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KETRON SD9 Manual & Tutorial

Fig. 107. User Style Save

Touch

SAVE AS

and name your new style in the next screen –

Fig. 108. User Style name

Touch the

ENTER

button on the screen and save as a USER style. This style can now be used by you instantly by

selecting it from the appropriate style category (

USER STYLE

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Содержание SD60 PRO live station

Страница 1: ...KETRON SD9 Manual Tutorial 1 KETRON SD9 SD60 SD90 PRO MANUAL HINTS TIPS V 1 5 Written by AJAM Inc USA ...

Страница 2: ...r left hand 22 2 G Other parameters that control the Lower Voices 23 2 H Playing Left hand bass Manual Bass 24 2 I Quickly Saving your Keyboard Settings Registrations 27 2 J Recalling your Registrations Song Settings 28 2 K Adding harmony to your sounds Voices 28 2 L Assigning Harmony types to your lead sounds Voices 29 2M Instantly double a lead voice 29 2N Adding Professional Effects to your voi...

Страница 3: ...ing Syncing Arpeggios to Styles 69 4 L Assembling your own style Modeling 72 4 M Creating a new Style Beat from scratch 77 4 N Using your Audio Drums in styles 92 5 LAUNCHPAD 96 5 A Loading Midi Sequences and Audio Elements into LaunchPads 98 5 B Editing and Controlling individual Pads 102 5 C Controlling and managing pads within scenes 109 5 D Live Effects with LaunchPad 115 5 E Exporting Style c...

Страница 4: ...ronizing Songs back to back 139 9 B Using Audio Drums Arranger with Midifiles Drum Restyle 139 Playlist 143 Adding or removing songs from a Playlist 146 Placing my best tunes in one place MY FOLDER 147 Using MARKERS in Songs 148 Removing Lead Instrument Sounds from Songs Lead Mute 148 Adjusting Midi file Instrumentation with Volume Sliders on the panel Midi Mix 149 File View Organizing how files a...

Страница 5: ...l use for and during your performances such as High quality natural sounds which sound just like the instruments it emulates Close your eyes and you would think a musician playing say the sax was right there in front of you A vast new library of Live audio Guitars and Live Audio drums which places before you musicians you control right at your finger tips with innovative tools such as Style Modeli...

Страница 6: ... your needs as a Pianist Organist Accordionist Guitarist etc simply by pressing the MENU button on the right side of the panel and touching the PLAY MODE to display the following screen from which you can select the play mode you re interested in This PLAY MODE feature is discussed in more depth below under the MENU section in PLAY MODE Page 154 NB Although the manual from here on references the S...

Страница 7: ...ssed in more detail under MIDI on page 160 o MIDI IN OUT Rather than using 2 standard 5 pin Midi DIN cables to connect to the MIDI IN1 GM and MIDI OUT port the SD9 Pro is capable of communicating with external MIDI devices via the USB port using just one USB cable when MENU MIDI USB MIDI is turned on This facilitates using the sound engine of the SD9 Pro from Midi based software like Cubase or Cak...

Страница 8: ...SD9 PRO s MIDI IN2 KEYB o IN1 GM Use this to control the SD9 Pro from an external Midi Sequencer program on a computer or equivalent This gives you access to the entire Sound engine of the SD9 PRO OUT Right Left Used to connect the SD9 PRO to a Sound system or equivalent It is strongly recommended you use both Left and Right outputs stereo to get the best sound quality and take advantage of the bu...

Страница 9: ...nge its value quickly You can also change the pages in certain screens like style voice etc 3 EXIT button This button is very useful to get out of sub menus or folders and get back to the main operating screen of the SD9 PRO during operation 4 ENTER button This button is used to enter and display the content of folders in the screen or to confirm operations on the screen such as pop up messages 5 ...

Страница 10: ...PLIT ARRANGER MODE where the key bed has a SPLIT POINT To the left of the split point are the keys used to control the arranger or play separate LOWER voice s and the keys to the right side are used to play Right Lead voice s The DEFAULT VOICE for the RIGHT side is the GRAND PIANO while the default voice for the LEFT side is the ELECTRIC PIANO SOFT PADS ...

Страница 11: ... you hold down the SPLIT button press the F 2 key and this will become the new split point which will also be part of the right lead voice and it will be displayed on the screen right section where the split value is currently being displayed Release the SPLIT button once set as needed Tips If you don t want a SPLIT point while holding down the SPLIT button you can also press the first key to the ...

Страница 12: ...lso be used by GUITAR PLAYERS Simply play 3 or more notes or strike a chord on your Midi guitar and the arranger bass chords will follow you This is discussed in more detail below in section 4 J PIANIST GUITARIST MODE page 68 3 PLAYING SOUNDS ON THE KEYBOARD Unlike any other keyboard you ve come across you will quickly realize that the SD9 PRO produces some of the best natural sounds for a keyboar...

Страница 13: ...s pianos found in the PIANO group To use a voice simply touch it If you cannot find a voice you want press the voice group button once more or press the ENTER PAGE button below the wheel or turn the data wheel to access the next page of voices in this same group Once you find the voice you need simply touch it on the left side of the screen and this becomes your new lead right voice 2 B PLAYING LA...

Страница 14: ...g 7 Touch 2nd Voice icon on screen Fig 8 Sound Selection for 2nd Voice This will open up another screen Fig 8 showing the current 2nd voice and what voice group it belongs to The appropriate 2nd voice can then be selected just as was down above for the lead voice by touching the voice group to the right side of the screen and touching which of the 12 voices displayed to the left of the screen you ...

Страница 15: ...right side PIANO You can now select your new 2nd voice for this lead voice as was done in the quick set up above simply select the voice group to the right where you think your 2nd voice resides then select that 2nd voice to the left of the screen If you do not see the voice you are looking for turn the data wheel or press the ENTER PAGE button to display the next page of voices that exist in the ...

Страница 16: ...een it comes on yellow When you touch any of the voice group buttons from here on the voices displayed to the left of the screen will be the USER VOICES not factory voices To play the factory voices once more this USER button must be off not yellow Touch the group to the right of the screen where your new voice resides PIANO GUITAR Hint It will be the same group from which you started with above w...

Страница 17: ...er on the right hand and want to layer 3 4 voices at once Despite all the voices found on the SD9 PRO many want to be able to customize voices layer with 2 or 3 voices have 3 different voices with 3 different split points on the keyboard have 3 voices with each voice playing only when the keys are played soft medium or hard make changes and save as their own customized voice USER VOICE etc This is...

Страница 18: ... off effects that you want associated with the individual voices The effect type is selected at the bottom You can also assign effects that will be activated by the volume pedal e g OVERDRIVE TO PEDAL as shown above SPLIT OCTAVE When this button is ON yellow if the PIANIST button is ON in full keyboard mode the octave of the entire keyboard is shifted up 1 to compensate for the lack of the extra k...

Страница 19: ...orphs into Voice 2 once completely down You can also select the type of morph below the screen by touching the TYPE and selecting from Rotor Normal and Coupling by turning the data wheel Select what controller in MODE will be used to implement this effect Joy stick using the modulation wheel Pedal using the optional volume pedal Sust Switch using the optional sustain pedal Aftertouch pressing hard...

Страница 20: ...3 voices in this screen you want harmonized VOICE MODE Touch this and turn the data wheel to select which voice mode is appropriate for your new voice e g Steel where if 2 notes are played and you bend the pitch wheel only the lowest note bends Duet and Trio harmony modes with 2 or 3 voices harmonically added to the lead voice etc DOUBLE Sets the effect of the double function down or up when Doubl...

Страница 21: ...m If you press the EXIT button on the panel all settings are restored and the keyboard returns to the voice selection screen To over write the factory voice with your new voice do not press the SAVE button when done Instead touch the FACTORY OVERWRITE icon on the screen then confirm if you want to proceed or not Fig 19b Saving Factory Voice Fig 19c Saving Factory Voice 2 E PLAYING 2 VOICES WITH YO...

Страница 22: ... the left of the SPLIT point on the keyboard you will hear these 2 voices depending on how they are set up in the LOWER mode see section 2G page 24 below In this screen all the parts tracks that make up the style beat are displayed and next to each one is the VOLUME of that part The LOWER voices have an extra column OCTAVE This value determines the octave of the voice which you can change by touch...

