KETRON SD1 User manual

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INDEX
Ketron SD1: a new wonderful musical adventure is about to begin!
Connections
Control panel and pus button functions
Parameter management
Having fun wit t e SD1! A guide on ow to start playing and aving fun rig t away
Voice and User Voice
Programs and One Touc
Sound Load
Te Sampler
Drawbars
Drum Set
Arranger
Style & Sound
RAM Styles and Flas RAM
Pattern Edit
Power On Set Up
Song Play, Midifiles and Karaoke
Video Out and Karaoke
Recording a Midi file
.KAR Midi files and .TXT files
Using t e microp one
Vocalizer
Effects
On Line Effects and Rotor effect menus
Registration
Utility
MIDI Accordions
Midi
Using a MIDI pedal
Demo & Hit
Disk
Up-dating and Resetting t e SD1
Sequencer
Tutorial
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Ketron SD1: a new wonderful musical adventure
is about to begin!
Congratulations or having purchased the new Ketron SD1 electronic keyboard. It has taken us two years o painstaking research and program-
ming to o er you improved and more natural timbres, modern and musical arrangements and new reproduction unctions or MIDI iles, sam-
ples, text iles and General MIDI iles.
I you are already amiliar with Ketron X1 then you will have no problem in using the SD1. I you are new to the world o Ketron and electronic
keyboards then we advise you to read the “Having un with the SD1!” section.
Then again i you are experienced musicians and programmers and you’re interested in the real nitty-gritty then the speci ic sections or each
operational environment is what you’re looking or!
Finally whatever category o skill you belong to we recommend that you read the irst ew pages o this manual. They provide a description o
the operational control panel, the connections and the navigation principles among the parameters that are valid or all parts o this manual.
We hope you have lots o un with Ketron SD1!
THE NEW FEATURES OF THE SD1
Whereas many electronic keyboards are becoming real workstations, with ever-complicated unctions and o ten not within everyone’s reach,
our SD1 keyboard has been thought up as an instrument capable o enhancing the musician’s skill in the centre o the show. Our desire is that
o o ering the SD1 as a simple yet potential instrument that hides endless possibilities or the musician who loves playing, entertaining and
interacting with the musical instrument. You can o course use the SD1 just to reproduce iles but you would be missing out on much o our
research carried out worldwide!
Some aspects o the SD1 are similar to many other pro essional electronic keyboards:
●Polyphony with 64 notes.
●Hundreds o styles.
●Hundreds o timbres.
●A sophisticated arranger.
●Reproduction o Midi iles.
●Display o the words o a Midi ile also on the monitor.
●A timbre editor.
●General MIDI and Standard MIDI File compatibility.
●A sequencer with sixteen tracks.
●A style editor.
Other aspects on the other hand are more unique, o ten o ered as optionals, but in the SD1 they are given standard:
●A Vocalizer or harmonizing the voice.
●A hard disk o six Gigabytes.
●A double MIDI input.
●Two audio inputs or microphones.
●A sampler o sixteen MB’s with wave graph editing.
●A hal -weighted keyboard with 76 keys.
●Four audio outputs.
●Compatibility with audio .WAV iles.
●A Flash RAM or loading new samples.
●The use o Styles directly rom the disk.
Last but not least the SD1 has some potentials that you have never seen or heard o in other electronic keyboards as they are an exclusive o
Ketron SD1:
●The use o audio .WAV iles in real time with a Midi ile linked with the transposition and change o the tempo thanks to a proprietary algo-
rithm that does not alter the timbre or compatible intervals.
●The sampled grooves, processed and entered in the Styles to provide that certain musical realism that is impossible to achieve with a sim-
ple drum kit.
●The Mutes o the individual instruments o a sampled groove.
●Two drum tracks or each style.
●The possibility to display a text ile (.TXT) while using the Arranger to do away with awkward packs o song sheets and booklets.
●The complete automation o all loading procedures via the Registrations that can load or example the words, the audio iles and the Midi
ile o a song all in one go.
●Management o the hard disk via a serial port on a separate PC to organise your own back-up copies and to view all the iles on a larger
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●The possibility to immediately call up any Midi ile stored in a dedicated older.
●The simpli ied management o the hard disk thanks to the new Master Folder concept.
●A menu especially studied or MIDI accordions.
●A new pro essional look (but this has already been invented!).
Not bad eh? I you are impressed with these eatures then you could have probably purchased the SD1 just looking at a catalogue. What we and
all o our customers too are really proud o are not just the speci ications and the new unctions, which are certainly one step ahead o the cur-
rent standard, but o how the SD1 sounds! We are proud o the new acoustic piano sample, the acoustic timbres that have never been so warm
and realistic, the 48 MB’s o Wave tables o which many are rather envious as they are so natural, the grooves rom which so much rhythm is
elt that it’s impossible to keep your eet still while listening to them.
Be ore we even started to design the SD1 we thought o the sounds and the styles, which had to be the best ever. We are convinced that we
have managed per ection!
Lots o un rom Ketron!

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Connections
The SD1 is supplied standard with all the audio and MIDI connections required and also or the pedals needed or its optimum use. The only
options are the video inter ace and the two pedals. Below are the connections, rom the le t to the right o the panel:
MICRO 1: Audio input or microphones on balanced XLR connection. It is pre erable to use this input or the main microphone or two major
reasons: the balanced connection is more silent and less subject to environmental inter erence. The signal made available by this input can be
processed by the Vocalizer built in the SD1.
MICRO 2: Audio mono Jack input 1/4’ unbalanced or auxiliary microphones. The Micro 2 signal cannot be processed by the Vocalizer built
in the SD1, but only by the overall e ects.
MICRO GAIN: This controls the gain o the Audio microphone inputs.
PHONES: This is used to connect a stereo headphone. Micro 2 Output Monophonic audio output 1/4’ o the input signal o Micro 2, that
is not processed by the built-in e ects as Reverb and chorus..
MICRO 2 OUTPUT: Monophonic audio output 1/4’ o the input signal o Micro 1 no processed by the Vocalizer internal e ects as Reverb and chorus.
MICRO 1 OUTPUT: Monophonic audio output 1/4’ o the input signal o Micro 1 processed by the Vocalizer but not by the internal e ects
as Reverb and chorus.
OUTPUT LEFT/MONO 1, RIGHT 2, 3, 4: Monophonic audio outputs 1/4’ o which Le t can work as overall monophonic output or the
whole instrument. When the Le t and Right outputs are used the SD1 works in stereo. Outputs 3 and 4, again monophonic, can be used or par-
ticular instrumental sections o the keyboard so that they can be controlled by a separate mixer or processor with separate e ects.
PEDAL FOOTSWITCH: This is a multipolar socket used to connect optional pedals with six or thirteen swit-
ches, to control many unctions including automatic accompaniment unctions.
SUSTAIN PEDAL: This is the socket or the Sustain On/O type pedal.
VOLUME PEDAL: This is the socket or the continuous Volume control pedal. It is advisable to use pedals produced by Ketron to avoid
dangerous short circuits or abnormal conditions in general.
MIDI In (GM): Midi Input Port used just to control the General MIDI timbre generator o the SD1 with sixteen MIDI parts.
