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Summary of Contents for Nebiru ZDS Shifter
- Page 1 ZDS Shifter Owners Manual Model I...
- Page 2 Elements Back Hooking Things Up Power MIDI In MIDI Out Operation Setting up Mappings Programming the Shifter Controlling the power/activity LED Footswitch Setup Shift Rules Adding rules Deleting rules Rule Groups Backup and restore Factory Reset © Nebiru Software, 2018...
- Page 3 You can also create rules that allow you to stack notes. You could, for example, have it so that a certain crash cymbal automatically plays a kick note when struck. The s hift rules are limited only by your imagination! © Nebiru Software, 2018...
- Page 4 Physical Elements Footswitch #1 Footswitch #2 Power/activity light Footswitch #1 indicator light Footswitch #2 indicator light © Nebiru Software, 2018...
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Page 5: Hooking Things Up
DC adaptor to provide the minimum 6 Volts of power it requires. You should use the power adapter provided with your Shifter, however, any adaptor in the 6 to 12V range will work. Please be sure the adaptor you © Nebiru Software, 2018... - Page 6 The USB port can also power the Shifter, however, it cannot also power your Zendrum. If you are using wireless or are powering your Zendrum from a battery or elsewhere, then powering the Shifter from the USB port alone is perfectly fine. © Nebiru Software, 2018...
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Page 7: Operation
Initially, this link will display ‘General MIDI’ as this is the default mapping used by the Shifter for MIDI channel 10 (drums). Clicking the link will display the channel mapping interface where you can select which module to use for each channel you care about. © Nebiru Software, 2018... - Page 8 (if any) and controls to import your own files. The mapping you select for each MIDI channel is used in the shift rule grid and ‘new rule’ dialogs to display the instrument name for Note ON and Note Stack MIDI messages. © Nebiru Software, 2018...
- Page 9 Z DS Shifter Web Application The application is split into two sections. The top section contains a visual representation of your ZDS Shifter and is where you can set up how the foot switches behave. The lower section is where you program your shift rules.
- Page 10 Lastly, there is a new message type defined to handle note stacking. Whenever the Input message type is N ote On , then it is possible to select ‘ N ote Stack ’ as the output type, and select an instrument name as in this example: © Nebiru Software, 2018...
- Page 11 At the far right of each rule is the delete button The application will ask you for confirmation before removing the rule. Deletions cannot be undone so be sure to b ackup your settings should you need to recover them later. © Nebiru Software, 2018...
- Page 12 Rule Groups Your ZDS Shifter supports up to four r ule groups which are represented by the tabs in the interface, labeled ‘Group A’ through ‘Group D’. Each group is turned on/off by a specific CC message. These typically are controlled by the footswitches and you’ll set the CC message and channels...
- Page 13 Controlling MIDI Out Your Shifter will transmit MIDI on both the DIN and USB ports by default. You can take control of which ports are used which will be helpful when setting up complicated MIDI pathways. © Nebiru Software, 2018...
- Page 14 The third setting controls whether the footswitch will be ‘ latching’ or ‘momentary’ . When set to latching, the control will turn on when you depress the footswitch once, and then turn back off when you step on it © Nebiru Software, 2018...
- Page 15 NOTE: The Shifter must reboot whenever the footswitches or power LED settings are modified. The reboot is automatic but be aware that the interface will go gray for a couple seconds while this is happening. © Nebiru Software, 2018...
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Page 16: Backup And Restore
This will erase all programmed shift groups and return the foot switches and power LED to their factory default settings. This is not a reversible action so be sure you have backed up your settings prior to resetting. © Nebiru Software, 2018... - Page 17 The application will ask you to confirm this action before performing the reset operation. © Nebiru Software, 2018...