It was back in the fifties when German inventor
Ernst Zacharias invented one of the funkiest
keyboards of all times. At first the intention was
to make a portable version of a cembalo, but it
soon turned into one of the most used keyboards
in rock and pop music. You will certainly
recognize it in the famous pop song
"Superstition", and in many other funky tunes of
the seventies. Many police and investigation story
movies and TV shows of the 70's and the early
80's had music themes based on funky
accompaniments made with the D6, a slap bass
and drums. This instrument can reproduce the
sound of an electric guitar and can be treated
with the same effects used by guitarists (wahwah,
distortion, phaser, chorus, etc.) for both rhythmic and melodic textures, since it is
actually based on a set of 60 strings and two humbucker pickups very similar to those used in
electric guitars.
Plugin Description
ZD6 is a physical modeling simulation of a vintage "D6" stringed electric piano.
Main features:
- Full Polyphony (60 notes)
- Sympathetic resonances
- Realistic response to keyboard dynamics and aftertouch
- Octave transpose (1 oct. up, 1 oct. down)
- Adjustable global tuning
- Four dynamic curves available
- Realistic control panel with switches for active EQ and pickup selection
- Adjustable damper level and instrument volume
- Wah-Wah effect modeled after the famous JH-1 american Wah pedal
- Manual wah, LFO wah, auto-wah
- Distortion effect
- Eight-stage Phaser effect
- On-screen help tips and readout values
- Very low memory and CPU power needed
- Easy MIDI-Learn feature
- FX version included
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It was back in the fifties when German inventor
Ernst Zacharias invented one of the funkiest
keyboards of all times. At first the intention was
to make a portable version of a cembalo, but it
soon turned into one of the most used keyboards
in rock and pop music. You will certainly
recognize it in the famous pop song
"Superstition", and in many other funky tunes of
the seventies. Many police and investigation story
movies and TV shows of the 70's and the early
80's had music themes based on funky
accompaniments made with the D6, a slap bass
and drums. This instrument can reproduce the
sound of an electric guitar and can be treated
with the same effects used by guitarists (wahwah,
distortion, phaser, chorus, etc.) for both rhythmic and melodic textures, since it is
actually based on a set of 60 strings and two humbucker pickups very similar to those used in
electric guitars.
