KETRON SD9 User manual

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KETRON SD9 PRO MANUAL, HINTS & TIPS (V 1.0)
Written by AJAM Inc. USA
In collaboration with KETRON Srl Italy

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Number Topic Page
1 Navigating the SD9 PRO 3
1 Playing in Full Keyboard mode 4
2 Sounds & Voices 6
2.A
Playing and using Sounds 6
2.B
Accessing and using more voices from Random Access Memory 8
2.C
Playing 2 Lead Sounds / Voices at once (2nd Voice) 9
2.D
How to change the 2nd voice 10
2.E
Using / Layering more than 2 sounds / Voice Edit 12
2.F
Playing up to 2 voices with the left hand 16
2.G
Changing the Sounds / Voices played by your left hand 18
2.H
Other parameters that control the Lower Voices 18
2.I
Playing Left hand bass - Manual Bass 20
2.J
Saving your Keyboard Settings / Registrations 22
2.K
Recalling your Registrations / Song Settings 23
2.L
Adding harmony to your sounds / Voices 24
2.M
Assigning Harmony types to your lead sounds/Voices 25
2.N
Instantly double a lead voice 25
3 Adding Professional Effects to your voice as you play (Live Effects) 26
3.A
Assigning what gets affected by the Live Effects 27
3.B
List of favorite voices - Voice List 27
3.C
How to create your own Voice List 28

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4 STYLES 31
4.A
Selecting styles/beats & Arrangements 32
4.B
Various parts of the styles - explained 34
4.C
How to Select a style for a song 36
4.D
How to play and enjoy using styles 38
4.E
One Touch Settings & Variations 45
4.F
Voice to Arranger/Variations 46
4.G
Creating your own One Touch Settings 46
4.H
Style
Variations
(More or Less busy) 48
4.I
Modifying Styles (STYLE VIEW) 49
4.J
Unique Arranger Features 52
4.K
Adding & Syncing Arpeggios to Styles 61
4.L
Assembling your own style - Modeling 64
4.M
Creating a new Style & Beat 69
5 Microphone and Vocal Harmonizer (Voicetron) 75
5.A
Microphone Preset settings 76
5.B
Vocal Harmonizer - Voicetron
80
5.C
Vocalizer Tips and Tricks 85
5.D
Using a Guitar and on board Stomp Boxes / Microphone 2 Input 85
6 Saving and Recalling Keyboard Settings / Song Settings / Registrations 88
6.A
Creating a Song Setup / Registration 88
6.B
Determining what a Song Setting/Registration saves/recalls and ignores 89

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6.C
Recalling your Song Set up/Registrations at the show/gig 92
7 Audio and Midi RECORDING 95
7.A
Song and Phrase 95
8 Audio, Video and Multi Media Player 97
Using Audio Drums & Arranger with Midifiles (Drum Restyle) 100
Playlist 103
Placing my best tunes in one place (MY FOLDER) 108
Using MARKERS in Songs 109
Removing Lead Instrument Sounds from Songs (Lead Mute) 110
Adjusting Midi file Instrumentation with Volume Sliders on the panel
(Midi Mix) 110
9 Play Modes 114
10 MIDI Modes and Settings 120
11 Audio Editor (Wave Files) 123
12 Digital Copy of User manual 124
13 Set up / Preferences 125
Backup (Export entire system, Playlist, My Folder) 128
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Keyboard Controls & Settings
130
Output Assign (Assigning Drum, Bass or Chords to separate output Aux /
Headphone) 131
15 Footswitches & Assigning them 132
16 External Video Monitor Setup 134
17 1/4 Note Tuning ( Arabic Settings) 136
18 Registration / Song settings and Controls 138

