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- Page 1 Tiptop audio z-dsp www.tiptopaudio.com...
- Page 2 Tiptop Audio, together with some of the best known programmers in the music industry, are continually working to bring new programs to the Z-DSP platform. With over 10 years in the making, this library that is available on cards has grown very well and by now covers everything from classic reverbs and delays to experimental granular and physical modeling algorithms and a lot in between.
- Page 3 Valhalla DSP, each contains 8 algorithm programs. Pull the Dragonfly out of the bag and insert it slowly to the card slot on the front of the Z-DSP, making sure that the Dragonfly print is facing upward. Note: Inserting the card upside down will not cause any damage, but the card will not work.
- Page 4 FILE FILE FILE Now that we played a bit, let’s have a closer look at the Z-DSP signal flow. Signal Flow The Z-DSP contains two distinct audio channels, labeled Left (also “1”) and Right (also “2”). The terminology of “Left” and “Right” is most commonly used for stereo e ects like Delay and Reverb, while “Channel 1”...
- Page 5 IN2. If you plug a cable into the FDB IN, it breaks these internal connections and lets you use these inputs and outputs separately either to add inputs to to the Z-DSP or to route the Feedback externally through other modules. To place a module in the feedback loop plug one of the output FDB1 green jacks into that module input, plug the module output to FDB IN on the Z-DSP.
- Page 6 Built in VCAs Amplitude Modulation The feedback section has a good amount of gain in it, and will easily cause the module to self-oscillate. This can result in some high frequency 'screeching' which can harm your monitors. So take it easy on that gain knob if you’re looking for smoother sounds. Note that the FDB knobs are logarithmic so gain gradually adds up with the turn on the knob, it might be very quiet at the first few steps of the dial, this gives you smoother control of the input gain.
- Page 7 In total there are 8 knobs and 18 jacks. Voltage Control The Z-DSP contain 2 types of Voltage Control (VC), one is the regular analog control such as the Feedback gain and VC over the Wet/Dry mix. These can be swept at any speed and well into the audio range.
- Page 8 Understanding Clocking For clarity lets first say that the Clock input on the Z-DSP is not for syncing delay e ect to a BPM. This input takes in pulses at audio rate and up to ‘bend’ the e ects in some unexpected ways.
- Page 9 Anything is game for the CLOCK input… Modulate the pulse width of your new clock; set it to a narrow pulse so that the detector in the Z-DSP is “hanging on the edge”; try mixing the output of multiple VCOs to create a random clock. As well as going slower, there is also a whole new set of e ects that stem from going faster.
- Page 10 Switching is a lot of fun and can add a rhythmic dimension, for example switching between binary ring modulators using the Bit-Rot card. That should be enough to get you started... There's a lot to explore in the Z-DSP, don't be afraid to get funky with it!
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