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[MONO] button

Species whether the tone will play monophonically (ON)

or polyphonically (OFF).

[UNISON] button

Layers multiple instances of a sound.

If unison is ON, the number of notes specied by each

tone are layered together.

[LEGATO] button

This is available when LEGATO is turned ON while MONO

is ON. It makes the pitch change smoothly during legato

performance (playing the next key before releasing the

previous key).

[PORTAMENTO] button

Species whether the portamento eect is applied (ON) or

not applied (OFF).

Right-click

LEARN MIDI CC

Assigns a control change to each

button.

[CUTOFF] knob

Adjusts how far the lter is open.

Higher values make the sound brighter, and lower values

make the sound darker.

[RESO] knob

Boosts the components of the sound that are near the

cuto frequency, adding a distinctive character to the

sound.

Raising this value excessively might cause oscillation,

making the sound distorted.

Higher values produce a stronger character, and lower

values produce a weaker character.

[ATTACK] knob

Species the time from when the key is pressed until the

sound completes its attack.

Higher values produce a softer attack, and lower values

produce a sharper attack.

[RELEASE] knob

Species the time from when the key is released until the

sound disappears.

Higher values produce a longer release, and lower values

produce a crisper release.

[VIBRATO] knob

Adjusts the depth of the vibrato eect (the depth of pitch

modulation).

Higher values produce greater pitch modulation, and

lower values produce less modulation.

How to operate the knobs

Right-click

LEARN MIDI CC

Assigns a control change to the

parameter selected by [CUTOFF]–

[VIBRATO].

Drag Tone edit

Edits each parameter.

Tone VISUAL/PRO Screen

Switching between VISUAL EDIT and PRO EDIT

Press the [VISUAL EDIT] button to switch to the VISUAL EDIT screen, or the [PRO EDIT]

button to switch to PRO EDIT.

VISUAL EDIT screen

[VISUAL EDIT] button

Edit parameters in a graphical edit screen.

[PRO EDIT] button

Edit all parameters as a list.

PRO EDIT screen

PARTIAL 1–4 [L] button

Turns the partial on/o.

[VISUAL EDIT] button

Edit parameters in a graphical edit screen.

[PRO EDIT] button

Edit all parameters as a list.

Navigation buttons

Jump to the rst parameter of each module.

[UTILITY] button

Copy/paste parameters in entire units (Tone Partial 1–4, Drum Kit Key/

Inst, Drum Kit Comp 1–6, MFX).

Copy Copies the selected parameter from the currently

selected tone or drum kit to the clipboard.

Paste Pastes the selected parameter from the clipboard to the

current tone or drum kit.

VISUAL EDIT (partial layout)

Within STRUCTURE, clicking a [PARTIAL 1–4] button selects a layout that shows the

modules (OSC, FILTER, AMP/EQ, PITCH, LFO) of the corresponding partial.

1 2

6 8

VISUAL EDIT (module layout)

Within STRUCTURE, clicking an OSC causes every OSC to light, and selects a layout that

shows the four partials side by side. The [PITCH] [OSC] [LFO] [FILTER] [AMP/EQ] buttons

correspond to the module layout.

* In the case of module layout, you can use the PARTIAL 1–4 [L] buttons located at the upper right of each module to

turn the partial on/o.

RANGE/CTRL

Within STRUCTURE, you can click one of the [RANGE CTRL] buttons to access a velocity

range and matrix control edit screen for the corresponding partial.

MATRIX CONTROL

The function which allows you use MIDI messages to make these changes in realtime to the partial parameters is called

the “Matrix Control.” Up to four Matrix Controls (CTRL 1–4) can be used in a single tone. To use Matrix Control, you specify

which MIDI message (Source) controls which parameter (Destination) and how deeply (Sens: sensitivity).

Source

Sets the MIDI message used to change the partial

parameter with the Matrix Control.

Destination 1–4

Selects the partial parameter that is to be controlled when

using the Matrix Control.

When not controlling parameters with the Matrix Control,

set this to “OFF.”

Up to four parameters can be specied for each Matrix

Control, and controlled simultaneously.

Sens 1–4

Specify the eective depth of the matrix controls.

To make an increase in the currently selected value (to get

higher values, move to the right, increase rates, and so

on), select a positive (+) value; to make a decrease in the

currently selected value (to get lower values, move to the

left, decrease rates, and so on), select a negative (-) value.

For either positive or negative value, greater absolute

values will allow greater amounts of change.

Set this to “0” if you don’t want to apply the eect.