MIDI In 2 (Keyboard): MIDI port with which each SD1 section is controlled rom a separate keyboard or rom an accordion with MIDI inter ace.
MIDI Out: MIDI port used to send the data generated by the SD1, both or automatic accompaniment and lead part.
MIDI T ru: MIDI port that sends the replication o all received data only rom the MIDI IN 1 input.
COMPUTER INTERFACE: The SD1 can be directly connected to a PC or to a Mac via this port, thus acting as MIDI inter ace to all e ects.
VIDEO INTERFACE: This optional device is used to display the words o a Midi ile and other in ormation given by the musician on a
monitor or the audience.
MAIN SWITCH: This push button turns the SD1 on.
AC: Pit or the power supply cable.
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FURTHER ELEMENTS OF THE SD1
HARD DISK
The 6 GB hard disk supplied standard in each SD1 has been chosen to ensure rapidity and long li e.
DISK DRIVE
Supplied standard, it is used to read and write 720 KB and 1.4 MB loppy disks in DOS ormat. Floppy disks ormatted on any PC can also be used.
MODULATION WHEEL
This wheel is used to control the timbre modulation (generally created with the use o an LFO on the pitch or on the amplitude) but, with the
Rotor e ect enabled, it can also control the Rotor speed variation rom low to high.
PITCH BEND WHEEL
This is used to change the pitch to higher or lower on the timbre o the Right section.
AFTERTOUCH
Once a key has been pressed normally right down, a short section o the stroke o the key can be used, which can be elt by pressing urther,
to control the addition o some e ects such as Vibrato or Pitch bend. Thus it is simple to control the di erent timbre tones. The A tertouch
version installed in the SD1 is the monphonic one, namely the e ect produced is valid or all the keys pressed at that time.
VELOCITY
The key dynamics is used to control some timbre parameters such as the volume o the note or the ilter.
GENERAL VOLUME
The volume cursor seen on the ront panel controls the general volume o the audio outputs Le t & Right o the whole keyboard, including the
microphone signals. The cursor does not send a Volume signal to the MIDI Out port.

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Control panel and pus button functions
The control panel is divided into sections according to the group o unctions related to the push buttons. From le t to right you will see the ollowing:
VOLUME Two rows o six push buttons that are used to control the general volume or the Drums, Bass, Chords, Orchestral, Lower and Right sec-
tions. The volume can be immediately muted by pressing the right-hand and le t-hand VOLUME push buttons o one section together
at the same time. To restore the volume set prior to muting simply press one o the two VOLUME push buttons o the section once.
HOW TO MODIFY THE VOLUME OF THE RIGHT LEAD
To raise the volume, hold the right-hand RIGHT VOLUME push button down. To lower the volume, use the le t-hand push button.
To Mute the volume press the two RIGHT VOLUME push buttons together at the same time.
To restore the previous volume set press a RIGHT VOLUME push button.
PUSH BUTTONS ON THE LEFT-HAND SIDE OF THE CONTROL PANEL
There are eight push buttons on the le t-hand side o the control panel. All o these are provided with a LED which, when lit, points out that the
push button is enabled. They are used to gain access to menus controlling crucial unctions.
SONG RECORD This enables the sequencer in registration mode and makes it possible to record everything played on the SD1, rom the sty-
les to calling up the Voices.
SONG PLAY This enables the sequencer in reproduction mode. It is also used to call up Midi ile chains, to display the words and to tran-
spose the whole Midi ile.
PATTERN EDIT This is used to call up the menus or programming and modi ying the style.
SEQUENCER This is used to gain access to a complete sequencer with various editing unctions.
MASTER FOLDER When the LED is lit the hard disk utilises the Master Folder unction to simpli y and automate the reading and writing o any type o ile.
SINGLE REGISTR. When the LED is lit the single Registrations stored on hard or loppy disk are called up.
SAMPLER MPS This is used to call up the menus and the unctions o the built-in sampler with relative editing unctions.
DISK This is used to gain access to the management unctions both on loppy disk and built-in hard disk. When the DISK LED is lit
the PAGE + and PAGE – push buttons can be used to select the hard disk or the loppy disk.
SPLIT This enables the choice o the split point o the keyboard that splits the lead section (Right) on the right rom that dedicated
to the Arranger and to the manual accompaniment parts (Lower and Manual Bass) to its le t. To establish the split point, hold
the SPLIT push button down and play the note on the keyboard that represents the split point. The de ault split point is set
as note C3. To play the timbre o the lead over the whole keyboard press the SPLIT push button and the last key o the key-
board at the le t end (E0)
ROTOR When the LED is lit it enables the Leslie “ e ect dedicated to the electro-magnetic organs or the typical Hammond sounds!
BLOCK/LIST RAM STYLE This is used to instantaneously display the list o styles stored on hard disk rom which one or a number o styles can
be loaded in RAM. The push button can be enabled only i the MASTER FOLDER push button LED is already lit.
Volume buttons Voice buttons to select t e sounds
Selection buttons Style buttons to select t e different styles
Buttons for style variation
Function buttons: t e functions vary according
to t e displayed window

SINGLE RAM STYLE When the LED is lit it is used to directly enter the number o the style stored on disk and to be immediately loaded in RAM.
CUSTOM STYLE This is used to select a style rom the internal memory. CUSTOM STYLE is disabled as soon as SINGLE is pressed to
load styles in volatile RAM rom disk, in all the other cases the LED is always lit as de ault setting.
SELECTION, DATA ENTRY AND CONFIRMATION PUSH BUTTONS
These are used to explore the display, together with the unction push buttons, to enter parameters and to con irm a procedure or otherwise.
PAGE + PAGE - When the display shows that there are more pages ollowing the irst one (as or Voice and Style), the PAGE + push but-
ton is used to move one page orwards and PAGE – to go back a page. The PAGE + and PAGE – push buttons, with the
LED o the DISK push button lit, are used to select the hard disk rather than the disk drive. In these cases, to move onto
the ollowing pages o a directory, the musician must use the CURSOR +/- push buttons. In the main page the PAGE +
and PAGE – push buttons directly control the Tempo value o the Arranger.
CURSOR +, CURSOR - When there are a number o parameters to be modi ied within a menu or the unction push buttons do not directly rela-
te to a parameter (as in the case o the parameters situated in the middle o the display), these push buttons are used
to move between the parameters to select that to be modi ied. In the Disk environment the CURSOR +/- push buttons
are used to select ollowing groups o iles that are not shown on the display. The presence o ollowing or previous
pages to that in use is pointed out by symbols or seen under or above the group o iles displayed. In the main
page the CURSOR + and CURSOR – push buttons are used to Transpose all the SD1 musical sections in steps o one
semitone. To reset the transposition, simply press the two push buttons together at the same time.
VALUE +, VALUE - These are used to change the value o a parameter selected. The initial value o the parameter is reset by pressing the
VALUE + and VALUE – push buttons together at the same time, even a ter the parameter has been modi ied. On the
main page the VALUE buttons allow you to balance the Arranger and Lead volumes.
SAVE/ENTER This is used to store and save on disk at the end o some modi ication procedures.
