Portable Synthesizer with Looper

ELZ_1 play

$599.00

We have a small surplus of black keys due to some preorder cancellations, so we are accepting a small number of orders for the Black Edition. Shipping late September.

 

Proudly Digital and Dangerously Different

 

 

 

ELZ_1 play has expanded features and interface to take advantage of its unique sound without modifying the original ELZ_1's core sound engines & effects.

  • - 17 Distinctive Synth Engines—Unlike Anything You've Ever Heard

    - 28 Effects to Elevate Your Sound—From Soothing to Striking

  • - Flexible 4-Track Looper—Layer, Loop, and Remix with Ease

  • - Instrument RedefinedーVelocity-enabled keyboard, Built-in stereo speakers and more

 

 

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.

LOW-BIT OSC

2 ~ 8 bit variable low-bit oscillator. Sine, square, triangle and sawtooth waves.

 

STANDARD OSC

32-bit floating-point processing high resolution oscillator. Sine, square, triangle and sawtooth waves.

 

CUSTOM OSC

Choose 2 waveforms / period of cycles.



 

DNA EXPLORER

Extract and generate waveform DNA from audio.


 

SiGRINDER

Granular synthesizer engine.



 

MASKED NOISE

Noise oscillator.




 

SAND FLUTE

Extract and generate tone from noise.



 

8BIT WAVE MEMORY

Editing your own waveform.



 

8BIT WAV MEM
(MORPH)

Morphing 3 waveforms.




 

8BIT WAV MEM
(FM MODE)

2 operators, 8bit FM mode.




 

8BIT WAV MEM
(WARP)

Generates an intermediate waveform by crossfading two waveforms.


 

8BIT WAV MEM
(ADSAR)

Waveforms change according to envelope.



 

8BIT WAV MEM (TIME)

3 waveforms change in the orders.



 

FM SYNTH

4 operators with 31 algorithms, 32-bit floating point processing.


 

ZTRINGS

Physical Modelling Strings engine.



 

SUPER OSC

Super synth engine with 5 detunable sub-oscillators.



 

STK DRUMMER

Drum machine engine equipped with 5 types of drum kits. (SmplTrek .stk file compatible)

 
 
 
 

 

28 Effects to Elevate Your Sound—From Soothing to Striking

Unlock a world of sound by combining 3 insert effects from 18 types and 1 master effect from 10 types, including Shimmer Reverb.

 

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.

 

 

 

 

Proudly Digital and Dangerously Different

Portable Synthesizer with Looper

ELZ_1 play

$599.00

We have a small surplus of black keys due to some preorder cancellations, so we are accepting a small number of orders for the Black Edition. Shipping late September.

VAT/Taxes and customs duties are not included in the price. Depending on your location, you may need to pay these upon receipt of the item.

For customers in the USA

We ship free to the USA. Customs duties are exempted for orders of $800 or less.
 
For customers in the UK and Europe
We ship free to the UK and Europe. VAT/Customs duties are not included in the price. Depending on your location, you may need to pay these upon receipt of the item.

 

Specifications

 
[Synthesizer]
17 types  (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]

28 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
Master Effects
Hall, Room, Plate, Arena, Tunnel, Infinity, Custom Reverb
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
- Bullt 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


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