By using the DATA/VALUE wheel you can scroll various pages of demo songs1 Use the START/STOP button for start or stop the playback of the current song1 Press either the REGISTRATION or the PLAY LIST buttons to exit the DEMO mode1 KETRON • AUDYA...
Introduction Thank you for purchasing Ketron Audya Advanced Music Station. In this “User Manual” you can find the descriptions of all the main functions to get started by using the keyboard. Before using the unit, we strongly recommend you to read this manual thoroughly to ensure that you understand the operation of its many useful and convenient functions.
Introduction Top panel The front panel of Audya is divided in various NOTE operative sections. Some buttons and controls on the front panel are In the figure below, each number corresponds to marked by a blue serigraphy, meaning that a second its description.
The same of USB 1. NOTE Along the keyboard, from C3 to E6, you can find letters and numbers for easy input of names, when saving files on the hard disk, and for a quick file search1 KETRON • AUDYA...
AMPLIFIED SPEAKERS Connecting 4 auxiliary outputs to a mixer and to a PA system. MAIN OUT L/R LINE INPUT 1, 2, 3 and 4 INPUT L INPUT R MIXER AUX OUT 1, 2, 3 and 4 AMPLIFIED SPEAKERS KETRON • AUDYA...
MIDI connection to an external interface connected to a computer. AUDIO/MIDI USB INTERFACE (or FIREWIRE) MIDI IN MIDI OUT MIDI IN MIDI OUT COMPUTER WITH A DAW APPLICATION (Cubase, Pro Tools, SONAR, Logic, Reaper, Live, Reason, Fruity Loops, Sequel, etc.) KETRON • AUDYA...
Connections VIDEO connection Connecting a VGA monitor. VGA MONITOR VIDEO PORT USB connection USB connection to a computer. COMPUTER CONNECTED VIA USB USB DEVICE KETRON • AUDYA...
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Connections USB connection procedure ▀ Connect the USB cable to the USB DEVICE port of Audya, and to the USB port of a computer. After a while, “USB connected” will appear on the display of Audya (Figure A). All the functions on the front panel are disabled.
Display and function buttons Display The heart of Audya is the display. The F1-F5 function buttons to the left, the F6-F10 function buttons to the right and the five User buttons below the display allow you to select the items displayed in the various screens.
Arranger will the selected style and the Arranger will automatically stop playing, except the drum part. start. If the Arranger is already playing, by pressing this button you will enable the same FILL. KETRON • AUDYA...
By turning the wheel clockwise/ counter-clockwise you can scroll the pages, just like the CURSOR Ó Á 1 Also, you can scroll the pages by pressing repeatedly the same VOICE family button (e1g1 PIANO, EL1PIANO and so on1) Figure 2 KETRON • AUDYA...
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The RAM INS indication next to the SUPERSOLO button means that the INS voices will be loaded into memory temporarily1 For this reason, when you power OFF, the INS voices will not be retained in memory1 Figure 6 KETRON • AUDYA...
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▀ Press the GM button on the third row in the VOICE section. The display will show a list of the GM voices (Figure 10). Follow the same procedure for voices selection described on page Figure 10 KETRON • AUDYA...
Also, you can scroll the pages by pressing repeatedly the same STYLE NOTE family button (e1g1 BALLAD, POP and Note that the styles which contain an audio part so on1) (AUDIO DRUM, GROOVES, LIVE GUITAR) have the symbol ^ before the style name1 KETRON • AUDYA...
(GUITAR, SYNTH, etc.) DRUM SET ▀ Selects one of the 53 built-in DRUM SETS to play directly from the keyboard (Figure 15). For more Figure 15 details see DRUM SET section. KETRON • AUDYA...
. In the upper part at left, the Figure 18 STYLE MASTER volume is shown. In the upper part at right, the RIGHT and 2 volumes are shown. In the lower part at left, DRUM, BASS, Figure 18 CHORD and LOWER volumes are shown. KETRON • AUDYA...
STYLE section, that folder is recalled. To store PREV (previous) button. the position of a folder (WAVE, DJ LOOP, MP3, etc.) hold to 0-9 button of the keypad KETRON • AUDYA...
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Press the WAVE button. Select an audio file from the WAVE folder. Press the START button (USER 5) or the ENTER button or the START button on the panel. The WAVE track starts playback and its LED flashes. KETRON • AUDYA...
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CROSSFADE. When the CROSSFADE is finished, the LED of the WAVE track lights steadily while the LED of the MP3 track flashes. Note that you can apply the same procedure to any other tracks. Figure 26 KETRON • AUDYA...