Страница 23: ...return to the style view page Play and make sure this is the voice you want to use in this particular scenario You can then save this voice within the current style by pressing the SAVE button on the panel and saving as a USER STYLE To make this permanent such that no matter what style you pick the LOWER VOCIES are not changed LOCKED from the STYLE VIEW page touch LOWER to display the controls rel...

Страница 24: ...R voice you can do the following from this screen Hold Start Hold on Start When on if a style is playing and the HOLD button is on this voice will be sustained held until the style is stopped Hold Stop Hold on Stop When on if a style is not playing stopped or if you are just playing the keyboard normally and the HOLD button is on this voice will be sustained held This is very useful especially if ...

Страница 25: ...s Bass instrument is determined by whatever style has been selected prior to this So you can now play a manual bass solo with your left hand To change the bass instrument currently being used From the main page touch VIEW to enter the STYLE VIEW mode once more Fig 26 Style View Changing Bass Your screen should look similar to this one above The bass box shows the current bass instrument being used...

Страница 26: ...ith STYLE VIEW LOWER Lower Bass ON or Bass Hold Lower 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 VOICE LOCK Turn this on yellow to freeze the current bass U...

Страница 27: ... can instantly recall it at the touch of a button when you are ready to play This is discussed in depth below under 7 Keyboard settings Registrations on Page 129 but we will give you a summary here With the voices now all set up the way you want press the REGS button on the top right side of the panel close to the data wheel to go to the REGISTRATION screen current Bank 1 Press the SAVE button The...

Страница 28: ...cess the REGISTRATION screen which looks something like this Fig 30 Registrations in Banks As you can see from the screen above you have 4 banks of registrations set ups and each bank can hold 1024 single registrations or song set ups BANK1 is the default where your current registration will reside unless you changed it so if BANK 1 is not already on yellow touch it or touch the bank where you wan...

Страница 29: ...more Now play a chord to the left and a lead voice to the right and listen to how the SD9 PRO instantly adds harmony to your lead voice 2 L ASSIGNING HARMONY TYPES TO YOUR VOICES You can assign which harmony types are used automatically with your voices or if you choose to layer voices which voices the automatic harmonies will be added to and which will be ignored or further still set which harmon...

Страница 30: ...er in octave should both be heard at the same time as you play the single notes The value of the OCTAVE up or down is set in the SOUND EDITOR Page 4 6 as shown in Fig 16 above Other features found in this screen are PORTAMENTO Notes will slide up and down depending on the last note played AFTERTOUCH Turns on off the aftertouch what happens when you press down a little harder on a key 2 N ADDING EF...

Страница 31: ...applied to the sound You can now move on to the blue stomp box CHORUS and touch it to display a list of preset chorus effects as shown Fig 35 Selecting Effect types for lead voice s Once more a drop down list of various chorus presets is displayed Simply turn the wheel to display and touch the preset you want The relevant effect stomp box blue will now be updated with the selected effects type Ple...

Страница 32: ...rther tweak the effects parameters of each box and then save as your own effects type by pressing the SAVE button on the panel while this screen is up to display the following save options Fig 37 Saving User Effects settings Select the user location by touching it in this case touching FUZZ LEAD Choose from the following drop down menu which user location you want to use to save your new Insert Ef...

Страница 33: ...lter Right is yellow on Tips If you turn off the FILTER and then later turn it back on again the previous settings of the filter will be used This allows you to simply use the FILTER button for turning the filter on and off from now on so you do not have to reset the filter parameters each time it is activated These will be reset only if the instrument is turned off 3 A VOICE LIST You have gone th...

Страница 34: ...es of 10 voices each The page you re currently in will be displayed in the top right box section as shown below in Fig 36 Fig 36 Voice List Pages displayed in top right box 1 10 Now let us select a voice we want to replace in the current Voice List In this example let s replace the voice MUSETTE with a voice of our own Simply touch the voice MUSETTE voice on the screen for about 2 seconds as shown...

Страница 35: ...edited in VOICE EDIT Fig 39 Using User Voices in Voice List Touch the voice you want to use and it will be loaded into the voice location in question Remember more voices exist in the next pages so turn the data wheel to display them Press EXIT once you have touched the appropriate voice You will be returned to the VOICE LIST page and guess what Where your MUSETTE was you should now find your new ...

Страница 36: ... off From now on whenever you press the VOICE LIST button you will have access to your favorite voices NB You are not provided an option to name the Voice List as you can only create 1 voice list of up to 100 favorite voices and store in the SD9 PRO Tips You can arrange your favorite voices in order e g Piano Sax Guitar Strings etc Then with one of the optional footswitch pedal say FS6 you can pro...

Страница 37: ...t to the style s name you will hear live guitars and drums and even if you change the tempo of the style these audio element s pitch remain in the key in which you are performing This feature being able to change the tempo and maintain the pitch or change pitch and maintain the tempo of audio has been available to DJs for years but is now being made available by KETRON in musical instruments of th...

Страница 38: ...ou what the current status of the keyboard is style and voice selected tempo etc at any given moment on the top section of the screen particularly useful for live situations Here is a general interpretation of the main screen shown in Fig 43 above while in STYLE mode default screen of the SD9 PRO as of OS 1 0 The top left box of the screen shows The group the current style resides in Ballad The va...

Страница 39: ...al and Wheel current settings You can touch this box to quickly access the voice selection page or press the VOICE button on the instrument s panel 4 B BETTER EXPLANATION OF THE VARIOUS PARTS TRACKS OF A STYLE Styles in the SD9 PRO are broken down into the following sections 3 Intros Endings 4 8 Arranger Variation parts of the style A 1 A 2 B 1 B 2 C 1 C 2 D 1 and D 2 4 Fill ins 4 Breaks 1 To End ...

Страница 40: ... 11 tracks your band members who are Drums the drummer Percussion the percussionist Bass the bass player Automatic Chords controlled by the style Ch1 Ch5 the other musicians Manual chords controlled by the player Lower1 and Lower2 Live Guitars the live guitar player You can see all these parts by pressing the VIEW button from the main page 1 3 or touching and holding down the style for 2 seconds a...

Страница 41: ...c Using the MUTE icon you also have the capability to mute individual tracks or musicians at least in this case they won t talk back at you 4 C HOW TO SELECT A STYLE BEAT FOR YOUR MUSICAL PERFORMANCE As mentioned earlier the SD9 PRO comes with many styles beats to choose from How do you select the right style or beat for your performance When you turn on your SD9 PRO the default style selected is ...

Страница 42: ...ENTER PAGE button or repeatedly touching the BALLAD style group icon you can access the next pages of BALLAD styles styles in groups of 10 will be displayed at once Once you find the style you want touch its corresponding icon on the screen Please note that an hour glass maybe displayed temporarily why The SD9 PRO uses AUDIO styles which have live audio drums and guitars and so whenever an Audio s...

Страница 43: ...play a key to the left of the SPLIT point or any key if the PIANIST button is on full keyboard mode You can also simply press the red START button if you want to hear drums only until you play a chord to bring in the rest of the arrangement K STOP K START both work this way K START K STOP STATUS MODE OFF OFF Nothing happens on chord section with Keys To start the style you will have to either manu...

Страница 44: ...r and better used for the endings of songs or as you climax into your song Also note some Live styles have 8 variations instead of 4 In such cases you can press any of the ARRANGER buttons repeatedly to access yet another variation associated to the style A style with 8 variations instead of 4 can be distinguished from the others by a number associated with the variation part e g A 1 A 2 B 1 B 2 C...

Страница 45: ... song There are 4 fills so depending on what arrangement you are on A D the corresponding Fill in 1 4 will be heard BREAK This button introduces a break as you are playing where the drummer or and bass player or and other musicians stop playing and are lead back in by a drum fill This is usually used to move from one part of the music to another for an example going from a verse to a chorus of a s...

Страница 46: ...essing REINTRO on when yellow if you press any of the INTRO buttons the INTRO and not the ending as usual will be played once more Once the INTRO is played the style will return to the variation it was playing just before the INTRO was pressed unless while the INTRO is being played you press a different variation button FILL DRUM IN Instantly mute the drums but as soon as you press either of the F...

Страница 47: ...icons and their functions FILL TO ARRANGER As the name implies as you play a style if you press the FILL IN BREAK button the Arranger Variation automatically jumps to the next one once the fill is over Once it gets to Arranger D it cycles back to Arranger A AUTO FILL If you turn on the AUTO FILL yellow then as you play the style and switch form Arranger to Arranger Variation to Variation the style...

