KETRON SD9 General instructions

SD9‐Update1.1.2
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HalfBar
Thisfunctionhasbeenmodifiedassuch:ifpressedduringthefirsthalfofthemeasure,
the1/2barfillisheardduringthecurrentmeasure.Howeverifpressedduringthe2nd
halfofthemeasure,the1/2barfillisplayedatthebeginningofthenextmeasure.
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Voice
ImprovedthesynchronizationoftheLiveAudioDrumswhenusingtheHARMONYor
DOUBLEfeatureswiththeleadvoice.
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Tempoaccelerando/ritardando
BypressingbothTempobuttons(+&‐)togetherintheSTYLEmode(LEDon),the
Tempo related features are displayed. Now, by touching and holdingdownfor2
secondstheACCicon,youcanaccesseditableparametersforbothaccelerandoand
ritardando.TouchingeithertheEXITicononthescreenoronthepanelreturnsthe
keyboardtothenormalscreen.ThenewfunctionsavailableintheEDITmodeare–
Step,Lower,LimitandUpperLimit.
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 Step
Onceturnedon,thisallowsyoutochangethe«rate»ofacceleration or
deceleration,sothetempowillincrease/decreaseinstepsofx,ratherthanthe
defaultstepsof1:
 Range from 1–20: the change in tempo will be proportional to the
quantitydefinedforeachmeasure.
 Range from 1‐20 beat: the tempo will be proportional to the value
definedbyeachbar
 LowerLimit
UsetosetthelowesttempovaluethestylecangotowhenRitardandoisused,
howeverpleasenotethatthevalueforthetempo(setinView=>Drum)will
takeprecedenceoveranyminimumtempovalueset.
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 UpperLimit
UsetosetthehighesttempovaluethestylecangotowhenAccelerandois
used,howeverpleasenotethatthevalueforthetempo(setinView=>Drum)
willtakeprecedenceoveranymaximumtempovalueset.
Thedefaultvaluesare:Step=5(bar),LowerLimit=40,UpperLimit=250.
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ThedefinedvaluescanbesavedwithintheCUSTOMSTARTUP.Theaccelerando &
ritardandosetvaluescanalsobesavedwithineachstyleindependently.Ifastylehas

these values, these will superceed the default values saved within the CUSTOM
STARTUPmenu.
Oncethestylehasbeenstopped,thevaluesreturneithertothedefaultnumbers(min
= 40, max=250) or that stored within the CUSTOM STARTUP.  In the PLAYER mode
(whenusingMidifiles),thevaluesthathavebeen‘edited’intoorstoredwithinthe
midifilearethosethatwillbeused(rangingfrom1‐20bars).
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DrumRESTYLE
ThestatusoftheDRUMvolumesliderisnowstoredwhentheRESTYLEfunctionis
used. This means if you replace a Midi drum with an Audio drum and adjust the
volumeleveltosuitthemidifile,thislevelisalsostoredalongwiththeaudiodrum
usedinthemidifile.
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Launchpad
Corrected the AUTO FILL function within the 16 Beat Ballad style and others.
CorrectedthesustainedchordwithintheLiveAudioGuitarbyremovingthe‘hangging’
note.
CorrectedtheDrumVolumeslidersettingforGrooves.
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Player
CorrectedtheleveloftherightvolumedisplayedinPLAYERmode
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Registration
RegistrationscannowbeloadedfromUSBsticks(…orexternalUSBstoragedevices
pluggedintoeitherofthe3USBslotsonthefrontpanel).
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LiveModelingmutewithIntroandEnding
TheintroandendingpartscannowbemutedwhenusingLiveModellinginastyle.
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Click
Thedefaultvolumelevelfortheclicktrackisnow127andnolonger0(soitisaudible
wheninitiated)andcannowbestoredinCUSTOMSTARTUP.
FixedtheuseoftherightreverbwhenusingtheauxilaryoutputinSOLOmode
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OctaveCHORD1‐5:
AddedthecapabilitytonowchangetheoctaveoftheChords1‐5inastyle.InVIEW–
CHORD,youcannowsettheoctavelevelofeachchord(between‐2and+2)
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MIDIMERGER:(FoundunderMenu→Midi→MidiPort)
AddedthepossibilitytonowassignthephysicalMIDIinportto both GM and
KEYBOARDmodes(internalmidimerger)
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USBmididevicenowassignabletothe3frontUSBports
IntheMENU→CONTROLSscreen,theUSBMIDIINKEYBOARDorGMmodecannow
alsobeassignedtothe3frontUSBports.Thisfunctionallowsyoutonowconnecta
MidiUSBkeyboardtoeitherofthefrontUSBportsandassignittoeitherfunctionas
KEYBOARDorGMmode.ThissettingcanbestoredasaCUSTOMSTARTUP.
YoucannowhavesimultaneouslyconnectedtotheSD9bothMIDIInGMandaMidi
USBdeviceifinMENU–CONTROLS,USBissettoMIDIINKEYBOARDoraMIDIhost
deviceMIDIissettoMIDIUSBKEYB.IntheMENU–MIDIsetuppage.
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Midireset
 AnewMIDIRESETcontrolhasbeenincludedaspartofMIDIreception(code:
F0267B390500F7).
 YoucannowchangeorselectstylesviaMIDIIN(usingMidiKeyboardRXpart–
GLOBALorRIGHT).
o Bank40–49isusedtoselecttheFactorystylegroups(Ballad=40,Pop
=41etc.)
o ProgramChange(0–127)isusedtoselectthefactorystylewithinthe
selectedstylegroup.Maxof128stylescanbeselected.
o Bank50–59isusedtoselecttheUserstylegroups(Ballad=50,Pop=52
etc.)
o Program Change (0 – 127) is used to select the User style within the
selectedstylegroup.Maxof128stylescanbeselected.
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Footswitch
 NewprogrammablefootswitchfunctionsincludeReintro,SetDownandSetup.
TheSetdownandSetupfunctionsisusedtoswitchbetweenthe4sets.This
meansforanexamplethat…eventhoughyouhaveamaximumof13functions
youcanprogramontotheFS13(or6fortheFS6),youcanprogramdifferent
functionsintothe4setsandaccesseachonefordifferentperformances,
meanign you now have access to 13 X4 (52 functions for FS13) or6X4(24
functionsforFS6).SoinSet1,Footswich#1couldbeassignedtoStart/Stop,
whileinSet2,Footswitch#1couldbeassingetoSUSTAIN.Byswitchingbetween
sets,youannowre‐assignFootswitch#1toupto4differentfunctions
(determinedbywhichsetyouarein).

