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  • Page 1 Gotharman’s zaTurn Modular Synthesizer User Manual 3.51...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Touch display ............................... 13 Solid ................................13 Cleaning ................................14 Getting Started ..............................15 Connecting Zaturn ............................15 Starting Up ..............................18 The User Interface ............................20 The Touch Screen Keyboard ..........................22 The Main (Preset Select) page ......................... 23 Selecting a preset ............................
  • Page 3 Compare Edited Preset With Saved Preset ....................35 Shortcuts to Synth Modules ........................36 Function Buttons / Shortcuts ........................37 The Synthesizer Modules ..........................39 The Group Overview Page ........................... 41 The modules which can be selected/connected ..................43 OSC – Oscillators ............................46 The OSC page, when in oscillator mode ....................
  • Page 4 DGF - Digital Gotharman Filters ........................90 VCA ................................97 RING VCA ..............................102 EFX - Effect Processors ..........................105 Effect types ............................106 Effects Select page ..........................110 Mix Modulation and Backwards Delay ....................111 Effect Inputs ............................112 Effect Parameters ..........................
  • Page 5 Delay1, Roto delay, Bright Delay and Bright Roto Delay ............... 169 Delay1_L , Roto delay_L , Bright Delay_L and Bright Roto Delay_L (Large –EFX2 only) ......171 Granulator SQ_L (Large –EFX2 only) ...................... 174 Variator_L (Large –EFX2 only) ....................... 177 Reverb_L (Large –EFX2 only) .........................
  • Page 6 Setting the Last Step of the currently selected note track ..............244 Setting the resolution for the currently selected note track ..............245 Turning the Metronome on and off ...................... 245 Setting the Sequencer Recording Mode ....................245 Double Note Track ..........................245 Clear Note Track ............................
  • Page 7 Mor> preset parameters/Setup ........................289 Common Settings ............................292 Morph Setup .............................. 294 Common Settings 2 (COM2) ........................295 Initialize Preset ............................297 Parameter Snap Mode..........................298 Analog Filters Tune ............................ 299 FLASH Memory Check ..........................300 Delete a Sample Bank ..........................301 Delete all Presets and Songs ........................
  • Page 8 Make a new directory ..........................399 Delete file from USB drive ......................... 400 Export samples, presets, songs and User filter parameters to a USB drive ..........401 Updating the Zaturn firmware........................403 MIDI Specs ..............................409 Safe Boot Mode ............................. 412 History ................................
  • Page 9 Modular deforming!

  • Page 10: In The Box

    In The Box In the Zaturn box should be: -Zaturn itself. -A power supply –Multi plug –Works in most countries. If any of these items are missing, please get in touch with Gotharman’s.

  • Page 11: Introduction

    SpazeDrum! Part 1 and 2 in Group A can each be set in polyphonic mode, so that Zaturn can be in 2 x 4 notes polyphonic mode. Modules in groups B, C and D can be linked to Group A, to get the same sounds on each polyphonic note, or they can be unlinked to have different sounds on each polyphonic note.

  • Page 12: The Modules Of Each Group (4 Groups In Total)

    The modules of each Group (4 groups in total): - 2 standard Gotharman Oscillators (8 in total) - Waveforms, pitched noise, drum oscillators, samplings, wavetables. -1 Oscillator B (4 in total) – A special oscillator with a manipulative sine wave.

  • Page 13: Some Features

    Zaturn's auto functions. 8 Parts The modules can be arranged into 8 parts, to make it possible to make tracks on Zaturn with 8 different sounds. On an initialized preset, the modules are arranged in the 8 parts, each with oscillator, filter, VCA, effects processor and envelope, to make it possible to make tracks instantly.

  • Page 14: Cleaning

    Cleaning For cleaning your instrument, to my experience it is best to use some standard windows cleaner, which usually comes as a spray bottle. Before you use it, please make sure, that it contains no alcohol. Spray a little of this on a cloth and clean. DO NOT USE any kind of alcohol or any of these alcohol wipes, which has become popular under the current pandemic.

  • Page 15: Getting Started

    Getting Started Connecting Zaturn On the back panel of your Zaturn, you will find the power switch, connection for power supply, audio inputs and outputs and MIDI in and out. Audio In L and R The two rightmost 1/4” jack connectors, marked “AUDIO IN R L” are always the stereo audio inputs.
  • Page 16 The Volume knob on the Zaturn front panel will affect the level of these outputs. MIDI In and Out If the Zaturn touch screen keyboard and step buttons seems a bit too limited, you might want to connect a MIDI keyboard to MIDI in, in order to take full advantage of Zaturn’s fully chromatically playable sounds.
  • Page 17 To import a .wav file from another device, it must be: -Mono or stereo -44.1 KHz sample rate – Zaturn will import other sample rates, but they will play back in a wrong speed -16 bit or 24 bit native PCM...

  • Page 18: Starting Up

    It’s a 9V, minimum 2.0A type with a 2.1 mm DC plug, with positive middle. The power supply on the picture is only for reference. The actual one might look different. Turn it on Push the “I” on the power switch. Your Zaturn should now turn on.
  • Page 19 While starting up, a start-up icon will be shown.

  • Page 20: The User Interface

    Pushing the Trigger 1-8 buttons, with Modules/Bar Sel, Func/Mute and Steps/Part unlit, will trigger the respective Zaturn part. Each trigger button will send a settable note number (Settable in the Synth “Trig”” section). When a part is trigged, the button will light up.
  • Page 21 When the Func/Mute button is held down, it is possible to mute/unmute the 8 sequencer note tracks, by pushing any of the 8 trigger buttons. When it is lighting up, the 8 trigger buttons functions as Quick Jump buttons, that will take you to the edit pages, which names are showed right above each step button (Sequencer and Sample Edit).

  • Page 22: The Touch Screen Keyboard

    The Touch Screen Keyboard The Zaturn display is touch sensitive. The touch interface is used for navigating through the edit and settings pages, and in the bottom of most pages, a fully playable touch keyboard is present. On the Preset and Song Select pages, it is, besides from playing notes on the touch keyboard, also possible to apply modulation to the sound, by placing your finger on different positions between the top and the bottom of the keyboard.

  • Page 23: The Main (Preset Select) Page

    This is the first screen you will see, right after Zaturns’s start-up screen, unless you left your Zaturn in Song mode, the last time it was turned off. Here you can change preset, jump to Zaturn’s edit and settings pages, and set the touch keyboard octave, as described on the previous pages.

  • Page 24: Selecting A Preset

    Touch “PREV” or “NEXT” to view the previous or next 5 presets, and finally touch the preset name of the preset you would like to select. 1024 presets can be selected, from A01 to P64. Zaturn will now jump back to the main Preset Select screen, and show the name of the newly selected preset.
  • Page 25 When Zaturn is turned off, it will remember which preset was selected, and start up with this, when turned on again. It will also remember if it was in preset or song mode, and start up in the same mode, and if it was in song mode, it will also remember which song was selected.
  • Page 26 If any parameters of the preset has been edited, and the edits has not been stored, a “*” will appear right between the preset number and the preset name. When this appears, you will need to save your preset, in order to keep your edits. Please see how to do this in the “Save Preset”...

  • Page 27: Operating Zaturn

    Operating Zaturn Starting and stopping the Sequencer, and trigger parts manually To start the sequencer playback, push and release the Play button, so that it lights up. The sequencer will now start to play back. When the Modules/Bar Sel, the Func/Mute and the Steps/part buttons are not lighting up, every time a part is trigged to play back, the corresponding step button will light up shortly.

  • Page 28: Selecting A Part/Group

    Selecting a part/group Push and hold the Steps/Part button. The selected part number will now be shown, by one of the 8 step buttons lightning up. The number above the step button, is the part number that is currently selected. To select another part, while still holding down the Steps/Part button, push any of the 8 step buttons.

  • Page 29: Sequencer Note Track Steps View/Edit

    Only 8 steps (one half bar) are shown at a time. The note tracks of Zaturn has 64 steps. Please read on, to experience how to switch between half bars (step 1-8, 9-16, 17-24 and so on…).

  • Page 30: Selecting A Note Track Half Bar And/Or A Controller Track Bar, To Be Viewed/Edited

    Selecting a Note Track Half Bar and/or a controller track bar, to be viewed/edited Note tracks: When you are located on any other pages, than the sequencer controller tracks pages, a half bar is selected to be viewed for a note track. The selected half bar, is the half bar that is shown on the step buttons, and one half of the bar shown on the note track pages.

  • Page 31: Mute/Unmute Note Tracks, Start/Stop Seq/Song Recording

    Mute/Unmute Note Tracks, Start/Stop Seq/Song Recording To mute, unmute or view the mute state of the 8 note tracks, push and hold the Func/Mute button. Unmuted tracks will now be shown by a step button that is lighting up, and shortly flashes off, every time the track is triggering.

  • Page 32: Copy Morph Layer A To Layer B

    Copy Morph Layer A to Layer B Push and release the Func/Mute button, so that it lights up, to enter the function buttons. Now push and release step button 5 (Copy), so that this also lights up. Instructions for copy and panic will now be shown on the screen.

  • Page 33: Selecting The Next Preset

    “NEXT:” will show right above the new presets name, awaiting track 1 to reach its start/end step. As soon as this happens, Zaturn will switch to the newly selected preset, the Play button will stop flashing, and “NEXT:” will disappear.

  • Page 34: Preset Reload / Advance Song Realtime Record Step

    Preset Reload / Advance Song realtime record step Push and hold the Morph Set button, while pressing the Play button, to reload the currently selected preset. While realtime recording a song, reloading the preset, will cause the song recorder to advance to the next song step.

  • Page 35: Compare Edited Preset With Saved Preset

    -Hit step button 7 (Save) again. To de-activate the Compare function, and discard your edits: -Hit step button 5 (Copy). Zaturn will now ask you to confirm, that you wish to discard your edits, by pushing step button 5 (Copy) again.

  • Page 36: Shortcuts To Synth Modules

    Shortcuts to Synth Modules No matter where you are located in the Zaturn menu system, it is possible to quick jump to the synth modules, using the push buttons. To do so, push and release the Modules/Bar Sel button, so that this lights up, and push the step button, that has the name of the module, which you would like to jump to, below it.

  • Page 37: Function Buttons / Shortcuts

    (the layer which you morph from, when the morph knobs are turned fully down). Copy: Pushing this function button, will make Zaturn copy the settings of the complete currently selected preset. It is then possible to Paste the settings of separate modules, using the Paste button.
  • Page 38 Exit/OverView: When you are located on any other page, than the Main (Preset Select) page, pushing this function button, will take you back to the previous page (1 level up). If you are located on the Main (Preset Select) page, it will take you directly to the Part Overview page. Pages, which can be reached via the Function Buttons When pushing some of these buttons a number of times, it will toggle through a number of pages: Seq: Sequencer Main >...

  • Page 39: The Synthesizer Modules

    The Synthesizer Modules Zaturn has a lot of different built in modules. To access these, from the Main (Preset Select) page, touch the “EDIT” field in the upper right corner, to access the Synth Modules page. Here you have an overview of the different types of modules. To access a specific module, simply touch the module type, that you would like to enter.
  • Page 40 When you have entered a module type, that contains more than one of the same type, you can select the different module numbers, by touching the numbers in the upper left corner. Each module has a LINK touch button. Touch this to activate/deactivate. When you are using a part (only part 1 and 2) in polyphonic mode, and you would like all polyphonic tones to sound the same, you should activate LINK on the modules, which you are using in this part.

