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| =General Concepts= | | =General Concepts= |
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− | The Zynthian UI is displayed on a display and controlled by 4 knobs (rotary-encoders with push-switches). You can also control the UI with a touch-display, a mouse or a keyboard (computer keyboard or MIDI keyboard, both!) | + | The Zynthian UI is displayed on a display and controlled by 4 knobs with switches. You can also control the UI with a touch-display, a mouse or a keyboard (computer keyboard or MIDI keyboard, both!) |
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− | Anyway, the 4 knobs+switches are the primary control mechanism used to navigate the UI: selecting options on menus and adjust the instrument parameters. The knobs can act as assignable MIDI/OSC controllers for the instrument's parameters (frequently lots of them!). You can emulate the knob's behavior using the touch-display, but it's sub-optimal and accessing some features could be tricky.
| + | The 4 knobs+switches are the primary control mechanism to navigate the UI: selecting options on menus and adjusting the instrument parameters. The knobs can act as assignable MIDI/OSC controllers for the instrument's parameters (frequently lots of them!). You can emulate the knob's behaviour using the touch-display, but it's sub-optimal and accessing some features could be tricky. |
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| [[File:Zynthian v4 top legend.png|600px|center]] | | [[File:Zynthian v4 top legend.png|600px|center]] |
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| * '''Info Screen''': It displays info about an operation, like "Update Software", or "Network Info". | | * '''Info Screen''': It displays info about an operation, like "Update Software", or "Network Info". |
| * '''Key Range & Transpose Screen''': It allows to choose the key range and transpose notes by octaves or semitones. | | * '''Key Range & Transpose Screen''': It allows to choose the key range and transpose notes by octaves or semitones. |
| + | * etc. |
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− | There are 3 types of clicks (push actions) that can be performed, depending on how long you hold down the knob (or hold your finger on the touch-display). | + | There are 3 types of push actions that can be performed, depending on how long you hold down the knob/button (or hold your finger on the touch-display). |
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− | * '''Short click:''' Less than 0.3 seconds | + | * '''Short push:''' Less than 0.3 seconds |
− | * '''Bold click:''' Between 0.3 and 2 seconds | + | * '''Bold push:''' Between 0.3 and 2 seconds |
− | * '''Long click:''' More than 2 seconds (until the long-action is triggered!) | + | * '''Long push:''' More than 2 seconds (until the long-action is triggered!) |
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− | These timing values are the default ones. You can adjust them to your personal feeling from the UI options on the webconf tool. | + | These timing values are the default ones. You can adjust them to your personal feeling from the webconf's UI options. |
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− | Click actions for each knob are context dependent. The SELECT knob is mainly used to navigate and a short click on it will select an item on a "Selector Screen". Inside a "Controller Screen", short clicks can be used to rotate between layers (LAYER knob) or between controller pages (SELECT knob). "Bold-clicks" are normally intended as shortcuts for jumping to specific screen like "layer options", "main menu", etc. Clicking the BACK knob generally jumps to the previous screen in the workflow sequence.
| + | Some push actions depends of context. The SELECT knob is mainly used to navigate and a short push on it will select an item on a "Selector Screen". Inside a "Controller Screen", short pushes can be used to rotate between layers (LAYER knob) or between controller pages (SELECT knob). "Bold-pushes" are normally intended as shortcuts for jumping to specific screen like "layer options", "main menu", etc. Pushing the BACK knob generally close the current modal-screen or jumps to the previous screen in the workflow sequence. |
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− | Many actions depend of context (current screen), but there are some actions that are global and will always work (from any screen):
| + | Although some push actions depend of context (current screen), there are some actions that are global and will work from any screen: |
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| * '''Bold-Back''': Main Menu | | * '''Bold-Back''': Main Menu |