KETRON SD40 Technical manual

SD40‐Update1.1.0

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.

Tempoaccelerando/ritardando
BypressingTempobuttontogetherintheSTYLEmode,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.
 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.
 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.
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 super exceed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).


Registration
RegistrationscannowbeloadedfromUSBsticks.
Registrationsnameareupto30characters.
CompletesavefeatureonRegistrationforVoicefamilies.
StoreofIntroofstyle:ifinstart,thestylestartswiththeIntrosaved,ifinstopand
keystartthestylestartswiththeintrosavedatthetouchofabuttonorbyStart
button.
InRegistrationmodeRight1and2and2ndVoiceslidersarenowsavedonPlayer.
WhentheRegistrationchanges,ifthenewonedoesnotcontainpdf,theprevious
pdfsettingisdeleted.
CorrectontheRegistrationsthetransitionfromACCORD.CLASSICmodetoMASTER

MIDIMERGE:(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)

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.
ModelingEdit
AddedtheSINGLE/GLOBALfunctionwhichavoidsgoingbackonVIEWtobeableto
modifyit.

EditVoice
AddedtheeditstyleVIEW→EDIT.
AddedDOUBLEUp/Downfunctionthatcanbesavedwithinthevoice.
AddedfunctionFACTORYOVERWRITEandFACTORYRESTORE
FixederrorintheRANGEedit(page2/6)wheretheRANGEwashighlightedinthe
VELOCITYbox.
ModulationwasnotresetbyswitchingfromaVOICEwithanactivatedLfoto
anotherwithadeactivatedLfo.
ChangedtheWahWah4presetandchangedtheresponsecurveonthevolume
pedalinthecaseofaninsertedWah‐WahEFX


SecondVoice
Fromthemainmenuwhileholdingdownthe2ndVoicetab,youaccessdirectlythe
secondtoneselectionmenu.
2ndVoicetimbreremainsuntilthemainentryischanged.
TostoreityouneedtoenterthevoiceeditingandsaveinaUSERVOICE.

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.

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).

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,meaningyounowhaveaccessto13X4(52functionsforFS13)
or6X4(24functionsforFS6).SoinSet1,Footswitch#1couldbeassignedto
Start/Stop, while in Set 2, Footswitch #1 could be assigned 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hearing
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.

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.

Panelrebootapplication
SimultaneouslypressingboththeARR_A&EnterbuttonswillrestarttheSD40
withouthavingtomanuallyswitchofftheinstrument.
Thismaybeusefulifanyanomaliesshouldoccur.

Wholediskcheck
PressingboththeARR_B&EnterenablestheSD40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.

Updatemodelingtab
HoldingdowntheARR_C+ENTERbuttonstogethertheUsermodelingtableswillbe
automaticallybeupdated.

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.

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.


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).
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.
SonowVolumevariationoftheStyleisnowdisplayedontopleftofthescreen

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.

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.

Diskedit
FoldersarenolongerautomaticallyavailablewhentheDiskEditbuttonisturnedon.
LockednavigationifSD40isconnectedtothePC(PC‐CONNECTON).

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).


Fadeout
ImprovedFadeOutfeaturewhenusedwithEndings.
Arabicscale
UserTabs:ArabicScalefunctionadded(On/Off).
Whentheuservoiceisloaded,thescaleisupdatedifithasbeensaved(ifenabled,it
isimmediatelyavailable).

Chordrecognition
Improvedchordrecognition(possibleproblemson4‐notechords).
Therecognitionoftheninthchordwascorrected.
Fixedrandomerrorintherecognitionofthechord.

Drumremap
NowyoucanalsoaccessthedrumremapfromtheVIEW→DrumMixermenu,
DRUMREMAPbutton.PresstheEXITbuttontoreturntotheDrumMixermenu.
TheMANUALbox(drumon/off)isactivatedinthemenu.

View→EFX
NowyoucaneditandsavetheInsertEFX2effecttypeonthecurrentstyle.
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.

Playbox
AddedPLAYBOXenvironment.
Playlist
Improvementontitleview(stylefontchanged).
Assignvol.5tolower
InMENU→CONTROLSthe"AssignVol.5ToLower"boxhasbeeninsertedwhich,if
selected,allowsthevolumeoftheLowerstobechangedusingthePotentiometer.
#5RIGHT.
TheCHORDvolumeinthismodeonlyactsinautomaticchords.
ThefunctioncanbesavedinCUSTOMSTARTUP.
Totherightof2ndVolthevolumechangeofthelowershasbeeninsertedifthe

Potentiometer#5issettotherightvolume,whileifsetasthelowervolumeit
changesthevolumeright.

StyleMyList
Fixederrorintheselectionofthestylebox,ifstillloading.

Modellingdrum
USERDRUMMIDIextension:tables(Midifiles)withmididrumsetcanbeinsertedin
theUSER_MODELING/Drumfolder.
ThetableswillbevisibleafterrebootorwithUpdateModelingTab(Holdingdown
theARR_CkeyandpressingENTER).
IntheMODELING→Drummenu,the"UserDrum"boxhasbeeninserted:pressing
thisboxwillhighlightthelistofuserdrumintheUSER_MODELING/Drumfolder.
Thesetablescanbeassignedtothestylesectionsinbothsingleandglobalfashion.
Selectingthe"UserDrum"boxautomaticallyactivatestheKeyStartwhichallows
youtoselectalsoFill,Break,Intro,Ending(withReintro)withthestyleinstop.
WithSAVEyoucansavethestylewiththechangesmadeonthemodeling.

Selection
TheselectionoftheVoiceandStylesfamilieshasbeencorrected.

Rotary
FixingissuewhenRotaryeffectisoutofMorphingmode(itsentthereverbtozero).

Mediamenu
FixedthetransitionfromRegistoMediabypressingonthedevice(chippicture).
Metronome
SOLOmodedidnotworkonmidifiles.

StylesName
Thenumberofcharactersinthestylenamedisplayedatthetoplefthasbeen
reducedto24.
Basedonthelength,thefontisreduced/enlarged.

Bass
Improvementofthetonicofthebassrecognitionwhilechordischanged
Fixedthedoublebassnotetothestylechangeatthesametimeasthechord
change.



Midicompress
ForstyleswithDrumset,aDynamicCompressionControl(MidiCompress)with
valuesfrom0‐48hasbeenaddedtotheView→Drummenu.

MidiUSB
NewUSBMidiKeyboardfeature(simulatesMidiInKeyboard).
ThepreviousUSBMidiisrenamedasUSBMidiGM.
Displaystyleinfo
Inadditiontodisplayingthestylesection[A],..[IN2]inyellowisnowdisplayed
alsothemeasurementcounterforeachsectionEx.[A]1/8,[A]2/8..

AutoFILL
Fixedthedoublebassnoteissue,especiallyintimesin¾(EgIRISH_WALZ)changing
stylearrangementinthelastquarterwithAUTOFILLactive.