Страница 48: ...o leave this unless you want to RESET the SD9 PRO to factory settings If you need to program and use more settings you can do so by programming functions you can control with your feet using the optional FS6 6 switches or FS13 13 switches effects pedal To do so Press the MENU button on the panel Your next screen should look like this Fig 55 Main Menu ...

Страница 49: ...to switch 10 touch it and it is automatically assigned to that switch the programmed function is now displayed right below the relevant switch Press EXIT to get back to the main footswitch page and repeat the above for the other switches you want to program Please note that although the diagram shows the FS13 it also applies to the FS6 simply use the first row of switches 1 6 and ignore the rest W...

Страница 50: ...ctions which we will explain in detail VOICE TO ABCD OneTouch voices displayed at the center of the screen first row and VARIATION muting playing arranger sounds so the style sounds less or more busy depending on your application displayed at the center of the screen second row 4 F VOICES ASSIGNED TO VARIATIONS A B C D SINGLE TOUCH SETTINGS As previously mentioned above you can set up the SD9 PRO ...

Страница 51: ...ted User voices can also be used in these 4 locations 4 G CREATING YOUR OWN VOICES FOR EACH VARIATION Single Touch Setting Remember that these are the voices that have been set by KETRON for all the factory styles You can always change these and use your own voices to be associated with any style factory or yours USER To do this First select the style whose lead voices you want to modify Factory o...

Страница 52: ... you play This is a very useful feature if you are a professional player and play a lot In many cases you will want certain style parts e g STRINGS not to play because you want to play a SOLO using STRINGS and you do not want your STRINGS to clash with those being performed by the style Fig 62 Style Variation on off In this case simply touch any of the VARIATION parts to turn them on denoted by th...

Страница 53: ... for future recall and use just as a factory style Remember that although you could be making modifications to a FACTORY style when you go to save it the SD9 PRO will save the style as a USER style so you will always have you factory styles the way they were from the factory and you can always go back to them at a future date From the main style page touch STYLE VIEW icon to display the various st...

Страница 54: ...tically assigns the various Live Audio Drums for all the other sections So if you are in Arranger A and you select a Live Audio Drum to use in Arranger A automatically the corresponding Live Audio Drum elements for Arranger B C and D and A 2 B 2 C 2 and D 2 for styles with 8 variations will be selected so you need not repeat this selection for the Arranger B C etc Groove Audio Drum Mostly percussi...

Страница 55: ... instrument will change To change the notes you will have to us the STYLE EDITOR Page 77 Fig 69 Style View Bass Fig 70 Bass Selection Low1 Low2 2 Left Voices Instruments Soft pad and Jazz Piano of the Manual chords parts which you play live with your left hand as you play the arranger or as stand alone voices Next to them is the octave of each instrument which you can change by touching the value ...

Страница 56: ...simply touch the related icon to display the current voice and its corresponding voice group Then select the new voice you want to use in the next page displayed instead as shown in Fig 76 Press EXIT to return to the style view page Note that the notes that were being played by this chord part remain un altered only the instrumentation will change You can turn the data wheel to display even more v...

Страница 57: ...ng with a number e g FLAMENCA_1 FLAMENCA_2 Different Flamenca guitar strum types Names ending with ST e g FOLK_BALL_1 ST Stereo Guitar best appreciated with the SD9 Pro plugged into a stereo sound system so you hear the individual parts coming out of both L and R speakers A mono single connection will make it harder to notice such Live Guitars Names ending with 6th or 7th e g FUNK_3 7th Guitar Str...

Страница 58: ...ons arrangements only without impacting the other parts Tips To make changes to the fills and breaks first press the corresponding Arranger button then press the FILL or BREAK so if you want to make changes to Fill 2 press the Arr B button then press the FILL Fill 2 will be displayed in the top left style box As mentioned before the first STYLE VIEW page displays the VOLUME of the various style pa...

Страница 59: ...ct to the voice in Chord 3 If you have not already done so you should touch the voice in Chord 3 and switch it to an organ voice Now as you play the style you will notice how as you play the organ s Leslie effect gradually speeds up or slows down You may want to turn up the volume of Chord 3 a little more to truly experience and appreciate this feature This effect is effective only with Chord 3 It...

Страница 60: ...ith the same keyboard Despite a lot of automation available to you you can still manually control many of the automatic elements thus putting a human feeling behind an electronic keyboard Fig 82 Style View Control Elements Touch the DRUM icon to access the following screen and functions associated with the DRUMS DRUM turns yellow Fig 83 Style View Single or Global Edit Vari 3 To Groove As mentione...

Страница 61: ...is same result would be to press a FILL in and then while the fill in is still playing press the next Arranger variation With AUTO FILL on this saves you one extra button to push which means you can focus more on playing and less on navigating the SD9 PRO FILL TO ARRANGE As the name implies as you play a style if you press the FILL IN BREAK button the Arranger Variation automatically jumps to the ...

Страница 62: ...an touch the KEY box to change the instrument that is heard CRASH RIDE by turning the wheel once selected FILL AUTO CRASH When on Yellow whenever an FILL IN BREAK is played a crash is heard at the end of the FILL BREAK and just before any of the Arranger Variations are heard You can touch the KEY box to change the instrument that is heard CRASH RIDE by turning the wheel once selected TEMPO RANGE M...

Страница 63: ... on the screen of the SD9 Pro Simply press the DRUM button on the right side of the panel light comes on and play the drums on the screen it s preferable if you do this from the main screen so you are not lost Fig 88 Drum Kit To play the entire drum kit on the keybed touch the MANUAL icon on the drum screen Now you can use the keybed to play the entire drum kit as described by GM1 and GM2 protocal...

Страница 64: ...he screen a small red square will be displayed on the instrument touched as shown on the kick drum below Fig 90 Drum Set tune Touch the remap box and select a new kick drum to replace the current one from the pop up list shown or whatever drum instrument you selected on the screen Touch BASS to access the following screen and functions associated with the BASS BASS turns yellow ...

Страница 65: ...thin a measure In other words the Bass plays immediately when you play the note without waiting for the down beat of the measure When this is off the bass not is only heard on the down beat of the style s measure VOICE LOCK When on yellow this locks the bass sound so that regardless of which style you pick or keyboard setting Registration you load the bass instrument does not change TO ROOT When o...

Страница 66: ... you play the style The second column gives you access to the chord types namely CLOSED or PARALLEL These chord settings and modes only affect the Arranger Accompaniment controlled chords Chord1 Chord2 Chord3 Chord4 and Chord5 In Close mode the chords adapt the intervals to the next notes following the rules of conventional harmony In Parallel mode the notes of the chords programmed are transposed...

Страница 67: ...of the split point of the keyboard Left Hand Voice Let s describe each function in full and how it can be of use to you HOLD START When set to ON the Lower1 or Lower 2 sounds will be held sustained as you play a style The setting is enabled for all the Styles This is great when sustained sounds like PADS or STRINGS are assigned to the left hand This is what keyboard players would be playing in a l...

Страница 68: ...window you may set the Arranger to where you can play bass with your left hand simply by touching BASSIST on the screen BASSIST ON o The two modes Bassist Pianist may only be used one at a time They will now be described in more detail PIANIST AND GUITARIST MODE o Auto In this mode simply play 3 or more notes on the keyboard guitar so that the chord is recognized and once this happens you can then...

Страница 69: ...ional method that allows a Piano player to freely express themselves without having to learn a new standard way of playing the Arranger keyboard The Expert Mode takes a little bit of practice in order for you to know just when to press that SUSTAIN PEDAL so as to lock the chord however it is well worth it since it allows you great freedom to express yourself musically when playing the Song just as...

Страница 70: ...he arpeggios found in the GUITAR bank You can turn the data wheel to reveal even more Since they are named generically Arp1 Arp2 Etc it would be wise to press the red START button to start playing the style play a chord so the full arranger is playing and then as the style plays test each of these to see which one you want to use For clarity you can touch the SOLO button which will mute all the ot...

Страница 71: ...reen Once you have found the one you want press the next ARRANGER section A D on the panel and repeat the above When you have completed modeling your style you will need to save it as a USER STYLE or else all changes will be lost once you select a new style or turn off the instrument To save the new style as a USER style simply press SAVE on the panel right side to display this screen below Fig 98...

Страница 72: ... you to alter the Drums Bass or any of the chord parts 1 5 to create an entirely new style and since all these parts were carefully created by professionals in studios from all over the world it means your work is drastically reduced when it come to creating a style because most of it has already been done for you Let s take a closer look at STYLE MODELING First of all select a style that comes cl...

