ZETA Music Systems ZMC-200, User Manual

Page 1: ...Zeta Music Systems Inc User Manual SYNTHONY II MIDI CONTROLLER Model ZMC 200...

Page 2: ...HANCERS 11 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS 12 THE FOUR MODES OF OPERATION 15 GLOBAL MODE 15 GLOBAL SETTINGS FOR PICKUP SYSTEMS 15 VIOLINISTS AND BASSISTS 15 VIOLISTS AND CELLISTS 15 PRESET MODE 16 UTILITY M...

Page 3: ...ON 29 VEL SENSE 29 VEL OFFSET 29 DYNAMIC CONTROLLER 29 PRESET NAME 30 STRING MODE 30 COM 30 SEP 31 HOLDMD 31 COMMON 31 SEP 31 HOLD PRESET 31 VOLUME 32 SEQ PATTERN 32 SEQ TRACK 32 SEQ TEMPO 32 LAYER 32...

Page 4: ...TING UP A CHAIN 45 UTILITY MODE 48 UTILITY PARAMETERS 48 DISPLAY 48 TUNING 48 LEVEL 48 PRESET NAMES 48 NUM 48 GM 49 XG 49 DCLIC RESPNS 49 XMIT SYSEX 49 TOTAL DUMP 50 PRESET 50 CHAIN 50 ARP PATTRN 50 E...

Page 5: ...ng sounds 55 SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE IMPLEMENTATON 56 MASTER SOUND BANK LIST 58 Piano 58 Electric Piano 58 Cpercussion 59 Organ 59 Acoustic Guitar 60 Electric Guitar 60 Acoustic Bass 60 Electric Bass 61 Synt...

Page 6: ...odes directly to PRESET mode The LED just to the left of the PRESET button shows you the status In PRESET mode the presently selected preset is shown in the display You also have the option of seeing...

Page 7: ...ected character and moves all the following characters one character to the left 10 CHAIN Use the CHAIN button to get to CHAIN mode where you can use a foot pedal to cycle through pre programmed prese...

Page 8: ...MIDI IN jack will be echoed unchanged to this port G MIDI OUT jack All MIDI data generated by your ZMC 200 will be sent to this port If you are using an external MIDI instrument with your ZMC 200 be...

Page 9: ...verter available today Other effects such as COMMON Bypass SEPARATE Hold LAYER ensemble doubling etc can be controlled by the fully programmable hold pedal The implementation of a sophisticated Arpegg...

Page 10: ...a few of them Then later when you get to know your ZETA SYNTHONY II a bit better you will be able to fine tune these settings Global Parameters 1 Using the 13 pin jack on the front side of the ZETA SY...

Page 11: ...N Value buttons If in doubt read the user s manual of your MIDI instrument 7 Press the Parameter button to get to LOCAL MODE If you are using the internal sound card of the ZETA SYNTHONY II set this v...

Page 12: ...ried the factory presets let s edit one of them to PIANO 1 Using the Value buttons find Preset number 27 EPno2 HdPad Now press the EDIT button 2 Press the ENTER button twice 3 Press the Parameter butt...

Page 13: ...new name and change the first letter accordingly With the Parameter buttons you can move the editor cursor one character to the right or to the left respectively Repeat this process until your new nam...

Page 14: ...previous The values of each individual parameter can then be changed by using the Value buttons The Value button increases the value to the next highest and the Value button to the next lowest By hol...

Page 15: ...mits the User to output i all analog sound with no synthesized sound ii all synthesized sound with no analog sound or iii a blend of analog and synthesized sounds For analog volume levels simply adjus...

Page 16: ...stallation instructions are included with the enhancers with directions for application of the proper gaskets to each type of Zeta pickup system The use of the provided tracking enhancers is essential...

Page 17: ...rol false triggering on open strings when playing in MIDI mode WARNING Super glue can damage the finish of the violin We recommend putting a small amount of super glue on the end of a toothpick and ap...

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Page 20: ...ickup system Zeta has created preset sensitivity settings that the User can select for their specific instrument Although certain Global parameters have been preset to approximate sensitivity levels y...

Page 21: ...omize these settings to optimize the performance of the Synthony II to the unique characteristics of their individual instrument CAUTION Improper settings of the Global parameters can cause too much s...