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Congratulations on your purchase of the KETRON SD9 PRO Arranger & Player Electronic keyboard. Unlike
any other keyboard that has gone before it, this multi-media musical work horse is the first in its class of musical
instruments to combine modern features you actually need and will 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 Modeling and LaunchPad with the
capability to change the tonality of the audio elements in real time
•Loop Maker taken to the next level with LaunchPad which provides style modeling and real time
sequencing of midi and audio elements which can be synchronized and used in live or studio performances
•A new Sample Editor that now provides the means for you to utilize your own samples as instruments or
create your own drum sets which can in turn be used with styles/tracks or used to enhance Midifiles
•A simple and easy to use operating system which can easily be utilized through a very intuitive and wide
touch color screen
•Multi player capabilities with extensive control over audio, including the new Audio Multi Tracking feature
•Four Playbox banks which now allow you to customize and store 999 of your favorite songs (Mp3, wave,
Midifiles) within each one.
…. all of this built into a very affordable package, and one that was designed by musicians and for musicians. Right
out of the box, the SD9 PRO is ready for any artist, performer, studio engineer or entertainer to use on stage, at a
place of worship, or in the studio – with incredible Audio Drums, authentic live bass and backings suitable for
almost any song, thanks to the vast library of professional sounds and rhythms and the flexibility to be able to
control them all quickly in real time.
Depending on your purpose of purchasing the KETRON SD9 PRO, you can set it up for various PLAY MODES
based on 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.