  • Page 41: The Group Overview Page

    You can select parts 1-8, by pushing and holding the Steps/Part button, while pushing a step button. In order to determine which modules are used by the selected part, Zaturn first checks which modules that are connected to the part trigger, and then it checks which modules that are connected to these modules.
  • Page 42 When a module is selected, its main parameters can be adjusted directly on the Part Overview page, using Edit Knob 1-8. It is also possible to connect modules directly on this page, but this will be described in the “Connecting Modules” chapter, later in this manual.

  • Page 43: The Modules Which Can Be Selected/Connected

    The modules which can be selected/connected SEL, MO1, MO2, INP: Overview mode selection. SEL lets you select a module. You can then touch MO1, MO2 and INP, to select sources for the selected module inputs, and you can touch MODULE, to jump directly to the parameters of the selected module.
  • Page 44 VCF: Analog Filter. Modulation and audio inputs can be set for this, and it can be selected as the source for any inputs. DGF: Digital Gotharman Filter. Modulation and audio inputs can be set for this, and it can be selected as the source for any inputs.
  • Page 45 SQ1, SQ2, SQ3, SQ4: Group Sequencer controller track 1, 2, 3 and 4. Does not have any modulation or audio inputs, but can be selected to jump directly to the controller track pages, and can be selected as the sources for any inputs. KY1, KY2: Keyboard inputs 1 and 2.

  • Page 46: Osc - Oscillators

    OSC – Oscillators Each group has 2 of these oscillators (8 in total), which can run in several different modes, for maximum flexibility. The outputs of the oscillators can be connected to any audio and modulation inputs. To select a specific oscillator, first select the group/part, and then touch the numbers in the upper right corner.
  • Page 47 -Reso: Resonator oscillator. An oscillator that is partly generated by a special Gotharman engineered filter, that has multiple resonances in its feedback path. Great for emulating string instruments, and for new synthetic sounds.

  • Page 48: The Osc Page, When In Oscillator Mode

    PW: Adjusts the pulse width of the waveform. Unlike many other oscillator designs, the pulse width can be adjusted on all of Zaturn’s waveforms, not just the pulse wave. Trig: Sets the part number, inside the group, which will send note values to the oscillator. Range:...
  • Page 49 Great for lowpass filtered and natural sounding sounds. Reso: Resonator oscillator. An oscillator that is partly generated by a special Gotharman engineered filter, that has multiple resonances in its feedback path. Great for emulating string instruments, and for new synthetic sounds.

  • Page 50: The Osc Page, When Perc, Prc2 Or Prc3 Is Selected As Type

    The OSC page, when Perc, Prc2 or Prc3 is selected as type In the upper left corner of the oscillator page, the currently generated waveform is shown. Touch the buttons named OSC, MOD, SEL, SMP and Mod2, to enter other oscillator pages, like Modulation and oscillator/sampler/noise/Wavetable mode select.
  • Page 51 Great for lowpass filtered and natural sounding sounds. Reso: Resonator oscillator. An oscillator that is partly generated by a special Gotharman engineered filter, that has multiple resonances in its feedback path. Great for emulating string instruments, and for new synthetic sounds.

  • Page 52: The Osc Page, When Cymb Or Cym2 Is Selected As Type

    The OSC page, when Cymb or Cym2 is selected as type In the upper left corner of the oscillator page, the currently generated waveform is shown. Touch the buttons named OSC, MOD, SEL, SMP and Mod2, to enter other oscillator pages, like Modulation and oscillator/sampler/noise/Wavetable mode select.
  • Page 53 Great for lowpass filtered and natural sounding sounds. Reso: Resonator oscillator. An oscillator that is partly generated by a special Gotharman engineered filter, that has multiple resonances in its feedback path. Great for emulating string instruments, and for new synthetic sounds.

  • Page 54: The Osc Page, When Clap Is Selected As Type

    The OSC page, when Clap is selected as type In the upper left corner of the oscillator page, the currently generated waveform is shown. Touch the buttons named OSC, MOD, SEL, SMP and Mod2, to enter other oscillator pages, like Modulation and oscillator/sampler/noise/Wavetable mode select.
  • Page 55 Great for lowpass filtered and natural sounding sounds. Reso: Resonator oscillator. An oscillator that is partly generated by a special Gotharman engineered filter, that has multiple resonances in its feedback path. Great for emulating string instruments, and for new synthetic sounds.

  • Page 56: The Osc Page, When In Sampler And Chopped Keyboard Modes

    The OSC page, when in Sampler and Chopped Keyboard modes In the bottom of the sampler page, the selected samplings waveform is shown in rough graphics. When the sample, or part of it, is played back, the small black line below the waveform will show the current playback point.
  • Page 57 This mode, where a trigger button can start and stop the playback of a part is available for any oscillator type on Zaturn  Please see the “Play” parameter in the TRIG section. Chop: If chop points has been generated for the selected sampling, a chop can be selected by setting this parameter.

  • Page 58: The Osc Page, When In Wavetable Mode

    The OSC page, when in Wavetable mode In the upper left corner of the oscillator page, the currently generated waveform is shown. Touch the buttons named OSC, MOD, SEL, SMP and Mod2, to enter other oscillator pages, like Modulation and oscillator/sampler/noise/Wavetable mode select. Touch the SMP+ and SMP- to quick select sample 1/Wavetable.
  • Page 59 Trig: Sets the part number, inside the group, which will send note values to the oscillator. Range: Off, 1-2. Type: Wavetable type, x64 (64 waves) or x8 (8 waves). Regardless of the selected wavetable or sampling, this can be set to either value. When set to the “wrong” value, the wavetable will sound different, and this might create interesting results.

  • Page 60: The Mod Page, When In Oscillator Mode

    Oscillator modulation The MOD page, when in oscillator mode The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 61: The Mod Page, When Perc, Prc2 Or Prc3 Is Selected As Type

    The MOD page, when Perc, Prc2 or Prc3 is selected as Type The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 62: The Mod Page, When Cymb Or Cym2 Is Selected As Type

    The MOD page, when Cymb or Cym2 is selected as Type The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 63: The Mod Page, When Clap Is Selected As Type

    The MOD page, when Clap is selected as Type The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 64: The Mod Page, When In Sampler Or Chopped Keyboard Mode

    The MOD page, when in sampler or chopped keyboard mode The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 65: The Mod Page, When In Wavetable Mode

    The MOD page, when in Wavetable mode The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the “Connecting Modules”...

  • Page 66: Oscillator/Sampler/Chopped Keyboard/Noise/Wavetable Mode Select

    Oscillator/Sampler/Chopped Keyboard/Noise/Wavetable mode select Touch the SEL button, to enter this page. Ksync: Key Sync (Oscillators only). Can be set to off, or to a specific amount between 1 and 511, which indicates the start point of the oscillator waveform, that is the point at where the waveform generation will start, every time the oscillator is trigged from the part trigger.

  • Page 67: Part Samples Select

    Part Samples Select Touch the SMP button, to enter this page. Here you can select 4 samplings for the part. The number of these samplings, that are used, is set by the #Smp parameter on the SEL page. The 4 samples can be selected to play back, setting the Chop parameter, and by chop select modulation.
  • Page 68 To select a sampling for any of the 4 slots, simply touch the sample name. Now this page will pop On each page you will view 16 of the samplings, that are held in the Zaturn FLASH memory, Bank A, B, C or D. Please notice, that the 18 and 43 minutes models only have Sample Bank A.

  • Page 69: The Mod2 Page, When In Oscillator Mode

    Oscillator Modulation 2 The Mod2 page, when in oscillator mode The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 70: The Mod2 Page, When Perc, Prc2 Or Prc3 Is Selected As Type

    The Mod2 page, when Perc, Prc2 or Prc3 is selected as Type The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source, either directly or by group (Func/Mute / Steps/Part held), and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 71: The Mod2 Page, When Cymb Or Cym2 Is Selected As Type

    The Mod2 page, when Cymb or Cym2 is selected as Type The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 72: The Mod2 Page, When Clap Is Selected As Type

    The Mod2 page, when Clap is selected as Type The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 73: The Mod2 Page, When In Sampler Or Chopped Keyboard Mode

    The Mod2 page, when in sampler or chopped keyboard mode The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 74: The Mod2 Page, When In Wavetable Mode

    The Mod2 page, when in wavetable mode The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the “Connecting Modules”...

  • Page 75: Percussion Synthesizer

    Percussion Synthesizer 6 of the oscillator types are dedicated to generate percussion sounds. In this chapter, I will go through some of the intended possibilities with these oscillator types. The 6 Percussion Oscillator types: Perc: Percussion oscillator 1. This outputs 2 percussion waves, that can be detuned from each other, and noise FM can be applied.
  • Page 76 Cym2: Cymbal2. By combining FM and ring modulation, this can make cymbal sounds that are a bit more aggressive than cymbal 1. Clap: A handclap oscillator. A noise source is shaped by a “clap envelope”. The speed and the amount of the clap envelope can be adjusted, together with the noise PW. Sound ideas / Start points If you would like to start from scratch, designing sounds with the Percussion Synthesizer, or you just want to get an idea of, how specific sounds can be generated, here are some ideas.
  • Page 77 Experiment, by tweaking the parameters, to get the snare sound, that you want. Select the Prc3 oscillator type. Set Dtun, Atk and Noiz all to zero. Set pitch modulation to an Env, to 42, and set Atk modulation to the same Env, to 305. If you are triggering the sound from the trigger buttons, set Tune to -8.
  • Page 78 Cymbal Select the Cymb oscillator type. Set SelFM to +255, Dtun to 127, PW to 120 and CymFM to 511. Set VCA Env A to 0, D to 39, S to 446, R to 434. This will create a different cymbal sound on almost any key, so by adjusting the Tune parameter, you will obtain different sounds Tweak the parameters, to obtain different cymbal flavors.

  • Page 79: Osc B - Special Oscillator Type

    Each of the 4 module groups of Zaturn has one Oscillator B (4 in total). This is a new Gotharman oscillator type, which starts out with a sine wave, which can be continuously shaped into other waveforms, using the Wave and Shape controls.

  • Page 80: Osc B Parameters

    OSC B Parameters From the Synth Modules page, touch the OSCB block, to enter the Oscillator B pages. Touch the OSC touch button, to enter this page. In the upper left corner of the oscillator page, the currently generated waveform is shown. Activate LINK to make the same module in the other groups, using the parameters from group A, to get the same sound on each tone in polyphonic mode.
  • Page 81 Trig: Sets the part number, inside the group, which will send note values to the oscillator. Range: Off, 1-2. Porta: Portamento. The more this is turned up, the slower the oscillator pitch will slide from one note to another. Range: 0 to 511.
  • Page 82 Touch the MOD touch button, to enter this page. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 83: Noise Generator

    Noise Generator Zaturn has an extra noise generator, that does not have any parameters. It just outputs a white noise signal to the audio/modulation bus.

  • Page 84: Vcf - Analog Filters

    VCF - Analog Filters Each of the 4 module groups of Zaturn has one dual analog filter (4 dual analog filters in total). Each of these consists of a 12 db self-resonating low pass filter and a 12 db self-resonating band pass filter, connected in parallel to each other.

  • Page 85: Analog Filters Parameters

    Analog Filters Parameters From the Synth Modules page, touch the VCFs block, to enter the analog filter pages. Touch the VCF touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter input and output activity. Activate LINK to make the same module in the other groups, using the parameters from group A, to get the same sound on each tone in polyphonic mode.
  • Page 86 Touch the RAY touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter input and output activity. G-Ray: Adjusts the amount of g-RAY intermodulation. 0: no g-RAY, 3: max g-RAY. Range: 0 to 3. Mode: G-Ray mode.
  • Page 87 Touch the MO1 touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter input and output activity. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 88 Touch the MO2 touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter input and output activity. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 89 Touch the Inp touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter input and output activity. Inp1, Inp2, Inp3: Select any 3 module outputs, to connect to the 3 audio inputs of the filter. A complete list of possible sources can be found in the “Connecting Modules”...

