Starr Labs Ztar Manual de usuario

ZPC USER’S MANUAL

Rev1.4

1/05

Starr Labs

San Diego, CA

This Manual and all of the products, descriptions, menu-screens, software, hardware, firmware,

algorithms, and processes discussed are the property of Starr Labs. All rights are reserved by Starr

Labs, Inc and none of the aforementioned may be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated,

reverse-engineered, or reduced to any electronic medium or machine-readable form without prior

written consent from Starr Labs, Inc.

"Ztar" and "Z-tar" are trademarks of Starr Labs, Inc. The designs and the functionality of the Ztar

hardware and software are protected by US patents.

Copying or reproducing the look and behavior of the ZTAR fingerboard, body, control panel, or

performance modes may constitute infringement and will be prosecuted by law.

The Ztar is fully warranted for a period of 90 days. Thereafter, the warranty extends for one year to

cover the cost of parts replacement. Any service labor will then be billed at our shop rate.

In order to qualify for warranty coverage, all service and repairs must be made at Starr Labs factory

or an authorized service depot. Any violation of this voids all warranty coverage. Abuse, mis-

handling of the instrument, or connection to an unapproved power supply will also void the benefits

of this warranty.

TABLE of CONTENTS

Getting Started ............................................................................. p.5

Hardware diagrams ......................................................................... p.6

Hardware versions ......................................................................... p.7

The Basics ....................................................................................... p.11

OVERVIEW ....................................................................................... p.14

Sensor Hardware ............................................................................. p.18

Menu TREE ....................................................................................... p.20

MENUS System ............................................................................. p.21

SONG MENU ............................................................................ p.23

FRETBOARD MENU ................................................................. p.25

Fingerboard Key-velocity, Transpositions.............................. p.26

AfrterPressure...................................................................... p.27

MIDI OUTPUT ................... ................................................ p.28

SCAN-MODES ................................................................ p.29

Hammer-Ons ...................................................................... p.30

WRITE-MENU ............................................................................. p.31

SENSORS-MENU ............................................................................. p.32

SENSOR MODES

Sequencer setup

TIMING menu screen ............................................................. p.34

EVENTS menu screen............................................................. p.35

Event type lists .................................................................... p.36

Sensor Function-List ..................................................... p.37

Setup Macros................................................................. p.39

Sensor Play-Function descriptions .......................................... p.40

Sequencers .............................................................................. p.44

Sensors Output menu ............................................................. p.45

RESPONSE-MENU............................................................................ p.46

UTILITY MENU........................................................................... p.48

LIBRARIAN........................................................................... p.49

INITIALIZE........................................................................... p.51

MIDI INPUT setups................................................................... p.51

TUNINGS.............................................................................. p.53

BULK DUMPS...................................................................... p.55

CLOCKS ............................................................................ p.57

CURVES ......................................................................... p.59

CURVES TUTORIAL ...................................................... p.60

SEQUENCE-EDIT..................................................................... p.61

> MORE

ARPEGGIATOR menu

SHOWALL-MENU............................................................................... p.62

Tips and Tricks............................................................................... p.68

STRING TRIGGER SETUPS............................................................... p.72

PEDALS....................................................................................... p.73

BREATH CONTROLLER SETUP......................................................... p.73

MORE PERFORMANCE NOTES......................................................... p.74

LEARNING the ZTAR.................................................................... p.77

NECK ASSEMBLY/ DIS-ASSEMBLY INSTRUCTIONS............ p.80

TROUBLESHOOTING and MAINTENANCE.................................. p.81

BLANK SENSOR ASSIGNMENT CHART ............................... p.85

ZTAR INDIVIDUAL SONG SPECIFICATION ............................. p.86

SYSEX FORMAT

GLOSSARY .................................................................................. p.95

INDEX .................................................................................. p.97

GETTING STARTED QUICKLY

If you’re absolutely new to MIDI and want to know more, you can find the MIDI

specifications at www.midi.org

•Use a 5-conductor MIDI cable (all 5 pins must be wired) from the controller to the

PB-1, power supply.

•Plug into the MIDI Output connector, closest to the center of the guitar. From this

position the connectors are: MIDI Out, MIDI In, Sustain and Volume Pedals, and the

Power switch.

•Connect the Ztar MIDI Out cable to the Controller input of the PB-1 power adapter.

•Connect a MIDI cable from the SYNTH jack of the PB-1 to the MIDI IN on your synth.

•Connect the supplied DC wall-supply to the PB-1.

•Flip the power switch on the instrument and you should see the display light up. If it

doesn’t, check your MIDI cable and wall-wart for correct type and connections. If

you’re stuck here go the Troubleshooting section at the rear of the manual.

If the TRIG and G/POLY LEDs are now lit you’re set up like a guitar so start picking!

Touch a key on the fingerboard and press the TRIG button to play the fingerboard

tapping-style. Press the G/Poly button to play more than one note per string. You’ll also

hold a fingerboard key down while changing the PAT+/-, OCT+/-, and SOLO keys.

Use the Live Menu, the power-up run-time screen, to select onboard patches or

SONGS. Each Song can have a unique setup for the instrument, including tunings,

synth patches, and Sensor assignments.

Hit the EDIT-KEY to enter the Song Menu, the Ztar’s top-level Edit-screen. From there

you’ll access all of the edit functions.