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1. GETTING AROUND THE SD9 PRO QUICKLY – NAVIGATION
Before we get started, let’s see how to set up the SD9 PRO by taking a look at the connections on the back (as
shown in Fig. A. below). This will enable us to better understand how the SD9 PRO interacts with the outside world.
Fig. A.
Thanks to its clean design, the SD9 PRO has most of its connectors tugged away in the back, allowing it to easily
interface with various optional devices. Let’s take a closer look at the back … from left to right.
•ON/OFF:-This is the power switch used to power the instrument on or off. Please note that once you turn
on the instrument, it may take about 30 second for it to completely boot up as it loads the various data
needed for operation. Also, when you turn off the keyboard, allow about 10 seconds for it to properly save
all relevant material and power down. Do not disconnect power to the instrument while it is powered on or
powering down!
•DC9V/4A:-Mains power supply socket. For proper functioning, connect only the supplied power adaptor
to the instrument (which is an automatic 110v ~ 240v adaptor). Warrantee could be voided if a different
power adaptor is used!
•SUSTAIN:-Connect the optional KETRON sustain pedal to this jack. The Sustain pedal can be used to
play the piano or other Sounds (as on a standard piano), but can also be programmed to be used as a Rotor
switch to switch the rotor Leslie organ speed between fast or slow when using Organ sounds, or to prevent
the arranger from recognizing and changing chords when playing as a solo pianist (PIANIST MODE –
Sustain Pedal turned on).
•USB:- Connect the SD9 Pro to a computer using a standard USB printer cable. This port can be used for 2
purposes (which are discussed in more detail under “MIDI” on page 160):-
oMIDI 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
Cakewalk or Sonar … etc.
oDATA:- The SD9 pro can be connected to a computer via this port such that the contents of its
internal Solid State Drive (or optional SSD drive if installed) can be managed via an external
computer. This allows you to quickly and simply drag and drop files between the SD9 Pro and
your computer’s storage devices (when MENU – MIDI – USB MIDI is turned off!)
oUSB Pen Drives:- There are 3 USB ports located at the front – top of the panel (as shown in Fig.
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Fig. B.
•VOLUME:-Connect an optional KETRON Volume pedal to this connector. This pedal can be used to
control the entire volume of the keyboard as you perform, or it can be programmed to control only the
volume of the style or the Player (when playing Audio, video or midifiles) – (MENU – CONTROLS –
EXPR. PEDAL). It can also be programmed to act as a wha wha pedal to insert wha wha effects into say
guitar sounds (VOICE EDIT – PAGE 4 –WHA WHA MODE=PEDAL). More of this in the “MENU-
CONTROLS” section on page 172.
•FOOTSWITCH:- Connect the optional KETRON FS6 or FS13 Effects pedals to this multi-pin connector.
These pedals can be use to control many functions that exist in the SD9 Pro such as Start/Stop, Fill ins, Pdf
Page change, voice change, vocalizer on/off, mic on/off, chord tonalities … etc. A complete list of these
functions and how to program the effects pedals are under MENU – FOOTSWITCH on page 174.
•DVI:-Video monitor output to connect the SD9 Pro to an external TV screen or monitor. Using the
appropriate adaptor, you can connect the SD9 Pro to an external monitor with HDMI or VGA input jacks.
You can also determine if all data shown on the SD9 Pro’s screen is projected onto the external monitor
(MIRROR on) or only lyrics, pdf and data related to songs (MIRROR off). The details of this can be seen
under MENU – VIDEO – MIRROR on page 176.
•MIDI PORTS:- The various 5 pin DIN midi ports are used as follows (more in the MIDI section found on
page 160):-
oTHRU:-This connector is used to pass onto another device all information received at the MIDI
IN (GM) jack. So if you daisy chain your instruments such that you have a controller connected to
the SD9 Pro and another instrument connected to the SD9 Pro which you also want controlled
from your controller, connect your controller’s MIDI OUT to the SD9 PRO’s MIDI IN 1 (GM)
and then the other instrument’s MIDI IN to the MIDI THRU of the SD9 PRO. This way, all data
the SD9 PRO receives at it’s MIDI IN 1 GM is automatically passed (with non interference from
the SD9 PRO) onto the next instrument in the Midi chain.
oOUT:-Connect the SD9 Pro’s MIDI out to another MIDI device (slave) you want the SD9 PRO
to control (master). You can use this to get other sounds out of other sound modules or to control
other musical devices from the SD9 PRO.
oIN2 (KEYB):-If you want to control the SD9 PRO from another MIDI controller and be able to
control/play with its internal styles and lead voices, connect the device’s MIDI OUT to the SD9
PRO’s MIDI IN2 (KEYB).
oIN1 (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
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•HEADPHONE (AUX):- This connector is used to connect a good pair of headphones to the SD9 PRO. It
can also be programmed to be used as an additional output (AUXILARY) which can be programmed to be
the output of just bass, drums, lead/right hand voices or other tracks per software upgrade.
•MICRO:- The dedicated microphones are described and used as follows (more details in the
MICROPONE section found in page 117:-
oOUT:- This is used to connect the output of the microphone and vocal harmonizer to an external
mixer. This ensures total control of just the voice of the musician (e.g. using an external unit to
add special effects to just the lead vocalist), while keeping the voice out of the general mix of the
instrument.
oGAIN:- This knob is used to set the input/gain level of the signal coming into the MICRO
(1/4”/XLR) Combo input jack. A good starting point it to turn the knob completely anti-clockwise
(0) and then turn ½ way up (line should be at the 12 o’clock position) to avoid feedback.
oCOMBO MIC INPUT JACK:- Connect a dynamic microphone (either with XLR or ¼” jack) to
this connector.
o¼” INPUT JACK:- Connect a line in (e.g. external music player or Ipad … etc) or a GUITAR
into this ¼” jack. If you connect a GUITAR, the SD9 Pro also has ‘stomp box’ editable guitar
effects already built plus a guitar tuner for your electric or acoustic electric guitar to always be in
tune (more under INPUT – MICRO2/GUITAR on page 125).
Navigating the SD9 PRO is very easy and can be done in a number of ways using these useful key buttons:-
1. TOUCH SCREEN:-The bright touch screen allows you to touch icons directly on the
screen. To access contents within folders, simply touch the folder twice (as you would double click on a
mouse) to open it.
2. DATA/VALUE DIAL/WHEEL:-This wheel allows you to change the values of selected items.
So, if you touch a numeric icon on the screen (for an example), you can turn this wheel to change 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. SAVE button:- Depending on which screen is being displayed, this button is used to SAVE
current settings, custom start up, User styles, Registrations etc. This will be explained in details within the
manual below