  • Page 90: Dgf - Digital Gotharman Filters

    DGF - Digital Gotharman Filters The 8 digital filters on Zaturn have 27 different filter types to choose from. Cutoff frequencies, resonance and triple filter levels can be adjusted and modulated. Filter Types: -SvfLp : 12 dB very smooth lowpass filter.
  • Page 91 -BPF1 : Pretty basic bandpass filter. -BPF2 : Bandpass filter with improved bass response and a strong, almost distorted character. -BPF3 : Sharp bandpass filter. -BPF4 : Bandpass filter that is even sharper than BPF3. -BPF5 : Bandpass filter that is even more sharp than BPF4. -BPF6 : Thin and sharp bandpass filter.
  • Page 92 Digital Filters Parameters From the synth Modules page, touch DGF to enter the digital filters. Touch the FLT touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter input and output activity. Activate LINK to make the same module in the other groups, using the parameters from group A, to get the same sound on each tone in polyphonic mode.
  • Page 93 Lvl2: Sets the output level of the second bandpass filter, when the 3peak or 3shp filter types are selected. Cut3: Sets the cutoff frequency for the third bandpass filter, when the 3peak or 3shp filter types are selected. Lvl3: Sets the output level of the third bandpass filter, when the 3peak or 3shp filter types are selected.
  • Page 94 Filter Modulation 1 Touch the MOD touch button, to enter the Filter Modulation 1 page. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 95 Filter Modulation 2 Touch the MO2 touch button, to enter the Filter Modulation 2 page. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 96 Filter Inputs Touch the Inp touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the filter input and output activity. Inp1, Inp2, Inp3: Select any 3 module outputs, to connect to the 3 audio inputs of the filter. A complete list of possible sources can be found in the “Connecting Modules”...

  • Page 97: Vca

    Each group of Zaturn has 2 VCA's (8 in total) with built-in ADSR Envelopes and an envelope Clip parameter, that adds more punch to the VCA. The VCA’s has 16 different linear and logarithmic modes (characteristics), and the envelope time can be timed by 4, for long envelope times. The VCA envelopes can be trigged by any sources.
  • Page 98 VCA Parameters From the synth modules page, touch VCA to enter the VCA pages. Touch the VCA touch button, to enter the VCA parameters page. Touch the numbers in the upper left corner, to select VCA 1 and 2 in the group. The VU-meters at the right input and output activity.
  • Page 99 R: 0 to 511. VCA envelope release time. The time it will take the VCA envelope to decay from the value it is at, when a note off event are received, to zero. Trig: VCA Envelope trigger. Any modulation/audio source can trigger the VCA. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the “Connecting Modules”...
  • Page 100 VCA Modulation Touch the MOD touch button, to enter the VCA modulation page. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the VCA input and output activity. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 101 VCA Inputs Touch the Inp touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the VCA input and output activity. Inp1, Inp2, Inp3: Select any 3 module outputs, to connect to the 3 audio inputs of the VCA. A complete list of possible sources can be found in the “Connecting Modules”...

  • Page 102: Ring Vca

    RING VCA Each group has one Ring VCA (4 in total), which can be used as both VCA's, Ring Modulators, as logic modules and as mixers.
  • Page 103 Ring VCA Parameters Activate LINK to make the same module in the other groups, using the parameters from group A, to get the same sound on each tone in polyphonic mode. Inp: Source input. Connects any audio/modulation source to the input of the Ring VCA. This is the input, that gets modulated.
  • Page 104 -AND2: Will look at the input signals as 16 bit waveforms, and perform an AND function on each of these bits separately. -OR1: Will quantize the 2 input signals to low/high square waves, and perform an OR function on these. -OR2: Will look at the input signals as 16 bit waveforms, and perform an OR function on each of these bits separately.

  • Page 105: Efx - Effect Processors

    EFX - Effect Processors Zaturn has 8 effect processors, 2 in each group, EFX 1 and 2. All effect types are available in both EFX 1 and 2, but EFX 2 has some additional “large” effects, like reverb and granulators. Most parameters can be modulated.

  • Page 106: Effect Types

    -Chorus : Gotharman's special chorus with an added Deep parameter, that adds space to the chorus. -Resonator : Simulates the resonances that comes, if a sound goes through a small box. Zaturn’s resonators are synthetic, with more focus on making sounds, than on simulating actual boxes.
  • Page 107 -Expandor : Gains audio signals that are above a settable level, in order to add more kick to sounds. -Delay1 : Delay with time and feedback controls, plus Gotharman's Deep and Xfade controls. Deep adds space to the delay. The Xfade control on this delay, creates valleys between the delay taps.
  • Page 108 -Br Roto Delay : Roto delay, but with a brighter sound, created by a resonator. -Delay1_L (Large –EFX2 only) : Delay with time and feedback controls, plus Gotharman's Deep, Size, Beam and Xfade controls. Deep adds space to the delay, Size makes the playback range more narrow than the input recording range, and beam beams the delay to previously unknown places.
  • Page 109 back one grain, and then it crossfades to the next grain. It is also possible to adjust and modulate the pitch of the granular sequence, using any modulation source. -Abstruct0_L (Large –EFX2 only) : This effect constantly records the audio applied to its input, in a time interval determined by a ”Rec”...

  • Page 110: Effects Select Page

    Effects Select page From the synth modules page, touch EFX to enter the effect pages. To select Effect 1 to 2, touch the numbers in the upper left corner. Push and hold the Steps/Part button, while pushing step button 1 to 8, to select another module group. Touch the SEL touch button, to enter the effect select page.

  • Page 111: Mix Modulation And Backwards Delay

    Mix Modulation and Backwards Delay The Effect dry/wet mix can be modulated on all effects. Touch the MO2 touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources.

  • Page 112: Effect Inputs

    Effect Inputs Touch the Inp touch button, to enter this page. The VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output activity. Inp1, Inp2, Inp3: Select any 3 module outputs, to connect to the 3 audio inputs of the effect. A complete list of possible sources can be found in the “Connecting Modules”...

  • Page 113: Effect Parameters

    Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output. Feed: Chorus feedback amount. Time: Chorus Time. This should be modulated by an LFO, to get the traditional chorus effect. Deep: Adjusts how deep the chorus box should be. A Gotharman special.
  • Page 114 Chorus Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 115: Resonator

    Resonator Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 116 Resonator Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 117: Distortion

    Distortion Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 118 Type: Distortion type. Choices are: -Valve: A digital simulation of a classic valve distortion. -Sine: A noisy and warm sine shaping distortion. -Fuzz: Simulates a classic fuzz distortion. -Xdis: Complete destruction of the sound. -Asym: Asymmetrical distortion. -Curv: NEW! Curve distortion. The Offset parameter will bend the curve of the input signal. Below 256: logarithmic curve.
  • Page 119 Distortion Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 120: Bit Crush

    Bit Crush Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 121 Bit Crush Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 122: Pitch Shifter

    Pitch Shifter Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 123 Oct: The octave range of the pitch shifter. From +/- 1 to +/- 4 octaves. Feed: Pitch shifter feedback. Adjusts the portion of the output signal, that is fed back to the input.
  • Page 124 Pitch Shifter Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 125: Stretcher

    Stretcher Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 126 Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 127 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 128 FM Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 129: Sample Pitch

    Sample Pitch Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 130 Sample Pitch Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 131: Sample Pitch V2

    Sample Pitch V2 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 132 Sample Pitch V2 Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 133: Roto Pitch

    Roto Pitch Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 134 Roto Pitch Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 135: Variator

    Variator Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 136 Variator Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 137: Pitchshaper

    PitchShaper Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 138 Feed: Pitch shaper feedback. Adjusts the portion of the output signal, that is fed back to the input.
  • Page 139 PitchShaper Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 140: Pitchshaper2

    PitchShaper2 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 141 Oct: Octave transpose. From 0 to +3 octaves. Smot: Smooth. The more this is turned up, the more the changes in pitch are smoothened. Vari: Pitch variation. The more this is turned up, the more the pitch variations on the input 1 signal affects the pitch shaper frequency.
  • Page 142 PitchShaper2 Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 143: Time Stretch

    Time Stretch Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 144 Time Stretch Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 145: Filter

    Filter The filter types: LPF1: Lowpass filter with a rather weak character. Resonance does not self-oscillate. LPF2: Lowpass filter that are a bit sharper than LPF1. Resonance does not self-oscillate. LPF3: Sharp Lowpass filter with self-oscillating resonance. LPF4: Very sharp Lowpass filter with self-oscillating resonance. BPF1: Bandpass filter with a rather weak character.
  • Page 146 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 147 Filter Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 148: Triple Bpf

    Triple BPF Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 149 Triple BPF Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 150: Wavefolder

    WaveFolder Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 151 WaveFolder Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 152: Fat

    Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 153 FAT Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.
  • Page 154 Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 155 Type: Sets the EQ characteristics. The types available are: Band1: Cut/boost the frequency/range, selected by Freq/Q. Band2: Like Band1, but with a slightly sharper sound. Band3: Like Band2, but with an even sharper sound. Low: Cut/boost the frequencies below the frequency selected by Freq. High1: Cut/boost the frequencies above the frequency selected by Freq.
  • Page 156 EQ Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 157: Eq2

    Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 158 EQ2 Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 159: Overshifter

    OverShifter Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 160 Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 161: Bass Enhancer

    Bass Enhancer Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 162 Bass Enhancer Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 163: Compressor

    Compressor Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 164 Rate: 0 to 511. This sets how fast the compressor will react to level changes of the input signal. The more it is turned up, the slower it will react.
  • Page 165 Compressor Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 166: Expandor

    Expandor Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 167 Rate: 0 to 511. This sets how fast the expandor will react to level changes of the input signal. The more it is turned up, the slower it will react.
  • Page 168 Expandor Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 169: Delay1, Roto Delay, Bright Delay And Bright Roto Delay

    Delay1, Roto delay, Bright Delay and Bright Roto Delay Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 170 Delay1, Roto delay, Bright Delay and Bright Roto Delay Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 171: Delay1_L , Roto Delay_L , Bright Delay_L And Bright Roto Delay_L (Large -Efx2 Only)

    Delay1_L , Roto delay_L , Bright Delay_L and Bright Roto Delay_L (Large –EFX2 only) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 172 Feed: Delay feedback amount. At values over middle, the feedback signal will be gained and create infinite feedback. This might cause some saturation.
  • Page 173 Delay1_L , Roto delay_L , Bright Delay_L and Bright Roto Delay Modulation_L Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 174: Granulator Sq_L (Large -Efx2 Only)

    Granulator SQ_L (Large –EFX2 only) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 175 Seq: Selects which of the 16 sequencer controller tracks, the granulator should get it step values from. Each value selects a different portion of the granulator input, to be played back. X: “X” intermodulation of the sound. Another Gotharman special ...
  • Page 176 Granulator SQ_L Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 177: Variator_L (Large -Efx2 Only)

    Variator_L (Large –EFX2 only) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 178 Variator_L Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 179: Reverb_L (Large -Efx2 Only)

    Reverb_L (Large –EFX2 only) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 180 Reverb_L Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 181: Granulator_L (Large -Efx2 Only) (Unsynced)

    Granulator_L (Large –EFX2 only) (unsynced) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 182 Fade: When this parameter is turned up, each grain will fade in and out, to minimize clicks.
  • Page 183 Granulator_L Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 184: Xfade Granulator_L (Large -Efx2 Only)

