TABLE OF CONTENTS ZMC-200 FRONT PANEL ZMC-200 REAR PANEL ABOUT THE SYNTHONY II QUICKSTART ...5 BASIC SETTINGS ... 5 CHANGING A PRESET SOUND... 7 ABOUT THE USER INTERFACE INSTRUMENT INTERFACE FEATURES E-SERIES PICKUP SELECTOR SWITCH... 10 ANALOG/DIGITAL BLENDING ... 10 TRACKING ENHANCERS...
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APPENDIX ... 54 FACTORY RESET ... 54 PROBLEM SOLVING External MIDI instrument doesn’t play...54 String bending does not function properly...54 Sometimes wrong notes ...55 Varying string volume levels ...55 Dynamic difference between notes is too great ...55 Wrong sounds...55 SYSTEM EXCLUSIVE IMPLEMENTATON... 56 MASTER SOUND BANK –...
2. E-SERIES ON/OFF : This button must be pushed and locked in the “on” position in order for violins equipped with Zeta’s E-Series pickups to function properly with the ZMC-200. Note: The E-Series violin pickups are mono-MIDI capable, and will not access the ZMC-200 multi-channel MIDI features.
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17. POWER ON/OFF: Here is where you turn your Synthony II on and off. When you turn it on, the display shows your last used preset in PRESET mode and is in LOCAL ON mode. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
MIDI THRU jack: All data that is received on the 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 sure to connect this port with the MIDI IN port on your external instrument.
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3. Press the GLOBAL button. In the display you now see ”BASIC CHANNEL.” If you see a ”1” after the colon, leave it. If not, use the +/- Value buttons to set this value to 1. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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Set each string to “20”. You have now completed the basic settings and your ZETA SYNTHONY II is ready to be played. The changes you made have been automatically saved in static RAM so that they ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
6. Press the +Parameter button. Set the “Quantize” value to “TRIGGER.” 7. Press the +Parameter button. Set “Vel Sense” to “82.” 8. Press the +Parameter button. Set “Vel Offset” to “+12.” ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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(1-128). Choose, for example, Preset No. 128 (+/- Value buttons). Now when you press the ENTER button, your preset will be copied to slot 128 and saved there. This also now becomes the active preset. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
(…) before you pressed the ENTER button. Also use the EXIT button to get back to the PRESET mode, the standard mode of your ZETA SYNTHONY ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
ZMC-200. The E-Series violin pickups are mono-MIDI capable, and will not access the ZMC-200 multi-channel MIDI features. Please note that instruments equipped with Zeta’s Jazz or Strados pickup systems will not function properly if the E-Series button is set in the “On”...
Installation of the gasket set does not need to be permanent, although the gaskets must be installed for proper performance of the Synthony II and it is not recommended to remove or re-install them un-necessarily. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Align the bridge foot evenly over the tracking enhancer and put the strings back on the bridge. You may want to re-adjust the action at the bridge, bringing it down 1/16” to compensate for the thickness of the tracking enhancer. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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3. Using the VALUE +/- buttons, select the appropriate INSTRUMENT preset, based on the Chart (below). (Violists and Cellists - skip #4 and see VIOLISTS AND CELLISTS section below). 4. Press EXIT twice to return to PRESET mode. VIOLISTS AND CELLISTS ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Here are also functions for loading and saving SYSEX data using MIDI, so that you can, for example, back up all your ZETA SYNTHONY II settings to a floppy or ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0 Pickup System...