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2. PLAYING THE SD9 PRO - FULL KEYBOARD (PIANIST) & SPLIT (ARRANGER) MODES
When you turn on the SD9 PRO, it initially turns on in the SPLIT/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.
To assign a new split point on the keyboard, press and hold down the SPLIT button on the panel as shown above.
The current split point will be displayed on the screen (right side) as shown below:-
Fig. 1. Split point shown on display
While still holding down the SPLIT button, you can now assign a new split point by pressing the key on the key bed
where you want the split point to be. So if you want the split point to be at F#2, as you hold down the SPLIT button,
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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 left of the keyboard (E) and the entire keyboard will now be the lead/right voice.
The proper way however to ignore the split point would be to press the PIANIST button (left side of panel) and turn
it on, or press the HOME/STYLE button to turn it off (HOME mode).
This button automatically removes the SPLIT point and the entire keyboard becomes one … (PIANIST MODE) -
with one voice/voices governed by the RIGHT/Lead voice selection. In this mode (PIANIST), you can then select a
voice or voices and play through the entire keyboard – just as you would do on a regular keyboard. In the PIANIST
mode, a musician can also play the arranger as a regular piano and still have the automatic accompaniment follow
along as they play (the keyboard follows you and not the other way around). This is discussed in more detail below
in section 4.J - PIANIST (page 68)

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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 keyboard in its class. The new Stereo Grand Piano, new live violin, trumpets, and other
natural instruments come to life and ‘breath’ in your hands as you play them on the SD9 PRO, proving once again,
that KETRON has lived up to its motto of “Best Natural Sounds”. The AjamSonic version adds an additional 140
new professional voices. These can be accessed under the various USER VOICE sub groups.
2.A - PLAYING & USING SOUNDS (LEAD VOICES)
The SD9 PRO comes loaded with more than 600 voices. There are more than 350 preset voices (which are either
individual or layered sounds as prepared by KETRON). Press the VOICE button on the SD9 PRO’s panel (right
side) or touch the current voice displayed in the top right box on the screen.
or touch =>
Fig. 2. Voice on panel Fig. 3. Voice touch on screen
The following screen will be displayed….
Fig. 4. Voice Groups
As you can see, the right side of the screen shows the various voice groups or categories where all the voices in the
keyboard reside in. The current voice group selected is highlighted in yellow (in the above case, PIANO), while the
various voices in this group are shown on the left side of the screen (in this case the various 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
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2.B - PLAYING/LAYERING 2 VOICES TOGETHER (2nd VOICE)
You can instantly add an additional voice to your lead voice - which we call 2nd VOICE. From the factory, each
lead voice already has an additional voice assigned to it which you can quickly turn on/off by simply pressing the
2nd voice button on the panel. The 2nd voice’s volume can be controlled by raising the corresponding 2nd Voice
volume slider below it. Together with the RIGHT volume slider (for the lead/main voice) you can adjust how you
want both voices to sound relative to one another as each voice’s volume is independent of the other for the SD9
PRO.
Fig. 5. 2nd Voice button and slider Fig. 6. 2nd Voice Select
2.C - HOW TO CHANGE THE 2nd VOICE OF ANY LEAD VOICE
Assuming you’re not satisfied with the factory’s 2nd voices that have been assigned to the lead voice, how do you
change the 2nd voice of any lead voice and make it your own? There are 2 ways to change the 2nd voice of each
Preset/lead voice – one is quick and temporal, while the other method is permanent but requires you to go into the
voice editor.
The first quick method is to simply touch the 2nd voice box from the main screen as shown below in Fig. 7.
Fig. 7. Touch 2nd Voice icon on screen Fig. 8. Sound Selection for 2nd Voice

