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SP4 V2 Addendum
Introduction
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SP4 V2 Addendum
Introduction
ThisaddendumincludesnewfeaturesthatarepartoftheV2softwareupdatefortheSP4OS.
Toviewthe OSversioninstalledonyourSP4,presstheGlobalfunctionbuttontotheleftofthe
display,thenpresstheChan/Paramdownbuttontotherightofdisplay.
Youcandownload
themostrecentversionoftheSP4OSatwww.kurzweil.combygoingtothe
Downloadssection,thenclickingontheSP4link.FordetailsoninstallingupdatestoyourSP4,
seetheChapter10,SystemModeintheSP4Musician’sGuideandthe“Update Software”
sectiononpage10‐2in
theSP4Musician’sGuide.
YoucanalsodownloadthemostrecentversionoftheSP4Musician’sGuideinPDFformatat
www.kurzweil.combygoingtotheDownloadssection,thenclickingontheSP4link.
Overview Of New V2 Features
TheSP4V2OSintroducestheabilitytoloadProgramsandSetupsfromtheKurzweilPC3K,
PC3,andPC3LE.Withinthelimitsmentionedbelow,convertedprogramsandsetupswillsound
thesameontheSP4astheydoonthePC3K,PC3,orPC3LE.(SeeThe“Load(fill)”
Dialogue on page 4for
fulldetails.)
Program Conversion Overview
WhenloadingaprogramfromthePC3KorPC3,theprogramwillsoundthesameontheSP4
asidefromthefollowinglimitations.TheSP4has64voicepolyphonyandcannotplayasmany
notesatthesametimecomparedthetothe128voicepolyphonyofthe
PC3KandPC3.TheSP4
cannotloadsomeeffectsfromthePC3KorPC3iftheyusemorethan10DSPunits.TheSP4does
notloadsamples.IfyouloadaPC3Kprogramthatcontainsusersamples,keyrangesthat
containusersampleswillnotplayproperly.
Whenloadingaprogram
fromthePC3LE,theprogramwillsoundthesameontheSP4.When
loadingaprogramfromthePC3LE,theprogram’sarpeggiatorsettingsareloadedtotheSP4.
OnceaPC3LEprogramisloadedtotheSP4,thereisnowaytoenableordisabletheprogram’s
arpeggiatoronthe
SP4.
Setup Conversion Overview
WhenloadingasetupfromthePC3K,PC3,orPC3LE,thesetupwillsoundthesameontheSP4
asidefromthefollowinglimitations.WhenloadingasetupfromthePC3K,PC3,orPC3LE,only
thefirstfourzonescanbeloaded.TheSP4has 64voicepolyphonyandcannot
playasmany
notesatthesametimecomparedthetothe128voicepolyphonyofthePC3KandPC3.Also,
setupfeaturesfromthePC3K,PC3,andPC3LEthatdonotexistintheSP4(suchasarpeggiators
andriffs)willnotbeavailable.Thesoundofconvertedsetups
willalsodependonthesoundof
convertedprogramsthatyoumustloadtoloadasetup.