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Zynthian UI User's Guide - Vangelis

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Plug the control flat cable into the main board

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 *'''[[Zynthian UI User's Guide - Oram]]''' (incomplete but frozen): Oram is the current stable version.
-*'''[[Zynthian UI User's Guide - Vangelis]]''' (work in progress): Vangelis is the development version.
+*'''[https://help.zynthian.org Zynthian UI User's Guide - Vangelis]''': Vangelis is the next stable version.
 *'''[[Assistive Technology and accessibility - Vangelis]]''': A guide of Vangelis accessibility features.
-*'''[[Learning Pills - Vangelis]]''': Short tutorials, usually under 5 minute view / listen / read.
+*'''[[Supported plug & play MIDI controllers]]''': Zynthian has default mapping configs for Novation, Akai, Korg and other controllers...
 *'''[[ZynSeq User Guide]]''': Zynthian's built-in step sequencer.
 *'''[[ZynSampler User Guide]]''': Zynthian's built-in non-destructive audio sampler.
 ==Software Configuration Guides==

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 An example Python script to select chain 2:
-  import liblo
+  import pyliblo3 as liblo
   liblo.send(('zynthian.local', 1370), "/CUIA/CHAIN_CONTROL", ('i', 2))

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 '''3.''' Insert the USB-C adapter's ribbon cable. It must be inserted straight, '''with the metal contacts side facing up'''.
-{{BlueWarningBox| If your main board is labeled as v.0.9. we have added a round blue sticker on it. In this version, the USB-C FPC connector has bottom contacts and you must insert the ribbon cable with the metal contacts side FACING DOWN.}}
+{{BlueWarningBox| If your main board is labeled as v.0.9. we have added a round blue sticker on it. In this version, the USB-C FPC connector has bottom contacts and you must insert the ribbon cable with the metal contacts side FACING DOWN. Be aware that the cable goes underneath the tongue, instead of over the tongue like shown in the pictures. }}
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 '''3.''' Insert the ribbon cable into the FPC connector. It must be inserted straight, with the metal contacts side facing up. '''This cable is reversible, so you can take any of the 2 caps''', while '''taking care of placing the metal contacts side facing up'''.
-{{BlueWarningBox| If your control board is labeled as v.0.6. we have added a round blue sticker on it. In this version, the FPC connector has bottom contacts and you must insert the ribbon cable with the metal contacts side FACING DOWN.}}
+{{BlueWarningBox| If your control board is labeled as v.0.6. we have added a round blue sticker on it. In this version, the FPC connector has bottom contacts and you must insert the ribbon cable with the metal contacts side FACING DOWN. Be aware that the cable goes underneath the tongue, instead of over the tongue like shown in the pictures. }}
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 '''2.''' Using two fingers, one on each hand, softly pull the main board's control-1 connector tongue until it's open. Insert the flat ribbon cable coming from the control board (top part). Do it straight, without bending or twisting it in any way, so '''the metal contacts side is facing up'''.
-{{BlueWarningBox| If your main board is labeled as v.0.9. we have added a round blue sticker on it. In this version, the control-1 FPC connector has bottom contacts and you must insert the ribbon cable with the metal contacts side FACING DOWN.}}
+{{BlueWarningBox| If your main board is labeled as v.0.9. we have added a round blue sticker on it. In this version, the control-1 FPC connector has bottom contacts and you must insert the ribbon cable with the metal contacts side FACING DOWN. Be aware that the cable goes underneath the tongue, instead of over the tongue like shown in the pictures. }}
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 | colspan=6 | '''Acoustic Pianos'''
 |-
-| 01	Grand Piano || [https://www.ir.isas.jaxa.jp/~cyamauch/AccurateSalamander Accurate Salamander Grand v6.2beta2] || CC BY || jlearman || 200M || P || Lovingly reprocessed Salamander Grand with more even dynamics, and with latency issues fixed. See https://github.com/jlearman/zynthian-salamander-grand for zynthian-ized version.
+| 01	Grand Piano || [https://github.com/jlearman/zynthian-salamander-grand Zynthian Salamander Grand] || CC BY || jlearman || 200M || P || Lovingly reprocessed Salamander Grand with more even dynamics, and with latency issues fixed, and reduced to 16 bit FLAC.
 |-
 | " || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/SplendidGrandPiano Splendid Grand ] || PD || jlearman || 136M || P || -
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 | " || current Rhodes sampleset || TBD || jlearman || || P || -
 |-
-| 02	EP Wurlitzer || - || - || - || - || -
+| 02	EP Wurlitzer || - || - || jlearman || - || - || So far, current Wurt is good, but I have some ideas
 |-
-| 03	EP Hohner Pianet T || - || - || - || - || -
+| 03	EP Hohner Pianet T || - || - || - || - || - || do we really need this?  If so, Greg Sullivan's is the only one I know.  CC-BY (jlearman)
 |-
-| 04	EP Clavinet || - || - || - || - || -
+| 04	EP Clavinet || [https://github.com/jlearman/stevie-clavinet Stevie Clavinet] || Q || jlearman || || P || will probably be moved to github/sfzinstruments
 |-
-| 05	EP CP70 || - || - || - || - || -
+| 05	EP CP70 || - || - || jlearman || - || - || Greg Sullivan's is the one I'm aware of. CC-BY
 |-
 | 06	Synth Keys || - || - || - || - || -
 |-
-| 07	Sampled Keys || - || - || - || - || -
+| 07	Sampled Keys || - || - || - || - || - || Not sure what this is supposed to be, but we should have Mellotron.  A few of them.
 |-
 | colspan=6 | '''Chromatic Percussion'''
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 | 03	Marimba || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Marimba.sfz VCSL Marimba] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Two velocity layers
 |-
-| " || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/Terkelsen.Marimba Terkelsen Marimba] || Q || jlearman || || || -
+| " || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/Terkelsen.Marimba Terkelsen Marimba] || Q || jlearman || 44M || || 3 velocity layers
 |-
 | 04	Xylophone || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Xylophone%20-%20Keyswitch.sfz VCSL Xylophone] || CC-0 || || ? || ? || Three articulations (hard, med, soft mallet), two velocity layers
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 | 05	Glockenspiel || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Struck%20Idiophones/Glockenspiel.sfz VCSL Glockenspiel] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Three velocity layers
 |-
-| 06	Steel Drums || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/jlearman.SteelDrum jSteelDrum] || Unlicense || jlearman || || P || -
+| 06	Steel Drums || [https://github.com/sfzinstruments/jlearman.SteelDrum jSteelDrum] || Unlicense || jlearman || 38M || P || 5 layers, optional xfade
 |-
 | 07	Kalimba || [https://github.com/sgossner/VCSL/blob/sfz/Idiophones/Plucked%20Idiophones/Kalimba%2C%20Kenya.sfz VCSL Kalimba, Kenya] || CC-0 || ? || || ? || Two round robins, there is another Kalimba in the same folder in the repo