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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 want to use.
Remember you can always turn the data wheel or touch the voice group once more to access even more voices
within this voice groups.
This method allows you to quickly change the 2nd voice as you perform live - however, once you turn off the
keyboard, this setting will be lost.
To permanently edit the 2nd voice and associate with any lead voice, you will have to go into the VOICE EDITOR.
•From the voice selection screen, touch and hold the lead/main voice whose 2nd voice you want to edit for 2
seconds. A screen similar to this one below will be displayed that shows all the elements (individual voices)
that make up this voice (the voices used to create this lead voice you have selected will be turned ON as
shown on the far left On/OFF column).
Fig. 9. 2nd Voice Edit Fig. 10. 2nd Voice Selection
•To select a new 2nd voice for this lead voice, touch the current voice in the 2nd Voice box (4th row) shown in
Fig. 9 above. A screen similar to Fig. 10 above will be displayed. This screen shows the current 2nd voice
that is being used for this lead voice (left side – Grand Piano) and the voice group from which this voice
was selected (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 current category/voice group.
There are many pages of voices per voice group which you can access this way.
•When done, press the SAVE button (below the data wheel) to save your new USER VOICE and it’s
corresponding 2nd voice (remember, you cannot over write the factory voices so whenever a modification is
made to a factory voice and you want to save it, it is saved as a USER VOICE. This therefore means that if
you go back and select this factory voice, the original 2nd voice that was assigned to it by KETRON will still
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Fig. 11. Saving 2nd Voice
SAVE FACTORY:- This saves your new voice in the USER VOICE location but with
the same factory name. You can also rename it in the next screen that pops up with the
QUERTY keyboard.
SAVE AS:-Opens a QUERTY keyboard where you can name your new voice and save
it by touching the ENTER button on the screen. Your new voice will now be saved
(together with your matching 2nd voice) as a USER VOICE.
CANCEL:-Nothing is saved and you will be returned to the previous GM VOICE
SELECT screen. You can press the EXIT button on the panel to get back to the Voice
EDITOR screen and press EXIT again to get back to the voice selection screen. (The
EXIT button usually steps you out of functions the same way you came in … meaning as
you go in deeper and deeper into functions or menus, you can use the EXIT button to step
out in steps as well … very useful if you want to make a minor correction in a previous
step but do not want to start all over!)
•To play this voice (with your new 2nd voice assigned to it):-
Press the VOICE button once more to access the voices.
Touch USER on the bottom right side of the screen (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 when you
wanted to create a new 2nd voice for your lead voice). All the user voices in that group
will now be displayed to the left of the screen.
Touch your new voice to the left of the screen and play.
To turn on the 2nd voice (just as you did for the factory voices), simply press the 2nd voice
button on the right side of the panel. Adjust its volume using the volume slider below it.
You can always go back and forth between the FACTORY VOICES (USER Voice
button off – not yellow) and the USER Voices (user voice button on – yellow) by
touching the USER voice button then selecting which voice you want to use for your
performance.
Tips:-The 2nd voice also has a new neat feature that allows certain parameters to be applied only to the 2nd voice
(independent of the lead voice). To access these parameters, touch the 2nd voice icon on the screen for about 2
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Fig. 12. 2nd Voice Parameters
The following parameters that pertain to just the 2nd voice can be edited in the new pop
up screen shown above in Fig. 12.
TRANSPOSE:-Touch the transpose box and turn the data wheel to transpose ONLY the
2nd voice. The lead voice will remain un transposed!
REVERB:- Touch the corresponding REVERB icon box and either turn the dial on the
screen or turn the data wheel to change its corresponding value. Again, these values are
valid for the current selection and are lost once a new voice is selected. To change them
permanently, refer to the permanent solution above for editing the 2nd voice on page 14
CHORUS:-Touch the required Chorus box and either turn the dial on the screen or turn
the data wheel to change its corresponding value. Again, these values are valid for the
current selection and are lost once a new voice is selected. To change them permanently,
refer to the permanent solution above for editing the 2nd voice on page 14.
2.D - LAYERING VOICES (PROGRAMMING VOICES)
Still not satisfied with only 2 voices to play/layer 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 very easily done on the SD9 PRO, and at the touch of the screen, you can instantly recall your
layered/edited voice and use them as you wish.
To start editing a voice, from the voice screen, touch and hold down for 2 seconds a voice you want to edit or layer
or one that comes close to the voice you wish to create. This opens up the VOICE EDITOR. Your screen should
look something Fig. 13 below (in this case, the Lounge Tenor Sax was selected):-

