Portable Synthesizer with Looper.
17 Distinctive Synth Engines Unlike Anything You've Ever Heard
The ELZ_1 play's synth engines are built from scratch using 32-bit floating point math. From hard low-bit textures to organic FM tones to granular synthesis, the ELZ_1 play offers unique synth engines unlike any other synthesizer.
33 Effects to Elevate Your Sound From Soothing to Striking
Unlock a world of sound by combining 3 insert effects from 20 types and 1 master effect from 13 types, including Shimmer Reverb. *The lavender color represents the effects added in v1.1.
Flexible 4-Track Looper ̶ Layer, Loop, and Remix with Ease
The newly developed 4-track looper allows easy recording, playback, and overdubbing by simply pressing the track buttons. You can record not only ELZ_1 play performances, but also LINE input and USB audio input.
Instrument Redefined ー Velocity-enabled keyboard, Built-in stereo speakers and more
To make it a musical instrument that is pleasant and expressive to play, the keyboard has been improved to support velocity on all keys, and high-quality loud stereo speakers are built into the side panels. It is also equipped with an SD card slot, USB-C, and DIN-MIDI jacks for flexible handling of audio and MIDI.
Specifications:
[Synthesizer]
17 types (Indicates Maximum Polyphony)
- LOW-BIT OSC (15 voices)
2-bit ~ 8-bit variable low-bit oscillator
Sine, square, triangle and sawtooth waves
- STANDARD OSC (15 voices)
32-bit floating-point processing high resolution oscillator
Sine, square, triangle and sawtooth waves
- CUSTOM OSC (15 voices)
Choose 2 waveforms / period of cycles
- DNA EXPLORER (10 voices)
Extract and generate waveform DNA from audio*
- SiGRINDER (6 voices)
Granular synthesizer engine*
- MASKED NOISE (20 voices)
Noise oscillator
- SAND FLUTE (10 voices)
Extract and generate tone from noise
- 8BIT WAVE MEMORY SYNTH (20 voices)
Editing your own waveform
- 8BIT WAVE MEMORY SYNTH (MORPH) (20 voices)
Morphing 3 waveforms
- 8BIT WAVE MEMORY SYNTH (FM MODE) (15 voices)
2 operators, 8bit FM mode
- 8BIT WAVEMEM SYNTH (WARP) (15 voices)
Generates an intermediate waveform by crossfading two waveforms
- 8BIT WAVEMEM SYNTH (ADSAR) (20 voices)
Waveforms change according to envelope
- 8BIT WAVEMEM SYNTH (TIME) (20 voices)
3 waveforms change in the orders
- FM SYNTH (6 voices)
4 operators with 31 algorithms, 32-bit floating point processing
- ZTRINGS (6 voices)
Physical Modelling Strings engine
- SUPER OSC (6 voices)
Super synth engine with 5 detunable sub-oscillators
- STK DRUMMER (15 voices)
Drum machine engine equipped with 5 types of drum kits
SmplTrek .stk file compatible
Number of Sound memories: 512 (128 x 4 banks)
*3 samplings of up to 5 seconds can be saved (16bit-48kHz WAV file import/export supported)
<Envelopes>
- ADSR
- ADSR (w/curve)
- ADS-RA-R
- ADS-RA-R (w/curve)
<Filters>
- LPF-6, LPF-12
- HPF-6, HPF-12
- BPF
- Peaking EQ
- LO EQ
- HI EQ
- NOTCH
<Voice Modes>
Poly, Mono, Legato
Unison
<Arpeggiators>
Up, Down, UpDown, DownUp, Up&Down, Down&Up, Up+1, Up+2, Down-1, Down-2, Random,
Play Order
[Effects]
33 types
Insert Effects
Overdrive, Distortion, Fuzz, Crusher
Chorus, Stereo Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, Vibrato
RingModulator, AutoWah
Delay, Reverse Delay, PingPong Delay, AutoPan
Tape Echo, Reverb
4-Pole Filter, Trim Filter
Master Effects
Hall, Room, Plate, Arena, Tunnel, Infinity, Custom Reverb
Ambient Room, Ambient Hall, Ambient Infinity
Vinyl Simulator, Cassette Tape Simulator, Crusher
[Sequencer]
- Up to 128 steps per pattern (Single track)
- 128 patterns
- Step length can be set from 1/1 to 1/32
- Step and real-time recording (Supports non-quantized recording with MicroTiming REC)
- Enter longer notes (Tied notes)
- Metronome function
[Looper]
4-track looper (Stereo recording)
- One-touch recording/overdubbing
- Recording from the built-in sound source, LINE input, and USB audio input
- FREE function automatically sets the number of bars according to the recording time
- One-shot playback
- UNDO/REDO function
[MIDI]
- Notes, program changes, control changes, clock input/output
[Unit]
<Keyboard>
- 37 keys (with a velocity sensitivity)
<Knobs>
- 5 physical control encoders
<Audio out>
- Stereo line out (1/4 phone jack x 2)
- Headphone output (stereo 3.5mm mini jack)
*Compatible with Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator Series SYNC OUT
- Built in speakers (stereo)
<Audio in>
- AUX IN (stereo 3.5mm mini jack)
*Compatible with Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator Series SYNC IN
<USB>
Type-C
- USB Audio: USB 2.0, 48kHz-16bit, input: 2 ch, output: 2 ch
- USB MIDI
- Mass storage class: USB2.0
*For iPhone, an Apple Lightning to USB camera adapter is required separately
<External Storage Card>
Standard size
- Looper recording data storage
- Firmware updates
- Used for backing up other data
<Connectors>
- MIDI IN connector (5-Pin DIN type)
- MIDI OUT connector (5-Pin DIN type)
- SYNC IN jack (monaural 3.5mm mini jack)
- SYNC OUT jack (monaural 3.5mm mini jack)
*Compatible with Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator Series SYNC OUT
<Display>
1.5 inch LCD display
<Power Supply>
- DC9V output AC adapter (1.7A, Inner Diameter: 1.7mm, Outer Diameter: 4.75mm, Polarity:
Center +）
- Ni-MH AA SIZE Rechargeable Battery or Alkaline AA SIZE Dry Battery x 6
(Alkaline dry batteries life: approx. 4.5 hours)*Batteries sold separately
<Size>
399mm (W) x 131mm (D) x 50mm (H)
15.71 in (W) x 5.16 in (D) x 1.97 in (H)
<Weight>
1.12kg
2.47 lbs.
[Accessories]
- AC adapter
- Warranty
*External storage card, USB cable and the other connection cables sold separately.
