User manual KETRON MS50

[. . . ] Rather than reducing power and sound (which is usually the case), we have preferred to commit ourselves to a model without compromises for the sound quality, and a limited control panel layout (buttons cost money!), and without eliminating important functions such as the programming function of the Styles. Our XD9 can be expanded with the Vocalizer unit to harmonise the voice, with a built-in hard disk, with the video interface and with a Flash RAM card, which adds eight MB's of space for new samples. Considering the fact that music continuously changes, the XD9 keyboard has also been adapted to keep astride with time with innovative Styles and new functions for live music, offered for the first time ever on keyboards with arrangers of such categories. There is the Remix function, being the most simple and enjoyable way of changing the rhythm track of a Midifile using the Styles of the XD9 instrument. [. . . ] The following table reports all the parameters that can currently be stored and automatically set on turning the instrument on. 1 Touch (led) 4 switch mode Accordion Mode Arabic mode Autocrash Bass Lock Bass to Lower Bass Octave Bass Mono / Poly Fingered Finger 2 Easy 1 Easy 2 Song Balance Registration Switch On / Off Modulation Amount / Rate Vocalist Active-Inactive-Internal - None Bass to Pedal Bass hold Bass Retrigg. Accordion Fixed Dynamic Value For this function just one invisible memory location exists, that is maintained even when the keyboard is Off. There is, however, the possibility to store a number of Power On Set Up settings on the disk. If you feel that your present setting is the optimal one for the parameters listed in the above table, you may store or save them on the disk for future recall using the following procedure: Press the SAVE/ENTER button to activate the procedure. The following four functions are displayed: F5 Escape: F8 Disk Save: deletes the operation and returns to the main page of the display. Saves the Power On Set Up to the disk you selected before confirming the saving in Flash RAM. To save another Power On Set Up file it is necessary that the previous one is renamed using the Rename function in the Disk menu (please refer to the Disk section). This restores the initial conditions of all parameters included in the above table as determined by Ketron. This saves the current settings in the Flash RAM memory of the XD9 Dynamic Curve Equalizer Global transposer Global Tune Harmony type Lower 1 Hold Lower 2 Hold Lower Lock Pattern (led) Pedalboard Pianist Sustain Portamento time Reverb Level Reverb Lock Split point Sustain 2nd voice Swell to right Sync time Enhancer Master Volumes F9 Default: F10 Save: Midi Menu Microphone Active / Inactive Lower off on stop Music Volume Delay Lock Micro Dry On Stop Setup Video mode, color zoom Pianist Mode (standard, auto) Tempo Step Arranger lock Automatic switch off registr. Global Bass retrigger Hold on stop Live Drum Interactive Arrange Bass Boost Out Levels ( Menu Effects) Sounds selection mode Styles selection mode by numbers or by pages Gm Tx-Rx channelsDynamic Arranger New Operating System updates (found on the internet at www. ketron. it) may further modify the above lists. 48 XD9-MS50 Song Play, Midi files and Karaoke Song Play, Midi files and Karaoke Playback of Midi files has never been any easier. If the Midi file is being played-back and originates from the Floppy Disk, playback has to be stopped by pressing the START button before switching over to the Hard Disk. Using the PAGE +/- push buttons, you can switch over to the Hard Disk without exiting from Song Play mode. If the Hard Disk had been previously selected, when Song Play is next enabled, the Folder previously selected on the Hard Disk will be selected. In Song Play, use the CURSOR +/- push buttons to move from one folder to another. The loading procedures of a Midi file are the same as those for the Floppy Disk (refer to the specific section). To be able to create Midi file chains (a combination of more than one file which are all playable back-to-back) and save them on disk, the Chain XD9-MS50 49 Song Play, Midi files and Karaoke Edit function of the Disk Utility menu should be used. This function is used to create a chain with a maximum of 32 Midi files, saved as . CHN files and displayed in F5 Dir of Song Play with the letter "c" in front of the name. HOW TO CONVERT A . KAR MIDI FILE TO A . MID MIDI FILE The XD9 allows you to convert a Midi file having . KAR format. Use PAGE +/- to select the disk containing the . KAR Midi file to convert. If necessary, select the Folder containing the Midi file by entering its number using the STYLE push buttons. Use the VALUE +/- and CURSOR +/- push buttons to choose the Midi file to convert. Selecting the . KAR Midi file displays the F3 Convert function that automatically converts the source Midi file and generates a new one. BALANCING AND PLAYING THE SOUNDS ASSIGNED TO THE KEYBOARD One of the prerogatives of the XD9 is the availability of sounds that can be played on the keyboard while the Midi file is playing. [. . . ] vv=00H (-100) vv=40h (0) vv=7FH (+100) Coarse tuning in half-tones vv=00H (-64) vv=40H (0) vv=7FH (+64) Lfo1 Rate modify (vv=40H no modify) Dco Depth modify (vv=40H no modify) Lfo1 Delay modify (vv=40H no modify) Lfo2 Rate modify (vv=40H no modify) Lfo2 Delay modify (vv=40H no modify) Dcf Depth modify (vv=40H no modify) Dca Depth modify (vv=40H no modify) TVF cutoff freq. modify (vv=40H no modify) TVF Resonance modify (vv=40H no modify) FM Amplitude1 (vv=40H no modify) FM Amplitude2 (vv=40H no modify) FM Amplitude3 (vv=40H no modify) FM Amplitude4 (vv=40H no modify) Env. in semitones rr=note vv=40H no modify (see note 2) Pitch Fine of drum instr. in semitones rr=note vv=00h no modify vv=7FH +1/2 tone (see note 2) Level of drum instr. [. . . ]