KETRON SD60 PRO live station User manual

KETRON SD9 Manual & Tutorial
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KETRON SD9/SD60/SD90 PRO MANUAL, HINTS & TIPS (V 1.5)
Written by AJAM Inc. USA

KETRON SD9 Manual & Tutorial
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Number Topic Page
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Navigating the SD9 PRO
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1 Playing in Full Keyboard mode 10
2 Sounds & Voices 12
2.B Playing 2 Lead Sounds / Voices at once (2nd Voice) 13
2.C How to change the 2nd voice 13
2.D Using / Layering more than 2 sounds / Voice Edit 16
2.E Playing up to 2 voices with the left hand 21
2.F Changing the Sounds / Voices played by your left hand 22
2.G Other parameters that control the Lower Voices 23
2.H Playing Left hand bass - Manual Bass 24
2.I Quickly Saving your Keyboard Settings / Registrations 27
2.J Recalling your Registrations / Song Settings 28
2.K Adding harmony to your sounds / Voices 28
2.L Assigning Harmony types to your lead sounds/Voices 29
2M Instantly double a lead voice 29
2N Adding Professional Effects to your voice as you play (Live Effects) 30
3 Assigning what gets affected by the Live Effects 33
3.A List of favorite voices - Voice List 33
3.B How to create your own Voice List 34
4.A STYLES 37

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4.A Selecting styles/beats & Arrangements 38
4.B Various parts of the styles - explained 39
4.C How to Select a style for a song 41
4.D How to play and enjoy using styles 43
4.E One Touch Settings & Variations 50
4.F Voice assigned to Arranger/Variation parts & buttons 50
4.G Creating your own One Touch Settings 51
4.H Style Variations (More or Less busy) 52
4.I Modifying Styles (STYLE
VIEW
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4.J Unique Arranger Features 60
4.K Adding & Syncing Arpeggios to Styles 69
4.L Assembling your own style - Modeling 72
4.M Creating a new Style & Beat from scratch 77
4.N Using your Audio Drums in styles 92
5 LAUNCHPAD 96
5.A Loading Midi Sequences and Audio Elements into LaunchPads 98
5.B
Editing and Controlling individual Pads
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5.C Controlling and managing pads within scenes 109
5.D Live Effects with LaunchPad 115
5.E Exporting Style components (Arranger A, B, C, D) to LaunchPads Scenes 116
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MICROPHONE AND VOCAL HARMONIZER
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6.B Vocal Harmonizer - Voicetron 121
Vocalizer Tips and Tricks 124
6.C Guitar and Microphone input 125
6 Using a Guitar and on board Stomp Boxes / Microphone 2 Input 126

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Built in Guitar Tunner 127
7 Saving and Recalling Keyboard Settings / Song Settings / Registrations 129
7.B Setting up what Registrations recall and ignor (Registration Setup) 129
Searching for Song settings and Registrations – Search Engine 133
7.C Recalling your Song Set up/Registrations at the show/gig 132
8 Audio and Midi RECORDING 135
8.A Song and Phrase 135
9 Audio, Video and Multi Media Player 137
9.A Using both PLAYER1 and PLAYER2 137
Synchronizing Songs back to back 139
9.B Using Audio Drums & Arranger with Midifiles (Drum Restyle) 139
Playlist 143
Adding or removing songs from a Playlist 146
Placing my best tunes in one place (MY FOLDER) 147
Using MARKERS in Songs 148
Removing Lead Instrument Sounds from Songs (Lead Mute) 148
Adjusting Midi file Instrumentation with Volume Sliders on the panel
(Midi Mix) 149
File View – Organizing how files are displayed on the page 149
DJ Effects modes (Tap tempo, Cross fade, Prefader listen) … 152
Play Modes 154
Accordion Play modes 155
Organ Play modes 158
10 MIDI Modes and Settings 160
10.B Midi Setup Examples 164
10.C Controlling from an external Midi Controller with SysExc 165

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12 Audio Editor (Wave Files) 166
13 Digital Copy of User manual 168
Set up / Preferences 169
14 Backup (Export entire system, Playlist, My Folder) 171
Keyboard Controls & Settings
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15 Output Assign (Assigning Drum, Bass or Chords to separate output Aux /
Headphone) 174
16 Footswitches & Assigning them 175
17 External Video Monitor Setup 177
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1/4 Note Tuning ( Arabic Settings)
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19 Registration / Song settings and Controls 179
Guitar’s Corner (Setting up Midi Guitar and how to control) 187
Congratulations on your purchase of the KETRON SD9 (76 keys, Modulation and Pitch wheels), SD60 (61
keys with 4 powerful built-in speakers and joy stick) or SD90 (Module version) PRO Arranger & Player Electronic
keyboard or module. Unlike any other keyboard or module 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