 NewfunctionsIntroOnArrandEndingOnArrhavenowbeenintroduced–this
allows you to now automatically determine which intro or endingisheared
basedonthecurrentArrangerbeingused(thussavingyoupedals).If…
o ArrAison=>Intro/Ending1willbeheardwhenpedalispressed.
o ArrB=>Intro/Ending2willbeheardwhenpedalispressed.
o ArrC&D=>Intro/Ending3willbeheardwhenpedalispressed.
 NewfunctionsARRANGERDOWNandARRANGERUPhavebeeninserted.This
allowsyoutoskipforwardorbackwardsbetweenthedifferentstyle
arrangements.
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UserButtonsandFootswitch
NewfunctionFswChDelayhasnowbeenintroduced(andcanbestoredinCUSTOM
STARTUP).Onceturnedon,thisfunction‘delays’thechordrecognitionofminor,7th,
m7th,5+,dim,6thand7thwhenassignedtoandusedwiththepedalinstylemode.
Thisgivesyoutimetopressthefootswitchassignedtoanyofthesechordsafewbars
beforetheactualchordchangeisneeded–veryusefulforGuitarplayers.
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DisplayStyleinfo:
Appartfromdisplayingjustthestyle’svariationselection[A‐1,B2,End1…etc],the
measurecountisalsodisplayede.g.
 [A]1/8,2/8,3/8….8/8(ArrangerA,measure1of8,2of8,3of8….8of8)
 [B‐2]1/4,2/4…4/4(ArrangerB‐2,measure1of4,2of4,….4of4)
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Panelrebootapplication
SimultaneouslypressingboththeTalk&EnterbuttonswillrestarttheSD9without
havingtomanuallyswitchofftheinstrument.
Thismaybeusefulifanyanomaliesshouldoccur.
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Wholediskcheck
PressingboththeTalk&FadebuttonssimultaneouslyandpressingEnterenablesthe
SD9 to do a complete disk check. This function takes quite some time and so the
instrumentshouldnotbeswitchedoffduringthisprocedure.
Oncecompleted,theinstrumentwillrestartautomatically.
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Legato
EnhancedtheLegatofunctionshownonpage4oftheVoiceEditmenu.
TheLegatofeatureworksonalltheactivevoicesexcepttheSecondvoice.
Thereare6typesofLegato:3MonoLegatoand3PolyLegato.
EachtimeyoutouchthenewLegatoicon,adifferentLegatotypeisselected.
Choicesare:Fastwithfastattack,MediumwithmediumattackandSlowwithaslow
attack.
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Filterfeatureforfightandleftsections
PresstheFilterbuttontoaccesstheLiveEfxmenu.
Touchingthe[Expand]boxopens/closesanewmenutotheleftofthescreenwith6
slidersandafewselectionboxes.Eachslideractssimultaneouslyonalltheentriesof
thecurrentPresetorStylebymodifyingthefollowingparameters:
LfoRate(modulationfrequency)
LfoTVF(filtermodulation)
LfoTVA(amplitudemodulation)
Q(resonance)
FC(cutoff)
Release
Eachgraphicsliderofthemenuisassociated(ifselected/activated)toaphysical
volumesliderassuch:
Player1(controlsLfoRateslider)
Style(controlsLfoTVFslider)
Drum(controlsLfoTVAslider)
Bass(controlsQslider)
Chord(controlsFCslider)
Lower(controlsReleaseslider)
Usingtheboxesaboveeachmenuslideryoucanenable/disablethephysicalslider
(bydefaulttheyareallenabled/yellow).

