ZULU 2021? Further thoughts?

I think mine sounds great, but my big gripe with it is that it reacts VERY differently to different rigs, so when i use it at home then take it to my studio for recalls or tweaks, the sound changes so radically that it becomes unusable. So I don't really use it much at all anymore.

I mean, the Purple site thread suggests a not very happy ending for many folks but I haven’t kept up.

yeah, i'll probably sell mine in the nearish future. it's been a pretty long while since i fired it up, due to it being pretty much impossible to move it from studio to studio with consistent results. That just doesn't jibe with my usual workflow.

Yeah, he announced a rack-mount version with active electronics and a few other things, plus a different box called the Juju. There was also a bundle you could buy for both together. It was advertised that it would come out I think in January of 2019. That came and went and nothing materialized. As more and more time went on, it became clear that this wasn't going to happen, but they took all the money upfront. I had ordered the rack version because I thought it was coming within a month or so. He ended up offering people 2 or 3 regular Zulus in lieu of a refund, presumably because that money was long gone. I asked for one Zulu and cash back and he asked for a few weeks to get the money and then thankfully I got that and a Zulu. Much like the things people are saying here, I ended up finding it very strange to integrate into a system because of the wacky gain staging and I didn't think it was worth the headache, so I sold that on Reverb.

Thanks guys, for your feedback.
It's too bad the device didn't work out as well for some, as intended. (Let alone those who may have lost $$).
Chris

I was pre-order

I used it pretty much on every mix on 2 bus or drum group in my hybrid summing for a couple of years.

I went ITB late last year and now I use it on the way in for OH or kick/snare.

I was up for getting a 4-way or 8-way rack version, perhaps with a 2-knob configuration for settings… but I don’t see that happening now.

Its a good box and I’m sure a MK2 or rack version could have been even better.

Its very difficult to start up a company, in any area and audio is no different. In particular supply, components and hardware build are hard. Being caught at a very exposed time, second product launch, when governments did what they did as a pandemic response must have hit hard.

I haven’t followed the pre-order thread on the new product so I’m not in a place to comment.

If LUNA gets hw inserts going soon, I’ll likely hook my ZULU back up on the 2-bus.

Cool thread. On a semi-related topic any love for the JJ Audio microphones in 2021?

Finding those mics was a big inspiration for me. I decided to do my own similar-ish builds, after seeing what was possible. I know Langston had some involvement in that company, too.