Hi all you music lovers!
 
Just started to make my own first Z3ta sound.
I got a saw wave, set up an Amp EG and got a sound. Then i noticed that that if i pressed the keys hard or soft the volume of the sound stayed the same. So Z3ta didn't respond to the velocity of my keyboard. What i did is this:
 
In the modulation section under source i set "keyboard->velocity", under range i opened it all up, under destination i entered " Envelopes -> Amplitude EG -> EG Amplitude amount" 
 
This seems to work!
Problem solved? Did i do it right?
 
For if i go thru the presets i dont see any of the set up ive mentioned above. Velocity might trigger a filter but not the amp EG.
Strange i think. for how can you have like a piano soundprogram if there is no response to velocity.
 
and if velocity triggers anything it is set up like this:
Source:on, range: full, controll: velocity, Desination: what ever you want ( in my case eg amplitude amount)
 
I'm very curious to see if i get an response, for i did a Z3ta search on this forum, and i only found people with install problems and other related issues. NOT ONE question was about programming this soft synth.....
 
I realy hope to get my head around this synth and to be able to create sounds that are in my head. I found some very usefull youtube vids and im reading "power tools for synthesizer programming" by Jim aikin, but i still have a loooooong way to go. 
 
Even though the user interface on the screen looks prity small, there is a world of possibilities hidden behind it.
 
Thanks for all your help.
 
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It's sort of two ways of doing the same thing.
 
The way you see it implement in programs is that the modulator is always on and setting the amp eg to a full amount--velocity is just controlling the intensity of that modulation.
 
Your implementation is just more straightforward for that purpose ("harder = louder").
 
There can be interplay between EG amount, modulation range, and modulation control amount, but in your case I don't think your approach is "wrong" for your desired goal.
 
My two pennies.
-John

Thanks John.
Your two pennies are appreciated :)
 
I was wondering; is there a club/forum/website destinated to synthesizer programming/sound design or to the Z3ta in specific?
 
 
 
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Update:
 
Now i think one can better control volume by modulating Oscelator Level with velocity
 
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