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eCorder 

Faraday Z1 Manual

Kickstarter Beta Edition

Rev 0.9.0

www.ecorder.io

Summary of Contents for Faraday Z1

Page 1: ...eCorder Faraday Z1 Manual Kickstarter Beta Edition Rev 0 9 0 www ecorder io ...

Page 2: ...Table of Contents Chapter 1 Introduction Features Parts and Functions Chapter 2 Operation Power switch Selecting a sound Patch Adjusting the Volume Selecting the Key and Octave Adjusting the Pitch ...

Page 3: ...elerometer to sense up down and left right tilting which can be flexibly mapped to almost any parameter as well as two sliders and six additional configurable buttons pads It features a high bandwidth pressure sensor for the breath capacitive finger sensors for the same no force feel as an acoustic recorder including flattement A built in ultra low latency sub millisecond physical modeling synthes...

Page 4: ...USB cable plugged in MIDI Panic button Program Select buttons 1 2 3 4 In conjunction with the Bank Select buttons used to select one of the 24 Patches Bank Select Up Down buttons Bank Indicator LEDs Tone Hole 1 Tone Hole 2 Tone Hole 3 System Status LED Configurable Pads and LEDs 1 2 3 4 A Slider and Indicator LEDs Configurable Pads LEDs A and B Tone Hole 4 Tone Hole 5 Tone Hole 6 and 6h Tone Hole ...

Page 5: ...le Sensitivity Adjust button LED Temperament Select button LEDs Top LED 12 Tone Equal Temperamant Bottom LED Quarter Comma Meantone Both LEDs Custom per Patch Tone Hole Mode button LEDs Top LED Basic no flattement etc Bottom LED Advanced Also selects the MIDI mode in Recal mode B Thumb slider Recal button Recalibrates the Breath and finger sensors when pressed also enables the Recal mode features ...

Page 6: ...laying and periodically during playing to shake out excess condensation to allow the unit to dry We recommend using the stand any time a cable is plugged in If the eCorder is rested on its side or upside down on rare occasions after heavy playing water may be drip down the bottom and may enter the unit and temporarily disrupt normal operation It s recommended to keep the top side up and to periodi...

Page 7: ... send all notes off to both the USB MIDI and Standard MIDI if in MIDI mode ports Bank and Program Select buttons and LEDs The eCorder Faraday Z1 has 6 Banks A B C D E and F and each bank has 4 Programs for a total of 24 Patches The Programs within each Bank are directly selected by pressing one of the 4 Program Select buttons The Banks are selected by using the Bank Down Dn and Up buttons Save but...

Page 8: ...ed with the Octave Up and Down Dn buttons and the currently selected octave is indicated with the corresponding LED being lit Alternate in Recal mode the current battery charge state is displayed starting from the bottom 8 LED for 20 charged and all LEDs lit for full charge Pitch Up Down Dn buttons and LEDs Alternate Function Breath Sensitivity These buttons will adjust the playing pitch up or dow...

Page 9: ...for the second register as well as extending the range an extra octave higher by covering the pad below the main thumb pads and lower by covering the pad above the main thumb pads Reset button physical Currently forces it into Firmware Update mode if pressed when powering up but subject to change as needed Thumb Hole Sensitivity Adjust button and LED Feature not yet implemented but will adjust the...

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