KETRON SD60 PRO live station, Manual

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KETRON SD9 Manual & Tutorial
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Fig. 27. Bass features
The left side of the screen now shows some very interesting BASS features under 2 columns – ARRANGE ( where
you can use these features with the STYLE’s bass/ auto bass – described in more details above under 2H – Manual
bass Page
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Let’s exploit the other features associated with the MANUAL Bass ( which to change, simply touch and turn the
data wheel ):-
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LEVEL:- This is the volume of the manual bass. Adjust according to the right volume so
as to get a good mix.
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SUSTAIN
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ON (1-63):- When you play a bass note, the note gets sustained. The higher the
value, the longer the bass note gets sustained.
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Tips:- This is great when playing tunes that have sustained or
linked bass notes e.g. some old Pop tunes. Also great if ending
a song and you need that sustained bass not at the end. Use in
conjunction with
STYLE VIEW – LOWER – Lower+Bass
= “ON” or Bass Hold + Lower .
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OFF :- When you play a bass note, there is not sustain and the note dies off as
soon as you release the key. This is great when playing tunes that have rapid or
complex bass lines like Jazz or Latin (Merengue), where the individual bass
notes must be heard but not split over into the next note!
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VOICE LOCK:- Turn this on (yellow) to freeze the current bass. Usually when a band is
performing, the bass player plays the same bass instrument for all songs. As such, use this
feature to LOCK/FREEZE the bass instrument currently being used so that regardless of
which style is later selected, the same bass instrument is retained throughout.
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OCTAVE:- Select the OCTAVE of the bass instrument. -1 is the default but for some
old Jazz tunes, you may want to set the OCTAVE at -2 (2 octaves lower).
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POLY:– allows you to play more than one bass note at a time.
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MONO:– You can only play one note at a time. If 2 or more notes are played, only the
first note is heard.
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V-TONE – This special feature adds “ ambience ” and more realism to the bass sound (or
any instrument when selected in VOICE EDIT).