KEYBOARD CONTROL

Species how partials are played according to your keyboard playing dynamics (velocity).

Specify the key range for each partial.

Key Range

Make these settings when you want dierent key ranges to

play dierent tones.

Specify the lowest note (Lower) and highest note (Upper)

of the key range that you want to specify.

If you specify Fade, the sound decreases as you move

outside the range.

Velocity Control

Make these settings when you want dierent partials to

sound depending on keyboard playing dynamics.

Specify the softest (Lower) and strongest (Upper) velocities

that will be sounded.

If you specify Fade, the sound decreases as you move

outside the range.

PRO EDIT parameters (KEYBOARD)

Velocity Control

OFF

Species how partials are played

according to your keyboard playing

dynamics (velocity).

If this is “ON,” dierent partials are

sounded according to the playing

velocity and the Velocity Range Lower/

Upper and Velocity Fade Lower/Upper

settings.

5If this is “RANDOM” or “CYCLE,” each

partial is sounded randomly or

cyclically.

5In the case of “RANDOM” or “CYCLE”

when Structure 1-2 (3-4) has a

setting other than OFF, partials

1 and 2 (3 and 4) are sounded

as a pair, either randomly or in

alternation.

5In the case of “RANDOM” or “CYCLE,”

velocity has no eect, but you’ll

need to make settings for each

partial so that the Velocity Range

does not conict.

RANDOM

CYCLE

PMT Level Curve

EXP

When using Velocity Control to switch

between partials, the crossfade level

changes in a non-linear curve.

LINEAR

When using Velocity Control to switch

between partials, the crossfade level

changes in a linear curve.

Range Lower Range Upper

Fade Lower Fade Upper

Level

Pitch

Key Range Lower/Key Range Upper

C-–G9

Specify the key range for each partial.

Make these settings when you want

dierent key ranges to play dierent

tones.

Specify the lower limit (Lower) and

upper limit (Upper) of the key range.

Key Range Fade Lower

0–127

Species the degree to which the

partial is sounded by notes played

below the Keyboard Range Lower. If

you don’t want the tone to sound at all,

set this parameter to “0.”

Key Range Fade Upper

0–127

Species the degree to which the

partial is sounded by notes played

above the Keyboard Range Upper. If

you don’t want the tone to sound at all,

set this parameter to “0.”

Range Lower Range Upper

Fade Lower Fade Upper

Level

Velocity

Velocity Range Lower/Velocity Range Upper

1–127

Specify the lower limit (Lower) and

upper limit (Upper) of the velocities

that will sound the partial.

Make these settings when you want

dierent partials to sound depending

on keyboard playing dynamics.

Velocity Fade Lower

0–127

Species the degree to which the

partial is sounded by notes played

more softly than Velocity Range Lower.

If you don’t want the tone to sound at

all, set this parameter to “0.”

Velocity Fade Upper

0–127

Species the degree to which the

partial is sounded by notes played

more strongly than Velocity Range

Upper. If you don’t want the tone to

sound at all, set this parameter to “0.”

PRO EDIT parameters (CONTROL)

Envelope Mode

NO-SUS,

SUSTAIN

If this is set to SUSTAIN, the Envelope

Level 3 is held from when the envelope

Time 3 has elapsed until note-o.

When note-o occurs, the envelope

transitions from the current value to

the Time 4 segment (release segment).

If this is set to NO-SUS, the envelope

transitions to the release segment after

passing Time 3 regardless of the note-

o timing, operating according to the

times specied by the envelope.

Damper Free Note

OFF, 1–127

For notes above the specied note

number, the Envelope Mode operates

as NO-SUS.

Use this to simulate the undamped

region of a piano sound.

DF Decay Oset

-100–+100

Species a ne adjustment to the time

over which the sound decays when the

Damper Free Note eect is applied.

Receive Bender

OFF, ON

Species for each partial whether MIDI

pitch bend messages are received (ON)

or not received (OFF).

Receive Expression

OFF, ON

Species for each partial whether MIDI

expression messages are received (ON)

or not received (OFF).

Receive Hold-1

OFF, ON

Species for each partial whether MIDI

hold 1 messages are received (ON) or

not received (OFF).

Redamper Switch

OFF, ON

If Redamper Switch is ON, you can

perform the Half Damper operations

used for piano sounds.

However, the following conditions

must be satised in order to use this

operation.

5Envelope Mode is NO-SUS

5Amp Envelope’s Level 1 and 2 are 1

or greater

5Amp Envelope’s Times are Time 3 >

Time4

Soft EQ Sens

0–100

Increases the proportion by which

the EQ’s High-Gain is lowered by the

amount of pedal.

