1. Welcome
Thank you for trying / purchasing Quadelectra ASIC (QASIC) RZ-i Drum Module.
RZ-i is a drum module inspired by the legendary RZ-1 Drum Machine, by Casio. Used and
loved by many artists like Autechre, Hardfloor, Joey Beltram, Steve Poindexter, Cristian
Vogel and more, the RZ-i is a “cute” little secret weapon for sorts of experimentalists
and technoheads.
Choosing the RZ-1 as our reference, was not an accident. It was the perfect chance to
actually test and finally integrate our new concept, called Audio to String Interchange
Conversion or ASIC.
Lets rewind to the 80s for a moment: Back in the day, Casio RZ-1 was one of the first
devices with sampling capabilities. Of course hardware-wise, there were many
limitations in terms of memory, and consequently sampling durration and quality, but
nevertheless the RZ-1 sound today is distinctive because of exactly these novelties.
Although Rack Extensions SDK does not support user samples, we were able to make
QASIC RZ-i emulate the custom samples feature of the reference hardware. This means
that, although you cannot directly sample with the device, you can import your own
samples in the form of a patch using an external application, that does this work:
Creates standard RE patches (*.repatch files) for the device containing your sample
data.
This application is called QASIC RZ-i Sample Importer and its totally free. You can
download it in our website.
For more Information about the Sampling Feature see Chapter 4 on this manual.
We hope you enjoy using your RZ-i, and make lots of cool music with it.
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