Slot / Function Buttons
There are 12 buttons. Each button corresponds to a Slot or a Function. The Slots
(white label) contain the different Sounds. The functions (orange) are activated with
the
FUNC
button. A detailed explanation of each Function is in
Trigger input
The trigger input is used to trigger the selected Slot and its corresponding Sound.
Each time that a trigger is received (or a Slot button is pressed) the machine locks all
the voltage parameters and activates the envelopes. The result is a sound at the
Output.
The Voltage range of the accepted trigger goes from 800mV to 10V.
The trigger input can also receive gate signals to control the hold time of the
envelopes (
CV I/O’s Section
The 6 connectors can be used as voltage inputs or outputs (corresponding to a value
of a parameter). The default CV assignments are marked with grey color in the panel.
At
the detailed procedure for CV assignments is explained.
Audio Out
Audio output of the synthesizer. A signal between the +/-4V range is outputted.
4.3 Operating Controls
ZAPS has different control modes. The Main mode is used to switch between Slots and to
edit each Sound individually. The Bank selection mode is used to switch between Banks.
The Functions give access to different parameters and functionalities (see section
SLOTS, SOUNDS, BANKS AND PROJECTS
A Project contains 12 Banks and the CV assigns (
CV ASSIGN
)
.
A Project is saved and
loaded via the File System (
FILE
).