EXIT This push button is pressed once to return to the main page o the display. EXIT is disabled in the menus dedicated to
the Sequencer and Song Play where the SEQUENCER or SONG PLAY push buttons are to be pressed again to return to
the main page o the display.
The twelve STYLE push buttons are used to enter the number o a older or ile while managing the hard disk or modi ying parameters, where
they take over the unction o a numeric keypad.
THE DISPLAY, THE MAIN PAGE AND THE FUNCTION PUSH BUTTONS
Fig. 1 illustrates the main page o the display rom which access is gained to the programming unctions using the unction keys at the side o
the display together with the dedicated push buttons. Based on the unctions called up the display changes the parameters and enables their
selection thanks to the push buttons at the side o the display (or unction keys rom F1 to F10, called so as they have a di erent unction
depending on the page displayed). There ore simply press the unction push button that indicates the parameter to enable or select the same
parameter. When the parameters are situated in the middle o the display then they are selected using the CURSOR + and CURSOR – push but-
tons. While you will ind detailed descriptions o the modi ication pages urther on, below is a description o the single parameters that are
displayed.
Number, name and volume o the style: This indicates the name and number o the style currently in use. Use the STYLE push buttons to call
up another one. To modi y the volume press the VALUE + and VALUE – push buttons, which in this page are used as Balance.
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Style number and name
Style volume
Split note
Transpositon
Selected timbre
Timbre volume
Second Voice
Played c ord
Rig t and volume
Style tempo
Left and volume
Accompaniment sections volumes

TTiimmbbrree sseelleecctteedd aanndd vvoolluummee::To change the timbre in use on the Right lead section use the VOICES push buttons relative to the single group
or the USER VOICES push button. The pair o RIGHT VOLUME push buttons are used to modi y the volume o the timbre.
Second Voices: This indicates a second timbre to be overlapped on the Right lead section. It is entered using the 2ND VOICE push button.
SSpplliitt ppooiinntt aanndd ttrraannssppoossee: This indicates the note to the right o which the lead or Right section dedicated to the right hand plays. To the le t
on the other hand the part o keyboard used to acknowledge the chords or the arranger and or the notes to be played in the Lower section
with the le t hand are situated. The modi ication is achieved using the SPLIT push button as already described previously. Transp. This indi-
cates the transpose semitones that can be modi ied using the CURSOR + and CURSOR - push buttons. When a double dash is displayed trans-
position is not present.
TTeemmppoo aanndd bbeeaatt oo tthhee ssttyyllee::This indicates the current Tempo o the Arranger. Use the PAGE + and PAGE – push buttons to modi y it. The beat
indicator is used to avoid visually loosing the rhythm o the style being played.
CChhoorrdd::This indicates the chord currently being played. To change it play another chord on the part o keyboard to the le t o the Split point.
Volume cursors o the main sections o the keyboard These graphically display, with absolute value, the state o the volume o the Drums, Bass,
Chord, Orchestral, Lower and Right sections, the value o which can be directly modi ied using the pair o VOLUME push buttons.
To modi y the display contrast turn the CONTRAST wheel on the control panel.
A set o unctions corresponds to each unction push button F1/F10, in the main page o the display, which can be directly accessed by press-
ing the relative push button.
F1 GM: This selects the menu with the parameters relative to the single MIDI parts o the sixteen o ered by the standard General MIDI.
F2 EFFECT: This is used to rapidly modi y the Reverbs and to enable the modulation e ects and also to access the single parameters o the
single e ects.
F3 UTILITY: This controls the overall parameters o the keyboard and the physical controllers.
F4 ARRANGE MODE: This is used to gain access to the parameters dedicated to the Arranger when playing live.
F5 ARRANGE VIEW: Four menu pages o er the possibility to re-program the timbres, volumes and e ects o each single section o the Arranger.
F6 MIDI: Via the sub-menus access is gained to the programming o MIDI events even in transmission and reception mode and to the assign-
ment unction o the MIDI channels to each single section o the keyboard.
F7 EDIT VOICE/DRAWBARS: This is used to modi y the main parameters relating to the timbre such as the envelope, the ilter and the modula-
tions. When the LED o the DRAWBAR push button is lit, access can be gained to the programming unction and display o the single Draw
bars to create new organ sounds by pressing the EDIT VOICE/DRAWBARS push button rom the main page o the display.
F8 EDIT PROGRAM: This is used to program or modi y the parameters relative to the our timbres that can be used at the same time or the
lead section.
F9 EDIT DRUM: For the drum tracks and not only. This group o unctions is dedicated to the programming o a complete drum kit, o which
up to two samples can be indicated or each key o the keyboard.
F10 MICRO EDIT: This is related to the use o microphones and to the two relative inputs with the possibility to modi y the volume and the entity
o the various e ects (Send).
THE PUSH BUTTONS AND THE CHOICE OF THE STYLES
Twelve push buttons are used to call up just as many groups o styles directly rom the control panel. When a group is selected the display shows
ive styles to the le t and another ive to the right. To enable a style simply press the relative unction push button at the side o the display.
Considering that the SD1 o ers more than ten styles per group, the user can move onto the next pages either using the PAGE + and PAGE –
push buttons or by pressing the push button relative to the group o styles in use again. When the SD1 reaches the last page o styles available,
the user can return to the irst page by pressing the push button relative to the group o styles again and not the PAGE + and PAGE – push
buttons.In some editing situations the twelve STYLES push buttons become numeric keys that are used to enter the value directly.
THE PUSH BUTTONS AND THE CHOICE OF THE VOICES
The two rows o eight push buttons called VOICES are used to call up timbres or Preset Voices (that cannot be modi ied by the musician) accord-
ing to the amily to which they belong. When a amily is selected with one push button the display shows ive Voices to the le t and ive Voices
to the right, which can be enabled by pressing the unction push button relative to that timbre. Considering that the SD1 o ers more than ten
Voices per amily, the user can move onto the next pages either using the PAGE + and PAGE – push buttons or by pressing the push button rel-
ative to the amily o Voices in use again. When the SD1 reaches the last page o Voices available, the user can return to the irst page o Voices
by pressing the push button relative to the amily o Voices again and not the PAGE + and PAGE - push buttons.
The VOICES push buttons are not only used to call up the pre-set voices alone.
●I the LED o the USER VOICE push button, i.e. o the bank o timbres that can be programmed by the user is activated, then the VOICES
push buttons call up the 128 User Voice timbres in groups o ten at a time.
●I the LED o the DRAWBAR push button is lit, an organ timbre corresponds to each single VOICES push button.
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●I the LED o the PROGRAM push button is lit, the VOICE push buttons call up the Program memories.
●I the LED o the ONE TOUCH push button is lit, the irst row o STYLE push buttons calls up one o the eight pages o which the One Touch
memories are made up.
●I the LEDs o the SET DRUM and MANUAL DRUM push buttons are lit, the irst six VOICES push buttons are used to select the banks inclu-
ding ten Drum Kits each.
PUSH BUTTONS ON THE RIGHT-HAND SIDE OF THE CONTROL PANEL
1 TOUCH When the LED is lit, ten timbres o the irst o the eight groups available are displayed. The One Touc Solo unction is used
to save the most requently used Voices so that they can be called up easier rather than having to irst select the group and
then a timbre rom within it.
