Venus Z is the clean channel of Venus X. It's a punchy, modern, all-clean tube preamp based on the sounds of Gallien Kruger but with some tube goodness. The boost channel was removed, the cabsim was replaced by a switchable HPF, the high voltage was raised from 235V to 350V, and the LBA transformer in the D.I. was replaced by an Unagi transformer. An independent volume control was added for the XLR output like on the Finally v2, and there are also independent attenuation trimmers inside the pedal to adjust the max output of the 1/4" and the XLR outputs.