You can define chains of presets for use in live performance that are then easily accessible. All of these settings must first be saved in Preset Mode and simply accessed and organized in Chain Mode. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
In the same way that the first of four channels was set for the BASIC CHANNEL parameter, so the first of an additional four MIDI channels is set here for Hold effects such as SEPARATE, LAYER, ARPEGGIO. It is ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Preset (sound), set this parameter to ON. In this case your ZETA SYNTHONY II sends the pitchbend range event directly after every program change event. If your MIDI instrument saves pitchbend information in its global area, set this value to OFF. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
(piano for example), it is much easier to tune your ZETA SYNTHONY II to their instrument. When you play alone (solo), you should set the tune base value to ”0”. INSTRUMENT NO. Instrument number and instrument-specific settings (1…4) ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
MIDI NOTE OFF event will be sent to the MIDI instruments. Smaller values will allow the note to be held longer. In this way you can adjust this value to match your instrument optimally. TRIG. LEVEL Trigger Level (0…9) ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Pay attention to the specific string that the problems seem to be focusing around. Frequently, a player will use a different sensitivity for each string. To make these adjustments, follow the following steps. Turn on Synthony II ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
OFF. If this parameter is set to ON, the values will be sent that were set in the Play Area parameters (see PRESET MODE). As will all other controller information, you ZETA SYNTHONY ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Press the ENTER button to get to the submenu. In the first line of the display shows the name and number of the presently selected controller and in the second line, its default value in hexadecimal format. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
+/- VALUE buttons to change to the appropriate value. Your entry will be immediately saved in the ZETA SYNTHONY II’s internal battery-backed-up memory, and does not have to be saved. Use the EXIT button to leave the submenu. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
ZETA SYNTHONY II to orient itself to the tuning of your instrument, giving you a new standard. In this case the arrow in the middle of the tuning scale represents the new tuning standard. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
If your MIDI instrument is equipped with built-in reverb, you can control it with this parameter. The higher the value, the more reverb will be added to the mix in the output signal of your MIDI instrument. CHORUS Chorus Effect (0…127) ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
MIDI conversion of continuous volume increase (crescendo) information. Intensity (0…63) Adjusts the crescendo volume level. A value of 0 produces no increase of level. A value of 63 produces the greatest level change ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
STRING MODE to COM. In the same way, some sequencer software programs only allow recording on one channel at a time. In this case you should set STRING MODE to COM. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
In the sub menu, you can set the following parameters: HOLD PRESET (1…128) Using the +/- Value buttons, choose the sound you want to hear after pressing the hold pedal. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Now when you press the hold pedal, this sound will be added to your present sound as long as the hold pedal is depressed. After pressing the ENTER button, you can set the following parameters in the sub menu: ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
ARPEG function allows you more complex accompaniment structures. When you press the hold pedal, and play a series of notes, these notes are received and then played back in the same ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
32 notes long. SCAN (ASSIGN, REVERS, RECYCLE, UP, DOWN, UP/DOWN, RANDOM) There are a number of options that determine how an arpeggiator sequence will be played back: ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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Plays back the arpeggiator sequence in staccato quarter notes. 1/4thLg: Quarter notes same as above except legato. 1/2th: Plays back the arpeggiator sequence in quarter note values with quarter rests. 1/8Trpl: Plays back the arpeggiator sequence in 8th note triplets. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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4th rest Dotted 4th rest 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. 2th rest Repeat ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
OFF. SEQ TRACK (OFF, 1…8) If you own the internal sound board, you can set a complex track sequence to play instead of a pattern (see UTILITY MODE, EDIT SEQUENCE) ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
MIDI channel. The pattern will be repeated until you press the hold pedal two times quickly. Choose one drum pattern of 1-32, that you want to play when you press the hold pedal, or set this parameter to OFF. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
“————” description. The setting “NO CONTROLLER” means that no MIDI controller at all is assigned to the selected wheel. To do this, set the wheel AIX 101/102 to a Filter Controller (74). ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Your ZETA SYNTHONY II does NOT do this, because this would drastically increase the amount of MIDI data processed and sent. However, when you change a Preset, or when you edit an NRPN/RPN, these controllers ARE set to NULL. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
If you don’t want to use a variation effect, select NO EFFECT. For more detailed information about the digital effects in the sound module and their programmable options, see the chapter UTILITY MODE. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Remember, you can only change the Chain by accessing the front of your ZETA SYNTHONY II. The Steps, however may be changed from the Footswitch. When displaying or entering new chains, the initial Chain Display screen lists the following information: Chain Name ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
(A…Z, a…z, !…9, space, insert, delete). PROGRAM (1…128) Use the +/- Value buttons to select the desired Preset number for the present step. Press the ENTER button. This moves you to the next step in the chain. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
You can, of course, save your changes to a different preset if you may want to save the previous version of the preset for later use. If you don’t want to save your changes at all, simply press the EXIT button again. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