VOCALIZER EDIT This is used to gain access to the programming parameters o the Vocalizer rom the main page.
VOCALIZER ON/OFF When the LED is lit, the Vocalizer is enabled on the Voice or the audio signal sent rom input 1 or the microphone
PROGRAM When the LED is lit, eight Program memories are displayed, to be selected using the unction push buttons. A program com-
bines up to our timbres dedicated to the lead section with the relative parameters.
2ND VOICE When the LED is lit, the second Voice is enabled on the lead, the timbre o which is displayed under the main one.
2ND VOICE EDIT When the LED is lit it is used to call up a new timbre to replace that set by Ketron or the second voice using the VOICES
push buttons and also rom the User Voice group. By pressing 2ND VOICE and 2ND VOICE EDIT at the same time the block
o the timbre assigned at the time to the Second Voice is obtained, which will appear with an asterisk in ront o the name.
BLOCK REGISTR. The Registrations control all the SD1 settings, including the automatic call up o audio and TXT iles. When the LED is lit the
user can call up one o the 198 Registrations using the numeric keypad, namely the STYLE push buttons. The single
Registration can be loaded directly rom hard disk or loppy disk using the SINGLE REGISTR. push button in use.
PIANIST When the LED is lit the chords are acknowledged right along the whole keyboard, including the Right section. This unction
has been devised to be able to play reely with two hands and to ully exploit the Arranger potentials. I the same timbre is
required right along the whole keyboard, or example the piano, the Split point is to be moved over to the irst note o the
keyboard (E0) using the dedicated push button. There are two di erent chord acknowledgement methods that can be cho-
sen in the Utility menu. The de ault setting is Standard.
STYLE SETTING
For each style Ketron has oreseen ten settings, enabling just as many timbres to be called up or the Style lead part. When the
LED is lit the ten timbres pre-set or that style are displayed. The attribution between styles and timbres can be modi ied.
DEMO & HIT By pressing the PIANIST and STYLE SETTING push buttons together at the same time access is gained to the older o the
hard disk called Demo & Hit, which can store both demo iles and any other Midi ile or a total o 999 iles. On the contrary
to SONG PLAY, Demo & Hit is used to immediately play a Midi ile by simply selecting it using the F1-F10 unction push but-
tons and it allows a large number o Midi iles to be ready to be played. Press EXIT to exit rom Demo & Hit. Considering
that Demo & Hit re ers to a speci ic older o the hard disk, the Midi iles within Demo & Hit can be copied and erased with
the normal procedures dedicated to the management o the hard disk. The Right and Lower part can be played while a Midi
ile is being reproduced plus the SPLIT push button is also enabled.
# In this version o the operating system this special push button is used together with *to disable the Sustain in the Pianist mode.
*This is situated on the FOLK push button o the STYLES push buttons. It works when the Demo & Hit unction is in use
where, when the Midi ile selected is Stopped, it is used to put the Midi iles within the older in the desired order with the
possibility o replacing them or cancelling their position. It is also used in SONG PLAY when in the Juke-Box unction where,
i it is pressed, the C ain Select command appears to create temporary chains o Midi iles to be reproduced one a ter the
other. Furthermore, in the Pianist enabled mode, when pressed together with the #push button it disables the Sustain.
LEAD The FILL 1 push button has another unction when the Demo & Hit unction is in use. It is used to cut-out the Lead track,
usually set on the MIDI 4 channel, rom the reproduction o the Midi ile.
DRUM & BASS The FILL 2 push button has another unction when the Demo & Hit unction is in use. It mutes the volume o all the tracks
with the exception o the drum and bass ones.
DRUM SET The drum set assigned to the Drum tracks o the style can be changed when the LED is lit. The drum set pages ollowing the
irst page can be called up using PAGE +/-or directly using the irst six VOICES push buttons. Drum Kit written in capital
letters re ers to those made up o ROM samples, those on the other hand with a dot at the side are the sampled grooves,
assigned to the Drum 2 tracks o the style.
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DRUM MIXER For each drum set Ketron has grouped the percussion sounds together in ten categories that can be selected using the F1-
F10 unction push buttons. When a category is ticked (✓), the percussion instruments related to it will play and vice versa
their volume will be muted (Mute unction). The purpose o the Drum Mixer is that o being able to create new rhythm com-
binations by simply Muting some percussion instruments. It proves especially use ul in Southern-American rhythms and in
dance. Drum Mixer also works or the sampled grooves, enabling an exceptionally unique realistic and handy rhythm.
MANUAL DRUM When the LED is lit the single instruments that make up a drum set can be played right along the whole keyboard, with the
automatic disabling o the Right and Lower sections. The volume is controlled by the DRUM VOLUME push buttons. I
MANUAL DRUM is enabled while playing a style, with acknowledged chord, the arrangement and bass tracks will continue
to play according to the chord acknowledged. MANUAL DRUM does not disable the Drum tracks o the style.
AFTERTOUCH
When the LED is lit the modulation o a timbre parameter is enabled, which can be programmed by pressing the key played again.
OCTAVE When the LED is lit, the Right section is transposed by one Octave lower, or rather the lead o the right hand. The transpo-
sition direction can be changed by pressing the push button twice consecutively with the LED lashing.
PORTAMENTO When the LED is lit, the Portamento is enabled, namely the sliding rom one to another note, the time o which can be pro-
grammed.
HARMONY When the LED is lit it enables and allows the selection o one o the 10 di erent harmonies to be assigned to the lead accor-
ding to the chord played on the le t part o the split point. Each o these automatically cuts out the others. The Speed para-
meter is related to the Repeat mode, namely the repetition o the lead notes.
ON LINE EFFECT A number o modulation e ects can be attributed to the Right section, together with the Reverb and standard chorus. The
On Line E ect page is used to enable up to our modulation e ects simultaneously and also to control the e ects that will
process the microphone input, the parameters o which can be called up using the F10 MICRO EDIT push button. The LED
o the ON LINE EFFECT push button will light up when the microphone input signal is too high and could there ore be distor-
ted in the pre-ampli ication stage.
SOUND LOAD This is used to enable a short-cut or loading new sampled sounds rom hard disk, or a maximum o sixteen MB’s, directly
rom the Master Folder, the LED o which will light up automatically when the SOUND LOAD push button is pressed. To load
.WAV or .MSP samples, select F8 Dir WAV which gives access to the dedicated older. To return to .INS samples, select F9 Dir
INSTRUM to load single iles, or using F9 again, select Dir Block to load groups o single .INS iles in one go.
THE PUSH BUTTONS REQUIRED TO CONTROL THE ARRANGER
The bottom row o the control panel is almost entirely dedicated to controlling the Arranger in real time. From le t to right you will see:
JUMP When the LED is lit it is used to move onto other variations o the style using the Fill In’s and is used to exploit the Intro’s in
a song that has already been started.
MANUAL BASS When the LED is lit the bass track o the style can be played manually.
BASS TO LOWEST When the LED is lit the bass note relative to the style is always the irst o the chord played. This means that some songs
can be played without altering the bass lead structure.
