Use Your Sps4; Start Up Details: The Rear Panel; The Midi (In And Out) Ports; The Pedal Jacks - Kurzweil SPS4-8 Musician's Manual

Getting Started

Start Up Details: The Rear Panel

Use Your SPS4

1. Power up your SPS4 first, and then raise the MASTER VOLUME slider. The SPS4 starts
up in Program mode by default. Press one of the Function buttons to the left of the
display to switch Modes.
2. If you hear distortion, in your external sound system, reduce the gain on your mixing
board, or use the pad (a switch that decreases the input audio signal level, typically by
20dB) if it has one.
3. Scroll through the program list with the Previous and Next buttons under the display,
or with the dedicated Bank, Group Select, and Sound Select buttons, and try the SPS4's
many sounds. Take note that the User Bank is initially empty.
Start Up Details:
The Rear Panel
All of the connections take place on the rear panel of the SPS4, pictured below:

The MIDI (IN and OUT) Ports

Use the MIDI ports to communicate with other MIDI modules and controllers. The OUT
port is the MIDI transmitting port, and the IN port is the MIDI receiving port.

The Pedal Jacks

Use the two pedal jacks to connect controller pedals to the SPS4.

The Sustain (FOOT SW) Jack

Use the FOOT SW jack to connect a switch pedal. A switch pedal is a physical controller
typically used to control two-state (i.e., "on / off ") parameters, such as sustain and mute
zone. Note that switch pedals can be used to control "continuous" parameters as well.
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MIDI Ports
Audio Jacks
USB Port
Pedal Jacks DC Power Jack