Manual
An instrument only made for your passion to play music.
Preface We are happy if you don’t read this manual … 04 … because as with all Waldorf instruments, our goal during development of Zarenbourg was to design the user interface to be as intuitive and selfexplanatory as possible. In case you do decide to read it, you may very likely skip over this preface and jump straight to the hard facts.
One element that often adorns most electronic keyboards nowadays is the digital display or LCD. But with Zarenbourg, we deliberately decided to omit it. An LCD demands so much attention that it often steals the show. We think you should instead stay focused on playing music. Moreover, we also consider the LCD to be a aesthetic catastrophe.
03 07 01 02 04 05 06 11 08 Features 06 09 Included Components and Accessories Zarenbourg Piano Legs Sustain pedal Power cable DVD Box This manual 10
14 18 13 12 16 17 15 Front Connections and Controls 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 Headphone jack Volume control with switch Power indicator Volume control for external signal Tremolo Intensity control Tremolo Speed control Tremolo indicator 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 Tremolo stereo button Transpose button Preset bank button Sound Selector User Bank buttons Effect Selector Effect indicators 15 16 17 18 Effect Hold button Effect Control 1 Effect Control 2 Effect button 07
22 19 20 21 Easy and simple 08 23
24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 Rear Connections 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Power switch Power jack SDHC Slot MIDI In jack MIDI Thru jack MIDI Out jack USB jack 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 S/PDIF digital out Expression pedal jack Sustain pedal jack Ground lift switch Stereo input jack Line Out Left | Stereo output jack Line Out Right | Mono output jack 09
Start Setting up and Startup Adjustment of the Internal Zarenbourg Volume Adjustment of Volume for External Signal Initial setup works best with the assistance of a second person. Take your Zarenbourg [33] out of the box [38], and place it carefully on a table so that the screw threads for the legs [34] are free. Screw in all four legs [34], and place your Zarenbourg where you want to play it. Now plug the power cable [36] into the power jack [20] to power the piano.
Sounds Selecting Sounds Tremolo Detuning After switching Zarenbourg on, the Preset Bank is active, and you can select sounds using the Sound Selector [11]. Here seven presets are offered: Two classic electric pianos (Tines/ Bars), another electric piano (Reeds), grand piano (Grand), electric grand piano (Electric Grand), an FM piano (FM) and a clavinet. Banks A, B and C contain similar sounds, but these locations can also be used to store user sounds.
Transposition Tuning Cancel Transpose and Tune When you play music with singers or other instrumentalists, you are often asked to play a song in a different key without having the time to practice. Consider yourself lucky if you are one of the few who can do this easily. For the rest of us, it might be easier to quickly change the tuning of the instrument instead. To transpose the keyboard, press and hold the Transpose button [9], then play any key from C2 to C4, and then release the button.
Effects The Effects Here you can select and adjust the individual effects. You can also enable any combination of effects. The effects are selected using the Effect Selector [13], and the active effects are noted by the Effects Indicators [14]. You can enable an effect simply by using the Effect Selector [13]. Then if you want to add more effects, press the Effect Hold button [15] to keep the current effect active when another effect is selected.
Off Adjust Off – no effect. This does not adjust any “effects” but rather the makeup of the sound itself. Each sound will change in its own way depending on its architecture. There are three different architectures in Zarenbourg: The electric pianos are created using a virtual model ( Presets Tines, Bars, Reeds ). Effect Control 1 [16] adjusts the height of the virtual pickup which changes the overtone content in the sound. Grand, Electric Grand and Clavinet are based on samples.
Layer Chorus Flanger Phaser With Adjust selected, tap the Effect button [18] to layer sounds: The well-known chorus effect uses a periodically detuned signal mixed with the original. Set the detune amount using Effect Control 1 [16] and the rate using Effect Control 2 [17]. The Effect button LED [18] flashes to indicate the speed of the modulation. You can also manually set the tempo by tapping the Effect button [18] four times at the desired rate. This function is called “Tap Tempo.
Echo | Reverb Select the Echo or Reverb effect using the Effect button [18]. When the Effect button is lit, Reverb is selected. When the button is not lit, Echo – also called Delay – is selected. For the Echo effect, the signal is delayed and mixed with the original. The mix level can be adjusted using Effect Control 1 [16]. With high mix levels, feedback is grad ually added so that multiple echoes with decreasing volume are geneated.
Equalizer Zarenbourg Equalizer has four frequency bands that can be boosted or cut. Effect button 1 [18] selects the frequency bands.
Store + Plug 18 Saving Sounds Connecting to Mixer, Amplifier or Recording Device Connecting to a Computer You can store your own sounds in 21 locations A1 – C7. To save the current sound, press and hold the User Bank button [12] of the bank ( A, B or C ) where you want to store the sound and wait until it flashes. Select the your desired location using the Sound Selector [11]. Then when you release the button, the active sound is permanently stored in your newly selected location.
Connection to an iPad MIDI Connecting Pedals Data transfer via SDHC Card With the camera connection kit, you can connect USB to your iPad and use Zarenbourg to communicate with music apps. Note that we cannot guarantee this functionality as it is not officially supported. Zarenbourg is equipped with three MIDI jacks: Zarenbourg supports two pedals simultaneously: MIDI In jack [22]: connect a MIDI cable here to control Zarenbourg from another source.
Facts Specifications Connections Sound Engine Width Depth Height Weight Keyboard Stereo Headphone Stereo Line out Stereo Line in Sustain Pedal Input Expression Pedal Input S / PDIF Digital output USB MIDI In / Through / Out SDHC Card slot Power jack Sample Memory 4GB Direct Streaming Memory 120 cm 62 cm 83 cm 38 kg 76 weighted hammer action keys Input Voltage 100V ... 230V ~AC Power consumption Max. 75 Watt, Standby 0.
CE Declaration of Conformity The company Waldorf Music GmbH Neustr. 12 53498 Waldorf Hereby declares that the electric piano Zarenbourg, EAN device number 426012638020, conforms to the requirements 2004/108/EG and 2006/95/EG. The following standards have been used to declare conformity: EN 55013, EN 55020, EN 61000-3-2 and EN 61000-3-3. Waldorf, July 21st 2011 Stefan Stenzel CEO FCC Information (U.S.A.) 1.