BASS TO ROOT When the LED is lit the notes o the bass track o the style maintain all the crucial notes o the chord tonality. It can be used
in association with Manual Bass.
INTRO 1, 2, 3 I one o these three push buttons is pressed while the Arranger is stopped an Intro is enabled, o which there are three levels
o complexity. I one o these three push buttons is pressed while the Arranger is playing, an Ending is enabled with three lev-
els o complexity. I the LED o the JUMP push button is lit and an Intro push button is pressed, the Intro selected will be played.
FILL 1, 2, 3I one o these three push buttons are pressed while the Arranger is in use, one or a number o Fill-In beats will be enabled.
I the LED o the JUMP push button is lit and the FILL 1 and 2push buttons are pressed, the next variation o the style will
be enabled. The FILL 3 push button will move the style being played back to the previous variation. I one o the three FILL
push buttons are held down or a while, the Arranger will cyclically play Fill In 1, 2 and 3 one a ter the other until the push
button is released (Multi Fill).
BREAK This is used to add a Break beat at the end o which the Arranger will start to play again. The Multi Fill unction is enabled
by holding it down.
TO END In the case o “emergency” this push button ends whatever the Arranger is playing within one beat. It is a third very short
Ending.

A, B, C, DEach o these push buttons corresponds to a variation o the style, rom the most simple to the most complex. Further to
these push buttons, also FILL IN and JUMP can be used to move orward or back among the variations.
HOLD When the LED is lit it is used to hold the last chord played to the le t o the Split point o the keyboard. In other words, while
the Arranger is playing, it is used to hold the activation o all the accompaniment and bass tracks in use. I the LED is
switched o , the accompaniment will only work as long as the chord is held down on the keyboard, whereas the drum tracks
will continue to play whatever the case.
START When pressed it starts to play the automatic accompaniment. I START is pressed while the Arranger is already playing then
everything is stopped, in other words it acts as a Stop push button.
SLOW This decreases the Tempo value o the Arranger or o the Sequencer.
FAST This increases the Tempo value o the Arranger or o the Sequencer. By pressing SLOW and FAST together at the same time,
the Tempo value is blocked (marked by an asterisk) so that it cannot be modi ied by calling up another Style with a di er-
ent Tempo. To disable the blocking, press SLOW and FAST together at the same time . To restore the de ault Tempo o the
style press PAGE + and PAGE – together at the same time.
COUNT/PAUSE RESTART With the Arranger stopped, COUNT adds a Count In beat where a stick beats the quarters. I an INTRO has also been pressed
be ore COUNT with the JUMP push button enabled, the Intro chosen will be enabled at the end o the count. With the
Arranger running, pressing this push button returns immediately to the irst quarter o the beat, whatever the time position
in which it is pressed. It may prove use ul or a singer who is not quite singing in time! When working with the Sequencer
(SEQUENCER LED lit), this push button sets the reproduction in stand-by until the COUNT/PAUSE RESTART push button is
pressed again.
LOCK This calls up the Lock and Interactive Arranger page. It is possible to select which accompaniment tracks among Drums, Bass
and Orchestra, situated to the le t o the display, will not change timbre and rhythm, so that the tracks o one style can be
combined at pleasure with those o another. It is also a quick way o playing back a style with timbres o another style and
to thus create endless variations on the subject. When the Interactive Arrange (F10) unction is enabled the player can
choose which o the automatic accompaniment tracks set in On among 2, 3, 4 and 5 will not be played when at least one key
o the Right section o the keyboard is pressed. The tracks will start playing again at the ollowing beat, i no note o the
Right section is played. Thus it is possible to directly control the state o the tracks rom the lead.
KEY START When the LED is lit and the Arranger is stopped, this push button is used to start the accompaniment when a note to the le t
o the split point o the keyboard is played. I an INTRO or a FILL is selected, as soon as a chord is played the Intro or Fill-
In o the style will start. To control the per ormance o the Lower section, namely the background section or the le t hand,
the player must access the ARRANGE MODE menu where the Lower timbre can be disabled i the Arranger is not running.
This has been oreseen to avoid the Lower notes rom being reproduced together with the chord played be ore the Arranger
is started.
KEY STOP When the LED is lit it stops the Arranger per ormance i a very short note or chord is played. It is restarted i another one or
even the same one is played. I the note or the chord is held down or more than 1/4, the Arranger continues to play. With the
Arranger stopped, KEY STOP is used to restart it by playing a chord that is longer than the time set in Sync Time in the
Arrange Mode menu. I a FILL or an INTRO has been selected, with the Arranger stopped and playing a chord that is longer
than the above mentioned value, the whole FILL or the INTRO will be played, whereas i the chord is very short, the Arranger
will stop immediately. I the KEY START LED is lit, as soon as the player takes his hand o the le t part o the split point, the
Arranger stops and starts again as soon as a note or a chord is played on the part o the keyboard to the le t o the split point.
TAP By playing the quarters on this push button, the Tempo value to be assigned to the Arranger and to the Sequencer will be
identi ied, provided that they are not playing or reproducing, then once the Tempo has been identi ied the reproduction will
start. When the Arranger and Sequencer are reproducing, the push button is used to increase the Tempo in steps o ive
points each time it is pressed (Accelerando). By holding the TAP push button down, the Accelerando direction is changed
(this can be seen by the direction o the arrow) thus decreasing the Tempo in steps o ive each time it is pressed
(Ritardando).
FADE IN/OUT With the Arranger running, it generates a ade out, in other words taking the volume o all the sections, including the Right
section, rom the current value to zero. With the Arranger stopped it generates a ade in, in other words taking the volume
o all the sections rom zero to the set volume. When pressed repeatedly it will not generate abrupt volume variations.
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Parameter management
Be ore going into the actual programming subject the musician must irst be aware o how the menus and parameters o the SD1 work. The
rules that are listed in this chapter are valid or all the ollowing sections and are crucial to control the keyboard in the best way possible.
CONVENTIONS
The ollowing conventions are used within this manual, which re er to:
Push buttons on the control panel: all in capital letters or bold print ( or example START, STOP, SPLIT push buttons)
Functions, parameters, items, commands displayed and that can be selected using the F1-F10 unction keys at the side o the same: in bold print
( or example F5 Escape, F10 Save)
The unctions and the parameters displayed are written in ull and the indication expressed on the display is written between brackets, in di -
erent letters.
CALLING UP THE MENUS
The parameters o the SD1 are grouped in menus that are always called up rom the main page o the display and that can be accessed using
the EXIT push button (apart rom some exceptions which we will see later).
The irst group o parameter menus is associated with the F1-F10 unction push buttons at the side o the display and include the ollowing
menus:
F1 GM
F2 EFFECT
F3 UTILITY
F4 ARRANGE MODE
F5 ARRANGE VIEW
F6 MIDI
F7 EDIT VOICE/DRAWBARS
F8 EDIT PROGRAM
F9 EDIT DRUM
F10 MICRO EDIT
The EXIT push button must always be pressed to exit one o these pages.
