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All trademarks and registered trademarks mentioned in this manual are for identification purposes only and are not intended to infringe on the copyrighted properties of their respective owners. 001 Contents Contents Introduction..................................................................................................................... 005 Features of USB Audio Interface S2t / USB Audio Interface C5.1t................................. 005 Features of ZFX Plug-in... .......................................................................................006 Controls and Functions of ZFX Plug-in........................................................................... 007 Quick Guide........................................................................................................................008 ... ... Starting up............................................................................................................008 Selecting input source ....................................................................................... 009 Selecting patches ............................................................................................. 009 Controlling Amplifiers ....................................................................................... 010 Magnifying and scrolling the Effect Area... ............................................................... 011 Controlling Effectors............................................................................................. 012 Selecting Instruments... ....................................................................................... 013 Storing patches................................................................................................... 015 Signal Control Area......................................................................................................... 018 ... Controls and Functions... .................................................................................... 018 Selecting input source.......................................................................................... 019 Selecting pickups................................................................................................ 019 Showing/Hiding frames... .......................................................................................020 Adjusting patch level... ....................................................................................... 021 Adjusting master level... ....................................................................................... 021 About the connection state.................................................................................... 022 Basic Operation..................................................................................................................023 Catalog...... ........................................................................................................................ 024 ... Starting up the Catalog... .................................................................................... 024 Catalog - Basic operation... ................................................................................. 025 Turning pages... .................................................................................... 025 Turning a number of pages... .................................................................. 026 ... Jumping pages by index... ..................................................................... 027 ... Jumping to detail page... .................................................................................... 028 ... Selecting Instruments from detail page... ..................................................................029 ... Amplifying Area..................................................................................................................031 ... Controls and Functions... .................................................................................... 031 Amplifier Section - Basic operation... ..................................................................... 031 Setting Amplifiers... ................................................................................. 031 Adjusting Amplifiers... .............................................................................. 033 Deleting Amplifiers... .............................................................................. 033 Booth Section - Basic operation... ........................................................................ 034 Setting Cabinets and Microphones... ......................................................... 034 Deleting Cabinets and Microphones......................................................... 035 Replacing Microphones........................................................................... 036 Adjusting the microphone distance... ......................................................... 036 Adjusting the microphone position... ......................................................... 037 002 Contents Effect Area ..................................................................................................................... 038 Controls and Functions... .................................................................................... 038 Signal flow of Effect Area... ................................................................................. 038 ... Selecting/Adjusting instruments... ........................................................................ 039 ... Setting instruments................................................................................. 039 Positioning instruments... ........................................................................ 040 Adjusting instruments.............................................................................. 041 Deleting instruments... ........................................................................... 041 Magnifying and Scrolling....................................................................................... 042 Magnifying the Effect Area........................................................................ 042 Zooming up the instrument... .................................................................. 043 Zoom to next instrument........................................................................ 044 Scrolling the Effect Area........................................................................... 044 Wiring shields... ................................................................................................ 045 ... Connecting a shield... .............................................................................. 045 Changing the shield connection... ............................................................ 046 Connecting directly to input / output... ...................................................... 047 Deleting shields... ................................................................................. 048 Splitters and Mixers............................................................................................. 049 Operating Splitters... .............................................................................. 049 Operating Mixers.................................................................................... 050 Amplifier Module... ............................................................................................. 053 Operating Multiple Amplifier Modules......................................................... 053 Deleting Amplifier Modules..................................................................... 054 Patch Management......................................................................................................... 055 ... Starting up the Patch Manager... ........................................................................... 055 Operating patches... .......................................................................................... 056 ... Selecting patches................................................................................. 056 Storing patches... ................................................................................. 058 Storing to certain destination... ............................................................... 059 ... Ordering patches.......................................................................................062 Renaming patches... .............................................................................. 064 Deleting patches... ................................................................................. 065 Clearing the current setting... .................................................................. 066 Exporting current setting... ..................................................................... 067 Importing current setting........................................................................ 068 Operating banks... ............................................................................................. 069 Creating a bank... ................................................................................. 069 Ordering banks... .......................................................................................070 Renaming banks... ................................................................................. 071 Deleting banks....................................................................................... 072 Exporting banks... ................................................................................. 074 Importing banks... ................................................................................. 075 Bypassing Area... ...............................................................................................................077 ... Controls and Functions... .................................................................................... 077 Bypassing the sound... ....................................................................................... 077 003 Contents Muting the sound... ............................................................................................. 078 Comparing current and original state... .................................................................. 078 Tuner ... ........................................................................................................................... 079 ... Starting up the tuner... ....................................................................................... 079 ... Using the chromatic tuner... ................................................................................. 080 Adjusting the calibration... .................................................................................... 082 Dropping halftone........................................................................................... ...