12. Use the Value + or – buttons to scroll to the Preset sound that you wish to be the 4th Step in your Chain. For the purposes of this tutorial, scroll back to Marimba 4. Step in the Chain. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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Preset sounds. In other words, there will always be 32 Steps in each Chain. You may only choose to use the first 4, as in our tutorial, for your purposes. Those that appear after your Steps are simply meaningless. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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28. Congratulations! You have programmed your first Chain. Now try to create some more! ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
All sound presets (patches) will be displayed in their numeric form in their given MIDI bank. A MIDI bank contains 128 preset numbers. It is possible to split MIDI banks using MSB (most significant byte) and LSB (least ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Press the ENTER button and use the +/- Parameter buttons to select the area you would like to send. Use the +/- Value buttons to select individual parts. The transfer begins when you press ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
The data blocks that are received by the ZETA SYNTHONY II will overwrite the same parameters in the ZETA SYNTHONY II. EDIT SEQUENCE Drum Sequence Editing ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
0 (zero). VARIAT SEND Variation Effect (0…127) Set your desired amount of variation effect for drums here. If you don’t want any chorus effect on the drums, set this value to 0 (zero). ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
When you are finished, press the EXIT button. You can of course repeat this process for the 3 other instruments you have selected for the pattern. A further press of the EXIT button takes you out of the PATTERN EDITOR. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
ZETA SYNTHONY II from the analog string information sent from your instrument. This feature is primarily for diagnostic purposes like detecting which conductor of the cable between instrument interface and ZETA SYNTHONY II may be bad, for example. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
1. Make sure that the pitchbend range settings in your MIDI instrument correspond to the same settings in your ZETA SYNTHONY II (GLOBAL MODE). 2. Make sure the QUANTIZE value in the preset split (PRESET MODE) is set to AUTO or OFF. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
(PRESET MODE) and then try adding some value to the Velocity Offset parameter. Wrong sounds Description: The sounds that appear in the ZETA SYNTHONY II’s display do not correspond with the sounds I hear from my MIDI instrument. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Patterndump for Arpeggiator (All, 1...16) Total Effectdump (Rev setup, all revs, chor setup, all chors, var setup, all vars) Reverbdump (Rev setup, all reverb programs) Chorusdump (Chor setup, all chorus programs) Variationdump (Var setup, all variation programs) ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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Total Sequencerdump (Seq setup, pattern 1...32, tracks 1...8) Patterndump for Sequencer (All) Trackdump for Sequencer (All) ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
VX El. Piano 1 60’s Elec. Piano Elec. Piano 2 Elec. Piano 2K Chor. EP2 DX Hard DX Legend DX Phase DX+Analog DX Koto EP VX Elec. Piano 2 Harpsichord Harpsichord K Harpsichord 2 ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Perc. Organ 70’s Perc. Organ Det. Perc. Organ Lite Organ Perc. Organ 2 Rock Organ Rotary Organ Slow Rotary Organ Fast Rotary Organ Church Organ Church Organ 3 Church Organ 2 Notre Dam ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
French Horn 2 Horn Orchestra Brass Section Trumpet & Trb. Sec. Brass Section 2 Hi Brass Mello Brass Synth Brass Syn Brass 1 Quack Brass Rezo Syn Brass Poly Brass Syn Brass 3 ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Square 2 LM Square Hollow Shmoog Mello Solo Sine Sine Lead Saw. Lead Saw 2 Thick Saw DynaSaw DigiSaw Big Lead Heavenly Syn Waspy Syn Pulse Saw Dr. Lead Velocity Lead Seq Ana ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
CC Pad Bowed Pad Glacier Glass Pad Metal Pad Tine Pad Pan Pad Halo Pad Sweep Pad Shwimmer Converge Polar Pad Celestial SyEffect Rain Clavi Pad Harmonic Rain African Wind Caribean Sound Track Prologue ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Ritual To Heaven Night Glisten Bell Choir Echoes Echo Pad 2 Echo Pad Echo Bell Big Pan Syn Piano Creation Stardust Reso Pan Sci-fi Starz Ethnic Sitar Det. Sitar Sitar 2 Tambra Tamboura ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Foot Step Machine Gun Laser Gun Explosion Firework Drums Standard Kit 1 Standard Kit 2 Room Kit Rock Kit Electric Kit Analog Kit Jazz Kit Brush Kit Classical Kit SFX 1 SFX 2 ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
WHITE ROOM: A short reverb program followed by a fast delay. TUNNEL: Simulates a tunnel that becomes increasingly wider. BASEMENT: A short delay followed by massive reverb. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
Variation of FLANGER1-Effect. FLANGER3: Variation of FLANGER1-Effect. VARIATIONS NO EFFECT: Turns variation effects off. HALL1: Simulates reverb in a concert hall. HALL2: Variation of HALL1 Effect. ROOM1: Simulates reverb in a normal room. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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Only generates the first reverb reflection. EARLYREF2: Variation of EARLY REF1-Effect. GATED REV: Gated Reverb Effect. (made popular by Phil Collins) REV GATE: Reverse Gated Reverb Effect. KARAOKE 1: A Karaoke-typical reverb effect. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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Variation of CELESTE1-Effect. CELESTE4: LFO with 3 Phase Modulation. FLANGER1: Chorus with Phaseshifting (Jet-Effect FLANGER2: Variation of FLANGER1-Effect. FLANGER3: Variation of FLANGER1-Effect. SYMPHONIC: Multi-Phase-variant of CELESTE1-Effect. ROTARY: Simulation of a Leslie cabinet. TREMOLO: ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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Simulation of overdriving a tube instrument amplifier. INSTRUMENTAMP: Simulation a tube instrument amplifier. 3BANDEQU: A MONO-Equalizer with controls for Lows, Mids, Highs.. 2BANDEQU: A STEREO-Equalizer with controls for Lows, Mids, Highs. AUTOWAH: Automatic Wah-Wah Effect. ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...
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Synthony II Model ZMC-200 Manufactured Exclusively for ZETA MUSIC SYSTEMS, INC 2230 Livingston Street Oakland, CA 94606 Blue Chip Music GmbH Germany ZETA Music Systems, Inc. ZMC-200 Manual Rev2.0...