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Rev-01

ZeRO SL MkII

 USER GUIDE – 

FIRMwaRe VeRSIOn 1.0

Summary of Contents for ZeRO SL MkII

Page 1: ...1 Rev 01 ZeRO SL MkII USER GUIDE Firmware Version 1 0...

Page 2: ...orts 13 Software Set up Examples 14 AUTOMAP for hardware control 15 ADVANCED MODE 16 Selecting Templates 16 ADVANCED MODE Template Overview 17 Speed Dial 17 Hardware Control 18 Software Hardware Contr...

Page 3: ...ock Settings 25 Program Change Input Channel Port 26 Send Receive Sub Menu 26 Template Dump 26 Send Globals 26 OS Receive Send 26 DrumPads Calibration 26 Writing Global Settings 27 Transport 27 Creati...

Page 4: ...m 31 Control Edit Pot Pick Up Mode 31 Non Registered Parameter Number NRPN 31 Registered Parameter Number RPN 31 System Exclusive SYSEX 32 MIDI Machine Control MMC 32 note on off 33 Bank Change 33 Pro...

Page 5: ...favourite music software applications It operates the same way for all Novation Automap hardware Products so if you are using the ZeRO SL MkII for Automap control of software then you should only nee...

Page 6: ...ing the encoder quickly 2 8 touch sensitive pots These controls have fixed end points and offer 300 of movement 3 8 touch sensitive 60mm sliders 4 1 touch sensitive 45mm Horizontal Cross Fader All tou...

Page 7: ...s Use these to scroll through pages of options when in a menu or through pages of additional control information when in an Advanced template These buttons have different specific functions when in ce...

Page 8: ...ice using a 5pin DIN MIDI cable 7 MIDI port 1 Through socket Use to connect the ZeRO SL MkII to the MIDI input of an external device using a 5pin DIN MIDI cable MIDI Through is a copy of MIDI received...

Page 9: ...ware ZeRO SL MkII as a MIDI Interface with Software and Hardware Control Using the ZeRO SL MkII with External Hardware AND a Host Computer You can also combine the two above set ups so that the ZeRO S...

Page 10: ...ic software and plug ins AU VST RTAS and TDM Easy Switching between the two modes It is very quick and easy to switch between Advance mode and Automap Mode This way both modes can actually be used at...

Page 11: ...ollowing link www novationmusic com support Selecting Automap Mode To use the SL Mk II in Automap Mode press the automap button so that it is lit Automap Mode System Buttons The Automap system buttons...

Page 12: ...s own built in one Hold Preview and touch or press any assignable control to display that row s controls on the ZeRO SL MkII s LCD screen For example by holding the Preview button and touching the thi...

Page 13: ...als Port 2 Is generally reserved for special templates in advanced mode but can be also used in more complex Advanced mode set ups Automap Port Hidden This is a hidden port i e your computer does not...

Page 14: ...omap HUI and hosted plug ins directly Automap for all other software For software that responds to or learns MIDI CC messages e g DJ software stand alone synthesiser software certain plug ins with no...

Page 15: ...used to hardware MIDI devices by routing MIDI CC data to the ZeRO SL MkII MIDI Ports or any other MIDI interface connected to your computer Please refer to the Automap User guide for more info Ableto...

Page 16: ...for full information on advanced mode templates please check the Novation Answerbase www novationmusic com answerbase Selecting Templates To switch between the 32 Advanced mode templates press the sp...

Page 17: ...lding the Preview button and touching the third vertical fader the parameter names and values assigned to all eight faders are displayed on the LCD Page Up Down buttons press up once to display the ty...

Page 18: ...both of the MIDI output ports Software and Hardware Control Advanced mode templates can be used in complex systems so that controls are sent to hardware via the MIDI ports and to software via the USB...

Page 19: ...ttons have fixed functionality in all the other standard templates The 2 Special templates are for controlling Reason and Ableton Ableton Users Note VST and AU plug ins can be controlled using the Abl...

Page 20: ...MkII memory Selecting To select an option simply touch or press a knob encoder or button directly below the option s position on the LCD If a button is lit then this denotes that there are selectable...

Page 21: ...l Tempo Displays the tempo value as set in TempoBPM on previous page Current Tempo Displays the tempo as received from the computer via USB or an external MIDI device via MIDI in See MClk In in the Gl...

Page 22: ...a control does not match the value of the control stored with the template the control value will jump from the stored value to match the position of the control as soon as the control is operated Not...

Page 23: ...eating and Editing Advanced Mode Templates from the ZeRO SL MkII Please note that we strongly advise you not to edit the Automap template To enter Control Edit Mode Press and HOLD the edit button Now...

Page 24: ...active for Automap and all Advanced Templates Setting this to OFF means that touching a control no longer displays that control s row on the LCD screen Transport Transprt When the transport button is...

Page 25: ...ports MIDI Clock Output MClck Out MIDI Clock output destination can be set to any or a combination of the following M1 M2 U1 U2 MIDI Clock Input MClk In MIDI Clock input source can be set to any of t...

Page 26: ...All to send all templates Send Globals Press the button to dump the global settings in sysex format Ports This option sets where template and global sysex dumps are sent to MIDI O S Send Receive Press...

Page 27: ...ing Global Settings To save all global settings press the WRITE button whilst in the Global menu Remember that global settings can be saved regardless of whether memory protect is set to ON or OFF Tra...

Page 28: ...ontrol The available settings will depend on what Control is set to The following is a guide to each of settings available for the different Control options Follow through the section for Control Chan...

Page 29: ...set to 0 then for each encoder step two messages will be sent a CC0 message with the MSB value and a CC32 message with the LSB value The important point to note is that if an encoder has Control set t...

Page 30: ...l to be sent and the value will step up again on subsequent presses Note that the To Value is always sent before returning to the From Value even if it takes a jump less than the step size to reach th...

Page 31: ...o ON or OFF The advantage presented by this option is that the response of some or all controls in multiple templates can be changed by editing a single parameter rather than editing the individual se...

Page 32: ...two bytes cannot be separated by non variable bytes but the position of the pair of bytes in the message can be edited MSB LSB This is the same as LSB MSB except the MSB precedes the LSB in the sysex...

Page 33: ...nstruments and then CC32 to select different sub categories e g acoustic piano Some synths however do not respond to CC0 messages and some do not respond to CC32 messages You should check the manual f...

Page 34: ...u to set a note length in which case the ZeRO SL MkII will ignore the Auto Off setting Instead it uses MIDI clock as a timing reference and sends a note off message after the selected note length has...

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