With a setting of 0, this has no eect.

PRO EDIT parameters (MATRIX CONTROL)

A number of the more typical of the ZENOLOGY’s partial parameters have been designed so they accept the use of

Control Change (or other) MIDI messages for the purpose of making changes in their values. This provides you with a

variety of means of changing the way tones are played.

For example, you can use the Modulation Bar to change the LFO cycle rate, or use the keyboard’s touch to open and

close a lter.

The function which allows you use MIDI messages to make these changes in realtime to the partial parameters is called

the “Matrix Control.”

Up to four Matrix Controls can be used in a single tone.

To use Matrix Control, you specify which MIDI message (Source) controls which parameter (Destination) and how deeply

(Sens: sensitivity).

Source 1–4

(Matrix Control 1–4)

Sets the MIDI message used to change the partial

parameter with the Matrix Control.

OFF Matrix control will not be used.

CC01–31,

CC33–95

Controller numbers 1–31, 33–95

BEND Pitch bend

AFT Aftertouch

SYS-CTRL1–4

The following MIDI messages control

the parameters.

SYS-CTRL1: CC01

SYS-CTRL2: Aftertouch

SYS-CTRL3: CC02

SYS-CTRL4: CC04

5If using the “Tone/Drum Kit

Manager Screen” command

[EXPORT] - For Hardware to

play the settings on a hardware

product, the system settings of

each hardware product are used.

VELOCITY Velocity (pressure you press a key with)

KEYFOLLOW Keyfollow (keyboard position with C4

as 0)

TEMPO Tempo specied by the DAW

LFO1, LFO2 LFO 1

LFO 2

PIT-ENV Pitch envelope

FLT-ENV Filter envelope

AMP-ENV Amp Envelope

* Velocity and Keyfollow correspond to Note messages.

* Although there are no MIDI messages for LFO 1 through

Amp Envelope, they can be used as Matrix Control. In this

case, you can change the partial settings in realtime by

playing tones.

NOTENOTE

There are parameters that determine whether or not

Pitch Bend, Controller Number 11 (Expression) and

Controller Number 64 (Hold 1) are received (p. 5).

When these settings are “ON,” and the MIDI messages

are received, then when any change is made in

the settings of the desired parameter, the Pitch

Bend, Expression, and Hold 1 settings also change

simultaneously. If you want to change the targeted

parameters only, then set these to “OFF.”

Destination 1–4

(MATRIX CONTROL 1–4)

Selects the partial parameter that is to be controlled when

using the Matrix Control. The following parameters can be

controlled.

When not controlling parameters with the Matrix Control,

set this to “OFF.”

Up to four parameters can be specied for each Matrix

Control, and controlled simultaneously.

OFF Matrix control will not be used.

PCH Changes the pitch.

CUT Changes the cuto frequency.

RES

Emphasizes the overtones in the

region of the cuto frequency, adding

character to the sound.

LEV Changes the volume level.

PAN Changes the pan.

CHO

Does not function on this product.

If using the “Tone/Drum Kit Manager

Screen” command [EXPORT]- For

Hardware to play the settings on

another product, this changes the

depth of that product’s chorus.

REV

Does not function on this product.

If using the “Tone/Drum Kit Manager

Screen” command [EXPORT]- For

Hardware to play the settings on

another product, this changes the

depth of that product’s reverb.

PIT-LFO1

Changes the vibrato depth.

PIT-LFO2

FLT-LFO1

Changes the wah depth.

FLT-LFO2

AMP-LFO1

Changes the tremolo depth.

AMP-LFO2

PAN-LFO1 Changes the eect that the LFO will

have on pan.

PAN-LFO2

LFO1-RATE Changes the speed of the LFO cycles.

The speed will not change if LFO Rate is

set to “note.”

LFO2-RATE

PIT-ATK Changes the Time 1 of the pitch

envelope.

PIT-DCY Changes the Time 2 and Env Time 3 of

the pitch envelope.

PIT-REL Changes the Time 4 of the pitch

envelope.

FLT-ATK Changes the Time 1 of the FLT

envelope.

FLT-DCY Changes the Time 2 and Env Time 3 of

the FLT envelope.

FLT-REL Changes the Time 4 of the FLT

envelope.

AMP-ATK Changes the Time 1 of the Amp

Envelope.

AMP-DCY Changes the Time 2 and Env Time 3 of

the Amp Envelope.

AMP-REL Changes the Time 4 of the Amp

Envelope.

