#403681 - 06/18/1511:42 PMRe: NEW KETRON SD7 Owners Please post REVIEWS HERE...
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DonM
Senior Member
Registered: 06/25/99
Posts: 16735
Loc: Benton, LA, USA
I took the SD7 to the job. Had to use a different stand and the one I took didn't have lights illuminating the kb. That is a MUST with the SD7 because you have black buttons on black background and not many of them light up. I had to Cajun-engineer a light so I could see what buttons I was pushing! I haven't listened to much of the recordings yet, so don't know if I had balances and levels totally correct, but it sounded really good to me and I got lots of good feedback from audience.
List of stuff to address before tomorrow night, or at least before too long: *Take light. *Take some style parts out of certain styles, and change a few drum kits. Take out some claps. I hate claps. *Find out how to play all MP3s in a folder, for breaks. *Find out how to associate text files with Registrations. *Change a few more OTS settings. It's quick and easy to do! *I'll be making more Registrations for months. *Tweak vocal harmonizer settings. *Find out how to change and save Second Voice. *Find out if there are more chord fingering options that I'm not seeing. I want the one that only changes key when you hit three notes at the same time--below the split. *I'm have a 6-button foot switch. I'm using #1 for Vocal Harmony on/off. Number 6 is for Break. I need to figure out what to assign to the other four. You can assign almost any parameter or task to a switch. I will probably use one for text scroll, one for glide, maybe one to bring in Second Voice. *I'm sure there is much more!
Good things: Great sound. Great key touch and feel. Touch screen works really well. I played a midi file. It sounded great.
I'm too tired to do anything now but sleep til 10 a.m. or so! My first impression is that the keyboard will be a keeper for me.