A second group o menus is associated directly with some push buttons on the control panel. They are called up rom the main page and are
exited using the EXIT push button and also using the push button again that was used to call up these pages. The menus relative to the single
push buttons are the ollowing:
SONG RECORD
PATTERN EDIT
SAMPLER MPS
DISK
SAVE/ENTER
BLOCK/LIST RAM STYLE
VOCALIZER EDIT
ON LINE EFFECT
HARMONY
The ollowing menus are an exception to this rule:
SEQUENCER
SONG PLAY
The relative push buttons o these menus is to be pressed again to return to the main page o the display. This solution has been devised to
prevent the reproduction o a Midi ile rom being accidentally stopped by pressing the EXIT push button by mistake.
EXCEPTIONS TO THE EXIT COMMAND
In some menus in addition to the EXIT push button the Escape command may appear, which is attributed to a unction push button at the side
o the display. There ore i the EXIT push button should ail to work, look care ully at the display to ind the Escape unction amongst the com-
mands, or try pressing the key used to access the speci ic menu again.
There are another ew exceptions that aid programming: or example the editing o the Vocalizer can be accessed rom any menu.

THE F1-F10 FUNCTION PUSH BUTTONS
There are ive push buttons to the le t and ive to the right o the display. They are called such as they have no speci ic unction (apart rom
calling up the menus as already explained), but they take on the unction o the command displayed next to them. I you take a close look you
will see that a blue line has been traced or each unction push button that relates to a speci ic area on the display. This area, when there are
choices or commands available, is taken up by a rectangle that bears the name o the unction, o the Voice or o the style to be called up.
DATA ENTRY
There are various possibilities based on the parameter to be modi ied within a menu.
Direct call up: or the Voices and the styles, the choice o one o these using a unction push button immediately calls them up.
Enabling and disabling: Some parameters may have an ON status and O status, Active or Inactive and the unction push button relative to that
parameter has the task o changing its status.
Selection o a line o parameters: Likewise or Program editing, the unction push button is used to select a group o parameters, the value o
which is entered using the VALUE +/- push buttons.
Parameters in the middle o the display: Likewise or Voice editing, some parameters may be ound in the middle o the display and are accessed
using the CURSOR +/- push buttons.
Calling up a Midi ile: Together with the manual selection o a Midi ile rom a directory, it is also possible to directly indicate the Midi ile to be
loaded, with the MASTER FOLDER enabled, by entering the number o the Midi ile using the numeric keypad (STYLES push buttons).
Calling up a Single RAM Style: Using the enabled SINGLE RAM STYLE push button, a style can be called up rom hard disk by directly entering
the number associated with it.
Entering words or letters: When saving some iles the SD1 requests the entry o words, which can be done using the notes o the keyboard to
which letters and numbers are related. The CURSOR +/-push buttons are used to move within the letters o the name and the VALUE +/-push
buttons are used to enter the alphabetic letter.
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Having fun wit t e SD1!
A guide on ow to start playing and aving fun rig t away
You will certainly want to know how to use some unctions o the SD1 such as how to reproduce Midi iles, how to use the Arranger, how to call
up Styles and Voices, how to use a MIDI accordion and the Vocalizer with a microphone. I this is the case then this section is just down your
street. I you’re not programmers and you’re not interested in the nitty-gritty o the menus then you can just end here.
HOW TO USE A MIDI FILE
The SD1 is capable o reading Midi iles with .MID and .KAR extension. Both types o iles can bear words or karaoke (in particular .KAR iles),
which will be displayed.
To gain access to the reproduction menu o Midi iles press SONG PLAY (the LED will light up) and choose whether to load the Midi ile rom
hard disk (press the PAGE – push button) or rom loppy disk (press the PAGE + push button).
REPRODUCING FROM FLOPPY DISK
●To gain access to the reproduction menu o Midi iles press: SONG PLAY
●Choose whether to load the Midi ile rom loppy disk by pressing the FLOPPY (PAGE +) push button
●Display, i desired, the list o Midi iles stored using the F5 Dir unction
●As you will see, the SD1 automatically numbers the Midi iles stored. To load a Midi ile type-in the number using the numeric keypad (STY-
LES push buttons)
●A Midi ile can also be selected by entering one or a number o letters o the title o the Midi ile using the notes o the KEYBOARD, thanks
to the search unction that is always enabled (F5 - DIR)
●To return to the main page o the display press the SONG PLAY push button: (the LED will switch o )
I a single number without zeros be ore it is entered the SD1 waits a ew seconds and loads the song with that number. Once loaded the display
shows the title o the Midi ile loaded.
REPRODUCING A MIDI FILE FROM THE HARD DISK
●Press the SONG PLAY push button
●Select the hard disk using the HARD (PAGE -) push button
●Check i the LED o the MASTER FOLDER push button is lit otherwise press the MASTER FOLDER push button
●To display the list o Midi iles stored in the dedicated directory o the Master Folder, press F5 DIR
●The SD1 associates a number to each Midi ile. To load a Midi ile type-in this number using the numeric keypad with the STYLES push but-
tons. The display will show the title o the Midi ile loaded.
●A Midi ile can also be selected by entering one or a number o letters o the title o the Midi ile using the notes o the KEYBOARD, thanks
to the search unction that is always enabled.
●To return to the main page o the display press the SONG PLAY push button: (the LED switches o )
●The number can be entered without zeros be ore it and the SD1 will load the relative ile a ter a ew seconds.
HOW TO REPRODUCE A .KAR MIDI FILE
The Midi iles with .KAR extension are normally Midi iles with the Karaoke words already stored. The .KAR iles are however almost always
Standard Midi iles in ormat 1 and there ore need to be converted to ormat 0 so that they can be reproduced instantly rom the hard disk. The
same procedure is required or the Midi iles in ormat 1. The SD1 converts automatically without needing to know in advance i the Midi ile is
in ormat 1 or ormat 0. When attempting to load a Midi ile or a .KAR ile in ormat 1, using the procedures explained previously, the SD1 o ers
two options:
●conversion o the Midi ile or immediate use
●save the Midi ile converted.

Generally speaking there is no need to store Midi iles in ormat 1 or .KAR iles on hard disk. It is always better to save them a ter they have
been converted so that they are loaded rapidly.
CONTROLLING REPRODUCTION
Sia che abbiate caricato una base da loppy che da hard disk, sono disponibili alcuni comandi da pannello per intervenire in tempo reale su alcu-
ni parametri di riproduzione
●To reproduce the song press the START push button
●To stop the procedure press the START push button
●To set the reproduction procedure in stand-by press the CONT/PAUSE push button
●To start reproducing rom stand-by press the CONT/PAUSE push button
●To transpose the entire song press the TRANSPOSER (CURSOR +/-) push buttons
●To cut-out the lead o the song (OFF) press: F8 Lead (Off)
●To reproduce just the Drum and Bass tracks alone press: F9 Drum + Bas (On)
●To display the words when available on the display (Karaoke), press: F10 Lyric (On)
●To increase the song volume compared to the timbre assigned to the keyboard press: BALANCE (VALUE +/-)
●To select another Midi ile to be reproduced, enter its number using the numeric keypad relative to the STYLES push buttons
TRANSPOSITION
As you will have noticed, when you transpose the song, the timbre assigned to the keyboard is not also transposed. To change the transposi-
tion o a song and o the timbre assigned to the keyboard simultaneously you must access the menu dedicated to the transposition parame-
ters and enable the transposition o the keyboard too. The procedure is the ollowing:
From the SONG PLAY page press F3 Transp and set the F1 Global parameter in ON. In this way, using the TRANSPOSE (CURSOR +/-) push but-
tons, you can transpose both the keyboard and the Midi ile in semitones. Another extremely use ul unction is available in the same menu,
which relates to the musical transposition o the bass line. By enabling parameter F6 Intellig. (de ault setting in On), the bass line will always
play within its natural range whatever the transposition level.
