Instrument Background

It was back in the fifties when German inventor Ernst Zacharias
invented one of the funkiest keyboards of all times. At first the
intention was to make a portable version of a cembalo, but it soon
turned into one of the most used keyboards in rock and pop music. You
will certainly recognize it in the famous pop song "Superstition", and
in many other funky tunes of the seventies. Many police and
investigation story movies and TV shows of the 70's and the early 80's
had music themes based on funky accompaniments made with the D6, a
slap bass and drums. This instrument can reproduce the sound of an
electric guitar and can be treated with the same effects used by
guitarists (wahwah, distortion, phaser, chorus, etc.) for both
rhythmic and melodic textures, since it is actually based on a set of
60 strings and two humbucker pickups very similar to those used in
electric guitars.



Plugin Description



ZD6 is a physical modeling simulation of a vintage "D6" stringed
electric piano.



Main features:

* Full Polyphony (60 notes)

* Sympathetic resonances

* Realistic response to keyboard dynamics and aftertouch

* Octave transpose (1 oct. up, 1 oct. down)

* Adjustable global tuning

* Four dynamic curves available

* Realistic control panel with switches for active EQ and pickup selection

* Adjustable damper level and instrument volume

* Wah-Wah effect modeled after the famous JH-1 american Wah pedal

* Manual wah, LFO wah, auto-wah

* Distortion effect

* Eight-stage Phaser effect

* On-screen help tips and readout values

* Very low memory and CPU power needed

* Easy MIDI-Learn feature

* FX version included


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Download File Size:7.28 MB

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