Friends,
Here is the information for the new update 4.0a - the new features (and the best of this is most of these were asked for ...from you our customers).
The New Renovated SD1 - UPDATE 4.0a
It's not just another update, but a total renovation of the KETRON SD1 workstation. Thanks to FLASH technology, we have been able to renovate the SD1 keyboard with new exiting features, sounds and new optional styles which can be use to replace existing FLASH styles. With this update, your SD1 will sound and respond like a ‘new’ keyboard … that is because it virtually is!
NEW SOUNDS & DRUM SETS.
New orchestral voices are included for the Guitars (*), Bass, E.Pianos (very clean and precise), Strings (full and spacey), Pads, Brass (more authentic) & Organ groups, while some ROM voices have been readjusted entirely to produce a cleaner Hi Fi response. The Drum sets of Drum1 and Drum2 have aggressively been restyled with new, natural Percussion sounds and more Live Drum loops (especially for Dance and Hip Hop styles).
(*) Hawaian and Pedal Steel guitars voices are set to play 3 notes max. with Steel Mode. (Assignment easily changeable in new Preset Editing feature shown below).
OPTIONAL NEW STYLES.
New Rhythms have been programmed and will be available on our website. They can be used independently to replace any of the 109 existing FLASH styles, rendering a personalized SD1 keyboard. You will have to personally download just the styles you are interested in, and replace the Flash styles you intend to replace (see page 59 – replacing the Custom Styles of the Owner’s manual).
The XD Series Library's Styles can also be used for such replacement, as they too can now be automatically converted within the SD1's Master folder.
The internal Flash and Rom Styles have also been optimized, taking the advantage of all the new Sounds, Drum Sets and Loops.
· NEW FUNCTIONS:
· Drum Remix - To liven up or simply modify a song, changing the rhythm structure of the drums or the percussion instruments can make a huge difference, bringing more 'life' to the song. The SD1 now enables the realisation of similar results, granting the capability of replacing the percussion tracks of a Midi file/song with those from the onboard styles (including the live drum loops), enabling the muting of single percussion groups of the rhythm track. While the Midi file is being played, it is also possible to switch between the on board styles and the original drum tracks of the Midi file, activate the Fill-ins and use the four Arrangers in real time!
This feature is activated and used while in 'Song Play' mode with the following buttons:
Tap : Drum Remix On/Off - ‘Drum Remix’ displays on the Song Play screen when turned on.
Lock : Style/Song selection - Determine if the numeric styles buttons (0-9) should be used to select either a Style to be associated with a song or a Song from the current disk folder. The corresponding selection type will be displayed on the screen under the bar counter.
Key Start : Turns on the drum tracks of the Midi file – Original Drum tracks from the Midi file will be heard when the song is playing.
Key Stop : Turns on the drum tracks of the selected SD1 style - Styles from the SD1 will be heard when the song is playing).
You can now choose to maintain this setting permanently (i.e. whenever you next call up this Midi file, it should utilize the drum tracks of the Ketron SD1 rather than the original drum tracks of the Midi files).
To memorize the new Song Set up with Remix:
1 ) Press the GM (F1) button while the Midi file is running.
2 ) Press the Start/Stop button to stop the Midi file.
3) While within a GM part, press SAVE/ENTER, then F 10 to confirm the Saving operation.
You may choose to either overwrite the existing Midi file or rename this new file.
For every Midi file it is possible also to choose the starting and the ending Bar for the Remix function.
To select the initial Bar press F2 and search the number with Value +/-.
To select the final Bar press again F2 and search the number with Value+/-. The Sd1 will start to play the Remix style only within the initial and final bar as assigned above when you press START. You can press ‘Keystart’ to go back to the drum tracks of the Midi file.
Patterns on Disk can be also used with the Drum Remix feature (and saved using the Save Song Set up) but ONLY if they have been loaded into the Pattern location in RAM.
