User manual KETRON XD3

[. . . ] INDEX PAGE Welcome to the XD9-XD3 Connections Control panel and push button functions Parameter management A guide on how to start playing Voices and User Voice Program and One Touch Drawbars Drum Set Arranger Using a MIDI pedal for the bass Pattern Edit Power On Set Up Song Play, Midi file and Karaoke Drum Remix Video Out and Karaoke Recording a Midi file . KAR, . MID (Midi files) & . TXT (test) files Using the microphone Vocalizer Effects Registrations Utility MIDI Accordions MIDI DISK 3 4 6 11 12 18 22 27 28 30 41 42 48 49 55 56 57 58 60 62 68 70 73 77 79 85 93 Technical Tables XD9-XD3 1 Welcome to the XD9-XD3 Welcome to the XD9 Congratulations on having chosen a Ketron keyboard. If you read this manual carefully, which provides detailed descriptions on each single procedure, you will be able to fully exploit and customise the instrument according to your own taste and way of working without any problems whatsoever. The XD9 electronic keyboard has been conceived following twenty years of experience of Ketron in the field of keyboards for live musical entertainment, for professional piano bars and for the musician who prefers to arrange his own songs. Most of the operating system (which can be up-dated by downloading newer releases from the Internet) together with most of the potentials offered by this amazing electronic keyboard are derived from the current flagship keyboard, the SD1. [. . . ] 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). The loading times are obviously much shorter. 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-XD3 49 Song Play, Midi files and Karaoke Edit function of the Disk Utility menu should be used. Refer to the specific section of this chapter. 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. In fact, the two parts (Lower and Bass) as well as Right and Manual Drum remain in use, separated by the split point that can be programmed even while the Midi file is being reproduced. The sounds of the Lower parts can be modified, before enabling Song Play, in Arrange View whereas the Manual Bass is controlled directly by the track of the Midi file to which the bass is assigned. The Right section can use the following voice groups: Voices User Voices Drawbar Furthermore, the Programs are also enabled, therefore the musician can avail of a potential of four sounds arranged over the whole keyboard. To play the bass voice manually, first of all disable that of the Midi file track and then enable the F3 Manual Bass function in the Left Control menu. The Volume of the Right and Manual Bass parts is controlled using the relative VOLUME push buttons. The global volume of the Midi file and that of all the voices associated with the keyboard is on the other hand controlled by the VALUE +/- push buttons (Balance). By pressing them together at the same time, the whole Midi file is muted compared to the keyboard. The muting of the volume using this procedure however only relates to the built-in sound generator of the XD9, therefore there will be no changes if the Midi file is reproduced by an external module controlled via MIDI by the XD9. For the latter the general volume can be controlled using PAGE +/- (GM Remote Level) only when the Midi file is being played back; otherwise using the PAGE +/- push buttons will select the disk drive to be used (FD or HD). [. . . ] note 2: if rr = "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" 1 value refers to Kick 2 "" "" Snare 3 "" "" Hi-Hat 4 "" "" Cymbal 5 "" "" Tom/Fx 6 "" "" Rim Shot 7 "" "" Latin1 8 "" "" Latin2 9 "" "" Latin3/Tamb group "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" XD9-XD3 107 Technical Tables System exclusive Ketron XD9-XD3 TABS F0H 26H 7CH Code_tab Status F7H Code_tab = 00H - 7FH Tab code (see list) Status = 7FH Tab pressed Code_tab list: 00H Piano 01H Chrom 02H Organ 03H Accord 04H Guitar 05H Strings 06H Brass 07H Sax&Flute 08H Pad 09H Synt 0AH Ethnic 0BH Effect 0CH ****** 0DH ****** 0EH ****** 0FH ****** 10H ****** 11H ****** 12H ****** 13H ****** 14H ****** 15H ****** 16H ****** 17H ******. 18H Program 19H User 1AH ****** 1BH ****** 1CH ****** 1DH Intro/End1 1EH Intro/End2 1FH Intro/End3 20H Drum Vol21H Drum Vol+ 22H ****** 23H ****** 24H Bass Vol25H Bass Vol+ 26H Chords27H Chords+ 28H ****** 29H ****** 2AH ****** 2BH ****** 2CH Arr. D 30H Right Vol31H Right Vol+ 32H One Touch 33H ****** 34H ****** 35H ****** 36H ****** 37H ****** 38H Fill 1 39H Fill 2 3AH Fill 3 3BH Break 3CH Registration 3DH ****** 3EH Pattern 3FH ****** Status = 00H Tab released ****** = Not Used 40H ****** 41H ****** 42H Jump 43H ****** 44H ****** 45H ****** 46H ****** 47H ****** 48H ****** 49H ****** 4AH Pause etc. 4BH Tempo4CH Tempo+ 4DH Start/Stop 4EH ****** 4FH ****** FOOTSWICH 50H Key Start 51H Key Stop 52H ****** 53H 2nd Voice 54H ****** 55H Disk 56H Song Play 57H ****** 58H ****** 59H Cursor << 5AH Cursor >> 5BH ****** 5CH ****** 5DH ****** 5EH ****** 5FH Exit 60H Numb. [. . . ]