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Page 3: ...25 An instrument only made for your passion to play music Content 04 Preface 06 Features 10 Start 11 Sounds 13 Effects 18 Store Plug 20 Facts 21 CE Declaration of Conformity ...

Page 4: ...inue reading here you will be rewarded in the end During conception of Zarenbourg pi ano we wanted to create an instru ment where playing is the primary focus Usually electronic keyboards require a lot of accessories and add ons like keyboard stands amplifiers etc that you have to assemble and connect before you can even hear the first note We have tried to minimize these often frustrating obstacl...

Page 5: ...or ders that are surprisingly easy to navi gate without a display And of course with its sounds Zarenbourg recreates archetypal keyboards with an empha sis on classic vintage electro mecha nical instruments of the last century The fact that the underlying technology is anything but vintage should not con cern you while playing your Zaren bourg piano You play the music we ll handle the rest Since y...

Page 6: ...06 Included Components and Accessories Zarenbourg Piano Legs Sustain pedal Power cable DVD Box This manual Features 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 ...

Page 7: ...4 Effect indicators Front Connections and Controls 01 Headphone jack 02 Volume control with switch 03 Power indicator 04 Volume control for external signal 05 Tremolo Intensity control 06 Tremolo Speed control 07 Tremolo indicator 15 Effect Hold button 16 Effect Control 1 17 Effect Control 2 18 Effect button 12 13 15 16 17 18 14 ...

Page 8: ...08 Easy and simple 19 20 21 22 23 ...

Page 9: ...jack 29 Ground lift switch 30 Stereo input jack 31 Line Out Left Stereo output jack 32 Line Out Right Mono output jack Rear Connections 19 Power switch 20 Power jack 21 SDHC Slot 22 MIDI In jack 23 MIDI Thru jack 24 MIDI Out jack 25 USB jack 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 ...

Page 10: ...g the Volume knob 2 There is a small range at the bottom of the pot where no sound is output and you will hear only silence from Zarenbourg We did this intentionally so that you have the option of listening to only an external signal for instance if you use Zarenbourg as a MIDI controller keyboard Adjustment of Volume for External Signal You can plug a stereo signal into the Stereo Input jack 30 t...

Page 11: ... when used with care Adjust the Tremolo using the Tremolo Intensity control 5 and the Tremolo Speed con trol 6 Use the Tremolo Stereo button 8 for a phase shifted modulation bet ween the left and right channels this significantly smooths the resulting stereo image The button is lit when Stereo Tremolo is active The Tremolo indicator 7 flashes in sync with the speed of the modulation effect to give...

Page 12: ...her than middle C no transposition the Tran pose button illuminates to indicate that transposition is active Transposition is possible in a range of one octave from the middle C the C note close to the Transpose button 9 If you pressed D for your trans position now when you play a song in the key of C major it sounds like it is in D major Tuning When playing with other instruments it is sometimes ...

Page 13: ...e that Effect Hold is active for the current effect When the effect is not selected but still in its hold state its effect indicator LED is lit You can deactivate Effect Hold for each indivi dual effect by pressing the Effect Hold button 15 again when each effect is selected To deactivate Effect Hold for ALL effects turn the knob to the Off position and press the Effect Hold button 15 1 The Effect...

Page 14: ...lavinet Pickup 1 4 Clavinet Pickup 2 5 Strings 6 Strings with spiccato articulations added at high velocities 7 Orchestra 8 Orchestra with additional staccato articulations at high velocities 9 Synth Pad The third Zarenbourg architecture is a full featured FM synthesizer that is used for the FM Piano Effect Control 1 16 changes the frequency of one of the six operators which drastically changes th...

Page 15: ... 18 four times at the desired rate This function is called Tap Tempo Flanger A slightly delayed signal is mixed with the original signal to create a radically different timbre The delay time is modulated periodically to provide ani mation Use Effect Control 1 16 to set the modulation depth and Effect Control 2 17 to set the speed of the modulation The LED in the Effect button 18 fla shes at the sp...

Page 16: ...lter The frequency of the filter can be controlled in different ways and set with the Effect button 18 When the Effect button is lit the filter is controlled by an envelope that starts at the current level of each note The filter peak is tied to velocity The harder you play the higher the filter frequency The sensitivity of the enve lope is adjusted with Effect Control 1 and the release speed of t...

Page 17: ...m 18 to 10 dB In the middle position there is no boost or cut This is subtly indicated by a dim Effect indicator 14 The Equalizer can also be used to simulate an guitar am plifier For example you can cut Bass and Treble while boosting Mid and Presence Overdrive You can deliberately overdrive the sound to create a harsh and aggres sive tone similar to a rock guitar Set the amount of overdrive Drive...

Page 18: ...button 10 in case you change your mind while the button is already flashing Connecting to Mixer Amplifier or Recording Device Use the Line Out jacks for left and right signal 31 32 or a single stereo cable with just the left Line Out jack 31 When the left Line Out 31 is not con nected you can take a Mono signal from the right Line Out right jack 32 Connection of Digital Output Use the S PDIF digit...

Page 19: ...ession pedal jack 27 hosts a standard expression pedal Currently this can be used to control the Auto Wah filter frequency The Sustain pedal jack 28 accepts a standard sustain pedal The data from some pedals can be read conti nuously even if they were not desig ned for this purpose to make it pos sible play with the pedal only half depressed half pedaling Data transfer via SDHC Card To load firmwa...

Page 20: ...ital crossover network Connections Stereo Headphone Stereo Line out Stereo Line in Sustain Pedal Input Expression Pedal Input S PDIF Digital output USB MIDI In Through Out SDHC Card slot Power jack Sound Engine Sample Memory 4GB Direct Streaming Memory Polyphony up to 100 Voices Sound generation Physical Modeling Sampling FM Synthesis Effects Tremolo Chorus Flanger Phaser Reverb Echo Auto Wah Equa...

Page 21: ...ith FCC regulati ons does not guarantee that interference will not occur in all installations If this product is found to be the source of interference which can be deter minated by turning the unit off and on please try to eliminate the problem by using one of the fol lowing measures Relocate either this product or the device that is being affected by the interfe rence Utilize power outlets that ...

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