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Appendix D: What's New in the 2.0 "Plus" Upgrade
New Front Panel Functions
To make it easy to navigate through the hundreds of additional Programs in the S4
Plus, several new functions have been added to existing buttons.
BANK [¨] and [Æ] Buttons
When in Program Play Mode or Mix Play Mode, the FUNCTION [¨] and [Æ] buttons
can be used to scroll through the available Banks (User, Preset 1, Preset 2, Preset 3,
and Preset 4, plus any Card Banks if a Sound Card is present). If both FUNCTION
buttons are pressed simultaneously, the USER Bank is selected but the selected
Program number will not change.
[-10] and [+10] Buttons
When in Program Play Mode or Mix Play Mode, the PAGE [¨] and [Æ] buttons can be
used to scroll through the Programs or Mixes in the selected Bank in increments of
10. Example: If Program 34 is selected, pressing PAGE [Æ] will select Program 44.
This new function of the PAGE buttons makes it easier to compare different versions
of the same instrument. All of the User and Preset Banks (except Preset Bank 4,
which is set up for General MIDI) tend to group instrument families together by the
last digit. For examples, Programs ending in 0 (i.e., 00, 10, 20, 30, etc.) tend to be
pianos. When saving your own Programs to a RAM card, keep this protocol in mind.
If both PAGE buttons are pressed simultaneously, the 10's digit will be reset to 0.
Example: If Program 44 is selected, pressing both PAGE buttons selects Program 04.
[-1] and [+1] Buttons
When in Program Play Mode or Mix Play Mode, the VALUE [¨] and [Æ] buttons are
used only to step through forwards or backwards one Program or Mix at a time.
Previously, you could select the "Bank" parameter by pressing Quad Knob [3] and
then use the VALUE buttons to select a Bank. This is no longer necessary, since the
FUNCTION buttons are now used to select the Bank.
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