Page 22: ...your computer providing you have the appropriate software CHAIN MODE You can define chains of presets for use in live performance that are then easily accessible All of these settings must first be sa...

Page 23: ...he sound module or the external MIDI instrument that will then play the information The ideal scenario see STRING MODE SEPARATE is for each individual string to be assigned its own MIDI channel The ad...

Page 24: ...t these techniques that are fairly unique to string players your ZETA SYNTHONY II uses the MIDI controller Pitchbend In much the same way that a keyboard player hits a key and then uses his pitchwheel...

Page 25: ...anel buttons All the MIDI data that your ZETA SYNTHONY II generates will now be exclusively sent to the MIDI OUT port Make sure you have the sequencer connected to the MIDI OUT port of the ZETA SYNTHO...

Page 26: ...play a string you will see that the associated dash fills in more and more until playing loudly fills out the entire character space TYP Type of instrument VIOLIN 4 VIOLIN 5 VIOLA CELLO BASS You deci...

Page 27: ...n input signal level either You will probably have to increase the sensitivity of the thin strings to obtain a balance between the strings and to reproduce a natural sound When setting up a bass instr...

Page 28: ...buttons adjust the sensitivity for that string When you have the strings set at appropriately low sensitivities simply press Exit two times These settings will be saved automatically Now when you are...

Page 29: ...94 Variation will be sent to your MIDI instruments or not see PAN ENABLE if your ZETA SYNTHONY II is equipped with the internal soundboard a third parameter NO EFFECT is also listed as a choice If thi...

Page 30: ...the manufacturer and set it here Use the EXIT button to leave the Submenu MIDI MAPPING Program change commands that are received on the selected active BASIC CHANNEL can be assigned to any ZETA SYNTH...

Page 31: ...e buttons to cycle through your presets Use an optional MIDI foot controller INSTRUMENT TUNER In the default setting see UTILITY MODE DISPLAY the bottom half of the display shows a tuner that monitors...

Page 32: ...meter you tell your ZETA SYNTHONY II to execute pitch changes using your normal pitchbend settings or step wise quantized AUTO This setting corresponds to your ZETA SYNTHONY II s unique ability to rec...

Page 33: ...to L1 represent the left side L15 being all the way to the left and R15 to R1 being the same in reverse R1 and L1 are close to the center MID is exactly centered in the stereo panorama PAN SPREAD Pano...

Page 34: ...ler the value the less dynamic range there will be between note events In the extreme case a value of zero plays all notes on your MIDI instrument at the same dynamic level regardless of how loud or s...

Page 35: ...sert function allowing you to insert a character at the cursor position and displacing all the characters after it one position to the right The last character at position 12 will be overwritten The E...

Page 36: ...allowing you to play a chord press and hold the pedal so that the played chord will be sustained on your MIDI instrument until you release it no matter what you may play on your instrument while the p...

Page 37: ...e pattern will be repeated until you press the hold pedal two times quickly Or you can set the number of times that you want the sequence to be played Choose one track pattern of 1 8 that you want to...

Page 38: ...repeated until you press the hold pedal two times quickly Or you can set the number of times that you want the sequence to be played Choose one track pattern of 1 8 that you want to play when you pre...

Page 39: ...programmable rhythmic patterns Press the ENTER button to get to the Sub menu of t he arpeggiator ARPEG PRESET 1 128 Select the sound you want to use when playing back by using the Value buttons TEMPO...

Page 40: ...t in pitch and played in that order In UP DOWN mode the pitches are played from lowest to highest and then back down to lowest somewhat simulating finger picking RAND plays back the notes of the arpeg...

Page 41: ...e the cursor to the desired position using the Parameter buttons and select the appropriate note value using the Value buttons The represents the end of the sequence the LOOP The pattern will be conti...

Page 42: ...l octave in which the notes were recorded REPEATS 1 16 The individual notes in an arpeggio can be repeated up to 16 times If you set this value to 1 each note in the sequence is played only once VELOC...

Page 43: ...aken back to where you were last The display of the Hold preset name blinks until you save your changes using the STORE button CNTRL With this function you have the ability to link your Hold pedal to...

Page 44: ...when the start command is received from the MIDI IN port STACK The effect is the same as in Hold Mode LAYER The difference is that in this mode the Hold pedal must not be explicitly pressed The Layer...

