I am trying to create/save/use ZS3 subsnapshots without the kit. I run
Linux zynthian 6.6.47-v8+ #1794 SMP PREEMPT Thu Aug 29 16:29:21 BST 2024 aarch64 GNU/Linux (supports my RC505 as sound card) .
According to the manual:
"From the Control screen, short click the snapshot button to enter MIDI control learn mode then short click the snapshot button. You will see the current list of ZS3s (initially empty) and a message: “Waiting for Program Change…”
My problem is that I dont have a kit and dont have a snapshot button. There is no CUIA for “snapshot button”? How do I do this using keyboard bindings/MIDI bindings/programmatically or whatever?
If I press keyboard “O” (mapped to ZYNSWITCH 2) I get “CHAIN control MIDI-Learn”, press once more I get “GLOBAL Control MIDI-Learn”. No “waiting for program change”.
I looked at github, saw that “ZS3/SHOT” was mapped to “ZYNSWITCH 7”, mapped ZYNSWITCH 7 to a key, confirmed that ZYNSWITCH 7 was received in the UI log but no reaction?
ZS3 seems like a crucial component to be able to use zynthian in a headless keyboard expander type setup.
Do you have a touchscreen or mouse? Is so, switch to touch-only (in UI and docs).
If you use keyboard binding then you can emulate a V4 out-of-th-box. Switch docs to V4 to see how the encoders work.
I mostly use a UK QWERTY keyboard and trackpad over VNC and bold press ‘o’ to access ZS3 menu then bold press ‘o’ to reach snapshot menu.
Thank you! Bold press ‘o’ worked. It was not something I managed to work out from the documentation. The touch UI in “Control screen” has “<<”, “Preset”, “Pages”, “>>” buttons. Is it possible to manipulate ZS3s using touch UI only?
Yes, touch only is now fully implemented with full control of zynthian. We haven’t finished writing the documentation (boring job!) but a start is to select “touch-only” at top right of docs to show relevant docs.