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
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. *represents the effects added in v1.1
| Insert Effects | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overdrive | Distortion | Fuzz | Crusher |
| Chorus | Stereo Chorus | Flanger | Phaser |
| Tremolo | Vibrato | Ring Modulator | Auto Wah |
| Delay | Reverse Delay | PingPong Delay | Auto Pan |
| Tape Echo | Reverb | 4-Pole Filter* | Trim Filter* |
| Master Effects | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Hall | Room | Plate | Arena |
| Tunnel | Stereo Chorus | Flanger | Phaser |
| Ambient Hall* | Ambient Infinity* | Ambient Room* | Auto Wah |
| Delay | Reverse Delay | PingPong Delay | |
| Vinyl Simulator | Cassette Tape Simulator |
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 – Velocity-enabled keyboard, Built-in stereo speakers and more
Instrument Redefined – 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
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)– ADSR
– ADSR (w/curve)
– ADS-RA-R
– ADS-RA-R (w/curve)
– LPF-6, LPF-12
– HPF-6, HPF-12
– BPF
– Peaking EQ
– LO EQ
– HI EQ
– NOTCH
Poly, Mono, Legato
Unison
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]- 37 keys (with a velocity sensitivity)
– 5 physical control encoders
*Compatible with Teenage Engineering Pocket Operator Series SYNC IN
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
Standard size
– Looper recording data storage
– Firmware updates
– Used for backing up other data
– 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
1.5 inch LCD display
– 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
399mm (W) x 131mm (D) x 50mm (H) 15.71 in (W) x 5.16 in (D) x 1.97 in (H)
1.12kg
2.47 lbs.[Accessories]- AC adapter – Warranty
*External storage card, USB cable and the other connection cables sold separately