· Bassist - The Bassist function automatically allows the Manual Bass to be played to the left of the Split point of the keyboard section while the right side can be used to play chords or solo parts. Every time you take off your hand from the right keyboard section, the chord last played on the right section remains in memory (if the Hold push button is activated) whereas the Bass can be played freely without affecting the chord. This is a cool feature used to reduce the redundancy that can be associated with a style and allows the musician to freely produce natural, human bass lines in real life. This function is automatically set ‘On’ when Pianist and Manual Bass are both activated.
· Increased Polyphony - The number of notes that can be played at any given time has been increased. More notes can now be played on the SD1 without experiencing note-drop out.
· Pattern View: Visualization and access to Disk Patterns now works similar to that of the Internal Styles. To access disk styles, just press the Single Ram Styles button and select the Style family/group; then proceed with the associated function (F1- F10) button to select the style. A diamond shape after the style denotes that this style has already been loaded. The new GROUP function (accessed by pressing the Block List button and pressing F8 repeatedly) can be used to select the following Pattern view modes:
o Mode 1: Numeric 1; Styles are displayed numerically.
o Mode 2: Orderly; Styles are displayed in the order in which they were loaded into HD.
o Mode 3: Alphabetic; Styles are displayed alphabetically.
o Off: Numeric 2; Styles are accessed numerically as was the case with previous OS (see pg 56 & 57 of user manual).
§ NB: If there are no patterns within the current disk folder, no Patterns will be displayed.
· ROM & FLASH styles - Internal ROM (denoted with small letters) and FLASH (denoted with Capital letters), styles are now easily distinguishable.
· Flash Styles Backup Folder - It is possible to save onto Disk the current configuration for the Flash Styles. Press Save/Enter, then Styles (F2) and Global Flash to Disk (F7). The next screen will ask for a name to give to this new Backup Folder. Press F10-Save to confirm once named.
This operation automatically creates a new folder containing all the current Flash Styles.
This very useful feature allows you to save/load from Disk a new, fully personalized Flash Style’s block, thus rendering you with various blocks of customized Flash styles
· Arranger On/Off - A new and dedicated Arranger On/Off function has been added to the SD1. It is now possible to have the current voice(s) played over the entire keyboard (i.e. ignoring the SPLIT point) while playing Styles or Midifiles. This is obtained by simply pressing the Sound Load button while playing to turn the arranger OFF (a new split-point value of ‘C-2’ will be displayed). Pressing this button once more reinitiates the split point and turns the arranger ON.
· MIDI file Player:
o The reproduction of Midi files has been optimized. The Fast Song access, the Next Song and the Juke Box functions have been improved.
o XD Remap – This feature XD-Remap [F8] located under the Transposer Menu, (while in Song Play mode) allows for complete compatibility of Midifiles created for the XD-series when played back on the SD1.
· Vocalizer:
o It is now possible to turn on/off the vocalizer with the Demo&Hit buttons.
o The Global Transposer with Vocalizer track in the Midi file has been optimised.
o The Hold function (in harmony mode) is now retained within the vocal set after the settings have been saved.
· Footswitch - New functions have been added to the footswitch table: Lead On/Off, Pianist, Bassist, Drum Off All, Drum&Bass, Accordion On/Off.
· Power On set up - New functions have been added: Autoclose (for Preset Voices), Intelligent Transposer, Text Mode, Accordion Bass on Stop, Pattern Group, Transposer Delayed mode.
· OutAssign - The Drum assignment for Drums to Separate Outputs (after the keyboard is switched On) has been corrected.
· Accordion:
o The Midi Expression with bellows has been improved.
o The new function Bass Off Stop has been added. When the Accordion Mode is activated the new feature, BS ACCORD [accessed from Utility, Accordion (F6) and using F8 to toggle between Off on Stop and Normal] is automatically set to ‘Off on Stop’. This ensures that the Bass and Chords do not sound after the arranger has been stopped. Into Accordion Mode, on F6, Bass Octave function is shared Sustain.
o The Pattern Recording from Midi Accordion with Global Right has been fixed.
o New Dynamic User Curves have been added, Left Expression controlled via Midi 2 (for Midi Accordion equipped with bellow’s Expression).