Страница 73: ...on simply touch the Solo icon on the screen To get back to the original drum kit used within the style touch the Original icon Let s say we want to change the GROOVE of the style Simply touch the GROOVE icon on the screen to display the following screen below Fig 102 Style Modeling Groove The left side of the screen displays the first 10 grooves which you can select by simply touching any one of t...

Страница 74: ...ck of the style and so cannot be used here If you select a DRUM track and try to press START to play the style immediately the following message may appear while the SD9 PRO loaded the appropriate Audio Drums that have just been selected Fig 103 Style Modeling Wait please NB When a drum track is selected during MODELING the new selection automatically loads the various audio drums for all the othe...

Страница 75: ...RCHESTRAL For this example the PIANO bank has been selected Fig 106 Style Modeling Phrase Banks Based on your selection the left side of the screen will display the relevant arrangements available in this case PIANO was touched and so the left side of the screen displays 2 rows of 10 Piano Arrangements available for use in CHORD 1 Turn the data wheel to display even more and touch the one you want...

Страница 76: ...me your new style in the next screen Fig 108 User Style name Touch the ENTER button on the screen and save as a USER style This style can now be used by you instantly by selecting it from the appropriate style category USER STYLE on yellow or in a REGISTRATION Keyboard set up ...

Страница 77: ... with regards to the SD9 Pro 1 CREATE STYLES DIRECTLY ON THE SD9 PRO 2 CREATE STYLES USING AN EXTERNAL PC MIDI SOFTWARE 1 CREATING STYLES DIRECLTY ON THE SD9 PRO New The new STYLE EDITOR in the SD9 Pro allows you to totally rearrange existing styles re record different tracks of existing styles or create styles from scratch The editor can be accessed from the style view page If you want to edit an...

Страница 78: ...ig 114 ARR A in this case So if you had touched 1 under the INTRO column INTRO1 then INTRO1 will now be displayed in the Style Editor Arrange Page Fig 113 where you now have ARR A and any recording or editing performed will impact just the style elements or tracks of INTRO 1 Let s take a closer look at the functions shown in Fig 114 and understand how to use them when recording style tracks CLICK ...

Страница 79: ...you can touch RECORD to start recording your minor tracks Note that when you select MAJOR then the notes recorded will not only be applied to MAJOR chords but also to MINOR and 7th Use this option if you want the arranger to work for you and Fig ure out the appropriate chord notes to play once the respective chords are detected NB A next to any of the tonalities denotes that you are probably worki...

Страница 80: ...you will have to repeat this to set the parameters for all the other sections This Single option is great when you have a style that may have arranger parts with different time signatures e g Arranger A has a time signature of 4 4 and tempo of 80 while Arranger B has a time signature of and a tempo of 120 etc Many middle eastern styles follow such varying and complex time signatures and tempos for...

Страница 81: ...ll have to press RECORD and record again Set this to OFF when you know you have to record minimum number of notes and can do this in one shot Set this to ON when you know you will need additional passes to record more information which you cannot do in one take Click This controls the metronome click being used to guide you as you record You can turn the click on off or and set the volume of the c...

Страница 82: ...rack being recorded Mod To Filter Enables ON or disables OFF the modulation effect filter on the current track being recorded Bend Assign Here you can assign Pitch Rotor to chord 3 and Portamento Rotor can only be applied to chord 3 so when recording a style reserve Chord 3 for Organ sounds COPY This provides the option to copy parts of an existing style into your edited or new style In other word...

Страница 83: ...h you can select available Groove banks such as AFRO_A Groove as shown below in Fig 123 You can turn the data wheel to display even more Grooves to select from Fig 123 Style Editor COPY Groove Fig 124 Style Editor COPY Modeling Groove Selected FAMILY This is the style group e g Pop Ballad Dance Latin etc from which you will select which style you want to copy parts from When you touch the FAMILY i...

Страница 84: ... or track you want to COPY from by touching the PART icon and scrolling through with the data wheel which part you want Drums Bass Chords as shown in Fig 126 above Once you have selected the appropriate track you want to copy from the appropriate style your screen should look similar to that below in Fig 127 Touch the EXECUTE icon to perform the actual copy operation Fig 127 Style Editor COPY EXEC...

Страница 85: ...NDO icon next to the EXECUTE icon If you realize that you mistakenly deleted something you can UNDO this operation by touching the UNDO icon The deleted notes will be restored CONTROLS Use this to delete any Controls and pitch bend events recorded on the track This helps if you want to record new control settings QUANTIZE Unless you get it right the first or 2nd time when recording tracks like dru...

Страница 86: ...screen is displayed is ALL In this case if you touch the VELOCITY VALUE icon you can turn the data wheel to increase or decrease the velocity value of all either ALL the notes or simply touch the note on the SD9 Pro that you think is too loud or too low then adjust the velocity accordingly You can also touch the OCTAVE value and adjust accordingly touching the keyboard once more will switch on the...

Страница 87: ...ARS or AUDIO LIVE DRUMS Page 82 Fig 120 above ii When done press the SAVE button on the panel and touch a Save to save your new style with the same name as that given at the beginning of this recording b Save As to give the style a new name if you decide to change your mind c Cancel If you want to cancel the Recording 2 CREATE STYLES USING AN EXTERNAL PC MIDI SOFTWARE It is possible to create a ne...

Страница 88: ...the key of C major or C minor with no chord changes and no melody line s Intro3 End 3 Written in the key of C major and C minor but with free harmonic chord changes within and may include melody line s Each section within the Midifile has to be characterized by a marker which must have the following categorical names corresponding to the style part and chord format Maj Major MIN Minor SEV Seventh ...

Страница 89: ...nstruments to use Style Part Midi Ch Instrument Note s DRUM1 Ch 10 Drum Set DRUM2 Ch 9 Groove BASS Ch 5 Bass CHORD1 Ch 6 El Piano Ac Piano suggested CHORD2 Ch 7 Ac Gtr El Gtr suggested CHORD3 Ch 8 Strings Pad suggested CHORD4 Ch 11 Synth suggested CHORD5 Ch 12 Lead suggested To get you up to speed quickly we have attached to this tutorial a sample midifile 70 s POP mid which you can use as a templ...

Страница 90: ...lay the next marker 6 Do not write control change or pitch bend events on the same note neither during note on or off Fig 135 Software Style Editor Cubase Screen showing example of the Midifile 70 s POP mid using Cubase Once you have completed recording the Midifile you can now transfer it into the SD9 PRO for use as a style The SD9 PRO also provides you with more tools to further enhance your new...

Страница 91: ... you copied your new style into in this case Pop Fig 138 Software Style Editor Computer connect The SD9 PRO will now load the style KST and automatically assign all the style parts relative effects etc as needed by the style to the relative style buttons Intro Arranger A D Fill Ins etc You can further enhance the style by going to style view touch VIEW from where you will have access to the indivi...

Страница 92: ...Style Editor Save User Style As mentioned earlier it is also possible to further enhance or modify the style using the new Style Modeling feature to described above in 4 L Assembling your own style Page 72 4 N USING YOUR OWN AUDIO DRUMS IN STYLES The SD9 Pro allows you to utilize your User Audio Drums with the Modeling feature found on the main page Fig 140b User Audio Drums MODELING ...

Страница 93: ...rder to be properly recognized and utilized these audio files must have the following name structure and assigned as such ARRA wav For Variation A ARRB wav For Variation B ARRC wav For Variation C ARRD wav For Variation D FILA wav For Fill A FILB wav For Fill B FILC wav For Fill C FILD wav For Fill D BRKA wav For Break A BRKB wav For Break B BRKC wav For Break C BRKD wav For Break D INT1 wav For I...

Страница 94: ...Audio Drums Folder display Once you copy over these files into this folder the SD9 Pro must be restarted so that the files and related parameters are recognized by the instrument So turn Off the SD9 Pro and turn it back on again then proceed to select the new folder under the Modeling Audio Drum feature You will know if you were successful in creating your new audio drums or not from the following...

Страница 95: ... be organized in terms of length Cut accurately so that when they are played the loop point will have a perfect cycling feature If the files are not properly cut you will notice a kind of audio stumble when you play the audio element until the end We recommend you use professional audio editors to create the start and end points of these drum sounds in the right way This is the only way to ensure ...

