Please make sure that you're editing a patch after kit number 8. and not editing kits 1 to 8. (presets)
The presets may not store edits correctly.
In my experience, some Ztars do, but others not. Maybe different Ram/Rom protocols. I have had preset kits being lost after battery charge falls also or after new battery change, and then I am able to partially overwrite or partially edit the preset 'kits' and their names. .
It also seems to me as if you are assigning zones incorrectly and they are being set beyond their correct boundaries. When you press a bottom key of the rectangle to apply the base of your zone, and then you move the cursor to assign the top note of your zone, make sure that you press 'save' before you exit that menu.. and do not touch any key (other than the 2 x 'zone assign keys' ) or the Joystick until you have saved the patch.
It seems as if the top notes of your zones are being overwritten, either by further key presses on the neck, or by joystick movements, and are changing the zone boundaries..
Practice making separate zones on the neck.. for example, one zone from bottom 'E' 'string' to the octave 'E' on the top 'string' (fret 12) .. Then make another zone from the bottom 'string' 12th 'fret' (octave 'E' ) to the top E (24th 'fret'. ) You should have 2 x nearly discrete zones with overlapping zones on 6 'strings' on one 'fret' only...(Fret # 12.)
and only eadgbe on the 12th fret as common notes over two zones,,
It is a good idea to press the 'save' switch on the ztar body after every menu edit... (if you are sure that the edit you are storing is correct)
If you can get a cheap GM module from somewhere, just plug a midi lead into it, and connect to the Ztar PB1. and ignore USB until later.
It is much easier to troubleshoot Ztar (and to play) using GM or similar hardware, rather than never knowing if the Ztar is set up correctly or if it's a problem somewhere else, and then having inexplicable assignment problems and nightmares further down the Cubase and then the softsynth line...
If you understand your whole system, and all of the assignments, (and all of the many hundreds of assignable 'switches' ) then it is OK, but if not, then it is needlessly complex.. (until you can methodically travel further up the learning curve)
You should be able to send a standard test midi file from cubase to Kontakt and have 16 different midi channels firing voices.. If you can, then your problem is either in Cubase re-mapping your input to ch. 1, or in your Ztar assignments.
The Ztar is a very powerful instrument, and has multitudes of assignment possibilities.. Cubase is the same, and Kontakt is fairly complicated , and neither intuitive nor well laId out (in my opinion) .
It would make sense to start with the first instrument in your chain, and get to know that and to be sure that you understand and can program and assign any setup correctly, and then connect to Cubase and then to your softsynth..
If I were you, as a first 'groundwork' step, I would buy a cheap GM module, plug it into an amp or a stereo, and learn to assign zones correctly (without mistakes) and to copy great patches to other locations on this wonderful instrument (especially played with 2 x hands tapping) and then to edit the voices and zones, and then re-name the great patches you've invented..
hope this helps.
richard
bg
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