PMT

If the Matrix Control is used to split

partials, set the PMT “Velocity Control”

to “OFF.”

5If the Matrix Control is used to split

partials, we recommend setting

the “Sens 1–4” to “+63.” Selecting a

lower value may prevent switching

of the partials. Furthermore, if you

want to reverse the eect, set the

value to “-63.”

5If you want to use matrix control to

switch smoothly between partials,

use the “Velocity Fade Lower” and

“Velocity Fade Upper”. The higher

the values set, the smoother the

switch is between the partials.

FXM Changing the depth of frequency

modulation produced by FXM

MFX-CTRL1

Applies a change to MFX CONTROL

1–4 Source. If this is specied for more

than one partial, the result will be the

summed values.

MFX-CTRL2

MFX-CTRL3

MFX-CTRL4

PW Applies change to PW.

PWM Applies change to PWM.

FAT Applies change to FAT.

X-MOD

This setting is valid only for the carrier

partial (Partial 1 or 3), and applies

change to the CrossMod1-2Depth or

CrossMod3-4Depth.

LFO1-STEP This is valid if the LFO1/LFO2 Waveform

is STEP; it species the step position. In

this case, the Sens value is ignored.

LFO2-STEP

SSAW-DETN

This is eective if OSC Type is

SuperSAW; it applies change to Super-

SAW Detune.

PIT-DEPTH Changes the depth of the Pitch

envelope.

FLT-DEPTH Changes the depth of the Filter

envelope.

AMP-DEPTH Changes the depth of the Amp

Envelope.

XMOD2

This is eective when Structure 1-2 (3-4)

is XMOD2; it applies change to XMOD2

1-2 (3-4) Depth.

ATT Changes the OSC’s OSC ATTENUATOR.

RING-OSC1-

LEV

This is eective if Structure is RING.

In the case of Partial 1

Changes the RING OSC 1 LEVEL of

STRUCTURE.

In the case of Partial 2

This setting has no eect.

In the case of Partial 3

Changes the RING OSC 3 LEVEL of

STRUCTURE.

In the case of Partial 4

This setting has no eect.

RING-OSC2-

LEV

This is eective if Structure is RING.

In the case of Partial 1

Changes the RING OSC 2 LEVEL of

STRUCTURE.

In the case of Partial 2

This setting has no eect.

In the case of Partial 3

Changes the RING OSC 4 LEVEL of

STRUCTURE.

In the case of Partial 4

This setting has no eect.

XMOD-OSC1-

LEV

This is eective when Structure is

XMOD or XMOD2.

In the case of Partial 1

Changes the XMOD OSC 1 LEVEL of

STRUCTURE.

In the case of Partial 2

This setting has no eect.

In the case of Partial 3

Changes the XMOD OSC 3 LEVEL of

STRUCTURE.

In the case of Partial 4

This setting has no eect.

XMOD-OSC2-

LEV

This is eective when Structure is

XMOD or XMOD2.

In the case of Partial 1

Changes the XMOD OSC 2 LEVEL of

STRUCTURE.

In the case of Partial 2

This setting has no eect.

In the case of Partial 3

Changes the XMOD OSC 4 LEVEL of

STRUCTURE.

In the case of Partial 4

This setting has no eect.

Sens 1–4

(MATRIX CONTROL 1–4)

-63–+63

Specify the eective depth of the

matrix controls.

To make an increase in the currently

selected value (to get higher values,

move to the right, increase rates, and so

on), select a positive (+) value; to make

a decrease in the currently selected

value (to get lower values, move to the

left, decrease rates, and so on), select a

negative (-) value.

For either positive or negative value,

greater absolute values will allow

greater amounts of change.

Set this to “0” if you don’t want to apply

the eect.

MFX

In the tone screen, press the [MFX EDIT] button to access the MFX screen.

MFX Panel

&“MFX Panel”

MFX CONTROL

Source 1–4

Species the MIDI message that will control the

corresponding MFX CONTROL parameter.

Destination 1–4

Species the multi-eect parameters that are controlled by

MFX CONTROL. The multi-eects parameters available for

control will depend on the multi-eects type.

Sens 1–4

Species the depth of MFX CONTROL.

Specify a positive (+) value if you want to change the value

of the assigned destination in a positive direction (larger,

toward the right, faster, etc.), or specify a negative (-) value

if you want to change the value in a negative direction

(smaller, toward the left, slower, etc.). Larger values will

allow a greater amount of control.

1 Tone screenTone screen

& “Tone Screen / Drum Kit Screen (Common Items)”

& “Tone Screen”

Tone Screen

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