Knock and Roll on a Baby Z

I've been asked a few times about techniques for playing key triggers on ztars. It is one of a few methods I've developed. Unfortunately my sound module died after this recording so it may be some time before I'm able to record again.

The knock and roll technique is exactly that. curl your fingers in your palm and then knock on the triggers.then roll with your wrist. The important thing is don't confuse the rolling action with force Even though the motion appears to be exaggerated it's a quite smooth and soft action that brings about the "brushed" response.

Happy Tapping

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Howto & Style

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• ztar
• technique
• Key_triggers

[MichaelWSemmler]

Hi Mike

Thanks for your videos. Just got a baby z. Having trouble setting up keytrigger velocities. Do you know if it is possible to set up so that I can play fingerstyle with right hand? I understand that I can't 'pluck' the strings like on a guitar but can you set it up so that you can get good balance and be able to play the melody a bit louder that the chords. I seem to get a minimum of 65% raw data from the sensors when I tap softly which seems too high. An thoughts? Regards Michael

[Frets200]

@MichaelWSemmler apologies for the delayed response. Don't pluck, tap checl the output level and the sensitivity of your vsti as well.

[Frets200]

Thanks all. Yes you can tap on a Baby Z as with other ztar models.

The neck is noticably smaller then other ztars. Both in scale length and in fretboard height. An easy way to extend the range is to set up the expression pads to act as notes. If you are using a "tap" setting for your fretboard you can also use the key triggers as an extension too. adding 24 more notes to the instrument..

[lfradkin]

Nice technique. Very hip method of chording.

[dafo93]

Cheers for this. Can you use the fretboard tapping with the baby z?

[spuddle]

Nice technique! Can't imagine what it'd be like with key triggers. I will record some more videos soon now that I've moved apartments and can make a little more noise than usual (yay)

[UkuleleMichael]

hey great, thanks for sharing :-)