Page 45: ...NRPN MSB 01h and LSB 21h for a filter function for example Use the Value buttons to select the setting NRPN RPN NRPN and press the ENTER button The first line of your display shows you whether you ar...

Page 46: ...options from which you can choose here The name of the program you choose is shown in the display Set this parameter to NO EFFECT if you don t want to use chorus VAR Variation Program NO EFFECT HALL1...

Page 47: ...is the number that relates back to the Preset Mode The upper left number is simply part of the factory name for the Chains before you create your own name ie No Name 1 No Name 2 No Name 3 etc You can...

Page 48: ...n The following parameters can be accessed by pressing the Parameter buttons CHAIN PRESET NAME max 12 Characters Use a name that describes the function of of your chain e g the name of the song with w...

Page 49: ...by selecting the one you want to delete and pressing the EDIT button The step is deleted and the following steps are moved one up in the chain to fill the empty spot SAVING CHAIN PRESETS Press the EX...

Page 50: ...be illuminated 6 Press the Parameter button The Name and number to left of the colon are the preset name and number The number to the right of the colon is the step number At this point the step numbe...

Page 51: ...s Store 20 Use the Value buttons to scroll to the number that you wish the Chain to be For now simply store it as Chain 6 It is not necessary to scroll the Value buttons to store it at 6 21 Press Ente...

Page 52: ...47 ZETA Music Systems Inc ZMC 200 Manual Rev2 0 28 Congratulations You have programmed your first Chain Now try to create some more...

Page 53: ...e bottom half of your ZETA SYNTHONY II s LCD display shows a instrument tuner that can be used during play to check and correct the tuning of your input instrument Tune each string so that the arrow p...

Page 54: ...atches available The built in sound module of the ZETA SYNTHONY II is XG compatible and offers you all of the XG sounds in superior quality DCLIC RESPNS Double click response 1 20 Here you set the amo...

Page 55: ...e arpeggiator EFFECTS ALL REV CHOR VAR Owners of the ZETA SYNTHONY II can choose to send the parameters for the entire effect section or just those for the individual areas reverb chorus variation SEQ...

Page 56: ...41 240 The tempo of the drum sequencer can be set externally using Midi clock EXT MIDI IN or internally using BPM beats per minute between 41 very slow and 240 very fast In the case of external synchr...

Page 57: ...ntain 4 drum sounds with 3 different dynamic levels The larger the number of steps you set with this parameter the finer the resolution of your pattern will be You can also set values for uneven meter...

Page 58: ...chained together step wise according to their number You can have a maximum of 32 steps C 0 127 This is the number of repeats the pattern will execute within the step The value 1 plays the patter one...

Page 59: ...uments need to be correctly set 3 The MIDI instrument should be in multi timbral mode 4 Make sure the audio cable between your MIDI instrument and the amplifier is correctly connected 5 Check the volu...

Page 60: ...or more strings are not loud enough in comparison to the others Possible problem The string sensitivity of the individual strings is not set well Solution 1 In GLOBAL MODE try resetting the sensitivi...

Page 61: ...TEM EXCLUSIVE IMPLEMENTATON F0H Exclusive status 00H European ID s 20H European ID s 2DH BCM ID 20H Model ID AX100 00H Device ID ah Address high am Address mid al Address low ch Byte Count high cm Byt...

Page 62: ...57 ZETA Music Systems Inc ZMC 200 Manual Rev2 0 Total Sequencerdump Seq setup pattern 1 32 tracks 1 8 Patterndump for Sequencer All Trackdump for Sequencer All...

Page 63: ...ing parameters add up to 3 effects per sound etc However you cannot save permanent changes to the Master Sound Bank itself Please refer to the following list of 480 sounds from the Master Sound Bank F...

Page 64: ...Tubular Bells Church Bells Carillon Dulcimer Dulcimer 2 Cimbalom Santur Organ Draw Organ Det Draw Organ 60 s Draw Organ 1 60 s Draw Organ 2 70 s Draw Organ 1 Draw Organ 2 60 s Draw Organ 3 Even Bar 16...

Page 65: ...tar Steel Guitar 2 12 St Guitar Nylon Steel Steel Body Mandolin Electric Guitar Jazz Guitar Mellon Guitar Jazz Amp Clean Guitar Chorus Guitar Muted Guitar Funk Guitar Mute Steel Guitar Funk Guitar 2 J...

