Starr Labs MT48DD Manual

MT48DD 4 x 12 FloorPad Array
In this manual the individual Pads are referred to both as "Pads" and generically
as "Sensors". "Sensors" also includes the Joystick, Pedals and other hardware
that may be mentioned but may not be installed on your instrument.
The SENSOR controllers on-board the ZTAR encompass all of the performance
devices other than the fingerboard. Included are six Triggers for strumming and
picking and which have special setup software to tailor their operation. The
Triggers may be installed either as String Triggers, real strings that capture a
guitarist's picking techniques, or KeyTriggers, pressure- and velocity-sensing
bars that may be used to create new, expression techniques for controlling
synthesizers and other MIDI controlled devices. There is a wealth of controllable
features in modern synths that lies untapped and the various new touch-surfaces
of the Ztar attempt to open that door for you. There may also be installed on
your Ztar a bank of Expression Pads, usually 6 or 12 on most instruments. Two
pedal inputs, Sustain and Volume, are fully programmable. Any of the SENSOR
controllers may be assigned to control any two MIDI effects or Continuous
Controller assignments to four channels each. They may also be used to capture
and play back up to eight MIDI notes across one or more channels, control
external sequences and looped-samples, and other special functions.
The term "NOTE" is often used to refer to any MIDI event.
User Interface
We hope you enjoy this new user-interface and that you find the menu system
easy to navigate, considering the size of the display and the amount of
information that is available to be viewed and programmed.
The ZTAR is supported by a Programming/Display system with a 2 line by 40-
character backlit LCD and a 'softkey' based User Interface. What this means is
that the eight keys that surround the display are used in varying ways to select
different items depending on the particular menu screen showing. Where
necessary numeric values are scrolled up and down using the Up and Down
arrow (^ v) keys or the joystick. Most menus are entered with the softkeys.
The menu-system is a tree-like structure. The Ztar has quite a few programmable
parameters but every effort has been made to keep the nesting of menus to a
minimum and the navigation of the system as simple as possible.
The EDIT key is used both to enter an edit-screen in some menus and more often
to exit from a menu-screen when you're finished programming. In general, pressing