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(F2). In the lower part of the window a progress bar will appear during the file number- ing of the folder. Instead, if a numbering is already assigned, a pop-up to remove numbering will ap- pear. Figure 29 Figure 30 KETRON • AUDYA...
MICRO PRESETS each: PAGE 1 PAGE 2 F1–DRY F1–GIRL F2–REVERB SMALL F2–BABY F3–REVERB MEDIUM F3–VIBRATO F4–REVERB LARGE F4–PHONE F5–REVERB GATED F5–ANGEL F6–BOOST F6–MICRO_01 F7–ECHO REVERB F7–MICRO_02 F8–ECHO REVERB TAP F8–MICRO_03 F9–CORRECTION F9–MICRO_04 F10–BEAR F10–MICRO_05 KETRON • AUDYA...
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For example, you can set a DUET effect for the START, a TRIO effect for the A variation of the Arranger, a VOCODER effect for the B variation of the Arranger and so on. For details see on page 104. KETRON • AUDYA...
In1 Just press the FADE button while the Arranger or Note that the fade-out does not apply to the the Player are stopped1 microphone output. In this way, you will be able to talk/sing during the fade-out. KETRON • AUDYA...
Press the SAVE button on the front panel. A screen like Figure 39 will appear. Press the F6 button corresponding to CUSTOM STARTUP. At start-up the display will be set to the new MAIN VIEW. Figure 37 Figure 38 Figure 39 KETRON • AUDYA...
If you set the AUTOSWITCH TIME (sec) to OFF, the AUTOSWITCH function will be switched off1 In this case, if you want to return to the MAIN VIEW from other screens, you must press manually the EXIT button on the front panel1 KETRON • AUDYA...
STYLE MASTER and the ABCD variation of the Arranger (Figure 42). F2 – The F2 button opens the window for the REGISTRATION selection (Figure 43). More details in the REGISTRATION section of this manual. Figure 43 KETRON • AUDYA...
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LYRIC section of this window Figure 46 will appear empty (Figure 46). To return to the MAIN VIEW display, press the F10 button again, or any other button (STYLE, VOICES, DRUM SET, PROGRAM or Player button). KETRON • AUDYA...
HOME function activated by the USER 3 button, as illustrated in Figure 50. The HOME function is useful when you want return to the MAIN VIEW and operate from the new functions. Figure 50 KETRON • AUDYA...
CURSOR § ¶ buttons or the DATA/VALUE wheel and start by using the button ENTER. To return to the main window, press the F3 button (or F4) again. Figure 54 KETRON • AUDYA...
CURSOR § ¶ buttons or the DATA/VALUE wheel and start with button ENTER. To return to the ordinary window, press the F3 button (or F4) again. Figure 58 Figure 59 KETRON • AUDYA...
The USER buttons from 1 to 4 in the MAIN VIEW window will have the following functions: USER 1: PAUSE/CONTINUE USER 2: STOP USER 3: LEAD ON/OFF (melody mute) USER 4: EXIT (exit from the Lyric or MAIN VIEW window). KETRON • AUDYA...
That is, in the CURSOR Ó Á buttons or the wheel (Figure 65). above example, from Grand_Piano up to Pulse_Clavi111 KETRON • AUDYA...
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PAN of three voices independently. The value from 63R to 64L corresponds to the right and to the left position, respectively (Figure 69). Press the CURSOR Ó Á buttons together to automatically set the PAN Figure 68 in the center position (>|<). Figure 69 KETRON • AUDYA...
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3 of the PROGRAM, the parameters of the VOICE EDIT Select a different VOICE by using the F1 or F6 page are visible but you cannot modify the organ voice buttons and press the USER 1 button (Voice Edit) to parameters1 modify the voice parameters. KETRON • AUDYA...
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ON/OFF: F1–PORTAMENTO ON/OFF: enable/disable the Portamento control. F2–AFTERTOUCH ON/OFF: enable/disable the Aftertouch control. F3–PITCH BEND ON/OFF: enable/disable the Pitch Bend control. F4–MODULATION ON/OFF: enable/disable the Modulation Wheel control. F5–EXPRESSION ON/OFF: enable/disable the Expression control. Figure 76 KETRON • AUDYA...
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CHORUS or ECHO for User Cho1, User Cho2 ... User Cho5 the remaining VOICES1 You can select an effect like DIST for the three VOICES or any combination of DIST+CHO or DIST+ECHO+CHO effects1 KETRON • AUDYA...