Thisisusefulfordeselectinganunusedcontrolortochoosetousethevirtual
slidersonthescreenandthusmaintainthephysicalslidersfortheArrangervolume
control.
Thesettingvaluesofthephysicalsliderofthecontrol,aswelltheExpandcondition
canbesavedwithCustomStartup.
Intheresetboxesplacedundereachvirtualslider,itispossibletorestoreevery
singlecontroltoitsdefaultcondition.
With[ResetAll],allthecontrolsarerestoredatthesametime.
PressingtheSavebuttonopensalinktosavethecurrentVoiceselected.
InFiltermodethemodulationwheelcontrolstheFCslider.
IftheLFOrate(Slider1)fallsbelowtheminimumvalue(10)itwillautomaticallybe
setasTapLfomode,adjustingtotheBPMofthestyle.

Voicetronwithmidifiles
VoicetronOn/OffstatusisnowindependentoftheMidifileinternalsetting.
On/OffstatusisthenrestoredaswellasthePresetVoicetronchosenbytheuser
oncetheMidifilestopsplaying,eveniftheMidifilecontainsavocalisttrack.

Voiceeditrange
FixederrorintheRangeedit(page2/6)whereRangefeaturewashighlightedinthe
Velocitybox.

Style
AddedpagenumberingtotheStyleselectionpage(bottomofscreen).
Arrangerstatussignon displayisnowyellow– makingthe currentarrangerstatus
moredistinct.
Addedasavefeatureonthecurrentlyloadedstylewhichallowsyoutosaveauser
styleinanyotherfolderotherthantheUSER_STYLEoritssourcefolderwithrename
feature(alsoavailableinstyleedit).
IftheFilterisassignedtoLeftparteachsettingcanbesaved inside the style by
pressingtheSavebutton.
AnindependentFiltersettingcanbeassignedtoeachArranger.
FilterhasbeenaddedalsoInLeftmodeforLiveGuitars.
TheglobalQandFcfilterscanalsobesavedinthestyle.
TouchtheResetbuttonfortheglobalfilterparameters.
If you press the same Fill / Break while the style is playing, it automatically cycles
throughallthe4fillsand4breaks.
AddedinView→Edit→Copyscreen,anewExportmenufortheStyle.
YoucannowexportthemidipartsoftheselectedsectionasaMidifilebyusingthe
Exportbutton<partnametoexport>toMid.

IntheStyleEditmenu,itisalsopossibletorecordasequenceandthenimmediately
exportitwiththeExporttoMidfunction.
TheseexportedfilesaresavedintheUser_Modeling/Style<stylename>/<selected
section>folder.
InordertousethesefilesinLiveModeling,theexportedMidipartsmustbecopied
overtotheUser_Modelingfolders(usingMEDIA–DISKEDIT).
FixedrandomerrorsonsomeChordrecognition.
ImprovedtheVoiceListfeaturewhenassignedtoaStyle,whileswappageisused.
IfToStylefeatureisOff,theUsercanselectthepageofVoiceselected.
IfyoupressA,B,C,DwithAutofillwhilelastquarterisplaying,duringtheFILLinsome
stylesyoucouldhearwrongbassnotesespeciallyinthetimesin¾(EgIrish_Walz).
Thishasnowbeencorrected.
AddedonMainmenuofStyleEditPartanewListenfeaturewhichallowsonetolisten
totheselectedpartofthestyleasapre‐listeningfeatureforrecordingpurposes.
Correcteddisplay(wasmissingtextEnd1,2,3)whilepressingEndingfeatureaftera
Fillin.
AddedtotheVoice&Variscreenthepossibilitytonowchangethevolumesofthe4
voicesassignedtotheABCDarrangerbuttons.
Improvedchordrecognition.