HOW TO CREATE A CHAIN OF MIDI FILES
When playing live it may prove rather handy to be able to create a chain o Midi iles that play one a ter the other to do away with dead times
between one song and another. This chain can be created at any time or even chains o 32 Midi iles can be created in advance and saved on
hard disk to be called up at a later date. For the time being we will just describe the temporary chain.
●From the main page o the display, enable the SONG PLAY push button
●Select the Midi ile source, either hard or loppy disk using the PAGE +/- push buttons
●Select the F6 Juke-Box unction
●To display the F9 C ain Select unction press the * push button
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●Find the irst Midi ile o the chain using the VALUE +/- push buttons
●Con irm the irst Midi ile o the chain using the unction at the side o the Midi ile and symbol ♦will appear: F9 C ain Select
●Choose the next Midi ile using the VALUE +/- push buttons
●Con irm the choice using the F9 C ain Select unction. Then repeat the last procedures until the Midi ile chain has been completed.
●Start reproducing the irst Midi ile using the F7 Go Next unction
●To move onto the next Midi ile use the F7 Go Next unction or stop reproducing using START and press the START push button again to
start reproducing the next Midi ile. To modi y any reproduction parameters rom the SONG PLAY page without loosing the chain, press the
EXIT push button
The only restriction in creating chains o Midi iles lies in the act that the SD1 cannot use Midi iles on hard disk and loppy disk at the same
time. You must always work with the iles stored on one o the two disks.
HOW TO RECORD A MIDI FILE WITH THE SD1
There are two ways o recording a song: the built-in sequencer works over sixteen independent tracks and has been devised to record the songs
meticulously. The Song Record unction on the other hand is used to create a Midi ile by recording everything played on the keyboard and
various tracks o the Arranger. This last method is used to exploit the power ul automatic arrangement unctions to obtain a complete song.
A separate section has been dedicated to the Sequencer and below is the in ormation on how to record a song using Song Record:
●From the main page o the display press the SONG RECORD push button
●Enter the name to be given to the Midi ile using the KEYBOARD keys
●Save the title using the F10 SAVE unction
●Start SONG RECORD using the F10 START unction
●From here you can start playing, start the Arranger, call up timbres and Styles and the SD1 will record everything. Upon completion press
the SONG RECORD push button
●The Midi ile just recorded is now ready to be reproduced using the START push button
Considering that it is in actual act a true Midi ile it can be later modi ied using the Sequencer editing unctions or it can be put on sequencer
so tware to add the inishing touches.
Further details on how to use Midi iles are ound in the ollowing sections:
- Song Play
- Song Record
- Disk
- MIDI
- Sequencer
HOW TO USE THE ARRANGER
The Arranger is the engine o the SD1’S automatic accompaniment unction. It produces an accompaniment according to musical styles, the
chord and the controls o the panel. The heart o the Arranger is the Style, namely a combination o bass, drum and harmony tracks that have
been designed or that kind o music. Without going into too much detail ( or this you can re er to the Arranger section), these tracks can have
our variations called A, B, C and D, three Intro’s and three End’s that have di erent levels o complexity. Then there are also the Fill-In’s with
which you can move on rom one variation to the other or even remain on the same variation, depending on what you pre er. Generally speak-
ing the Arranger o the SD1 is very power ul and allows you to build up your accompaniment very care ully. Start rom an Intro, then remain on
a irst variation and, with a Fill-In, move onto the re rain with a second variation to terminate with an End. This is just a simple example o what
you can do. Whatever the case Ketron has developed some Styles that will never cover the lead but will enhance it.
When the SD1 is turned on it is always pre-arranged to use the Arranger with a piano timbre or the lead (Right section) to be played with the
right hand, a background o strings and electric piano or the le t hand (Lower section), a keyboard split point to keep the right hand separate
rom the le t, set on note C3 and Style 001 Pub Song ready to be used.
The part to the le t o the split point o the keyboard is used not only to control the two Lower timbres but also to acknowledge the chord played
by the user, which will be shown next to the our sections indicating the current measure.

HOW TO SELECT A STYLE
There are twelve STYLES push buttons to the right o the display, each o which indicates a musical genre. For each o these Ketron has ore-
seen up to a maximum o 42 Styles. When, rom the main page o the display and with the CUSTOM STYLE push button enabled (LED lit), you
press one o these STYLES push buttons the display shows ive Styles on the right and another ive on the le t. The individual Style is called
up using the relative unction key (F1-F10), situated at the side o the display that, when pressed, immediately enables the Style or the
Arranger. To check i the Style has been enabled simply look at the name that appears at the top o the central window o the display.
The SD1 stores the Styles o each kind o music in groups o ten and the number o the next groups is indicated as Pages. To call up the other
groups o Styles that are not currently displayed, simply press the STYLES push button again to which the groups belong or use the PAGE +/-
push buttons. The display will show the Styles that ollow, which can be selected again using the relative push buttons at the side o the dis-
play (F1-F10).
HOW TO CONTROL THE ARRANGER
The Arranger controls are also described in the Arranger section.
Below are simply the main concepts.
●To move the split point hold the SPLIT push button down.Then simultaneously press the key on the keyboard that will be the new split point.
●To start the Arranger press the START push button.
●To stop the Arranger press the START push button.
●To add an Intro with the Arranger stopped, set the chord and press one o the three INTRO 1, 2, 3 push buttons.
●To add a Fill-in with the Arranger running press one o the three FILL 1, 2, 3 push buttons.
●To start the Arranger with the irst chord played enable it using the dedicated push button (the LED lights up) KEY START
●To start the Intro with the irst chord enabled, select an Intro using one o the INTRO 1,2,3 push buttons and then play the chord (KEY START
INTRO ENDING 1, 2, 3)
●To conclude an automatic accompaniment with an End, ensure that the JUMP push button LED is switched o (there ore disabled) and press
one o the ollowin push buttons with the Arranger running: INTRO ENDING 1, 2, 3
●To call up one o the our variations, with the Arranger running, press one o the A,B,C,D push buttons.
●To move on by one variation with the Fill In 1 and 2, enable it using the dedicated push button (the LED lights up) JUMP + FILL 1, 2
●To go back by one variation with the ill In 3, enable it using the dedicated push button (the LED lights up) JUMP + FILL 3
●To play over the whole keyboard and to acknowledge the chords, enable the unction using the dedicated push button: PIANIST
●To modi y the tempo set on the Arranger, use the SLOW FAST push buttons
●To create an Accelerando press the TAP push button repeatedly and brie ly: RIT ACC (TAP)
●To create a Ritardando, change the direction o the arrow by holding the TAP push button down or a ew seconds and then press it repea-
tedly and brie ly: RIT ACC (TAP)
●To enter a break, press the BREAK push button.
