminded me of what a wall/door panel would look like aboard the Tantive IV or some other sci-fi spaceship. At the top of the screen, there is a stereo control slider that actually provides a pretty good snapshot and visual representation of the stereo field. To the left and right of this slider are two little boxes with 3 knobs each, one box features controls for the samples and the other one has controls for velocity. Underneath these boxes is where you will find the sequencer and its various controls.

At first glance, its operation was a little confusing even though its parameters were familiar, but that quickly faded after messing with it for a couple of minutes.

At first glance, its operation was a little confusing even though its parameters were familiar, but that quickly faded after messing with it for a couple of minutes. The fact that Herz-OG is highly responsive to any changes that you make and that it contains detailed help text along the bottom means very few things in this plugin will leave you scratching your head. To the left and right of the sequencer are the 2 delays. Even though the adjustable parameters are pretty standard, I actually really enjoyed playing with these and liked how you could adjust the ping-ponging of the repeats on each delay for some really interesting effects. Along the bottom of the GUI is where you will find the pitch and amplifier envelopes, the filter LFO, the unison voice slider, and the unison detune slider. All of the knobs in this section are pretty self-explanatory and work as they would on any synth. Almost every knob on the Herz-OG is assignable to standard MIDI controllers and is extremely useful for making adjustments in real time.

Herz-OG is a very well-made synth and I was actually surprised at how well the sounds work together. I found everything I needed to make a whole song contained in just this one synth and I loved that almost zero adjustments were needed to get them to lock together. Should you want to use Herz-OG alongside other instruments, it has no problem sitting comfortably in whatever role you have for it, whether it be the star of the show or something that sits in the back supporting the other instruments.

This synth also has a huge selection of pads in the presets that would be perfect for trailers, video games, and movie scores. If the presets don’t have what you’re looking for, the fact that the sounds work so well together means you can easily make great sounding multis out of any of the 700 presets. Overall, Herz-OG is a great sounding synth with so much content, I don’t understand why Zero-G doesn’t sell it for more. This product will be a great tool in your toolbox whether you make rock, hip-hop, EDM, trailers, scores, etc…there’s something here for you. Zero-G delivers once again.

Facts

Herz-OG is 6.5 GB and consists of over 15,000 separate samples. It features 700 preset Kontakt instruments.
It has 15 filters and 11 LFO shapes. Herz-OG requires the FULL version of Kontakt 5.7.0 or higher, it will not work with the Kontakt player version.

Herz-OG normally sells for $66.99 and we got our copy from Zero-G 

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