· Voice Selection - The selection between Presets, Ram Voices, Users, 1 Touch etc. has been optimised. 1 Touch can now be over-written if any of the other voice group-types is selected.
· 1 Touch to Style – The possibility to assign the 1 Touch voice to a Style is now included. For each style therefore, you can assign your best 10 voices that you believe best suit the style in question for quicker operation. This function is located within the Arranger Mode - Pg. 2 under the Retrigger&Mode screen. Using the -Value + buttons, after the Style Setting Etn/Orc4, it is possible to assign any of the 1- 8 One Touch settings to the style in question. This way, whenever you call up that style, the associated One Touch settings will automatically be associated with the style when you press the One Touch button. Your favourite voices for a particular style will always be available – quicker access to voices and less time searching for the right voice!
· Text Mode: When displaying text, 40 characters can now be viewed within each line without re-formatting. Under UTILITY, TEXT (F7), 2 modes can now be selected:
o Mode 1: Standard form centralized within screen – 27 characters per line will be displayed.
o Mode 2: New, smaller font utilizing full screen – 40 characters per line will be displayed.
· Fills + Jump - The delay experienced when playing Styles while the Fill + Jump feature is activated has been eliminated. This provides a smoother transition between fill-ins and arranger parts.
· Dry on Stop - This feature has also been added under OnLineEffect (Micro [F6]) for easier, quicker access and operation.
· RAM Full - For faster operation, (when the Ram Memory gets full during sound loading), a new message ‘Memory Full’ is displayed together with the new function Clear&Load (F10) and Exit. Pressing (F10) allows the sounds that currently reside in RAM to be cleared and the current selected sounds automatically loaded, while Exit (F5) aborts the loading operation and retains the current sounds in RAM.
· Preset Editing: A new Editing possibility for Preset Voices has now been introduced. When a Preset voice is selected, by pressing simultaneously the styles-numeric buttons * and #, the Program window corresponding to the same Preset is opened.
2 new functions have been provided for Saving the voice: To Preset [F8] (overwrites the existing RAM Preset with the same name and new edits), and To Disk [F7] (Saves all Presets to Disk with an extension .pre).
· Style Convert - Under the Disk menu - Utility - Disk Control, the Style Convert feature has now been added. This allows the SD1 to automatically convert all the Styles from the X and XD series that reside within HD into Master Styles Folder to the SD1 format.
· Autocrash - This can now be heard automatically after Count Off is completed.
· Unplugged/Chord Solo - The capability to instantly mute all of the accompaniment chord tracks while a selected one remains active is now available. Within the Arrange View window, if one of the 5 automatic Chords (F6 – F10) is selected and highlighted, it is possible to mute all the other unselected chords, drum and bass leaving the highlighted chord active by simultaneously pressing both master Chord Volume buttons. To exit from the function and re-activate the other chords, just press one of the 2 master Chord Volumes again or a Fill In.
· 2nd Voice to Disk - It is possible now to save the 2nd Voices settings to Disk with the extension .2ND. After pressing Save/Enter, press F6 – 2nd Voice, then F8 – Disk Save and finally F10 - Save to confirm. Any new 2nd voice setting overwrites the previous 2ndvoice file.
· Loading Disk Styles from Song Play - When in Song Play mode, by simultaneously pressing the two buttons * and #, it is possible to view and select a Style from the current HD folder that will be used next. The Style selected will automatically be loaded. This replaces the initial ‘Jump to Style’ feature.
· New Dynamic Curves - New Dynamic curves have been added to clearly distinguish the difference between Soft1, Soft2, Normal, Hard1, Hard2 … etc. (UTILITY, Page1/3, Vel. Curve [F10])
· Sound Load - The FLASH load feature has been eliminated from the Sound Load screen to eliminate accidental erasure of Flash sounds.
· Keyboard Harmony – The Harmony feature has been optimised such that notes (especially on percussive instruments) are no longer generated when keys played on the right hand side within a chord are released.
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