Страница 96: ...t any given time You can now perform your song your way while enriching it with special effects RIFF progressions re organizing the structure of the song all on the fly Fig 141 LaunchPad Structure Picture this that for a song or a performance using the layout example above in Fig 141 you have arranged various midi elements needed to perform this song live MIDI previously cut sliced sections of aud...

Страница 97: ...tyle 8 Beat Ballad Chord 3 from the style Folk Beat etc and use with your performance without being locked into using styles Tips When working with the LaunchPad arrange your musical elements pads keeping in mind that as you transition between scenes the pads being played from the previous scene will be stopped as soon as the new scene becomes active If there is a pad track that you want played in...

Страница 98: ...ach scene in other words only 3 pads can contain wave files within each scene 15 wave files per LaunchPad project To the right of the screen highlighted in blue for illustrative purposes in this manual are the scene controls These controls are used to govern the operation of the entire scene or project however we will take a closer look at these functions and how to use them later below in Page 10...

Страница 99: ...and D If you touch and hold for 2 seconds the Audio Drum name in the drop down list a new list is displayed showing you the individual elements waves that make up the complete audio drum from which you can select just one e g Arranger A part to assign to a pad o GROOVE KIT Complete percussive groove loops Also contains a special group of Drum kits Kit Looper which allows you to assign individual d...

Страница 100: ...ssign an audio drum to this pad you would touch the AUDIODRUM icon in this section and select from the drop down menu which group your audio drums reside in then select which Audio Drum to use For this example we will select a Bass line so touch the BASS icon as shown Fig 144 LaunchPad EDIT Bass Fig 145 LaunchPad EDIT Bass Family Select As shown in Fig 145 above the SD9 Pro now displays a list of ...

Страница 101: ...g Audio Drums remember that touching the name of the Audio Drum in the drop down list the entire audio drum with variations are automatically loaded and you can manually go through each one when you play the pad by pressing Arranger A B C and D If you touch and hold for 2 seconds the Audio Drum name in the drop down list a new list is displayed showing you the individual elements waves that make u...

Страница 102: ...ake a look at how you can customize or edit each pad to function in specific ways It is in this section that you determine the rules that govern each pad such as how to activate it should it or should it not respond to chord changes and harmonic rules should it be played as a loop musical or in a single shot e g for sound effects or one liners etc You can decide to load one pad and edit it or load...

Страница 103: ... which are treated as Wave Audio files above in 149b OR Fig 149a LaunchPad EDIT Pad Controls MIDI Fig 149b LaunchPad EDIT Pad Controls Audio Wave OR Fig 149c LaunchPad EDIT Pad Controls Drum Kit You will notice that the right side of the screen now shows you 5 rows of the various controls that can be used to control the selected pad as follows o PLAY MODE These govern how the pad plays Touch each ...

Страница 104: ...them on or off In this case Pad Ctrl Pad Control offers you the option to be able to touch one pad and turn on multiple pads ON or touch one pad and turn multiple pads OFF Touch Pad Ctrl to open a separate screen that shows the following layout Touch the icon corresponding to the pads you want turned on together or turned off together denotes this pad will not be impacted by this function o CHORD ...

Страница 105: ...e Reso would be used to set the resonance filter on the drum kit selected This dynamic control allows you to virtually create new drum kits as tuned by you RECORD MODE Use this in conjunction with REC PHRASE below Before recording a phrase you want to set the length of the phrase Record Bar and the quantize value as the recording will be quantized in real time Note that since you do not have the m...

Страница 106: ...d selected was a drum Kit Kit Change would be used to change the drum kit selected while Original Kit would be used to restore the original drum kit being used MODELING Use this to return to the MODELING screen from which you can select which group to retrieve and use content from as shown in the beginning of this chapter and highlighted in Fig 143 above o MASTER CONTROLS FOR THE PADS OPEN When yo...

Страница 107: ...hrase within the selected Pad MIDI only You can record an entirely new sequence into a Free Pad or you may select a pad that already has content an either add more to it or delete it s contents and record new material in the selected pad This form of sequencing means you are now free to instantly record and use phrases for your performance without the need for a full fledge sequencer or computer b...

Страница 108: ...tially in the pad and record from scratch Once you have made the selection above you will be returned to the previous screen Press the START STOP button on the panel to start recording The SD9 Pro will count in 4 measures after which your recording will start so start recording only after the 4th tick Recording will stop at the end of the bar length set above Tips The beauty of this feature is if ...

Страница 109: ...mance and your audience Let s take a closer look at these controls using the following example of the LaunchPad project loaded above in Fig 145 and see how we can accomplish the features mentioned above One you have a grasp on how to do this forget the studios forget the expensive recording gears Your SD9 Pro is your studio your band your musical dreams realized live on stage To the right of the s...

Страница 110: ...is to enter into the SONG MODE programming screen where you can arrange your scenes and how long they should play You ll get a screen like this Fig 154b LaunchPad SONG MODE Touch Add to add a scene to the list on the left side of the box Now you can touch the SCENE1 and turn the data wheel to change it to scene 2 scene 3 etc depending on which scene you want to be first on the list as shown in Fig...

Страница 111: ...es time as you compose the structure of your various scenes COPY TO Make sure you are first of all working in the scene whose elements you want to copy over to a new scene from the main LaunchPad page the scene you are in will be selected below the screen in yellow Scene 1 in this example shown below in Fig Fig 155 LaunchPad Scene COPY Now let s copy the pads from scene 1 to scene 4 so touch Copy ...

Страница 112: ...age that pops up to confirm this action STYLE IMPORT This is used to import style elements into your pads You will quickly realize that KETRON may already have a sequence for you either in their massive MODELING library as already mentioned above or within their professional styles and beats from which you can borrow and use in your LaunchPad project so as to save time and not have to re invent th...

Страница 113: ...el and turning the data wheel to change it For this example VOL Volume has been touched Fig 157 below shows you how Pads 1 4 are mapped to their corresponding volumes The others Pads 6 12 follow the same order Fig 157 LaunchPad Pad Volumes NB When making REVERB REV or changes to any pad with a wave file all other pads with wave files will equally be affected as all wave share the same reverb and e...

Страница 114: ...ad sounds Synth Techno bass etc for a realistic performance o EFX EFFECTS Once you touch the EFX icon you can then adjust how much of the current effect is applied to the individual pads You can also touch the current effect type and select another effect to be applied to the pads as shown in Fig 159 below Fig 159 LaunchPad Effects List Touch the effects you now want to apply to the pads within th...

Страница 115: ...nt in this scene Tips Here are some recording tips to help you get the best of this new feature Set up your pads and scenes as described above Touch the BAR icon and set how long in measures you want the SD9 Pro to record your sequence Press the REC PHRASE icon on the screen It will turn bright red Recording starts as soon as you press the START button or if you are already playing the LaunchPad i...

Страница 116: ...he pads that contain wave data Therefore if you turn off say pad 6 Vocal_128 then Pads 2 and 8 will also automatically be turned off This is also true when applying REVERB to individual pads all pads with wave share the same reverb settings as mentioned above in FIG 157 above on PAGE 113 5 E EXPORTING STYLES TO LAUNCHPAD PROJECT You can quickly export all your style variation parts Arranger A B C ...

Страница 117: ...s you connect your mic to the unit Plug in a good microphone into the MIC 1 input jack on the back of the unit Fig 161 MICROPHONE Connections Set the gain knob initially at 1 2 way up line should be straight up and down pointing at 12 O clock position Press the MICRO button on the top of the panel right side to turn on the mic and adjust the Mic volume 1 2 way up for a start then sing or talk into...

Страница 118: ... Factory and 10 User settings for the microphone By touching the settings box next to the On Off button on the screen a drop down menu displays all the 10 factory settings as shown in this screen below Fig 164 MICROPHONE Presets o Simply turn the wheel to highlight the one you want and touch it or press ENTER on the panel left side to select it and it will be displayed in the box The user settings...

Страница 119: ...te Touch the Noise Gate setting you want and press EXIT on the panel right side to return to the Mic Edit screen o To view or modify the current EQ settings touch VIEW on the screen and modify as you see fit to your voice by touching and turning your finger on the screen or the data wheel Fig 165c MICROPHONE EDIT EQ If you want to make your own EQ setting and save for future use touch the current ...

Страница 120: ...5db to display other options as shown below Fig 165d MICROPHONE EDIT COMP Select the new compressor setting you wish to use by touching it on the screen then touch EXIT to return to the edit screen NB You can also touch an item twice double click to select it and return to the previous screen o This method of editing the microphone settings is true for all the other parameters shown on the screen ...