    Xfade Granulator_L (Large –EFX2 only) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 185 Pitch: Sets the playback pitch of the granular sequence. A value below 256 will pitch the signal down, a value above 256 will pitch it up.
  • Page 186 Xfade Granulator_L Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 187: Abstruct0_L (Large -Efx2 Only)

    Abstruct0_L (Large –EFX2 only) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 188 the Rec parameter, it will play back areas of the record buffer, that is not being recorded, and create a ”Freeze” effect. Pitc2: 0 to 511. Sets the pitch of the playback for playhead 2. A value below 256 will pitch the signal down, a value above 256 will pitch it up.
  • Page 189 Abstruct0_L Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 190: Time Stretch_L (Large -Efx2 Only)

    Time Stretch_L (Large –EFX2 only) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 191 Time Stretch_L Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 192: Roto Pitch_L (Large -Efx2 Only)

    Roto Pitch_L (Large –EFX2 only) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 193 Roto Pitch_L Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 194: Sample Pitch V2_L (Large -Efx2 Only)

    Sample Pitch V2_L (Large –EFX2 only) Touch the EFX touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. Efx: Off, on. When the effect is off, it is bypassed. Mix: The mix between the un-effected signal on the effect input, and the effected signal on the effect output.
  • Page 195 Sample Pitch V2_L Modulation Touch the Mod touch button, to access this page. The 2 VU-meters at the right of the screen, shows the Effect input and output. The small VU- meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 196: Outputs Module

    Outputs Module In the output module, signals from any modules can be assigned and routed to the audio outputs. Panning of sounds and pan modulation is also done here. Each part has its own output module (2 per group, 8 in total).
  • Page 197 Output Module Parameters Select the output module for the desired part, by pushing and holding the Steps/Part button, while pushing one of the 8 trigger buttons. Activate LINK to make the same module in the other groups, using the parameters from group A, to get the same sound on each tone in polyphonic mode.

  • Page 198: Triggers

    Triggers Each group has 2 triggers, one for each part. The triggers are activated, when a part is trigged by a note on, generated by the trigger buttons, the touchscreen keyboard, the sequencer or a MIDI device connected to MIDI in. The triggers are numbered 1 and 2, regardless of the part/group selected, so when Group B is selected, Trigger 1 and 2 is generated by part 3 and 4, when Group C is selected, Trigger 1 and 2 is generated by part 5 and 6, and when Group D is selected, Trigger 1 and 2 is generated by part 7...

  • Page 199: Env - Envelopes

    ENV – Envelopes Each group has 2 envelope modules (8 in total), each with an ADSR envelope and a Decay envelope. The ADSR envelope can run in various linear and logarithmic modes, the envelope time can be timed by 4, for long envelope times, and the ADS segment can be looped. The envelopes can be trigged by any sources.
  • Page 200 Envelope Parameters From the synth modules page, touch ENV to enter the envelope pages. To select Effect 1 to 2, touch the numbers in the upper left corner. Touch the ENV touch button, to enter the envelope parameters page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the Envelope output. Activate LINK to make the same module in the other groups, using the parameters from group A, to get the same sound on each tone in polyphonic mode.
  • Page 201 R: 0 to 511. ADSR Envelope release time. The time it will take the envelope to decay from the value it is at, when a note off event are received, to zero. Trig: Multi/Single trigger. When this parameter is set to multi, and the envelopes (both the ADSR and the Decay envelope) is trigged by an internal note source (trigger buttons, internal sequencer, touch screen keyboard), the envelopes will re-trigger every time a note on is received, regardsless of, if the trigger has ever been low.
  • Page 202 Envelope Modulation Touch the MOD touch button, to enter the envelope modulation page. The VU-meter at the right of the screen, shows the Envelope output. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 203: Lfo

    Each group has 4 LFO's (16 in total) with a waveform that morphs from triangle to sawtooth to pulse to FM waves. Curve can be adjusted from logarithmic to linear to exponential. The LFO's can be key synced, and a one-shot mode is available, for using the LFO's as envelopes. The Rate, Wave and Curve parameters can be modulated.
  • Page 204 LFO parameters From the synth modules page, touch the LFO block, to enter the LFO pages. Touch the LFO touch button, to select this page. To select LFO 1 to 4, touch the numbers in the upper left corner. Activate LINK to make the same module in the other groups, using the parameters from group A, to get the same sound on each tone in polyphonic mode.
  • Page 205 KeyS: Off, 1 to 8, 1s to 8s, 1q to 8q: LFO key sync. The number tells which part will make the LFO restart. When a number that has an “s” after it is selected, the LFO are in single cycle mode, and will only run one cycle, every time it is triggered.
  • Page 206 LFO Modulation Touch the MOD touch button, to select this page. The VU-meter at the bottom of the screen, shows the LFO activity. The small VU-meters next to the parameters, shows the activity of the selected modulation sources. For each parameter, that can be modulated, it is possible to select a modulation source and to adjust the modulation amount.

  • Page 207: S/H Generators

    S/H Generators Each group has 2 Sample/Holds (8 in total). Every time these are trigged, they put out a new value from the input source. Triggers and inputs can be any source. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the “Connecting Modules” chapter. Activate LINK to make the same module in the other groups, using the parameters from group A, to get the same sound on each tone in polyphonic mode.

  • Page 208: Parameter Randomizer

    Parameter Randomizer If you should ever need some new inspiration for sounds, or if you just want to surprise yourself with some sounds that you never even imagined, the Zaturn parameter randomizer might be exactly what you need. Please notice that the Randomizer does not change the audio input settings of the modules, so the audio paths will not be changed, when randomizing.
  • Page 209 You should now enter this page: First, make sure that you have selected the right group, in which you want to randomize the parameter values. You can do that, by pushing and holding the Steps/Part button, while pressing one of the 8 step buttons. The selected group is shown at the top of this page. Then switch the blocks on, which you would like to randomize, by touching these.
  • Page 210 When the Randomizer page is entered, all parameters are stored into a temporary buffer, that is used for the randomization. So if you, for instance, first randomizes with 50%, and then with 20%, the result will be maximum 20% away from the initial parameter settings, when the Randomizer page was entered.

  • Page 211: Part Trigger (Poly) Setup

    Part Trigger (Poly) Setup In this block, you can set up the playback mode for each part (gate/toggle/poly), the pitch bend range, the note that will play pack, when pushing a trigger button, and if the part should be an internal or an external part.
  • Page 212 Part 1 and 2 can independently from each other be in any trigger mode, so it is possible to have a Zaturn preset in 2 x 4 voice polyphonic mode, have 1 polyphonic part and 4 monophonic parts, or just to have 8 monophonic parts.
  • Page 213 MIDI device, and from the part sequencer note track, controls any MIDI device, that is connected to the Zaturn MIDI output, and that is set to the same MIDI channel, as set by the Chan parameter on this page.
  • Page 214 In this block, it is possible to set up a key zone and a MIDI channel for each part, that will take effect, when Zaturn is set in multi-timbral mode, and is controlled from an external MIDI device. How to set Zaturn in multi-timbral mode is explained later in this manual, in the MOR>Common section.
  • Page 215 Preset Level: Here it is possible to adjust the level for the whole preset, to make to make different presets match each other level vise. Negative values attenuates the levels, positive values gains the levels.
  • Page 216 Touch Tu1 to enter the first Microtunings page: Here it is possible to microtune each note in an octave by up to +/- 50 percent. This is possible separately for each of the 8 parts, but it is only possible for the Type2 and Resonator oscillators. The Type1 oscillators, the samplers and the noise generators are not affected by these settings.
  • Page 217 To set the tunings for the keys G# to B, touch Tu2, to go to the next tuning page:...

  • Page 218: Connecting Modules

    There are no specific rules, when connecting modules inside Zaturn. Any output can be connected to any input, inside a group. Zaturn does not differ between the audio and modulation sources. LFO’s and Envelopes can run through an audio effect, if you like.

  • Page 219: List Of Modulation/Audio Sources

    List Of Modulation/Audio Sources OFF: The input is disconnected OFF-: The input is disconnected Osc1: Oscillator 1 Osc1-: Oscillator 1 inverted Osc2: Oscillator 2 Osc2-: Oscillator 2 inverted OscB: Oscillator B OscB-: Oscillator B inverted NOIS: White noise source NOIS-: White noise source inverted VCF: The output of the VCF VCF-: The output of the VCF inverted VCA1: The output of VCA 1...
  • Page 220 SqX1 (X=Group A,B,C,D): The output of Sequencer Group Controller Track 1 SqX1- (X=Group A,B,C,D): The output of Sequencer Group Controller Track 1 inverted SqX2 (X=Group A,B,C,D): The output of Sequencer Group Controller Track 2 SqX2- (X=Group A,B,C,D): The output of Sequencer Group Controller Track 2 inverted SqX3 (X=Group A,B,C,D): The output of Sequencer Group Controller Track 3 SqX3- (X=Group A,B,C,D): The output of Sequencer Group Controller Track 3 inverted SqX4 (X=Group A,B,C,D): The output of Sequencer Group Controller Track 4...
  • Page 221 Vel1: The last received Group Part 1 Velocity value (via MIDI, touch screen keyboard, Sequencer, Trigger buttons) Vel1-: The last received Group Part 1 Velocity value (via MIDI, touch screen keyboard, Sequencer, Trigger buttons) inverted Vel2: The last received Group Part 2 Velocity value (via MIDI, touch screen keyboard, Sequencer, Trigger buttons) Vel2-: The last received Group Part 2 Velocity value (via MIDI, touch screen keyboard, Sequencer, Trigger buttons) inverted...

  • Page 222: Connect Modules Manually

    Connect Modules Manually The "manual" way, is to go to a modules audio or modulation input pages, select the audio/modulation source, using Edit Knob 1 to 4, and adjust the amount/level, using Edit knob 5 to 8. Only positive sources can be selected this way. On modulation pages, you can touch the source select parameter, to change the source to negative.

  • Page 223: Connect Modules Via The Module Overview Page

    Connect Modules Via The Module Overview Page To connect modules on the overview page, first touch the SEL button in the top of this page. The SEL button should now turn brown. Then touch the module, for which you want to connect the modulation/inputs.
  • Page 224 If you, for instance, touched MO1, MOD1 in the left side of the page will now also be selected, and the module which turn dark blue, is the module which is connected to the MOD1 (modulation source 1) of the MO1 page. If you touch MOD2, MOD3 or MOD4, you will be able to see, which modules are connected to these inputs.
  • Page 225 On the MO2 and INP pages, the principles for connecting modules are the same as for the MO1 page.

  • Page 226: Connect Modules Automatically

    Touch the REM (remove) button. Zaturn will ask "Remove Module From Part?", and you can reply yes or no as desired. If you touched yes, Zaturn will now disconnect the selected module, and connect the module that was placed before this in the audio chain, to the module that was connected after the selected module.
  • Page 227 To insert a module in an audio chain, touch the modules PLC (Place) button. Zaturn will now jump to the Overview page and ask: "PLACE MODULE AFTER?". Now simply touch the module, that you would like the selected module to be placed after, and Zaturn will take care of all the connections.

  • Page 228: Patch Points

    You can do this on the Overview page, as described in the “Connecting Modules” chapter, earlier in this manual, but Zaturn also has a dedicated page for this purpose. From the Synth Blocks page, touch the PATCH POINT field, to enter the Patch Points page.
  • Page 229 On this page you can select 8 sources from any Group, to be sent to the 8 Patch Points. Each of the 8 Patch Points can be selected as modulation/audio sources by all Groups at the same time, making it possible to send signals between the module Groups. They show as PPO1 to PPO8 in the modulation/audio sources.

