Download Synapse Audio The Legend HZ v2.0.2.R1 for macOS

You load a bass patch, nudge the cutoff, and the low-mids lock into place—not by accident, but because the 914 Fixed Filter Bank lets you pull a little energy right at 500 Hz. The Legend HZ does that thing where a sound feels big without crowding the centre of a mix.

MPE leads and 12-voice animated pads

• Dialling in warm, moving leads with MPE controllers
• Pulling patches forward or back in a mix using the fixed filter bank
• Loading soundbanks from the original Legend
• Thick, animated pads via up to 12 voices and the onboard arpeggiator

Hans Zimmer presets and unison voice planning

• Factory presets by Hans Zimmer and Kevin Schroeder set a high bar—tweaking them is half the fun
• Unison mode eats voices quickly; plan polyphony around it
• Runs on macOS 10.14 and later, Apple Silicon and Intel

Version 2.1 brings MTS-ESP microtuning support, so alternate scales sit right alongside the classic Moog-style signal path. The back panel now hides a paragraphic EQ and compressor saturation, which turn sound design into mix-ready shaping without leaving the window.

Fixed filter bank versus Diva's mix-and-match models

Compared to u-he Diva, The Legend HZ feels more direct. Diva offers multiple oscillator and filter models you can mix; The Legend HZ commits to one circuit and pushes it further. The 914 Fixed Filter Bank gives you frequency-grab handles that Diva doesn't have, and the six-VA-oscillator architecture can get brassier before you reach for external processing. Diva's own filters sound gorgeous, but for that specific 500 Hz sound—cutting through a dense arrangement without thinning the body—The Legend HZ hits faster.

Next to Arturia Mini V, the HZ edition trades Arturia's modern modulation matrix for a tighter, more physical low end and MPE support right out of the box. Mini V's preset library is larger, yet The Legend HZ's 200 factory patches feel curated rather than exhaustive. If you already own The Legend, patch compatibility means you lose nothing: your old soundbanks load, and projects open the original instrument, so both can live in the same session.

A film cue sketch, start to finish

Say you need a pulsing tension bed under a drone shot. Open a blank instrument track, load The Legend HZ, and call up the init patch.

• Set the arpeggiator to 16th notes, two octaves, and latch it.
• Bring in three saw oscillators, detune two by a few cents, and pan them slightly left and right.
• Engage the 914 Fixed Filter Bank and pull 500 Hz down by 4 dB. The pulse stays present but steps back behind where dialogue will sit.
• Switch on the onboard compressor saturation at a low ratio. The transients soften without losing the rhythmic edge.
• Route a slow LFO to the filter cutoff, keeping movement subtle.

Record a four-bar pass, then swap to an MPE controller. Bend individual notes in the arpeggio for a shifting, uneasy pitch wobble. By the time you print the stem, the track feels mixed already—no external EQ or dynamics needed.

Film composers placing sounds from the back panel

Film and game composers get the most mileage. The ability to sculpt a sound and place it in a phantom mix from the back panel suits deadlines where printing in context matters. MPE integration means a single held note can evolve over thirty seconds without automation lanes.

Sound designers who work in VST or AU hosts find the fixed filter bank a quick way to mimic old broadcast signal chains. In combination with the MTS-ESP microtuning added in 2.1, it is a tidy tool for period-accurate scale work and world-building cues.

Keyboard players who just want a responsive, uncluttered instrument also do well. Unison mode and 12-voice polyphony let you play big chords without voice-stealing clicks, as long as you keep an eye on how many stacked voices unison grabs.

• Paragraphic equalizer added to the back panel
• Compressor saturation for extra analogue weight
• MTS-ESP microtuning support
• 50 new factory presets by Kevin Schroeder

• macOS 10.14 or later
• Apple Silicon and Intel Macs