Next to the buttons indicating the Left, Right 1 and Right 2
zones, you will find 2 buttons used for effects that apply to the
performance of the melody voice. These are not be confused
with the global and individual effects of the sound or style mixer.
Sustain
This function sustains the notes of the melody voice in the same
way as a sustaining pedal connected to the instrument would
do. Because the sustain takes effect after a key is released, the
correct term for this function would be "release", but the sustain
effect works independently of the release time preprogrammed
for the respective sound. The difference between this function
and the effect of a conventional sustaining pedal consists of the
fact that the decay of each struck note has the same duration.
This makes it possible to apply an automatic "pedal
performance" to sounds such as organs and strings, which do
not decay naturally when the pedal is depressed. The fixed decay
time is designed to prevent a dissonant cluster from being
generated, as would be the case if the sounds of all struck keys
gradually added up.
Duet
In the Duet mode (duet performance) the melody line receives a
second voice. This function automatically adds intervals of
thirds, fourths and sixths from the respective scale to the
melodies you play, thus providing a second voice. The scale on
which these intervals are based depends on the harmony in
which the automatic accompaniment currently functions.
Transpose
The Transpose function allows you to raise or lower the pitch of
the Z1000 in half-tone steps within a range of two octaves.
This function is activated by pressing 1 of the 2 Transpose
Performance Effects
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