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Fig. 13. Voice Editor Page 1/6
The voice editor in the SD9 PRO is quit extensive but very intuitive and easy to use. Once this screen (first page of
6) is displayed you will notice the following:-
•4 Rows of voices (with access to each one’s volume, reverb level, shift, tune, pan and chorus parameters).
You can also insert effects into either of the first 3 (lead voices) and select which effect type is used per
voice selection.
•The first 3 rows represent the voices that can be layered to create a new voice. In this case, only 1 voice
was used (Lounge Tenor) to create the LOUNGE TENOR voice (it’s corresponding on/off icon is on –
red). By touching the ON/OFF icon to the left and next to each voice, you can turn on/off the individual
voices you want to use/layer together. As you turn the voices ON, the parameter values (voice, volume,
shift, tune …etc) associated with each voice turns black showing that this selected voice is now active so
you can change them as you see needed.
Tips:-Even when inactive (white) you can still edit parameters of a voice (touch the
parameter and turn the wheel to change its value), however the effects of these changes
will only be heard if you turn this voice ON (by touching the On/Off icon to the left of
the screen).
•The 4th row is the 2nd voice tied to this lead/main voice. This is where you can change the 2nd voice of each
lead instrument and then later save as a USER VOICE of your own (as previously discussed above in page
14).
•To the RIGHT of this screen, you can also turn on/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 keys. If this button
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Fig. 14. Voice Editor page 2/6
•Page 2/6 gives you access to the RANGE (split points within which the selected voice will be heard over
the keyboard), VELOCITY (how hard/soft a key is pressed before this element of this sound is heard – soft
[0] to hard [127]), FIXED (if on, then regardless of how soft/hard a key is pressed, the sound will be heard
at the same volume/tone which can be set by turning the data value wheel once highlighted), SUSTAIN
(the sustain pedal will have an effect on this voice if checked), EXP (the volume pedal will have an effect on
this voice if checked).
Tips:-Right here, you can create a very ‘intelligent’ voice which depending on what area
of the keyboard you play, you will hear element/voice 1, element/voice 2, depending on
how hard you play, you will hear element/voice2, or element/voice 3 … and so on.
Fig. 15. Voice Editor page 3/6
•Page 3/6 gives you access to set certain parameters of this voice (Portamento, modulation, pitch … etc)
which you can turn on/off by touching the related icon.

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Fig. 16. Voice Editor page 4/6
•Page 4/6 is a powerful page in this editor. It allows one to set the following (if say you are using all 3
voices to create this huge custom voice):-
MORPH/ROTOR:-If you set Voice 1 as First and Voice 2 as Second, with the
Modulation wheel up, you will hear voice 1 but as you move the modulation wheel
down, it now morphs 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
on the keybed).
•Tips:-Set voice 1 to an organ (with a slow rotor speed), and set voice 2 to an
organ with a fast rotor speed. Now, whenever you select this voice, you can turn
on the leslie rotor by morphing from the organ with the slow rotor speed into the
organ with the fast rotor speed just by moving the modulation wheel from the
down to the up position.
WHA-WHA: – If checked, this element/voice will have the wha wha effect applied to it
if a volume pedal is plugged into the SD9 PRO. This volume pedal can then be used to
manually turn on/off the wha-wha – great when editing guitar sounds and trying to
emulate the wah wah effect of an electric guitar!
HARMONY: –Adds the harmony type (shown in the TYPE box) to the sound with the
checked harmony box whenever the harmony button on the panel is turned on (described
in more details below in section 2K – HARMONY on Page 28). This has brought about
great harmonies for single or layered voices – depending on which of the 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 Double is activated
under KEYB. CONTROL below in Page 29, Fig. 32.

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Fig. 17. Voice Editor page 5/6
•Page 5/6 gives you access to set the attack, decay ... etc. These parameters impact the actual voice/sample
you are editing and can be used to actually create a ‘new’ voice all together if edited properly.
•V-TONE:-Adds natural characteristics and embellishments to the Sound.
•Page 6/6 below is a continuation from page 5/6 above.
Fig. 18. Voice Editor page 6/6
Once you have created your new voice, simply press the SAVE button on the panel to display the following
options:-
Fig. 19a. Saving User Voice