Страница 121: ...mming one of the switches to be the VOCAL On Off button This way you simply raise the volume of the harmonizer on the panel as shown above and leave it set When you want harmonies in your song press the assigned pedal to turn the harmonies on off Programming and using the optional Footswitches is described more below under section 15 Menu Footswitch Control Page 174 6 B VOCAL HARMONIZER VOICETRON ...

Страница 122: ... appropriate setting sing into the microphone and try it out If you have made some customized adjustments you can then press the SAVE button on the panel to save these as a USER setting for future recall use either SAVE the Microphone settings or SAVE the Vocalizer settings Fig 169 VOCALIZER Save settings Touch MICRO if you want to save the Microphone settings or touch VOICETRON if you want to sav...

Страница 123: ...cal harmony is heard or not When you switch to Arranger B a different harmony type is automatically selected when you switch to Arranger C etc This frees you up from having to manually select and switch harmony types as you play and best of all you focus on playing and not pushing buttons To access this press EDIT under the VOICETRON column as shown below Fig 171 VOCALIZER Edit The following scree...

Страница 124: ...RRANGER B You ll hear TRIO DOWN your voice plus harmonies below your voice ARRANGER C You ll hear DUET STANDARD your voice plus another with standard harmony ARRANGER D You ll hear TRIO DOWN your voice plus 2 others below your voice STOP when the arranger is off not playing OFF no harmonies Tips Although exciting and very sweet sounding in most cases it is wise to use the vocal harmonizer just as ...

Страница 125: ...ack of the SD9 PRO press the INPUT button on the SD9 PRO s front panel right side to turn on or off this signal and adjust it s volume to appropriate levels using the INPUT volume slider directly above the INPUT button Fig 174 LINE IN GUITAR Controls The default setting set up for this input to be used is for a microphone and so the gain is internally set high by the settings If using a Guitar or ...

Страница 126: ...ed off if it was on Adjusting the MICRO2 settings is identically to adjusting the MICRO1 settings already discussed above under section 6 A Microphone Page 118 so let s focus on the GUITAR setup Touch EDIT to access the Guitar stomp boxes effects units which will be displayed as such Fig 176a LINE IN GUITAR EFFECTS Each of the stomp boxes displayed above represents different guitar effects used by...

Страница 127: ...all the effects pedals stomp boxes show in this window with the exception of the Amp Simulator You can only turn it on or off BUILT IN GUITAR TUNER The SD9 Pro also has a built in Guitar tuner believe it or not This can be used to quickly tune your band member s guitar or similar instrument on stage Touch the GUITAR TUNER icon or tuner image on the screen as shown in Fig 177 below Fig 177 LINE IN ...

Страница 128: ...l so you need to check the connection between your Guitar and the SD9 Pro Mic 2 Line input You can also simply touch the relevant notes on the virtual guitar so your guitar player can hear and tune his guitar right there using the SD9 Pro ...

Страница 129: ...t it to be to perform a particular song and save the entire set up including lyrics of the song and even an audio file such that when you are on stage and it is time to perform you simply press the REGIS button as shown in Fig 178 above and touch your song setting and instantly the SD9 PRO loads all parameters that were saved in association with this song 7 A CREATING YOUR SONG SET UP REGISTRATION...

Страница 130: ...ll be saved within the REGISTRATIONS However the footswitch Arabic Control and Live Fx settings will be ignored NB Just for clarification if you program the footswitches and save them in the footswitch menu this means that even if you have different footswitch settings in different registrations those settings will be ignored as shown the example above in Fig 180 This would be a good example for l...

Страница 131: ... you turn it on until you manually turn it off again Press MENU to turn off the menu and return to the default screen Now let s get back to saving creating a registration Play around and select the appropriate elements voice style tempo key lyrics text files Mic settings vocal harmonizer etc that you want for this particular song Once the keyboard has been set up appropriately press the REGIS butt...

Страница 132: ...stration NB Some may prefer to save a registration which in fact is a style setting that can be used to play multiple songs So you may choose a style BALLAD and voice SAX and this set up maybe used to play 3 or 4 Ballads back to back In this case you may want to save the registration with a name such as SLOW BALLAD so you know to recall this song setting to play most of your slow ballads back to b...

Страница 133: ...u want As you can see from the screen above as you create the registrations they are numbered automatically by the SD9 PRO This way if you have a song list all you have to do is scribble next to it the number assigned to the registration If you know the number designated to your registration even if it is at the bottom of the list you can instantly recall it by punching in the number associated wi...

Страница 134: ...yboard and start typing the name of the registration The SD9 PRO will display all files with that name The registration will be the one that ends with the reg extension Touch it twice double click to load it and use Use the numeric keypad at the bottom of the screen to enter the letters into the box Touch quickly twice for the 2nd letter or thrice for the 3rd letter ...

Страница 135: ...ou can later use the audio recording anywhere else studio church and it will still sound as it did on the SD9 PRO However when you record with Midi unless it is played back using another SD9 PRO chances are it will sound different when used on another machine because the sounds of that machine are not exactly the same as those of the SD9 PRO remember the midi recording is data and not the actual m...

Страница 136: ...stereo When Audio is selected the tempo and metronome bars are not displayed SONG OR PHRASE SONG is selected by default SONG MODE so you can now proceed to touch REC when you are ready to start recording Recording actually starts as soon as you touch a key in MIDI MODE or immediately in AUDIO mode If you want to record a PHRASE touch PHRASE on the screen BEFORE you touch REC Touch BAR and set the ...

Страница 137: ...er automatically or live during your break There are 2 PLAYERS on the SD9 PRO which you can control in real time These can be accessed by pressing either of the Player buttons as shown below in the panel diagram Fig 188a PLAYER CONTROLS Their volumes can be controlled independently using the slider volume controls just below them Fig 188b PLAYER VOLUME CONTROLS Press the PLAYER 1 button on the pan...

Страница 138: ...tart playing it immediately If you highlighted a folder instead it will open up to disclose the contents that are within it As you begin playing files that are within the SD9 PRO or over 2000 Midifiles and Audio files that come with the AjamSonic upgrade kit for the SD9 PRO there are some interesting features worth mentioning now that can be used to enhance your playing experience or in other case...

Страница 139: ...aying B DRUM RESTYLE This tool is a blessing for those heavily involved with MIDIFILES Although not an exclusive KETRON feature the fact that you can replace the midi drums of your midifiles with LIVE AUDIO Drum used in the KETRON SD9 PRO styles is revolutionary Midifiles usually suffer from one thing monotonous repetitive and boring drums This is because there I a lot more to drums than beating s...

Страница 140: ...RUM RESTYLE SELECT STYLE Go ahead and select the style whose drums you want to use with your sequence midifile Once the hour glass disappears press EXIT to return to the DRUM RESTYLE page You are now ready to start playing your song with the new drums Press the red START STOP button on the panel to start playing the selected midifile The song will start playing with the new AUDIO DRUMS You will no...

Страница 141: ... shows the start and stop measure which you can set by touching the respective box then turn the data wheel to put in the values corresponding to where in the song you want the new audio drums to start and stop This is a very nice feature especially when you have a song that has a complicated introduction or ending and you want the audio drums to come in just for the body of the song while maintai...

Страница 142: ...ctory one playlist has been created and named PLAYLIST 1 To display the songs that make up a playlist simply touch the playlist whose songs you want displayed so for an example if you want to display the songs that are in the PLAYLIST 1 factory Playlist above simply touch the PLAYLIST 1 icon on the screen to show the following Fig 196 PLAYER PLAY LIST DISPLAY Now you can touch any song twice or pr...

Страница 143: ...e Touch any of the EMPTY locations to create new playlist in that location might be best to touch that below the PLAYLIST 1 so as to create PLAYLISTS in order You should see a screen like this asking if you want to create a new playlist Fig 197b PLAYER CREATE PLAY LIST Touch YES and the SD9 PRO will take you to the drive you are currently working in shown on the top right corner of the screen and ...

Страница 144: ...t Touch twice to open or press ENTER once highlighted In the example below we will access the files in the MIDIFILES folder as we want to add some midifiles to our new playlist Your screen should now display the files in the relevant folder as such Fig 197d PLAYER CREATE PLAYLIST Now highlight the song you want to include in your playlist and press INSERT ITEM as shown above to insert the selected...