  • Page 230: Favorite Sounds

    You can, for instance, use these for storing good starting points for new sounds/presets, or as a 64 sound copy/paste buffer! The favorite sounds simply points to a location in the Zaturn preset memory, so if you change the sound of the original preset, the favorite sound will be changed as well. Sound that have already been loaded and saved into new presets, will not be changed.
  • Page 231 When on the favorite sounds page, pushing a step button will load a sound to the currently selected Group, while playing the sound back for auditioning, and showing the preset and group location on the display. Step buttons that has a favorite sound stored, will light up. When a sound is loaded into a part, it can be edited, just like any other sound.

  • Page 232: Selecting The Favorite Sounds Bank

    Selecting The Favorite sounds bank Since Zaturn only has 8 step buttons, only 8 favorite sounds can be selected at a time. The rest of the favorite sounds can be accessed by selecting 8 banks. To access a bank, touch the BANK touch button, so that BANK turns dark blue.

  • Page 233: Saving A Favorite Sound

    Saving a Favorite Sound Select the favorite sounds bank, in which you would like to store the sounds of the currently selected Group. Touch the SAVE touch button, so that SAVE turns dark blue. Push the step button, that equals the desired location. SAVE will now turn white, and the sound has been stored.

  • Page 234: Sequencer

    Sequencer The Zaturn built in sequencer has 8 note tracks and 16 controller tracks. The note tracks are hard wired to the corresponding 8 parts. The controller tracks are divided into 4 groups with 4 tracks for each Group, and can be assigned as modulation and audio sources. Sequencer tracks can be recorded in real time, step time and in a TR way.
  • Page 235 Starting and stopping the Sequencer: To start the sequencer playback, push and release the Play button, so that it lights up. The sequencer will now start to play back. When the Modules/Bar Sel, the Func/Mute and the Steps/part buttons are not lighting up, every time a part is trigged to play back, the corresponding step button will light up shortly.
  • Page 236 Selecting a track: Push and hold the Steps/Part button. The selected track number will now be shown, by one of the 8 step buttons lightning up. The number above the step button, is the track number that is currently selected. To select another track, while still holding down the Steps/Part button, push any of the 8 step buttons.
  • Page 237 But more on that in the final manual… Only 8 steps (one half bar) are shown at a time. The note tracks of Zaturn has 64 steps. Please read on, to experience how to switch between half bars (step 1-8, 9-16, 17-24 and so on…).
  • Page 238 Selecting a Note Track Half Bar and/or a controller track bar, to be viewed/edited: Note tracks: When you are located on any other pages, than the sequencer controller tracks pages, a half bar is selected to be viewed for a note track. The selected half bar, is the half bar that is shown on the step buttons, and one half of the bar shown on the note track pages.
  • Page 239 Mute/Unmute Note Tracks, Start/Stop Seq/Song Recording: To mute, unmute or view the mute state of the 8 note tracks, push and hold the Func/Mute button. Unmuted tracks will now be shown by a step button that is lighting up, and shortly flashes off, every time the track is triggering.

  • Page 240: Entering The Sequencer

    Entering the Sequencer From the Preset Select Page, touch the EDIT field.
  • Page 241 Touch SEQ on the navigation bar in the top of the screen.

  • Page 242: Sequencer Start Page

    This will bring you to the: Sequencer Start Page SEQ on the navigation bar has now changed it color to blue, indicating that you have entered the Sequencer pages. From here you can jump to the Sequencer Main page, the note track and controller track edit pages and the Swing All page.

  • Page 243: Sequencer Main Page

    Sequencer Main Page The sequencer main page can be accessed by touching the MAIN field, from the sequencer start page, but it can also be accessed by touching the L.STEP/BPM field on the Preset Select page. And, of course, it can be accessed by pushing the Seq function button.

  • Page 244: Setting The Tempo

    On the sequencer Main page, it is possible to set the sequencer tempo, set the record mode to mono or poly (poly is only useful, when controlling external MIDI gear), switch the metronome on/off, set the track length, and set the step skip effect. Here it is also possible to double and clear the selected track.

  • Page 245: Setting The Resolution For The Currently Selected Note Track

    Setting the resolution for the currently selected note track Simply touch one of the fields right below the RESOLUTION text, named 1/64, 1/48, 1/32 and so on. This will immediately change the resolution of the currently selected note track. Turning the Metronome on and off Touch the field named METRONOME_OFF.

  • Page 246: Clear Note Track

    Clear Note Track Touch the “ERAS” touch button, to enter this page: Touching “Yes” from here, will initialize all step values and parameters on the selected Morph Layer of the currently selected note track, except for the Last Step parameter. Select the Morph Layer with the Morph function button.

  • Page 247: Note Tracks

    Note Tracks Each note track can be up to 64 steps long, and resolution can be set from 1/64 to 1/2. Steps that are on, are indicated by dark blue bars, steps that are off, are indicated by crème white bars. The note numbers and other values can be recorded in real and step time, and adjusted by the Edit Knobs, and directly by touching the screen.

  • Page 248: Note Subtrack

    Note Subtrack From the sequencer access page, touch NOTE TRACK 1-8, to enter the note steps edit page. At most of this screen, you will see the note value bars. You can touch these, to change the note values. Right above these, to the left and to the right, the first and last step numbers, of the steps that are currently shown by the note value bars, are indicated.
  • Page 249 Edit Knob 4: Sets the track resolution. Values: 1/64, 1/48, 1/32, 1/24, 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, ¼, ½. Value is shown as Res. The note values for each step is shown right below the note value bars. If a cream white underscore is shown below the number, it means that it is a # note.

  • Page 250: Adjusting The Offset Of All Steps

    Adjusting the offset of all steps This can be done on any subtrack, except for the sub position track. When you have selected a group of step, to be edited using the Edit Knobs, touch the active knob select bar one more time, and it will switch to “All”.
  • Page 251 You can now, by turning Edit Knob 1, adjust the offset of all steps at the same time. Middle position of Edit Knob 1 is zero, above middle will turn the offset up, below middle will turn the offset down. SPECIAL NOTE FOR THE POSITION SUB TRACK: When adjusting the offset of the step positions on the position sub track, the positions will “roll over”...

  • Page 252: Gate Time Subtrack

    Gate Time Subtrack Touch GAT in the top navigation bar, to enter the gate time steps page. The gate time values for each step is shown as bars in the value grid, and as number right below the value grid. If a white underscore is shown below the number, it means that it is above 100. Gate time values for each step can be changed, simply by touching the value grid.
  • Page 253 Edit Knob 4: Sets the track resolution. Values: 1/64, 1/48, 1/32, 1/24, 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, ¼, ½. Value is shown as Res. Touching “ESC” will exit you to the Sequencer access page.

  • Page 254: Velocity Subtrack

    Velocity Subtrack Touch VEL in the top navigation bar, to enter the velocity steps page. The velocity values for each step is shown as bars in the value grid, and as number right below the value grid. If a white underscore is shown below the number, it means that it is above 100. Velocity values for each step can be changed, simply by touching the value grid.
  • Page 255 Edit Knob 4: Sets the track resolution. Values: 1/64, 1/48, 1/32, 1/24, 1/16, 1/12, 1/8, 1/6, ¼, ½. Value is shown as Res. Touching “ESC” will exit you to the Sequencer Modules page.

  • Page 256: Position Subtrack

    1, step 2 is played back at position 2 and so on. But the note sequencer in Zaturn can go further than that. Step 2 can be set to play back at position 31, if desired, just to deform a track, or experiment with it, or more steps can be set to play back at the same position, for polyphonic sequencing.
  • Page 257 When neither KNOBS1-8 or KNOBS9-16 are black: Edit Knob 1: Has no function. Edit Knob 2: Selects the bar to be viewed. 4 bars can be viewed, showing each 16 steps, for a total of 64 steps. The bar number is shown just above the values field (marked Bar), and the first and the last step number viewed, is shown just above the values field, to the right and the left.

  • Page 258: Sub Position Subtrack

    Sub Position Subtrack When on the Position subtrack page, touch POS in the top navigation bar an extra time, to enter the sub position subtrack: Here a value between 0 and 3 can be added to the step position for “micro-timing”. A value of 0 will play back the step on the exact position.
  • Page 259 Edit Knob 2: Selects the bar to be viewed. 4 bars can be viewed, showing each 16 steps, for a total of 64 steps. The bar number is shown just above the values field (marked Bar), and the first and the last step number viewed, is shown just above the values field, to the right and the left.

  • Page 260: Templates And Note Scales

    Templates and Note Scales Templates are available to make it easier to create ramps on a track, and to randomize things. For the position track templates are available for forwards, backwards, alternating, randomized and polyphonic playback setup. On this page note scales are also available, for users that thinks that harmonic tones works, and for swapping around keys for experimentation.
  • Page 261 Available templates: -RampUp: Ramp Up. Will lower values on steps, that are placed before last step divided by 2, and raise values on steps, placed after last step divided by 2. -RampDw: Ramp Down. Will raise values on steps, that are placed before last step divided by 2, and lower values on steps, placed after last step divided by 2.

  • Page 262: Templates For The Position Subtrack

    Templates for the Position Subtrack When entering the templates page from the Position subtrack, it will look like this: Turn Edit Knob 1, to set the range. This will set, how much the template routine will affect the values, that are already on the selected subtrack. When this is set to 100%, the template function will be absolute.
  • Page 263 -2note: 2 Note Poly. The more the Range parameter is turned up, when touching this, the more the track will be forced to play back 2 note polyphonic. -4note: 4 Note Poly. The more the Range parameter is turned up, when touching this, the more the track will be forced to play back 4 note polyphonic.

  • Page 264: Note Track Mod Page

    The parameters of this page: Mod: Note Track modulation source. Any Zaturn audio/modulation source can be selected to modulate the track. For a complete list of modulation sources, see the “Connecting Modules”...
  • Page 265 Dest: Track modulation destination. Selects what should be modulated on the track. Choices are: -Note: The note numbers of the track will be modulated. If “Kybd” is selected as the modulation source, incoming MIDI notes, and notes played on the touchscrenn keyboard, will no longer play back notes.

  • Page 266: Clear Note Track

    Clear Note Track From the Mod page, touch the “Clear Track” button, to enter this page: Touching “Yes” from here, will initialize all step values and parameters of the currently selected note track, on the currently selected Morph Layer (Morph function button selects the layer), except for the Last Step parameter.

  • Page 267: Double Note Track

    If you just change the resolution parameter to 1/8, the timing of the track will slow down. Instead touch the “Half Reso” field. Now Zaturn will automatically change the resolution to 1/8, and place the note positions, so that the timing will be kept.

  • Page 268: Realtime Recording Of Notes

    To switch off realtime recording, simply hit the same button combination again, so that the Play button stops flashing. Zaturn has two different note realtime recording modes: Mono and poly. In mono recording mode, it records the notes in a linear time fashion, like a traditional step sequencer: One note per step.
  • Page 269 The realtime recording mode is set on the Sequencer Main page, by touching Mono/Poly field. The choices are: -Mono: Monophonic recording -Poly: Polyphonic recording On the Preset Select page, it is also possible to switch realtime recording on and off, by touching the Rec touchbutton.

  • Page 270: Step Recording Of Notes

    Rec mode can be set to either mono or poly. To initiate step recording: -Set Zaturn in sequencer recording mode, by touching the REC field on the Preset Select page, so that it turns red, or push and hold the Func/Mute button, while pressing the Play button.

