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Starr Labs Ztar Getting Started Manual

Clipper getting started guide
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Clipper Getting
Started Guide
If you're absolutely new to MIDI and want to know more, you can find the MIDI specifications at
Congratulations on your purchase of the Ztar. No matter which hardware configuration you have, you can
be sure that you will find a deep source of musical control features that will be flexible to your needs and
provide many years of happy musical exploration!
This manual discusses getting started with the basic Ztar MIDI controller functionality. The Clipper lighting
system is discussed separately in the Clipper LED Controller startup guide.
Because Ztars are built in many different custom configurations, your hardware may not be exactly as
referred to here in this document.
Please reference our website for the full manual and support documentation, sysex setups and other
software. http:\\www.starrlabs.com
NOTES:
It is not necessary to load a USB-MIDI driver for any Ztar manufactured since 2012. These
instruments are plug-and-play with Mac and PC computers.
Always charge the onboard battery with the Clipper turned OFF. If you have a USB-chargeable
Starr Labs © 1995-2017
Starr Labs, Inc.
8868-N Clairemont Mesa Bl., San Diego, CA 92123
858-560-0334 harvey@starrlabs.com
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  • Page 1 If you’re absolutely new to MIDI and want to know more, you can find the MIDI specifications at www.midi.org Congratulations on your purchase of the Ztar. No matter which hardware configuration you have, you can be sure that you will find a deep source of musical control features that will be flexible to your needs and provide many years of happy musical exploration! This manual discusses getting started with the basic Ztar MIDI controller functionality.
  • Page 2 MIDI Input setups and more. Power Up the Ztar: The Ztar can be powered from either a DC power supply or a USB 2.0 port on your computer. The instrument is equipped a 3-position power switch with DC <>OFF<>USB power positions.
  • Page 3 PB1 phantom power adapter. A standard 5-wire MIDI cable from the PB1 to your Ztar MIDI Out Port will power the Ztar and route MIDI data to your synth. Move the 2-position rocker switch to the DC position.
  • Page 4 Basic Performance Setup: The Ztar can be strummed and picked like a guitar or tapped like a keyboard, or both together. Use the function keys and the Fretboard (Zones) screens in the programmer to set up the Ztar the way you like it. Your settings are saved in battery-backed memory.
  • Page 5 In the case of the transmitter embedded in the Ztar, you can set the RF channel in the Ztar menu system. Go to UTILITIES/MORE/WIRELESS. Set the RF channel to match the Receiver switch setting and set...
  • Page 6 In order to be completely free of cables, when the Ztar is using the AirPower wireless data connection, you can supply main power to the Ztar system by means of the special Starr Labs MIDI Battery. Simply plug the battery into the Ztar’s MIDI Output port and it will supply phantom power through its MIDI cable connection.
  • Page 7 PlayFunction to ALT-UP, ALT-DN, or ALT-RANDOM. Bend individual strings from the TCA-1 1) Set up a Ztar Song (preset) such as “6STRING” that has each fingerboard string on a different MIDI channel. 2) In the SENSORS screen, tap a TPad to select it. Set the MODE to EVENTS.
  • Page 8 Starr Labs, Inc. 8868 Clairemont Mesa Bl. Suite N. San Diego, CA 92123 4) At the bottom of the EVENTS screen set the (only one) Event to PitchBend- Up and set the MIDI channel to the channel of the corresponding fingerboard string.

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