Страница 145: ... mid and A Che Serve Volare mid o NB You can also press EXIT and go to other folders and INSERT songs into the playlist the SD9 PRO is adding all the songs you select into the new playlist which you will then name once done with the song selection Once you have selected all the songs you want to create your new PLAYLIST press the SAVE button on the panel to access the next screen below from which ...

Страница 146: ...PLAYER PLAYLIST DRAG AND DROP RE ORDER You can now use these buttons to below to erase insert append replace or remove songs within the current PLAYLIST Simply touch any of these buttons then touch the file you want the action to be carried out on and confirm in the next screen displayed that you really want to do this Once done for all the songs in question simply press SAVE once more to save the...

Страница 147: ...d not be written all over E MARKER Used to display any markers that were previously inserted using Midi software like Cubase or Cakewalk into your song These markers will be displayed on another pop up window Fig 199b PLAYER MARKER You can touch the markers to instantly skip to various sections of the song like verses chorus introduction ending etc These are discussed in more detail in the section...

Страница 148: ...songs to 30 30 seconds between songs This feature is great especially when you are performing and need to take a break between sets but have no DJ Moive Pdf To RGB When this is off blue if you play a movie file mp4 avi etc on the SD9 Pro the movie will be displayed on the SD9 Pro s internal screen display If this is on yellow then the movie will not be displayed on the SD9 Pro however it will be d...

Страница 149: ...g into the GM mix and trying to Fig ure out where the bass or drums are and then lowering the volume in there or when you want to play many midifiles but want the volume to be consistent as you go from one to the other regardless of how the volumes were programmed within the midifile since the volume of the individual parts will be determined by the setting levels of the volume sliders above Skip ...

Страница 150: ...rt Items will be displayed alphabetically Numeric sort Items will be sorted numerically Dir On Top Folders will be displayed above and files below Dir On Bottom Folders will be displayed below and files above Numbers In order to organize files or sort them numerically the SD9 PRO assigns numbers to files as you load them into the keyboard When Numbers is turned on yellow numbers are displayed next...

Страница 151: ... controlled by the selected player the player with the red edges Now select any song in the middle of the screen and the selected record red will start spinning If you keep on selecting songs the first song will stop playing while the other new selection starts Now to start playing a song with the other player simply touch it it will now turn red while the previous one turns blue Note that the son...

Страница 152: ...ossfade you need Normal Slow1 Slow2 Fast1 Fast 2 This determines how quickly the songs fade from one to another when the XFADE button is on The following functions below the screen are also available in the DJ mode BACK SPIN Reverse play effect applied to the song currently being played mimics a DJ spinning a record backwards SYNC NEXT Queue up the next song for performance selected from the curre...

Страница 153: ...t in FX PAD This opens up a screen which displays the following editable parameters Pitch CutOff Resonance and Tempo Using the respective matching slider volumes for Drums Bass Chord and Lower you can adjusts these parameters in real time as you perform with any audio or midi file Using RESET Resets all parameters of the EFFECTS box irrespective of the slider positions BRAKE Stops the current song...

Страница 154: ...ller such as another keyboard e g KETRON GP1 with weighted keys or Midi Guitar or Accordion Use this mode if you want to access the sounds and styles of the SD9 PRO by playing on another Midi device From the MIDI menu above you can access and set up the midi channels to match the device you are connecting the SD9 PRO to see section 10 Midi Mode Page 119 below for more on Midi setup 2 ACCORD STYLE ...

Страница 155: ...en by selecting each of the 4 Curves from a Pop up that is displayed when you select the function If you select Fixed when the touch response is fixed or better still your Midi accordion has no dynamics a number that may be modified with the Dial will be displayed in the box this is the value of the fixed velocity set on the keyboard LEFT VELOCITY This function is exactly the same as the previous ...

Страница 156: ... bass from the automatic accompaniment allowing you to play it manually Bass Chord also removes the chords leaving only the drum allowing you to play a manual Bass solo accompanied only by the drum rhythm The setting may be made directly on the Touch Screen These two options may be used only if Manual Bass in the Style section is enabled ...

Страница 157: ... the sound simply touch the corresponding box and then touch the sound you wish to select on the Pop up window that opens up The value of the percussion volume is displayed next to the box To adjust the volume simply touch the box and select the value with Dial You can now save the settings made on this page such that the next time you turn on the SD9 PRO you won t have to repeat this set up proce...

Страница 158: ...ord tracks 3 4 5 following the same steps described for the Bass The Volume is displayed next to each of the 2 Bass sounds the 2 sounds assignable to the Chord tracks and the 4 Left Drum sounds Touch the box and change the volume value with the Data dial The functions OCTAVE PAN REVERB and CHORUS are displayed at the bottom of the screen These are enabled only for the Bass and Chord tracks but not...

Страница 159: ... and from there touch the sound you want Next to the sound you will find another value that refers to the volume of the percussive sound To adjust the volume just touch the box and use the Dial to change it VELOCITY Touching this icon displays a pop up menu showing the various dynamics curves that can be selected Fig 202b PLAYMODE ORGAN SUSTAIN Select this function on the Touch Screen to adjust th...

Страница 160: ... screen Then touch the MIDI icon to access the following page Fig 203a1 MIDI STANDARD The 9 preset Midi settings programmed by KETRON are displayed at the centre of the screen in large icons STANDARD ACCORDION MANUAL KEYBOARD RIGHT VOICE etc Touch any of these presets to automatically conFig ure the midi reception RX and transmission TX channels for your purpose You can further modify any of these...

Страница 161: ... optimized for use with a Midi accordion and also allows the Arranger to be controlled via the accordion connected to the Midi In of the instrument KEYBOARD STYLE VOICE This is yet another variation of standard mode which is optimized for Arranger control via an external keyboard connected to the Midi In jack of the instrument PLAYER 1 OUT ONLY This configuration is very useful when you want to pl...

Страница 162: ...bove to display the following screen Fig 203a4 MIDI FILTER For each part displayed at the center of the screen the 16 parameters Program Change Volume etc displayed above can either be turned off blue background meaning this part will respond to this selection or on Yellow background meaning this part will NOT respond to this parameter In the case above PART1 will NOT respond to Tabs buttons press...

Страница 163: ...rol the sound of the external tone generator connected to the SD9 Pro Use this option if using an external sound module and you want e g Part Channel 3 above to play using sounds from the external sound module and NOT the SD9 Pro SHIFT This is used to shift up or down notes transpose on various channels Touch the channel whose notes you want to shift up or down and turn the data wheel to set the s...

Страница 164: ...n on if you want the SD9 Pro to send it s midi clock out to control the tempo of another midi device connected to it USB Midi Touch to turn on yellow if you want to connect the SD9 Pro to a computer software and transfer midi data between your computer and the SD9 Pro s internal sound card using the Midi connector at the back of the unit Turn off if you want to use the USB connection for data tran...

Страница 165: ...f controlling from another unit capable of transmitting separate values for left and right hand else simply set Global channel below Global 1 o Proceed to now select styles and sounds on the SD9 Pro or KETRON arranger module and control by playing the external keyboard o You can now turn up the volume of the controller keyboard if you want to also blend in some of the sounds this keyboard produces...

Страница 166: ...s such as creating loops normalizing adjusting the volume etc Prior to using the AUDIO EDITOR you will have to first select a wave file otherwise you will get a warning message to do just that After selecting the song you want to work with wave format simply press the MENU key again then touch AUDIO EDIT and an audio editing screen similar to this will be displayed Fig 204 AUDIO EDITOR The wave sh...

Страница 167: ...ng at with the data wheel once selected NB If you want to cut out a portion of the song use this to set the end point of the song CUT This function cuts out the portion of the song before the starting point i e before the section set by the WAVE START above NORMALIZE Levels the volume so that the highest peaks coincide with the highest level under the distortion 0 Db VOLUME Regulates the volume of...

Страница 168: ...the SD9 PRO resides inside the SD9 PRO and can be accessed by pressing the MENU button and then touching the MANUAL icon shown on the screen The manual contains links that enable quick navigation between sections as you browse through Use this digital manual in conjunction with this one ...

Страница 169: ...Cross fading between midi songs Midifile SAVE MIX With this feature the volume settings of the live volume sliders can be saved within a midifile This also depends on the setting of the Midi Mix icon on off status in the Function menu PFL TO PLAYER This function enables the use of the headphone jack to playback songs within the Player pre listen to a song before it goes through the outputs into yo...

