Donny: Yes, I am able to adjust (turn down) the volume of the 'bass track' in the Mixing Console (style part) window, but this affects ONLY the presently loaded style. Unfortunately, the bass track volume will revert back to the louder level once ANOTHER style is loaded. What I WANT to be able to do is turn DOWN the 'volume' of the 'bass track' for ALL styles universally.

Donny, yes, you can save the volume level of a specific track in 'Registration Memory' but it only affects one specific style, not all styles universally. The problem lies when I'm playing 'out the box' and using the 'Music Finder' to select songs.

Graham: I agree with you that adjusting the universal EQ & compression settings isn't really addressing the REAL problem: the bass track VOLUME level. I tried playing with the EQ & Compression settings, and though they do alleviate the 'perception' of an overly dominant bass track, it unfortunately, also affects the overall sound of all the other parts (both style & live playing).

An IMPORTANT point I need to make here: When I had auditioned the Ketron keyboards recently (both the SD1 and XD9), I had also felt that their style's too, had 'overly loud dominating bass (and drum) tracks. Perhaps it's just that my musical taste is a little more conservative, and that I prefer a more acoustic 'less hyped 'in your face' bass track.