Dave Smith Instruments PRO 2 - Manual (Page 11)

1 Pro 2 Operation Manual Getting Started
Getting Started
The Pro 2 is a monophonic synthesizer with the added capability of
paraphonic operation. This means that while it was designed primarily
with single-note operation in mind, you can actually play up to four notes
simultaneously if you enable this feature. The Pro 2 uses a combination
of digital and analog audio electronics to generate its sounds, making it
a hybrid synthesizer. This allows us to design a tremendous amount of
power and versatility into a very compact instrument. In fact, the Pro 2
offers so much flexibility that it rivals many modular synthesizers.
You can find in-depth information about each of the Pro 2’s parameters
in the Reference section of this manual. But don’t hesitate to dive right
in and start turning knobs and pressing buttons before you begin read-
ing. You won’t break anything and you can always get back to where you
started, even if you have no idea what you’re doing. So start exploring
and keep your ears and mind open!
Sound Banks
The Pro 2 contains 792 programs organized into 8 banks of 99 sounds.
Half of its programs are in 4 Factory banks and the rest are in 4 User
banks. The Factory banks are permanent. The User banks can be over-
written. You can edit programs in either bank, but you can only save
them to the User bank.
Misc
Params
Write
Compare
Global
Program
Show
Revert
Param
Bank
Select
Program
Select
selects banks
U1-4 (user)
and F5-8 (factory)
bank type/number
(user bank 1)
program number
(program 1)
program name
(”Basic Sound”)
P1
Basic Sound U1
selects
programs
1-99