Using the Playlist feature, you can plan and store all the music for a service in advance. There's no limit to the number of playlists you can store, so you can create a different playlist for every service and give each one a familiar name for identification later on. What's more, there's no limit to the number of items you can store in a playlist. An item can be any of the thousands of built-in tunes or one of your own MIDI or mp3 files. It can even be a PDF slide (maybe the announcement of a forthcoming event).

It's easy to add and delete items in a Playlist, and you can quickly re-arrange the play order with simple Move Up and Move Down buttons.

A fully-featured remote control infra-red handset is supplied with the HT-400. This can be very handy, particularly when the worship leader is also the HT-400 operator. Each function is clearly labelled and, using the handset's Orchestrator section, 24 musical styles can be selected at the touch of a button:

8 preset organ styles.

8 preset orchestral and combination styles.

8 of your own choice. Choose any 8 from the HT-400's range of 246 preset styles, or any of your own personal styles.

The HT-400 comes with both digital and analog* video output as standard. The main purpose of the Hymnal Plus will always be to accompany the singing of congregational music, but there are many resources available for subtly enhancing a service with visual elements, as well as the obvious use of displaying song lyrics.

If you do display song lyrics during a service, save your lyrics as PDF files on a PC and copy them onto the Hymnal Plus SD memory card. You can link a PDF file to any tune in the repertoire and (with some very basic text formatting) the Hymnal Plus will display your song lyrics automatically as it plays the music, showing a verse (or chorus) at a time.     *Requires simple connector

LCD touch screen

The large, clear touch screen leads the user through everything from selecting a hymn to creating a play list for a service.Using the latest technology, the screen's white LED backlighting enables operation even in darkness, but uses very little power.

Humanise

The Hymnal Plus doesn't play wrong notes and has incredible timing accuracy. In fact, it is far more accurate than any human could ever be. If you prefer a little more character, the new Humanise feature enables you easily to add subtle amounts of performance inaccuracy to the playback, to mimic a real musician more accurately. Don’t worry, you can’t ruin it – and it still won’t play wrong notes!

Internal Speaker System

The HT-400 features a built-in stereo amplifier and speakers (10 watts per channel), useful for personal monitoring (e.g. when preparing playlists) or use in outreach. When these are used on their own, the HT-400 automatically processes the sound to maximise the performance of the internal audio system.

VESA-Compatible Mount

The HT-400 has built-in folding legs for desktop use, but on the back of the unit we have included a 75mm VESA-compatible mount. VESA is the standard mounting system used for flat-screen TVs, so a huge variety of mounts is readily available - everything from floor stands to wall-mounted fixed or swing-arm brackets and quick-release adaptors