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Zynthian UI User Guide - V1/V4 (view source)
Revision as of 16:10, 1 September 2022
, 16:10, 1 September 2022→MIDI Program Change & ZS3 (SubSnapShots)
=General Concepts=
=General Concepts=
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!)
The core Zynthian UI consists of a display and four knobs with push switches. You can also control the UI with a touchscreen, a mouse or a keyboard (computer keyboard or MIDI keyboard, both!)
The four 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.
The four knobs & switches are the primary control mechanism to navigate the UI: selecting options on menus and adjusting parameters. The knobs can act as assignable MIDI / OSC controllers for parameters (frequently lots of them!). Most operations may be performed with the touchscreen but some may not be intuitive. See the section on [[#Touch_Screen_UI|touchscreen]] and comments throughout this documentation.
[[File:Zynthian v4 top legend.png|600px|center]]
[[File:Zynthian v4 top legend.png|600px|center]]
=The Zynthian UI Workflow=
=The Zynthian UI Workflow=
Zynthian workflow is based around chains of audio generators / processors feeding an audio summing mixer.
Zynthian workflow is based around chains of audio generators / processors feeding an audio summing mixer. The main (home) screen is the Audio Mixer. This consists of several vertical strips, each representing an input chain and a strip representing the main mixbus (output) chain.
[[File:Zynthian Signal Flow.png|800px]]
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The main (home) screen is the Audio Mixer. This consists of several vertical strips, each representing an input chain and a strip representing the main mixbus (output) chain.
Navigation between views is performed by pressing buttons or using the touchscreen.
Navigation between views is performed by pressing buttons or using the touchscreen.
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==Stage and Multitimbral Modes==
By default Zynthian starts in multitimbral mode. Each external MIDI controller will drive the chain that is assigned to that controller's MIDI channel, e.g. a chain assigned to MIDI channel 1 will listen for MIDI messages on MIDI channel 1 only<sup>*</sup>.
<sup>*</sup>MIDI Continuous Controllers are handled differently. See section on [[#MIDI-learning_.2F_binding|MIDI Learning & binding]].
Stage Mode changes the behaviour of Zynthian so that all MIDI messages are sent to the currently selected chain. This allows multiple external MIDI controllers to drive one chain at a time.
=The UI Screens=
=The UI Screens=
You can recall the stored ZS3 by sending the same MIDI Program Change or selecting it from the ZS3 list. ZS3s are saved and restored within snapshots so remember to save the snapshot.
You can recall the stored ZS3 by sending the same MIDI Program Change or selecting it from the ZS3 list. ZS3s are saved and restored within snapshots so remember to save the snapshot.
ZS3 will restore configuration for all chains in multitimbral mode and for the currently selected (active) chain only in stage mode.
Bold press SELECT to manipulate ZS3:
Bold press SELECT to manipulate ZS3:
* '''Update''' replaces the ZS3 with the current configuration
* '''Update''' replaces the ZS3 with the current configuration
* '''Delete''' removes the ZS3
* '''Delete''' removes the ZS3
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==MIDI Recording and Playback==
==MIDI Recording and Playback==
==Audio Recording and Playback==
==Audio Recording and Playback==
[[File:Audio player.png|400px|right]]
Zynthian has an audio recorder that will, by default record the stereo output of the audio mixer's main mixbus output (post effects, post fader).
Zynthian has an audio recorder that will, by default record the stereo output of the audio mixer's main mixbus output (post effects, post fader).