Triggering the Next or Previous Program to Load

The H8000FW can also advance to the next program displayed on the list menu page in the PROGRAM area (relative to the one that is currently loaded), or return to the previous

program (relative to the one that is currently loaded) upon receipt of a "trigger" signal. This will act upon the currently displayed DSP, or both DSPs in the case of a monolithic program. This feature is mainly useful for live performances where it is desired to move quickly from one known effect to another in sequence.

On the nextprog menu page in the SETUP area, you’ll find an external trigger menu page. The "top" menu page selects a trigger to load the next program, and the "bottom" menu page selects a trigger to load the previous program (press the nextprog SOFT KEY to toggle between the two).

See External Modulation and Trigger Menu Pages on page 96.

The best way to use this feature is to load the programs through which you’d like to advance beforehand. Use Save to save each one with a successively higher number. Then place each of them in a single "user group" by using the user grp menu page in the PROGRAM area while each program is loaded. On the Criteria menu page in the PROGRAM area, set Sort By to Number and set Search By to User Grp. Then use the < - - and - - > SOFT KEYS on the list menu page to select the group to which you assigned your programs. Manually load the first one. From there on out, you can use the trigger!

The "next" or "previous" program is constrained to what is displayed on the list menu page. If the currently loaded program is the "highest" program in the list, a "next" program trigger will load the lowest program in the bank. Similarly, if the currently loaded program is the "lowest" program in the list, a "previous" program trigger will load the highest program in the bank.

Saving a Program

If you’ve tweaked a program or created your own program, you’ll probably want to store it for future use. If you’ve tweaked a program and don’t want to overwrite the original version, you should use the Save SOFT KEY in the PROGRAM area. Similarly, if you’ve created your own program, there is no original version, and again you should use the Save SOFT KEY in the PROGRAM area. The asterisk '*' after the program name reminds you that something has changed and you might want to save.

If you do want to overwrite the original version of a saved program, use the <update> SOFT KEY discussed below.

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The program you are saving is the one running on the currently displayed DSP. If you would like to save the program running on the DSP not currently displayed, press the DSP A/B key before pressing <save>.

Pressing the Save SOFT KEY results in the screen shown on the right.

The first line allows you to select which "slot" the program will be saved in. If you select an "occupied" slot, the H8000FW will ask if you want to overwrite that program when you place the CURSOR over save and press SELECT. If you select yes, the overwritten program is gone! The second line allows you to save to Internal memory or Card memory. Placing the CURSOR over rename and pressing SELECT allows you to rename the program (as described on page 20). Place the cursor over the save line and press the SELECT key to go ahead with the save. If you chicken out, simply leave this menu page without SELECTing save.

On the right-hand side of the screen you can see both how large the current program is, and how much space is available at the location selected by where.

Once you have saved the program, it will appear on the list menu page with a "U" (for User) or "C" (for Card) at the righthand side of the screen to help you distinguish your saved

programs from factory programs. Here Robot Voice is a "user program."

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