  • Page 271: Setting Up A Track/Part To Internal Or External Operation

    If the sequencer is stopped, resolution will determine the note length. Setting up a track/part to internal or external operation Each of the 8 Zaturn note tracks, can control either the internal part, that they are hard assigned to, or external MIDI gear.
  • Page 272 On this page, touch TRIG.
  • Page 273 Now you will enter this page: Select the part, that you would like to set up as internal or external, by holding down the Steps/part button, while pushing the step button, that has the desired part number. Set the Int/Ext parameter to Int (Internal) or Ext (External). If you set the part to external, set the Chan parameter to a MIDI channel that matches the MIDI gear, that you would like to control.

  • Page 274: The Controller Tracks

    The Controller Tracks Zaturn has 16 controller tracks, divided into 4 tracks for each of the 4 Groups. Each of these only has one subtrack: The controller track values. Each track can be on up to 128 steps long, and a Smooth function can be turned on, that will automatically create values between the steps, from one step value to another, for smooth transitions between them.

  • Page 275: Controller Track Step Values

    Controller track Step Values From the sequencer start page, touch Controller Track A+B, to access the controller tracks for these 2 groups, or touch Controller Track C+D, to access the tracks for these 2 groups. To access a specific track, push and hold the Steps/Part button, while pressing one of the step buttons.
  • Page 276 Edit Knob 2: Selects the bar to be viewed. 4 bars can be viewed, showing each 16 steps, for a total of 64 steps. The bar number is shown just above the values field (marked Page), and the first and the last step number viewed, is shown just above the values field, to the right and the left.

  • Page 277: Controller Tracks Templates

    Controller Tracks Templates Templates are available to make it easier to create ramps on a track and to randomize things. When on the Controller track step values page, touch TMP on the top navigation bar, to enter the templates page. First turn Edit Knob 1, to set the range.
  • Page 278 -Zero: Will lower any values. -Full: Will raise any values.

  • Page 279: Controller Tracks Cc Page

    MIDI out or internally, as set on the CCout parameter. When a number is set, this is the CC number that will be outputted. If any Zaturn Edit Knob are assigned to this CC, the knob name will be written in parenthesis. If set to Pitch Bend, this is what will be outputted.
  • Page 280 Start: 1 to 128. Sets the track start step. This will be the step, the track starts at, when hitting the Start/Stop button, or when entering this preset from another preset, while the sequencer is running. PrCh: Off, 1 to 128. When setting the PrCh parameter to any value between 1 and 128, a program change message will be transmitted on MIDI out, on the MIDI channel selected by the Chan parameter, every time this preset is selected.

  • Page 281: Clear Controller Track

    Clear Controller Track From the track CC page, touch the “Clear Track” button, to enter this page: Touching “Yes” from here, will clear all step on’s of the currently selected controller track, on the selected Morph Layer (morph layer is selected by the Morph function button).. If you would not wish to do this, touch “No”, to exit to the track main page.

  • Page 282: Double Controller Track

    Double Controller Track Touch the “Double” touch button, to double the length of the track. All events from the original track, is copied to the new half. Useful if you need some extra variation in a track. PLEASE NOTE: The controller track lengths cannot exceed 128 steps.

  • Page 283: Controller Tracks Realtime Recording

    Controller Tracks Realtime Recording MIDI CC’s, Pitch Bend, CV Inputs and knob movements can be realtime recorded on the 16 controller tracks. To do this, on the controller track CC page, set it to the event type, that you would like to record, using the CC parameter.
  • Page 284 Smooth mode, and play back will start. Knob tracks set to pitch bend, can be recorded by playing with the pitch bender on a MIDI device connected to Zaturn MIDI in. Knob tweaks can also be performed with external MIDI controllers.

  • Page 285: Controller Tracks Step Recording

    Controller Tracks Step Recording It is also possible to step record controller events. To initiate step recording: -Set the controller track in realtime recording mode, as described in a previous chapter. -Start the sequencer playback, if desired. Step recording is possible no matter if the sequencer is running or not.

  • Page 286: Clear Sequence

    From the Sequencer Start page, touch the Clear field. Zaturn will now ask: If you touch the “Yes” button here, Zaturn will clear all tracks on the selected Morph Layer (select Morph Layer with the Morph function button) of the current preset, and reset all values.

  • Page 287: Swing All

    Zaturn, any modulation source can be used for swing, so there are quite a lot of possibilities to deform a sequence with this.

  • Page 288: Synth And Sequencer Morphing

    Synth and Sequencer Morphing On Zaturn it is possible to morph between 2 layers of parameters, layer A and B, by turning the Morph knob for the synth parameters, and the Seq Morph knob for the sequencer parameters. The Morph knob transmits and receives MIDI CC 1 (The Mod Wheel) via MIDI in and out, and the Seq Morph knob transmits and receives MIDI CC2.

  • Page 289: Mor> Preset Parameters/Setup

    Mor> preset parameters/Setup From the Preset Select page, touch the EDIT field in the upper right corner.
  • Page 290 On the navigation bar at the top of this screen, touch MOR.
  • Page 291 This will get you to the MOR page. Here you can set up all the basic Zaturn things, like global MIDI channel, morphing, tune the analog filters, check and erase the Zaturn memory, initialize the preset and change to song mode.

  • Page 292: Common Settings

    Contr: Adjusts the display contrast. This setting is automatically saved, and will be remembered after a power off. Chan: The Zaturn global MIDI channel. All MIDI data to Zaturn will be received on this channel, if the Mode parameter is set to Sel (Explained in a moment). MIDI CC’s from the Edit/Quick Edit Knobs and the Morph knob will be transmitted on this channel, if the Mode parameter is set to Sel.
  • Page 293 ClkOut: Settings: Off, On. Selects whether or not Zaturn will re-transmit MIDI clock and start/stop events to MIDI out. Even if Zaturn is syncing to an external MIDI clock source, it will re-transmit this, if this parameter is on. This setting is automatically saved, and will be remembered after a power off.

  • Page 294: Morph Setup

    Morph Setup On the Morph Setup page, it is possible to set a permanent morph value, that will override the Morph knob, if you wish to always have a preset playing back in a certain morph position. It is also possible to modulate the morph knobs, using any audio/modulation source. From MOR page, touch MORPH to enter this page: The upper row of parameters are the settings for the Morph knob, that affect the Synth Parts.

  • Page 295: Common Settings 2 (Com2)

    EfxCL: Effects buffer clear. When Zaturn is shifting from one preset to the next, the effect RAM buffers are cleared, to avoid any fractures of the sounds from the previous preset, to sound in the new preset.
  • Page 296 KnobCC: On, Off. When on, the 8 Edit Knobs and the 2 Morph knobs will transmit MIDI CC’s to MIDI Out, when turned. When off, they will not transmit any MIDI CC’s on MIDI out. Qedit: Will switch the Quick Edit functionality of the Edit Knobs on or off. When this is set to off, the Edit Knobs can be assigned as modulation sources.

  • Page 297: Initialize Preset

    From MOR page, touch INIT to enter this page: Zaturn will now ask you to confirm. Press ”Yes” to initialize the currently selected preset and return to the previous page, or press ”No” just to exit, without initializing.

  • Page 298: Parameter Snap Mode

    Parameter Snap Mode A synth part parameters “Snap” mode are available. When this is set to “On”, any synth parameter value will not be changed, when turning a knob, until it passes the original value, that the parameter was set to. This will avoid “jumps” in the sound. On the MOR page, touch the “SNAP OFF”...

  • Page 299: Analog Filters Tune

    Analog Filters Tune If the presets of your Zaturn starts to sound very different from, what they are supposed to, its analog filters might need to be tuned. Before you start the analog tuning process, you should leave your Zaturn on, for at least one hour, and then enter this page.

  • Page 300: Flash Memory Check

    Type 3 in the bottom. If you should ever experience any issues with missing samples or presets, please take a picture of this screen, and email it to Gotharman’s.

  • Page 301: Delete A Sample Bank

    While it is being erased, Zaturn’s 16 step buttons will run a sequence. When the step buttons shuts off, the erase has been done, and Zaturn will return to the MOR page.

  • Page 302: Delete All Presets And Songs

    If you are really sure, that you absolutely have to do this, touch ”Yes” to start the erase. All presets and songs will now be completely wiped out. While these are being erased, Zaturn’s 16 step buttons will run a sequence. When the step buttons shuts off, the erase has been done, and Zaturn will return to the MOR page.

  • Page 303: 303

    This is a service page, and does not really have any practical user functionality, except for the “CPU” touch button. If you touch this, so that it turn dark blue, Zaturn will show how much CPU power is used, on the Preset Select page.

  • Page 304: Preset/Song Mode

    Preset/Song Mode Touch this to toggle between preset mode and song mode. Song mode is described later in this manual.

  • Page 305: Display Update Rate

    If you should discover any display freezes, go to the MOR page: Touch the text: “DISP:FAST”. It will now change to “DISP:SLOW” and go back to the slower display mode, as before. Please report any display freezes to: info@gotharman.dk .

  • Page 306: Save Preset

    When you have created a new preset, it should be saved for later recall. If you do not save your presets, they will be lost forever, as soon as you select another preset, or turn off your Zaturn. A preset that is saved on Zaturn contains all the data previously described in this manual:...
  • Page 307 You should now enter this page: Touch the preset location that you would like to save your new preset to. If it is not shown, touch PREV and NEXT to reach it. Preset number and name is shown for presets that are already saved. If you save your new preset on such a location, the old preset will be overwritten.
  • Page 308 When you touch the preset location, that you would like to save your preset to, you will enter this page: Type in the name for your preset. This can be up to 16 characters long. “Aa” will switch between uppercase/lowercase letters, and numbers/signs: “<”...
  • Page 309 Touch SAVE when you are done. Your preset will now be saved, and Zaturn will exit from the save pages.

  • Page 310: Song Mode

    Song Mode It is possible to arrange chained playback of Presets in 1024 Song locations. Each Song can have up to 128 steps. For each Song step a Preset can be selected, it can be set how many times track one of the preset should play back, until it advances to the next song step, and tracks can be muted/unmuted.

  • Page 311: Accessing Song Mode

    Accessing Song Mode If you would like to make a new song from scratch, it can be a good idea to select the preset you would like to have on the first song step, from the preset select page, before you enters song mode.
  • Page 312 On the navigation bar at the top of the screen, touch MOR.
  • Page 313 In the far right row, you will find the text PRS. Please touch this, after making sure, that the sequencer is stopped.
  • Page 314 Now PRS turns into SONG, and Zaturn are in song mode. If you would like to go back to preset mode, just touch SONG.

  • Page 315: The Song Edit Page

    The Song Edit Page To enter the Song Edit page, just touch SEQ on the navigation bar at the top of the MOR page: On the Song Edit page, you have an overview of the programmed song steps, and the possibility of editing these.
  • Page 316 8 song steps are shown at a time. Touch the arrows to select the previous or next 8 song steps. The total number of song steps is 128. Touch EXIT to exit from the Song Edit page, and touch REC to start song realtime recording. This will be explained very soon.

  • Page 317: The Song Select Page

    The Song Select Page When you, in song mode, exit from the Edit Groups pages, you will exit to the Song Select page, instead of the Preset Select page. This reads out ”Song” just above the song number and name, instead of the ”Preset”, to make sure that you know where you are.
  • Page 318 Touch “PREV” or “NEXT” to view the previous or next 5 songs, and finally touch the song name of the song you would like to select. 1024 songs can be selected, from A01 to P64. Zaturn will now jump back to the main Song Select screen, and show the name of the newly selected song.