Voicesinregistrations
IntheRegistrationscreen,touchingthe new [VoiceSelect] icon onthe displaywill
show5boxes.
ThefirstboxshowsthecurrentselectedVoice;intheother4boxesyoucanassign
voices(byholdingdownthecorrespondingvoiceiconasitalreadyhappensforthe
Voice&Varifunction).
Statusofthese5VoicescanbesavedintheRegistrationitself.

Launchpad
LaunchpadsectionnowhasprogrammableScene5and6,whichcanbeassignedto
IntroandEnding,whileScenes1‐4workasbefore(assignedtoArrangerA‐D)whena
styleisportedovertotheLaunchpad.
Todothis,usetheExportfunctionofthestyleonLaunchpad(asastyleisplaying,
presstheLaunchpadbutton)oruseStyleImportfromtheLaunchpadenvironment.
(PleasenotethattoperformtheExportfunctionoftheStyleintheLaunchpad,itis
necessarytoplayfirstlythedesiredStylebypressingStart,thenpresstheLaunchpad
key to open the Export menu which displays the selection of theStylepartstobe
exported.

Scene5nowallowsyoutochooseoneofthestyle’sintrostoimport(Intro1,2or3)
thenthiswillfollowtherulesoftheIntro(seebelow),whilescene6,doeslikewisefor
thestyle’sendings(1‐3).
Theintroandendingselectedwillnowfollowaswasthecasewiththestyleitisbeing
importedfrom.
IntheExportmenu,wenowhaveaddedthepossibilitytochoosethesectionofthe
Intro and Ending preferred among those available for export in scenes5and6.
Scenes5and6willhavethenameofIntroxandEndingx(X=1,2,3).
WiththismodeifyoupressIntroxwheninStop,theLaunchpadwillStartbyplaying
theIntroxsceneandattheendofitsmeasureswillautomaticallyswitchtooneofthe
selected1‐4scenesbeforetheStart.
PressingEndingxwhenthe Launchpad isalreadyrun it willplaytheEndingxscene
untiltheendofitsmeasuresandtheLaunchpadthenwillstop.
TheEndingxcanbeselectedbeforetheStartastheotherscenesforwhichitwillalso
bepossibletostartfromtheEnding.
IntroxandEndingxcanbeinterruptedbyotherscenesduringplay.
InSongEdit,ifyouselectscenes5and6,theoriginalmeasuresareassignedbydefault
intheRepeatbox.
These can be changed, for example, reduce to be able toswitch toanotherscene
withoutwaitingfortheirprogrammedendingmeasuretobecompleted.
Added management of the Riff in Export and improved recognitionofChordsin
parallelmode(inversion).
InSongModeEdit,we’veaddedthepossibilitytostoptheLaunchpadattheendof
theprogrammedsequence[StopatEnd].
AddedthepossibilitytohaveIntroAutocrashandFillAutocrashontheLiveDrumand
Audiodrumsectionsimportedfromthestyles.

Keyboardcontrol
AddedthepossibilitytosavewithintheUserVoice[SavetoVoice<VoiceName>]the
effectchainmodifiedbyKeybControl.
Inthisway,everysingleUservoicecanhaveitsadditionaleffects,exceedingthelimit
ofthenumberofFactoryEfxandUserEfxalreadyprogrammedinternally.
IntheKeyb.ControlMenu,ifEfxisOn,theinsertisactivatedonlywheresettingisOn.
Wrongdataonreverbandchorussendshasnowbeenfixed.
WahWah4presetnowalsochangestheresponsecurveonthevolumepedalwhen
WahWahisenabled.

Livedrumstretching/EQ
InView→Drumscreen,thenewLiveDrumAdjcontrolhasbeenadded.