Страница 170: ...eeded o NONE mode disables the metronome o FREE RUN mode enables the metronome and it is independent of the midifiles or Styles just like an external metronome o Midifile mode links the metronome to the Midifile you are playing In other words it synchronizes the metronome tempo with that of the Midifile o STYLE mode links the metronome to Style synchronizing it with the tempo of the Style ENABLE E...

Страница 171: ...ds with the right and left arrows To select the day simply touch the day of the month on the calendar or select the field CURRENT DATE and change the value with the Dial In order change the time touch the respective icons at the bottom of the screen and adjust with the up increase and down decrease arrows next to each box Finally there is also a field called LOCALE on the screen on which you may s...

Страница 172: ... PREFERENCES Display Mode Once you select your new preference the following screen will be displayed Fig 205e PREFERENCES Display Mode Touch OK to confirm and reboot the SD9 PRO The SD9 PRO will now power on with the new display as selected ...

Страница 173: ...the Aftertouch may be a modulation opening of a filter an increase in volume For example by assigning volume to Aftertouch you can simulate the sustained effect of a string or wind instrument which may increase the intensity of a note even after the attack is over On this page you may set the sensitivity of the Aftertouch response and the key pressure threshold below which the Aftertouch effect wi...

Страница 174: ...nts during performance such as snare rim hi hat etc just as a Live Drummer would SPLIT LOCK This function allows you to lock the Split point in the Player Mode DRY ON STOP This function eliminates any effects reverb chorus etc on the microphone once the SD9 PRO is not being played stopped similar to pressing the TALK button on the panel This function is great when you want the effects to be on whe...

Страница 175: ...tton and then touch the FOOTSWITCH icon shown on the screen to display the following screen Fig 207a FOOTSWITCH Now touch the switch you want to assign a function to e g 10 and a drop down menu showing all relevant functions you can program into 10 are displayed You can use the data wheel to scroll down the list to others not currently displayed on the page Fig 207b FOOTSWITCH Selection When you s...

Страница 176: ... SD9 Manual Tutorial 176 When done while still in the FOOTSWITCH page press the SAVE button and touch SAVE to save the footswitch set You can save up to 4 footswitch settings SET 1 4 as shown below the screen ...

Страница 177: ... make sure it can handle high resolution data DISPLAY On the right side of the screen you can turn on the MIRROR function that projects whatever is being shown on the SD9 PRO s display onto the external screen or disable it in order to display the entire screen content however display only the song text pdf and pictures if you do not want your audience to see you navigating through screens but foc...

Страница 178: ...keyboard to which the Arabic scale can be applied By selecting this function you can use data dial wheel to select the Lowers Right mode in order to apply the Arabic scale to the Lowers and right section Arr Right to apply it to the accompaniment and to the right section or Right to apply the Arabic scale only to the right section FOOTSWITCH Use this to assign the Arabic scale to the footswitch In...

Страница 179: ...e you wish to change on the display change the tune value with the data dial Use the virtual key RESET to restore the original conditions After introducing your modifications press SAVE on the panel and confirm again by touching SAVE on the display in the dialogue box If you do not wish to save your modifications select CANCEL on the dialogue box to cancel the modifications or RESTORE to restore t...

Страница 180: ... want to ignore these settings regardless of their values stored in other registrations What governs the functions that a registration saves or ignores is addressed in this section of the SD9 PRO To access the REGISTRATION SETUP page and change the settings to match your play style press the MENU button to display the menu screen Fig 210 REGISTRATION Touch the REGS SETUP Registration Set up to ent...

Страница 181: ...erent registrations with different footswitch settings for different usages In this case you would turn on touch Footswitch here so it is yellow Touch STYLE to display to the right the various style elements that can be ignored or recalled as you switch registrations Repeat this for the others VOICE PLAYMODE DPS MIDI MICRO1 VOICETRON MICRO2 GUITAR TAB AUTOSW OFF Tab Auto switch off this function a...

Страница 182: ...ly touch each USB drive s image or the internal storage to access the contents of the drive The displayed is the amount of storage available free for you to use within the drive so in the example above the internal storage has 41 of free space the KETRON USB stick has 100 free space etc If the USB stick was formatted and labeled with a name the SD9 Pro will display this as the name of the device e...

Страница 183: ...icon should be off not yellow Before using this function make sure you have connected the SD9 Pro using the usb connection at the back of the SD9 Pro to a computer standard usb slot using a standard USB Printer cable as shown in Fig 213a below Fig 213a MEDIA USB CONNECTION TO A COMPUTER Now touch the PC CONNECT icon and the following screen should be displayed showing the SD9 Pro is now connected ...

Страница 184: ... a style song etc You must press the MEDIA button once more to turn it off if you want to return to regular play mode You can however still play and change lead voices Let s briefly go through and explain the functions displayed below the screen NEW FOLDER Touch this icon to create a new folder within the current directory You will be asked in the next screen to give your folder a name touch RENAM...

Страница 185: ...ect ALL files at once by simply touching SELECT ALL on the screen Touch DELETE and on the next screen CONFIRM to delete the selected files NUMBER ASSIGN In order to organize the files within the current folder so they can be quickly searched this function places a number before each file 001 002 003 etc This is especially useful when using registrations and you have many registers With a number as...

Страница 186: ... REFRESH Check the entire system of the SD9 once more to see if new media has been connected or any information needs to be updated to any media We hope this manual and tutorial has taken through all the advanced features offered by the SD9 Pro By listening to you our customers we believe we have designed and built a keyboard that not only satisfies your needs today but also inspires you to fulfil...

Страница 187: ... The KETRON SD90 SD9 SD60 SD40 Midjay Pro AUDYA 4 referred to as the module from here on can be set up to be controlled by Guitar players in various ways You can choose to use your feet to change the chords using bass pedals such as the KETRON K8 Pedal board or simply set up the machine to recognize the chords you play PIANIST AND GUITARIST mode described above on page 68 which allows you to simpl...

Страница 188: ...KETRON SD9 Manual Tutorial 188 ...

Страница 189: ... and play as you wish This method can be used by any solo artist Harmonica player vocalists trumpet player etc CONS Limited chord tonalities This requires more concentration as you multi task with feet and hands which sometimes leads to less focus on your audience performance Since you do not have midi you cannot play the lead voices such as piano sax with this method Also requires you to sit or g...

Страница 190: ...functions as described above on page 160 MIDI Touch Chan to get to the channel page and touch RX to access the Midi RECEIVE channel settings as shown above Touch the LEFT box and turn the data wheel to set this to channel 2 to match the midi channel from the Midi Pedal board Note By pressing the MIDI button on the Midi Pedal board repeatedly once to go to channel 3 twice to go to channel 4 thrice ...

Страница 191: ...is set up as you play the module will only change chords when you play strum or pluck 3 or more notes This means that whenever you want to have the module change chords simply play or pluck 3 or more strings and the new chord will be recognized then simply play 2 or less to solo while the module back you up Since you are playing with a MIDI guitar this also means you now have access to the lead so...

Страница 192: ... up with the midi channel your Midi Guitar is transmitting on most default to channel 1 Assuming the Midi Guitar is set up correctly and transmitting ALL STRINGS on Midi channel 1 proceed as follows to set up the KETRON module to receive on channel 1 Press the MENU button on the SD90 SD40 Midjay Pro to display the menu screen Touch the MIDI icon on the screen to display the MIDI page If not alread...

Страница 193: ...dule Press the PIANNIST button on the panel SD90 60 9 or on the screen touch VIEW PIANNIST BASSIST SD40 Midjay Pro to access the PIANNIST page as shown below Midjay Pro does NOT have Sustain Pedal option Here you can set the module in GUITAR mode PIANIST ON in other words allowing chord detection when you play a full chord or pluck 3 or more chords Also whatever voice you select can now be played ...

Страница 194: ...ord recognition when playing a solo or lead line and don t want the arranger to read the notes you are playing in other words as you play you press the pedal to lock the chord in so you solo on the instrument Release the pedal and strike a chord to have the arranger read and play the new next chord In order to avoid repeating all this whenever the unit is turned off then back on you need to save t...

Страница 195: ...is applies to all current KETRON Modules and Keyboards including Enjoy your KETRON SD9 SD60 SD90 Pro keyboard and a special thank you from the folks at KETRON USA for your continuous support of KETRON products Designed compiled and written by AJAM Inc USA ...

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