Use the Fretboard Menu to set up the fingerboard according to your needs. This

includes defining areas of the neck for selected voices, MIDI channels, transpositions,

Velocity Inversion, and Base Volume setting.

Within the Zone menu, use the Scan-Mode menu to set up the fingerboard for

Strumming, Tapping, Polyphony-per-string, and Hammer-ons. You can create

fingerboard zones that respond differently for these settings.

Use the Sensor Menu to program the Pads, Triggers, Joystick, and Pedals for MIDI

effects, chords, and sequences.

Use the Utilities/Tuning Menu to set the tuning for the fingerboard, the Open-Strings,

Right/Left switch and Enable the HammerOns/PullOffs.

Use the Triggers front-panel key to turn on/off the Triggers. With the Triggers On you

can strum them like a guitar. With the Triggers Off you can tap the fingerboard like a

keyboard.

Use the Guitar/Poly key to switch between One-Note-per-String or All-Notes-per-

String. You can play the “Open-Strings” in GUITAR mode with the TRIGGERS ON.

Strike the Trigger with nothing fretted to hear the open string.

Use the Pat+/Pat- and Oct+/Oct- Hotkeys to set the synth patch(es) and Octave.

After you’ve created a special setup for the Fingerboard and the Sensors according to

your needs you can save it to battery-backed memory by using the Write key or the

Write” menu from the display.

Setting up the KeyTriggers, Trigger-Pads, TPA1 or TCA1 attachments:

The KeyTriggers and Trigger Pads on the TCA1 may be set to STRUM mode to fire

their associated strings on the fingerboard as a guitar-like right-hand technique.

The Tpads can be used to Trigger the fingerboard strings in different ways by setting the

Hit-Mode differently.

a. Pressing the Tpad triggers the frets and releasing the Tpad mutes the notes

even if you’re holding the frets: Set the Hit-Mode to TOUCH.

b. Pressing the Tpad triggers the fret, and releasing the Fret mutes the note even if

you’re holding the Tpad: Set the Hit-Mode to TIMED and set the TRIGGER-

GATE to ‘0’ milliseconds (not MIDI clocks). This is the most ‘guitar-like’ setup

for the Tpads.

[to toggle between Milliseconds and MIDI clocks, press the Trigger-Gate softkey]

Pressing the Tpad plays a fretted note for a fixed duration: set the Hit-Mode to TIMED and

set the TRIGGER –GATE to a number (either msec or MIDI clocks) that sets the duration.

Setting up the Ztar String Triggers as a guitar:

With the ZPC-OS installed, the Ztar may be thought of as a fingerboard and a group of

Sensors that may be programmed to act together and play as a guitar. A preset has

been created that defaults to the most Guitar-like performance.

In the FRETBOARD>SCAN-MODE menu you set up fingerboard-zones to respond to

the Triggers in Triggers-On mode.

In the SENSORS menu you set up the Triggers to Strum-mode so that they now select

notes from the fingerboard. The Fingerboard and Triggers are separated to allow more

possibilities for variation in programming.

Our only Macro for quickly setting up the Ztar like a guitar is the “6-TRIGS” function

found in the SENSORS menu. Press this to set up the Triggers and go to ZONE menu

and Turn the TRIGS=ON. This should be saved as an onboard SONG including your

preferences for hammer-ons and touch-response.

The 6-TRIGS button does this:

1) Sets the Sensor Mode to STRUM.

2) Sets the Hit-Mode in the TIMING menu to TOUCH

3) Sets the linked (Strummed) Fingerboard Strings to the proper alignment.

If you’re tapping the fingerboard, you can set the TPads (StringTriggers or any Sensors)

to “ReTrigger”-mode, which will re-trigger fretted notes much like the Strum-mode.

Trigger sensitivity:

You can use the 6 trimpots at the rear of the Ztar to adjust the individual String-Trigger

Gain. Also, you can assign a separate response curve to each trigger in the SENSOR/

OUTPUT menu. Go there to set the curve number, and if necessary, go to the

UTILITIES/ CURVES menu to adjust the assigned curve(s) to match the requirements

of your touch. See

HARDWARE VERSIONS

This manual serves several Ztar models that each have slightly different configurations

in terms of number and type of Pads and other Sensors. Because there are many

features in common, and the ztars are expandable, there are items that will appear in

the menu system that may not be installed on your instrument. Likewise, an optional

Sensor may be loaded into a general-purpose programming slot, say PAD12 for

convenience and cost. As software and feature upgrades are made available they are

implemented into just one model at a time. So be sure to occasionally inquire about the

current version for your system.

Enables/Disablesthe

StringTriggers

Togglesbetweenon-note-per-string

andmultiple-notes-per-string

CapturesselectedZone(s)onthefingerboard

andexpandsit(them)totheentirefingerboard

Savesthecurrentsetup

AllNotesOffand

ResetAllControllers

Recordchord-notesfromthe

fingerboardforassignmentto

oneoftheSensors

MIDI In to the Ztar from a computer or

sequencer for Sysex operations.

Sustain pedal or

Normally-Open

SPST switch.

Volume Pedal or

50kOhm expression

Pedal or Pot.

POWER

Mini_Z and Z1 Jack Plate

Z6 Jackplate

ZTAR

NNE

MIDI out to the synthesizer and Phantom DC power In to the Ztar.

Connect this to the 'Controller' jack on the PB-1 power adapter.

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