Page 66: ...ass 1 Syn Bass 1 Dark Fast Res Bass Acid Bass Clav Bass Tekno Bass Oscar Square Bass Rubber Bass Hammer Syn Bass 2 Mello SB 1 Seq Bass Clk Syn Bass Syn Bass 2 Dk Smooth Bass 2 Modular Bass DX Bass X W...

Page 67: ...Strings 2 Choir Aah s Susp Choir Choir Aah s 2 Mello Choir Choir Strings Voice Ooh Syn Voice Syn Vox Choral Analog Voice Orchestra Hit Orchestra Hit 2 Impact Brass Trumpet Trumpet 2 Bright Trumpet War...

Page 68: ...x Alto Sax Sax Section Hyper Alto Tenor Sax Breathy Tenor Sax Soft Tenor Tenor Sax 2 Baritone Sax Oboe English Horn Bassoon Clarinet Pipe Piccolo Flute Recorder Pan Flute Bottle Shakhchi Whistle Ocari...

Page 69: ...t Perky SoftWurl Synth Pad New Age Pad Fantasy Warm Pad Thick Pad Soft Pad Sine Pad Horn Pad Rotary Strings Poly Synth Pad Poly Pad 80 Click Pad Analog Pad Square Pad Choir Pad Heaven 2 Itopia CC Pad...

Page 70: ...Vibe Bell DigiBell Air Bells Bell Harp Gamelmba Atmosphere Warm Atmosphere Hollow Rls Nylon EP Nylon Harp Harp Vox Atmosphere Pad Planet Bright Fantasy Bell Smokey Goblins GoblinSyn 50 s Sci fi Ring...

Page 71: ...nang Gender Gamelan S Gamelan Rama Cymbol Asian Bell Apogo Steel Drum Glass Percussion Thai Bell Wood Block Castanets Taiko Drum Grand Cassa Melodic Tom tom Melodic Tom tom 2 Real Tom tom Rock Tom tom...

Page 72: ...Door Slam Scratch Scratch 2 Wind Chime Telephone 2 Car Engine Car Stop Car Pass Car Crash Siren Train Jet Plane Starship Burst Coaster Submarine Laughing Scream Punch Heart Foot Step Machine Gun Lase...

Page 73: ...rgan 60 Muted Trumpet 103 Echoes 18 Percussive Organ 61 French Horn 104 Sci Fi 19 Rock Organ 62 Brass Section 105 Sitar 20 Church Organ 63 Synth Brass1 106 Banjo 21 Reed Organ 64 Synth Brass2 107 Sham...

Page 74: ...HALL1 Simulates the reverb found in a concert hall HALL2 A variation of HALL1 ROOM1 Simulates the reverb found in a normal room ROOM2 A variation of ROOM1 ROOM3 A variation of ROOM1 STAGE1 For use wi...

Page 75: ...h Stereo Input CELESTE1 LFO modulated in 3 Phases CELESTE2 Variation of CELESTE1 Effect CELESTE3 Variation of CELESTE1 Effect CELESTE4 LFO modulated in 3 Phases FLANGER1 Chorus with Phase shifting Jet...

Page 76: ...AY L C R Delay effect Panoramaposition Left Right Center DELAY L R Delay effect Panoramaposition Links und Rechts ECHO Echo effect with independent feedback control for left and right CROSSDLY Delay e...

Page 77: ...CHORUS1 Effect CHORUS4 Variation of CHORUS1 Effect with Stereo Input CELESTE1 LFO with 3 Phase Modulation CELESTE2 Variation of CELESTE1 Effect CELESTE3 Variation of CELESTE1 Effect CELESTE4 LFO with...

Page 78: ...ting PHASER2 Variation of PHASER1 Effect with Stereo Input DISTORTION Distortion simulator OVERDRIVE Simulation of overdriving a tube instrument amplifier INSTRUMENTAMP Simulation a tube instrument am...

Page 79: ...74 ZETA Music Systems Inc ZMC 200 Manual Rev2 0 Synthony II Model ZMC 200 Manufactured Exclusively for ZETA MUSIC SYSTEMS INC 2230 Livingston Street Oakland CA 94606 By Blue Chip Music GmbH Germany...