Thisallowsyoutochangethestretchingtimes.AssignablevaluesrangefromDefault
to127.
Valuescanbesavedineverystyle.Notice:Thevaluecanonlybesetifthestyleisnot
beingplayed.
AddedtwoequalizationpresetsfortheLiveDrum:HiGain1andHiGain2.

Livemodeling
Nowallsectionscanbemanagedindependently,evenonFill,Break,IntroandEnding
(ifGlobalmodeisnotactive/set).
Itisthereforepossibletoassignvolume,reverb,chorusormute to the individual
sectionsofFill,Break,IntroandEnding.
WithKeyStartonandstylenotplaying,youcanselectthedesiredFill,Break,Introor
Ending,choosethepadyouwanttoedit(byholdingdowntherelatedkey),thenyou
canadjustthevolumelevel,reverbandchorusorputthesectioninmute.
AddedSingle/GloballistenfeatureTabondisplay.

Optionalinternalharddisk
Iftheinstrumentisequippedwithanoptionalexpandedinternallyinstalledharddisk,
thefoldersUser_Style,UserVoice,User_Modeling/LiveDrumarenowarevisibleand
accessibleonthismediatoo.
IftheUser_Style,User_Voice,User_Modelingfoldersarecreatedontheexpanded
internalharddiskandonUser_ModelingfolderaLiveDrumfolderiscreated,thenall
theirfiles/foldersarecopiedtotheabovefolders.Whentheinstrumentisturnedon,
thefilesinsideareadd,viewedandmanagedjustasthoseontheinternalSSDofthe
SD9.
ThiscanallowtheinternalmemoryoftheSD9tobeusedandsavedtoanotherdisk.
Inthiscase,UservoicesandtheUserstylesthatareusedfromthisotherdiskdrive
willshowtheprefix"hd",denotingwhereitresides.

Basssustaintopedal
IntheVIEW→Bass→SustainToPedalmenu,ifManualBassorBassistisbeingused,
youcanassignthesustainpedaltothebass.
ThefunctioncanbesavedonCustomStartup,onFootswitchandUserTabs(BassSus.
Pedal).

Usermodeling
YoucanmanageMidisequencesrealizedwiththeDrumsetbyassignthesetotheLive
Modeling(onlyintheGroovepart).
ThesequencesmustbesavedontheUser_Modeling/Drumfolder.

OnLiveModeling,youcan assigntheseasGroove part by choosingfromtheUser
Drumfamily.
IntheLaunchpadenvironment,tablesaredisplayedinthebottomundertheGroove
Kit→LooperKitmenu.
InLiveModelingenvironmentitisnowpossibletoassignDrumtablesevenwithFill
andBreak.
WithKeyStartonandStyleinStop,theFill/Breakisselected.
FromtheGroovepad,youcanbrowsetheUserDrumfamilyfromwheretoselectthe
desireddrumsequence.
TheMidisequencesofFillandBreakmustbe savedintheUser_Modeling/ Drum
folder.
With Voice Change you can change the Drumset. You can also adjustthevolume,
reverbandchoruslevels.
InGlobalmodethenewDrumsequenceisnowisdisplayedwithall4FillsorBreaks.
IntheLiveModelingmenu,youcannowassignLooperKitstothe Groove part,
Chord1,2,3,4,5, by choosing these within the Groove modeling intheKitLooper
family.
IfaLooperKitisassignedtothepart,withtheVoiceChangekey you can choose
differentsoundsforeachKit.
Itisthereforepossibletobuilduptomax.6kits(PartGroove,Chord1,2,3,4,5).

Diskedit
FoldersarenolongerautomaticallyavailablewhentheDiskEditbuttonisturnedon.

Updatemodelingtab
HoldingdowntheTalk+Fadebuttonstogether,thenpressingStyle,theUsermodeling
tableswillbeautomaticallybeupdated.

Player
PositiontrackinthePlayermenuisnowavailablewithanenlargedfont.
SearchfunctioninthePlaylistcanonlybeactivatedforsearchingforfileswithina
Playlistandnotforsearchingtheplaylistwiththearrowandordialbuttons.
FixedPdfdisplayproblemwhenusedwithMp3/Wav+Pdffileselected after a
Midifilewithlyric(whenpdfwasdisabledafterthestartoftheMp3).
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Voice
ModulationwasnotresetbyswitchingfromaVoicewithanactivatedLfotoanother
withoutLfo.
Thisisnowfixed.
OnVoiceList,improvedoperationwhenusedonToStylemode(Voice&Vari).