●To immediately end an arrangement with a short end, press the END push button: TO END
●To stop an accompaniment when the next chord is released, enable the KEY STOP push button (the LED o the push button lights up) and
then play a chord very brie ly.
●To hold the arrangement only while the chord is played, enable these unctions using the dedicated push buttons: KEY START+KEY STOP
●To play the accompaniment again rom the irst beat, in whatever measure it currently is, press the RESTART push button.
●To cut-out the accompaniment tracks, execept or the drum tracks, when no chord is played, disable the HOLD unction using the dedicated
push button (the LED switches o ): HOLD
●To cyclically repeat all the Fill In’s, press a FILL 1, 2, 3 push button and hold it down.
●To balance the volume o the Arranger with the lead played on the part o keyboard to the right o the split point, press these push buttons:
BALANCE +/- (VALUE +/-)
●To restore the original tempo o the Style, press the PAGE +/- push buttons simultaneously
●To repeat the Intro while a Style is playing, enable the unction and then press one o the three Intro push buttons: JUMP + INTRO
●To reproduce only the Ending while the Arranger is stopped, enable the unction and press one o the ollowing push buttons: JUMP + INTRO
●To cut-out the timbres assigned to the part o keyboard to the le t o the split point, press these push buttons simultaneously to mute the
volume: LOWER VOLUME
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HOW TO LOAD A STYLE FROM DISK
Thanks to the built-in hard disk the SD1 acilitates the use o any Styles that are not saved in the memory but are stored as iles on the hard
disk, either by loading them rom olders created by the user or by using a pre erential older with the Master Folder enabled. As de ault set-
ting the SD1 utilises the Styles stored in the memory and called up by enabling the CUSTOM STYLE push button. The Styles on hard disk can be
called up in two di erent ways: Single Style is used to load a Style simply by entering the number without there ore changing the page o the
display in use and Block Style on the other hand sends to the Disk menu and is used to select a desired number o Styles (compatibly with the
RAM ree) to be loaded all together so that they are immediately called up with Single Style. Another advantage o the Block Styles, which will
be explained in the Disk section, lies in the possibility to load the pre erred styles rom the hard disk when turning on.
To load a Style with SINGLE STYLE
●Activate the push button SINGLE RAM STYLE (you will notice that the CUSTOM STYLE push button will be automatically disabled).
●Enter the number o the Style to be loaded using the numeric keypad: STYLES pus buttons
The advantage o using Single Style, without going through the various menus, lies in the possibility to book a Style a ter that currently used
by the Arranger without having to stop the automatic accompaniment.
To load a Style with BLOCK/LIST RAM STYLE
●Activate this push button: BLOCK/LIST RAM STYLE
●Any pages that ollow can be displayed using the CURSOR +/- push buttons
●Find the Style desired using the VALUE +/- push buttons
●Select the Style to be loaded using the F10 Select unction
●Select the next Styles to be loaded using the F10 Select unction
●Con irm loading in memory using the F1 Load unction
●To exit rom this page press this push button again: BLOCK/LIST RAM STYLE or press the EXIT push button.
A third alternative is o ered again in the BLOCK/LIST RAM STYLE page and is used to display the list o 33 patterns all together to ind that
desired.
●Enable this push button: BLOCK/LIST RAM STYLE
●Select the F7 Pattern List unction
●Scroll the pages that ollow using the PAGE +/- push buttons
●Select the Style in the page using the CURSOR +/- push buttons
●Con irm loading using the F10 Load unction
●To load the Style desired, without selecting it you can also directly enter the number using the numeric keypad: STYLES pus buttons
●To exit this page press this push button again: BLOCK/LIST RAM STYLE
●In alternative, to exit press the EXIT push button
It is obviously possible to control many other aspects o the Arranger, amongst which the timbres to be assigned to the right hand or the set-
tings or the single accompaniment tracks. For the time being however you can already have un and meet your basic requirements. You will
ind detailed in ormation in the sections dedicated to the ollowing:
- Arranger
- Style
- Registration
- Timbres
- MIDI
- Disk

HOW TO USE THE VOICES
To the right o the keyboard split point, when the Split unction is enabled (LED o the SPLIT push button lit), a lead can be played with the right
hand independently rom the Arranger. The de ault timbre assigned is that o the acoustic piano, but one o the sixteen timbre groups can be
called up at any time using the same number o VOICES push buttons. Likewise or the Styles, the timbres too are displayed in groups o ten and
the presence o any groups ollowing the irst is pointed out by “Page” with the number on the right indicating the number o groups available.
Once a amily has been selected rom the main page o the display using the dedicated VOICES push buttons to the right o the control panel,
5 timbres appear on the right and ive on the le t. To call one up simply press the unction push button at the sides o the display (F1-F10) rel-
ative to that timbre. The timbre selected will be displayed under the our measure bar segments. To select the groups o timbres that ollow
the irst, use either the PAGE +/- push buttons or press the VOICES push button again relative to the same amily o timbres. In this case the
groups will be selected cyclically.
The Modulation Wheel and the Pitch Bend are immediately available likewise or the key dynamics to control the di erent timbre tones.
Without going into too much detail it is worth while remembering that up to our overlapped timbres can be used or the lead section, which is
programmed using the Programs.
Further parameters on the timbres are explained in the ollowing sections:
- Timbres
- Drawbars
- Sound Load
- Registration
HOW TO USE THE MICROPHONE AND THE VOCALIZER
The SD1 can work with up to two microphones connected to the dedicated rear inputs. The Micro 1 input, on the contrary to Micro 2, is processed
by the Vocalizer, namely the e ect with which the voice can be naturally harmonized according to the chords played, to a track o a Midi ile or
according to the notes played on the keyboard. What you need is a good microphone, a cable and the SD1. When you connect the microphone
to one o the two inputs, adjust its gain, or rather move the Gain cursor until the LED o the ON LINE EFFECT (Overload) push button starts to
light up. The purpose o the Gain control is that o increasing the amplitude o the microphone signal to an ideal level. This ideal level is reached
when the overload limit o the pre-ampli ier is nearly reached, which is pointed out by the Overload LED that switches on.
As de ault setting the SD1 keeps the microphone inputs turned o to prevent any inter erence rom disturbing the audio output.
Once the microphone has been connected the inputs are to be enabled. Proceed as ollows to do so:
●Go to the main page o the display using the EXIT push button
●Gain access to the editing menu o the microphone inputs using the F10 MICRO EDIT unction
●The display shows various options, amongst which is the operational status o the inputs, which can be enabled using the F10 (ACTIVE)
unction that switches them rom Inactive to Active.
●Adjust the gain o the microphone input using the cursor on the rear panel until the Overload LED o the push button lights up: GAIN
Overload (ON LINE EFFECT)
●To modi y the volume o the microphone compared to that o the keyboard in general, select the parameter and adjust its value using the
VALUE +/- push buttons: F1 LEVEL 1 VALUE +/-
●To return to the main page o the display press the EXIT push button
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