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Chapter 2ÑThe ZR-76 Studio

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The ZR-76 is designed as the perfect companion for a personal computer. You can edit its sounds on your

computer using the supplied Unisyn software. Use the ZRÕs Idea Pad as your inspiration-catcher and its 16

Track Recorder to flesh out your initial idea. Save the components of the new songÑits sequencesÑto

floppy disk. Since ZR-76 files can be read by any computer that understands Standard Midi Files (SMFs)

and can read a DOS-formatted floppy, you can load your sequences straight off of a floppy and into your

computerÕs sequencerÑor combination sequencing/recording programÑfor further work. When youÕve

moved your ZR sequences over to your computer, your computer will communicate with the ZR-76 via

MIDI to access the sounds you used to create your new song. You can also use your computer to design

your own new sounds using an editing program. After setting up your hardware as described below, see

ÒUsing the ZR-76 with a Computer SequencerÓ at the end of Chapter 7.

Some computers are manufactured with MIDI In/Out/Thru jacks. If yours doesnÕt have built-in MIDI

jacks, youÕll need to purchase a MIDI interface for your computer. Make sure that your computer, its MIDI

programs, andÑif youÕre using oneÑits MIDI interface are configured correctly. Consult their

documentation to learn how to use them with a multi-timbral MIDI device like the ZR-76.

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¥ Two MIDI cables.

1. Connect one end of a MIDI cable to your computerÕs MIDI Out.

2. Connect the cableÕs other end to the ZRÕs MIDI In.

3. Connect one end of the other MIDI cable to the ZRÕs MIDI Out.

4. Connect its other end to the computerÕs MIDI In.

If your set-up utilizes a MIDI patcher, consult your patcherÕs documentation to learn

how to set up the equivalent of this MIDI connection, and see ÒUsing the ZR-76 with a MIDI

PatchbayÓ later in this chapter.

Now that youÕve made your MIDI connections between your computer and the ZR-76, skip ahead to

ÒMaking Audio Connections,Ó and then ÒMaking the Power ConnectionÓ later in this chapter.

See ÒUsing the ZR-76 with a Computer SequencerÓ in Chapter 7.

The ZR-76 can provide the perfect MIDI complement for an audio recorder, digital or analog, tape or hard

driveÑthe ZR-76 handles all of the MIDI chores, while the recorder handles the audio. Add some effects to

your audio, using an effects processor, and youÕve got a finished master recording.

When using the ZR-76 with an audio recorder, youÕll want to have a means of synchronizing the two

devices. There are a number of capable synchronization products on the marketÑto work with the ZR-76,

yours must support MIDI clocks, as well as the type of synchronization required by your audio recorder

(consult its documentation to learn what kind of synchronization it responds to).

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