  • Page 319: Song Realtime Recording

    Song Realtime Recording On the Song Select page, select the song you would like to record. 1024 songs are available, from A00 to P64. Now go to the song edit page.
  • Page 320 Make sure that the sequencer is stopped, and push the “REC” button, so it turns red. Now exit to the Preset/Song select screen.
  • Page 321 Zaturn will now show the Preset select page. The REC indicator on the preset select page, has now turned red, indicating that Zaturn is in recording mode. Song realtime recording can also be switched on or off, by touching the REC indicator.
  • Page 322 When you are done changing presets, and you think that your song is ready, hit the Play button to stop song recording. Go back to the song edit page, and touch the REC button, so it turns grey again, to exit from song realtime recording, or simply exit to the preset/song select page, and touch the REC indicator.

  • Page 323: Save Song

    Save Song Zaturn songs are not saved within the presets, so they must be saved separately. To do so, when in song mode, from the song select page, touch the EDIT field to enter the Synth Modules page: Touch SAV.
  • Page 324 You should now enter this page: Touch the song location that you would like to save your new song to. If it is not shown, touch PREV and NEXT to reach it. Song number and name is shown for songs that are already saved. If you save your new song on such a location, the old song will be overwritten.
  • Page 325 When you touch the song location, that you would like to save your song to, you will enter this page: Type in the name for your song. This can be up to 16 characters long. “Aa” will switch between uppercase/lowercase letters, and numbers/signs: “<”...
  • Page 326 Touch SAVE when you are done. Your song will now be saved, and Zaturn will exit from the save pages.

  • Page 327: Initializing A Song

    Initializing a Song If you would just like to start all over with an empty song, it is possible to initialize it. To do so, in song mode, access the MOR page: From here, touch INIT.
  • Page 328 Please notice, that when initializing a song, this is only done in Zaturn’s temporary song RAM, NOT on the FLASH memory, so if you did this by mistake, or you regretted doing it, you can always recall the song, by selecting another song, and select this again.

  • Page 329: Copy/Paste

    Copy/Paste On Zaturn it is possible to copy morph layer A, B or the parameter settings at the position of the Morph knob. It is possible to copy one or two layers of the whole preset. Whatever is held in the copy buffer can then be pasted to another preset, as the whole preset, as a single group or as single modules.
  • Page 330 Layer A can be switched on or off independently of the B/Morph selection. If 2 layers are copied, Zaturn will also paste to 2 layers. If only one layer is copied, Zaturn will paste to the layer selected by the Morph function button.
  • Page 331 Now, when the function buttons are active (the Func/Mute button lights up), every time you enter a page, where the copy buffer holds something that can be pasted, step button 6 (Paste) will light To paste something, navigate to the desired page, where you would like to paste the settings. Make sure that step button 6 (Paste) lights up.
  • Page 332 When pasting on the Synth Blocks page or the Part Overview page, a page will also pop up, asking which Group to copy from (i.e. Group A to D). Select the desired Group, by rotating Edit Knob 5, and hit the Paste button again, to paste.

  • Page 333: Sequencer Steps Copy/Paste

    Sequencer Steps Copy/Paste It is possible to copy/paste a specific range of steps, from any location of a sequencer track, to any location of any track. From any page, push the Copy function button (step button 5), to copy the whole preset. As usual, simply hit the Copy button again, to copy.
  • Page 334 Clear Dest Steps: If you copy from or paste to a polyphonic track, or “Poly” (explained below) is on, switching this function on, will make Zaturn clear all steps, which position is inside the range of the steps to be pasted, before the pasting.
  • Page 335 If “Clear Dest Steps” is off, no steps will be overwritten. When entering the Track Paste Page, Zaturn will analyze both the source and destination tracks, and if any of these are polyphonic tracks, it will automatically switch Poly on. If both tracks are monophonic tracks, it will switch Poly off.

  • Page 336: Sample Record And Edit

    Zaturn has up to 4 banks of FLASH memory for storing samples, Bank A, B, C and D. The 18 min. and 43 min. models only has Bank A. Bank A holds up to 43 minutes of mono samplings, maximum 2048 samplings, Bank B, C and D each holds up to 50 minutes of mono samplings, each maximum 2048 samplings –...

  • Page 337: Recording A Sampling

    Recording a sampling From the Preset Select screen, touch the EDIT field, to enter the Synth Modules page: Touch SMP at the top navigation bar.
  • Page 338 You will now enter the Sample Edit page. Touch the REC touch button, to enter the Sample Rec page.
  • Page 339 If you can already hear the source, that you would like to record, leave the Moni parameter Off. If you have the record source connected directly to any of Zaturn’s audio inputs, and can’t hear it now, switch the Moni parameter to On.
  • Page 340 If the Auto parameter is turned fully up, it will show the value Seq. If Auto set to Seq, the sequencer must be started, in order to start sample recording, when it is waiting for a trigger. Otherwise Zaturn will now start to record the new sampling: When you are finished recording your sample, touch the ”STOP” button.
  • Page 341 Zaturn will now jump to this screen: To audition the sample you have just recorded, touch the ”Audition” button. To name and save the sample, touch the ”Save” button. If you decide not to keep this sample, touch EXIT, and the new sample will be erased. While it is...
  • Page 342 If you touch the ”Save” button, Zaturn will jump to this page: Type in the name for your sampling. This can be up to 16 characters long. will switch between uppercase/lowercase letters, and numbers/signs “Aa” “<” will move the cursor back, for correcting characters, “>” will skip characters.

  • Page 343: Edit A Sampling

    Edit A Sampling From the Synth Blocks page, touch SMP at the top navigation bar., to enter this page: OR: Hit the Func/Mute button, so it lights up, hit step button 4 ”Samples”, and hit step button 8 ”Exit/Overview”. On this page you can audition samples from the FLASH memory, adjust the samples start and end points, enter the sample chops editor, the graphical sample editor and the wavetable editor.
  • Page 344 To audition the samples that your Zaturn holds, touch the Sample name, and the Sample Select screen will appear: Touch A, B, C or D to select sample bank A, B, C and D, touch PREV and NEXT to view the previous or next 16 samplings.

  • Page 345: Adjusting The Start And End Points Of A Sample

    Audition by touching the PLAY button. When you are satisfied with the result, touch the SAVE button. Zaturn will now write “Saving…” on the display. Instead of searching manually for the sample start point, it is possible to use the Chop function for...

  • Page 346: Sample Chops

    Sample Chops On Zaturn it is possible to add chop points to a sampling, in order to make it play back a certain portion of the sampling at a time. Sample chops are generated in the Sample Edit section, to be used by the samplers in the Synth section.
  • Page 347 Pre: If there are loud clicks in the start of many of the chop points, especially on low frequency sounds, turning up this parameter will make Zaturn set the chop points a little bit earlier, than it usually would. This will remove these clicks.
  • Page 348 Touch the Chop button. Zaturn will now look for chop points, in the selected sampling, while putting out “Searching For Chop Points…” on the display. When it is done, it will jump back to the Sample Chops screen:...
  • Page 349 By adjusting the Chop parameter, it is now possible to select and audition the chop points that Zaturn has found. Select a chop point by the Chop parameter. Audition the chop points by hitting the “Play” button. If some chop points are not exactly where you would like them to be, adjust them with the 2 Adjust parameters (coarse and fine).

  • Page 350: Wave Chop System

    Wave Chop System This system can take any of the samplings held in your Zaturn, and chop it up in, up to 64, single cycle waves. If you already have a library of single cycle waves in .wav format, you can use the “Import Samples From Dir As Chops”...
  • Page 351 That will get you to the Chop page: Set the Mode parameter to Wave. When in Wave chop mode, the Dec parameter functions in the opposite way, as when in normal chop mode. The lower the value, the faster the decay. A good startpoint for wave chopping is to set Dec to 1 and Sens to 128.
  • Page 352 Zaturn will now put out “Generating Chop Points…” on the display When it has found some chop points, it will return to the Chop page: Now touch the play button, and select chops by adjusting the Chop parameter, to audition the result.
  • Page 353 Set the Oscsillator in sampler mode, and touch the SMP touch button to select the sampling, that you just wave chopped (or any other sampling that you have wave chopped).
  • Page 354 Touch the sample slot 1 name, to open the sample select page.
  • Page 355 Select the sampling, touch OK, and touch the OSC touchbutton.
  • Page 356 Set Loop mode to On, and adjust the Chop parameter, to select the single cycle waves. If you would like more single cycle waves to play back inside the loop, turn the #Chp parameter up.
  • Page 357 Modulating the Chop parameter Unlike most other parameters in Zaturn, only positive modulation are applied to the Chop parameter. So the Chop parameter selects the lowest possible chop to be played back.

  • Page 358: Deleting Last Recorded Sampling

    Deleting last recorded sampling On the Sample Select page, it is possible to delete the last recorded sampling in sample Bank A, B, C or D. On the sample select page, select the sample bank, from which you would like to delete a sampling.
  • Page 359 If you regret, touch ”No”, to return to the Sample Edit page. If you decided to delete the sampling, Zaturn will now run a light sequence on the step buttons 1- 8, while it is deleting the sampling. Since this is FLASH memory, it might take some time.

  • Page 360: Deleting Other Samplings, Than The Last Recorded One

    Deleting other samplings, than the last recorded one Because of some security features of the flash memory used in Zaturn, it is only possible to directly delete the last recorded sampling in each bank. By using its USB functions (explained in the next chapter of this manual), it is though possible to delete other samplings.

  • Page 361: Graphical Sample Editing

    Graphical sample editing On the Sample Edit page, touch the “Grap” button to enter the graphical sample edit pages. On the graphical sample edit pages you can add and remove chop/loop points, select a portion of a sampling, to be saved as a new sampling, and assemble wavetables. It has also been made easier, to set loop points in long samplings, by making it possible, to save the selected end point as a chop/loop point.
  • Page 362 On this page, you will see a graphical presentation of the selected sampling. Chop points are indicated as vertical brown lines, and the sample zero point is indicated as a horizontal white line.

  • Page 363: Sample Start Point

    Sample Start Point By touching anywhere on the screen, or by rotating Edit Knob 1, you can select a start point. This is indicated by a vertical white line. By rotating Edit Knob 4, you can zoom in and out.

  • Page 364: Sample End Point

    Sample End Point By touching the End touch button, so that it turns dark blue, the screen will now be focused on the end point, which is indicated as a vertical red line. When you touch the screen now, the red line will move, indicating that the end point is selected.

  • Page 365: Selecting And Edit Chop Points

    Selecting and edit chop points Touch the Chop touch button, so that this turns dark blue. Now, when you touch the screen, you will select a chop point. The line indicating the chop point will turn yellow, when it is selected. Rotate Edit Knob 1 to adjust the chop point.

  • Page 366: Adding A Chop Point

    Adding a chop point Make sure that the Chop touch button is white. Set the start point, where you want the chop point to be, either by touching the screen, or by rotating Edit Knob 1. Touch the Func touch button.
  • Page 367 Now you will enter the graphical function page: Touch “Add Chop”. Zaturn will now jump back to the graphical edit page, and a chop point will be added at the selected start point.

  • Page 368: Adding A Chop Point At The Selected End Point

    In order to make the loop work, you will though also need to save the selected end point as a chop point. To do this, you must enter the graphical function page again: Touch “Add Chop At Endpoint”. Zaturn will now jump back to the graphical edit page, and a chop point will be added at the selected end point.

  • Page 369: Delete A Chop Point

    Delete a chop point Make sure that the Chop touch button is dark blue, and that you have selected the chop point, which you want to delete. Touch the Func touch button, to enter the graphical functions page.
  • Page 370 Now touch “Delete Chop”. Zaturn will now jump back to the graphical edit page, and the previously selected chop point will have been removed. To delete the next chop point, follow the same procedure, but touch “Delete Chop At Endpoint”...

