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Play the keyboard or strike the pads to hear the sound.

2. The large characters in the upper part of the LCD

screen will be highlighted.

These are the program number and program name

(“Program Select”).

In this state, you can press the / switches to

select the next or previously numbered program.

You can turn the VALUE dial to switch programs in

larger steps.

Tip:

If you’ve pressed the LCD screen to move to

another page, pressing the EXIT switch up to four

times will return you to the state in which you can

select programs.

3. Use the BANK SELECT INT A–G and USER A–G

switches to select programs of other banks.

Selecting Programs by Category

There are other ways to select programs, but here we’ll

explain how to select programs by their category, such

as keyboard, organ, bass, or drum sounds.

For other ways to select programs, see “Selecting

Programs” on page 43.

1. In the LCD screen, press the Category popup

button.

This is the rectangle located above the program name.

A menu will appear.

2. Use the tabs at the left to select a category.

The space on the right will then show all of the

Programs in that category, in all of the internal banks.

If you like, you can use sub-categories to narrow the

selection:

3. After selecting a category, you can then press one

of the inner tabs to select a sub-category.

You won’t be able to select a category or sub-category

that hasn’t been assigned to any program.

4. Select a program from the list.

You can either press a program within the list, or use

the / switches.

5. If not all the items in the list can be shown in the

screen, use the scroll bars to view the rest of the

list.

6. When you’ve found a program you like, press the

OK button to close the dialog box. Then go ahead

and play the selected program!

Program Bank Contents

OASYS ships from the factory with over a thousand

Programs loaded into memory. Another 768 Program

slots are left open (“initialized”) for your own

programming, or additional sound libraries. All of the

factory Programs can be over-written with your own

edits, if desired–except for the GM banks.

As shipped from the factory, the contents of the

Program Banks are as follows:

Program bank contents

The factory Programs in INT-E require the EXs1

ROM Expansion PCM; similarly, the factory

Programs in USER-A require the EXs2 Concert

Grand Piano PCM. If the appropriate EXs data isn’t

loaded, the Programs won’t sound correctly.

The factory Combinations in INT-C also require

EXs1 to be loaded.

With the factory-installed 1GB of RAM, you can use

either EXs1 or EXs2–but not both at the same time.

As shipped from the factory, EXs1 is loaded, so the

Programs in bank INT-E will play correctly.

For details on how to load EXs data, see “Selecting

which EXs PCM data is loaded” on page 32.

You can press the INT G switch repeatedly to

cycle through banks GM, g(1)…g(9), and g(d).

Selecting combinations

1. Press the MODE COMBI switch (the LED will

light) to enter Combination mode.

Once you’re in Combi mode, you can select and play

Combinations in the same way as you did Programs.

For more details, see “Selecting Programs by bank and

number” on page 1 and “Selecting Programs by

Category” on page 2.

Category Popup buttonProgram Select

Bank Contents Bank Type

INT-A…D Factory Programs

HD-1

INT-E

Factory Programs; requires the

EXs1 ROM Expansion PCM.

INT-F Factory EX

Programs. EX

GM (INT-G)

GM2 main programs

GMg(1)…g(9) GM2 variation programs

g(d) GM2 drum programs

USER-A

000…007: Factory Programs;

requires the EXs2 Concert

Grand Piano PCM.

008, 011…127: Initialized

programs.

Bank type

can be set to

either HD-1

or EX

USER-B…E, G Initialized HD-1 Programs.

USER-F Factory EX

Programs.