User Manual

Combination Control Features

This category comprises all control features that require two or three control

buttons to be pressed simultaneously. Try to make a habit of pressing these

buttons at precisely the same time, otherwise the function of whatever button

you press first will be activated.

MANUAL & DOWN: Activates preset bank A.

You can switch to bank A by pressing these two buttons at the same time.

Though this will work in Manual mode as well as when you have activated a MIDI

preset or a factory preset, it is actually designed for MIDI bank switching

purposes. We didn't disable this function for Manual mode and factory presets,

but it won't actually do anything because neither Manual mode nor factory

presets make a distinction between banks. You can switch banks until the cows

come home, the given memory slot will always remain the same.

Bank A is indicated in the display without the decimal point at left.

The MIDI channel setting always applies to the currently active bank. If the

decimal point between "c" and "h" (c h.) in MIDI Channel Select mode doesn't light

up, this tells you that the MIDI channel setting applies to bank A.

MANUAL & UP: Activates preset bank B.

You can switch to bank B by pressing these two buttons at the same time. This

will work in Manual mode as well as when you have activated a MIDI preset or a

factory preset. Please be aware that although you can do this for Manual mode

and factory presets, this option is meaningless because there is no subdivision of

banks. The memory slot will remain unchanged.

Bank B is indicated in the display with the left decimal point.

The MIDI channel setting always applies to the currently active bank. If the

decimal point between "c" and "h" (c.h.) in MIDI Channel Select mode lights up,

this tells you that the MIDI channel setting applies to bank B.

A tip from the designer:

In my book, 256 MIDI presets plus 256 shadow presets should satisfy the storage

requirements of even the most obsessive control freak. If you're one of those

people who can't imagine what all these memory slots could possibly be good for,

let me propose the following use for the second bank to you:

Courtesy of its tunable Line Out filter, the preamp is great for studio gigs and

hard disk recording. If you find yourself in either of these situations, it would be a

good idea to organize the presets you use for gigging in one of the two banks

and your studio presets in the other. It gets better: By defining suitable MIDI

channels on the MIDI footboard and the preamp itself, you can always switch to

the same preset number for the same part in every song for live and studio gigs,

yet still call up different settings that suit the given application. That makes it so

much easier to find the desired preset, and you don't have to memorize different

preset numbers for live and studio applications. This option pays off even if you

use it to store just a dozen different sounds programmed for live and studio gigs.