  • Page 371: Saving The Chop Points

    After you have edited, added and deleted chop points, you must save these changes, in order to keep them. This is also done from the graphical functions page. Simply touch “Save Chop Points”. Zaturn will now save your edits, and return to the graphical edit page.

  • Page 372: Creating A New Sampling From A Portion Of The Selected Sampling

    Creating a new sampling from a portion of the selected sampling If you want to completely remove unused start and/or end portions of a sampling, use a portion of the sampling for a loop, or just wants to copy the whole sampling to another sample bank, you can use this function.
  • Page 373 Touch “Save As New Sample”. A new page will now open. Select the sample bank, that you would like to copy the sampling/portion of the sampling to, by touching the A, B, C or D touch button. Zaturn will write “Saving Sample...” for some time, and then it will jump back to the functions page.

  • Page 374: Assembling A Wavetable

    On the graphical sample edit page, with the sample, which you would like to build a wavetable from, selected, touch the Wtbl button, so that this turns dark blue. Zaturn will now create one wave for a table, consisting of 512 sample points, equally spaced between the selected start and end points.
  • Page 375 When you have assembled a wavetable, touch the Func button. Touch WaveTable Preview, so that this turns white. Now you will hear your wavetable playing back. Adjust Edit Knobs 1 and 2, to scan through the waves (Edit Knob 2 is only active at 64 waves).
  • Page 376 Select the sample bank, on which you would like to save the wavetable to, by touching the A, B, C or D field. 18 min. and 43 min. Zaturn’s only has Bank A. Now the naming page will show:...
  • Page 377 Type in the name of your wavetable, and touch SAVE WAVETABLE. The will switch “Aa” button between uppercase/lowercase letters, and numbers/signs...

  • Page 378: Wavebuilder

    WaveBuilder The Zaturn WaveBuilder lets you combine up to 8 samplings, to create a wave sequence from these. Whole samplings, parts of the samplings or chop points from the samplings, can be used to build a new wave sequence. The wave sequence is saved as a new sampling, and a chop point is inserted, at the start point of each of the 8 waves, for easy selection of each partial, using the chop parameter.
  • Page 379 You will now enter this page: Wave: 1 to 8. Selects wave 1 to 8 of the wave sequence to be generated. Sample: A0 to D2048. Selects the sampling for the selected wave. Edit knob 2 selects the sample bank (A to D), edit knob 3 selects the 100’s in the sample number, and edit knob 4 select the 10’s and the 1’s in the number.

  • Page 380: Wavetable Editor

    Any waves that are switched off, or has their length set to zero, will be skipped from the wave sequence. Save touch button: As soon as you have selected samplings and chops, and adjusted the start and lengths, and you are satisfied with the result, you should touch this button, to save the new wave sequence.
  • Page 381 In Nrm mode, the waveform drawing simply follows your finger, and you can draw any shapes easily. In Art mode, Zaturn will generate artistic waveform patterns, as you draw. The patterns will vary after how high you place your finger on the screen, and if you draw forwards or backwards. It is possible to copy and paste single cycle waves.
  • Page 382 Here you can view and edit the wavetable one wave at a time. With Edit Knob 2 you can select wave 1 to 8 or 1 to 64, depending on the wavetable mode. With Edit Knob 3, you can select the desired mode: x8 (8 waves) or x64 (64 waves).
  • Page 383 To audition the currently selected wave, touch the Play button, so that this turns dark blue. You can keep this turned on, while you are drawing. The output sound will change, according to the wave. If you want to use a wave as a base for another wave, a copy/paste system has been included. Select the wave you want to copy, and touch the Copy button.
  • Page 384 At any time under this process, it is also possible to test the wavetable. Touch the TEST button, so that this turns dark blue. You will now hear the wavetable play back. Turn Edit Knob 1 and 2, to hear how the wavetable changes.
  • Page 385 When you are satisfied with your new wavetable, you should save it to keep it. Touch the Save button. You will now enter the name page. Type in the desired name for your wavetable. The Aa button will shift between upper and lower case characters.
  • Page 386 You will now enter this page: Now touch the letter A to D, which corresponds to the sample bank, where you want to save your new wavetable. The 18 min. and 43 min. models only have Bank A available.

  • Page 387: Usb

    The USB pages lets you access the files and directories of a USB drive, attached to Zaturn’s USB connector. You can import and export samples as .wav files, import and export presets and songs, import and export user filter parameters, update the Zaturn firmware, and make new directories.
  • Page 388 The currently selected file has a white box around it. To select a file, simply touch it. Zaturn will show 7 files/directories at a time. By pushing the arrows, you can select the previous/next 7 files.

  • Page 389: Usb Sample Preview

    USB Sample Preview Wav samples can be previewed directly from a USB drive. Select the sampling, that you would like to preview, by touching the sample name, and touch the PREW touch button. This will first show LOAD, then PREW again, while playing back the first 6 seconds of the sampling.

  • Page 390: Open A Directory (Or Folder)

    ”Open” button. Zaturn will now open the directory, and show the first 7 files in it. The ”D:” in the top of the screen, will now be replaced by the opened directory’s name.

  • Page 391: Importing Files

    Files that are shown, but can’t be imported directly are: -Update files with the ending .HEX Files with any other ending will not be shown on Zaturn’s screen, regardless of if they are present on the drive. To import a single sampling or preset/song, select the .WAV/.LDS/.URP/.URO file you would like to import, by touching it.
  • Page 392 Touch the ”Import” button. Zaturn will now import the selected file, and show the progress on a progress bar:...

  • Page 393: Importing Multiple Files

    To select this, turn Edit Knob 2, to select either “_LD_” or “File”. This setting will be valid until you turn your Zaturn off, or gets back here to change the setting. The setting is valid both when importing multiple samples, and when importing single samples.

  • Page 394: Reload Multiple Files

    Reload multiple files A reload function is also available. This will only import presets, songs and samples that has been exported from Zaturn, or that has been renamed to to fit the Zaturn export standard –samples must be named: A0001.WAV, A0002.WAV…..A0220.WAV, B0001.WAV, B0002.WAV…..B0256.WAV,...
  • Page 395 Reload does also have other functions: -On Zaturn itself, it is only possible to erase the last recorded sampling of bank A, B, C and D. By exporting all your samplings to a USB drive, and then delete sample bank A, B, C and D on Zaturn, delete the sample wav files you want to erase on the USB drive, from Zaturn itself or on a computer, and reload all the samples.

  • Page 396: Import Multiple Samplings From Directory As One Sampling With Chop Points

    Import Multiple Samplings From Directory As one sampling with Chop points This function will make it easier than ever, to make your Zaturn hold more than 8.192 samplings, in an easy way! Without splicing samples on a computer! On your computer: Make a directory (or folder) on a Zaturn compatible USB drive.
  • Page 397 This screen will now show: Touch “Import Samples As Chops”. Zaturn will now create one sampling from all of the samplings in the selected directory, and insert a chop point at the start point of each sampling. Samples are imported to the sample bank selected by Edit Knob 1, that is shown in the top of the screen.
  • Page 398 selection with velocity, random or any other modulation source, to make some great dynamic acoustic drum beats.

  • Page 399: Make A New Directory

    Make a new directory A new directory can be created in the root directory, or inside another directory. To do this, touch the ”MD/Del” button. Turn the 8 edit knobs to select the 8 characters of the name for the new directory. When you are done with this, touch the ”Make”...

  • Page 400: Delete File From Usb Drive

    Delete file from USB drive It is possible to delete a file from the attached USB drive, directly from Zaturn. To do this, select the file you would like to delete, and touch the ”MD/Del” button. Now touch the “Del” button.

  • Page 401: Export Samples, Presets, Songs And User Filter Parameters To A Usb Drive

    Export samples, presets, songs and User filter parameters to a USB drive The samples, presets and songs held in Zaturn’s FLASH memory can be exported to a USB drive, for back-up, or for use with other gear or computers. Zaturn exports samples as standard 16 bit, 44.1 KHz, native PCM .wav files, so they can be used with any other gear, that supports this...
  • Page 402 Export 1 Sample. Touching this button will export the selected sample. Turn Edit Knob 1 to select the sample bank of the sample to be exported, and turn Edit Knob 2 to select the “100’s” of the sample number, and Edit Knob 3 to select the 10’s and 1’s. ”AlSm”...

  • Page 403: Updating The Zaturn Firmware

    7. Turn Zaturn on, if it isn’t already turned on. 8. From the preset select screen, touch the EDIT field. 9. Touch USB. 10. Wait for Zaturn to register the USB drive, so all files and folders are presented on the screen.
  • Page 404 11. Touch the "UPD" button.
  • Page 405 12. Zaturn will now search for the "UPDATE" folder and a valid update file. If it finds both, it will ask: "Update Firmware?" 13. Touch "Yes" to proceed with updating, or "No" if you regret.
  • Page 406 14. If you pushed Yes in step 13, Zaturn will now start to get the update file, and program its processor. When it starts to program the processor, it will look like it halts for a couple of minutes. This is because it does halt, when erasing the program memory of a processor.
  • Page 407 Programming processor (counter in the bottom counts up):...
  • Page 408 7. -If the power should go off, while Zaturn is finalizing the update (3 LED's turn on and off), simply turn Zaturn on again, and it will now finalize the update.

  • Page 409: Midi Specs

    -MIDI CC 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 on the Zaturn global MIDI channel. All parameters that are set up to be controlled by Edit Knob 1 to 8, are also controlled by these MIDI CC’s.
  • Page 410 -Program change and bank change (MIDI CC 32), if Prgr is switched on at the Common page. Accepted bank changes: 0: Preset bank A and B. 1: Preset bank C and D. 2: Preset bank E and F. 3: Preset bank G and H. 4: Preset bank I and J.
  • Page 411 Transmits: - MIDI CC 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 on the Zaturn global MIDI channel, from the knobs on the Preset/Song Select screen, and on any other pages, that has no other Edit Knob functions.

  • Page 412: Safe Boot Mode

    -This will now look a bit different, saying SAFEMD instead of PRESET, in the upper left corner. -In safe mode all audio are disabled. It is possible to switch preset and to update your Zaturn. -Switch to the preset below the currently selected one. Turn your Zaturn off and on again, and see if it now boots up.

  • Page 413: History

    History Just before the Christmas holidays in 2021, I managed to engineer a new 12db analog filter with a special sound. And it was able to self-oscillate. And a new filter design must mean a new synth! Like many times before, I ended up in the need of a new box, in the middle of the holidays, so I had to maltractate yet another Tiny LD casing.
  • Page 414 I started working, and got the first casing made. After playing with this for a bit, I realized that it should have more knobs.

  • Page 415: Zaturn Specs

    Zaturn Specs - 1024 user storable presets and 1024 user storable songs. -8 parts . Modules can be assigned to the parts, for multiple sounds at the same time. -76 modules: - 8 Type A Oscillators - Waveforms (morph from sine to triangle to sawtooth to pulse to feedwave), resonator oscillator, noise, drum oscillators (3 x percussion, 2 x cymbal, clap), sample playback, wavetables.
  • Page 416 Imports: Zaturn presets and songs, wav samplings, 44.1 KHz 16 or 24 bit, broadcast wavs, cue points (will be used as chop points or loop points). Exports: Zaturn presets and songs, wav samplings 16 bit, 44.1 KHz. Chop points are exported as cue points, for use with many computer programs.
  • Page 417 Written by Flemming Christensen In 2022...

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