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The values of the parameters for EFF1 ASSIGN and EFF1 TYPE are strictly connected to the parameters of the EFF1 SEND page1 You coud not hear any effect until you adjust the sends in the EFF1 SEND page, as explained Figure 85 later1 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Once you select the parameter, you can modify the parameters by using the DATA/VALUE wheel or the CURSOR Ó Á buttons. Use the function F1/ F6 buttons to select one of three VOICES of the PROGRAM. Figure 90 KETRON • AUDYA...
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DATA/VALUE wheel or the Figure 94 CURSOR Ó Á buttons. Press the USER 5 button (Control 1) again to return to the CONTROL 1 page. You can choose the the parameters by using the F1... F10 buttons: Figure 95 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Voice1 Double and 2 Hands mode Voice2 They are the copy of the Double and Harmony-2 Voice3 Hands buttons on the panel. By recalling one VOICE, you can automatically activate the functions stored in the VOICE. KETRON • AUDYA...
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Wha To Wheel: applies a wha-wha effect to the wheel NOTE • F4/F9–BEND ( Figure 102): you can assign a You can activate wha-wha effect as User Assignable Bend control to each VOICE. For example: control1 KETRON • AUDYA...
Registration Registration A Registration stores a complete configuration of the panel. Audya lets you to save two types of Registrations, SINGLE and BLOCK. By using the REGISTRATION button on the front panel you can enter the Registration functions. Creating a SINGLE REGISTRATION ▀...
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Select the SINGLE REGISTRATION by using the DATA/VALUE wheel or the CURSOR § ¶ . Figure 109 Press the ENTER button in order to confirm the SINGLE REGISTRATION assigned to any F1-F10 button. Repeat the operation for each F1-F10 button. Figure 110 KETRON • AUDYA...
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NOTE Press the SAVE button and give a name to the When you enter the Registration Block EDIT mode, the REGISTRATION BLOCK. NUMERIC option is automatically disabled1 Press the SAVE button and give a name to the KETRON • AUDYA...
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If the NUMERIC ON function is disabled, you must manually select the REGISTRATION by using the CURSOR § ¶ buttons or the DATA/VALUE wheel and by pressing the ENTER button (Figure 116). Figure 115 Figure 116 KETRON • AUDYA...
When finished, press the USER 5 button (SAVE). Figure 118 Give a name to the PLAY LIST and press SAVE NOTE again. By pressing the A1PLAY ON/OFF button (USER 5) you can enable/disable the automatic playback of the songs currently in the Play List1 KETRON • AUDYA...
The Key Tunes feature uses a WAVE track, so if a Key in the range 0-127. Tune is playing back, the Wave Player will not work F7 - LOOP ON/OFF: sets the loop on/off. • and viceversa1 F8 - HOLD ON/OFF: sets the hold on/off, that • KETRON • AUDYA...
TRILL effect, you will hear the trill effect produced by the note played at right or left of the starting note. You can modify the speed of the trill by using the SPEED parameter corresponding to the USER 2 button. KETRON • AUDYA...
Please note that the effects Chorus and Reverb are available for the drum and percussion parts (DRUM1 and DRUM2 and/or Audio Drum and Groove Bank). Figure 128 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Figure 131 NOTE By pressing button USER 5 you can select the SINGLE or GLOBAL mode in order to change the single Varia- tion of the style or all the Variations1 KETRON • AUDYA...
The Audio Style Modeling is the powerful system For all the sections, you can scroll by using • of Audya sound engine. The place where you the DATA/VALUE wheel or choosing directly can “model” the style is the Style View section.
The automatic Bass MIDI Library, offers more than 180 bass riffs. It works on the Bass section replacing the normal bass part of the style. 4 - Arp&Lick The Arpeggio & Lick Library offers a variety of em- bellishment for various instruments: Piano, Guitar, KETRON • AUDYA...
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5. While the style is playing you can change the in- strument choosing from the table by using the DATA/VALUE wheel. You can assign any GM voice. 6. To change the Bass Bank, stop the Arranger and repeat from step 3. KETRON • AUDYA...
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Selecting the style ▀ 1. Press the USER STYLE button on the front panel. 2. Select the category by using the numeric keypad. 3. Select the style by choosing the previously given name (Figure 137). Figure 136 Figure 137 KETRON • AUDYA...
Arranger. AUTO: this mode lets you play 3 or more notes for chord recognition and then play the melody with one Figure 141 or two note max, without altering the tonality of the Arranger. KETRON • AUDYA...
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Fill In if you apply an Aftertouch on the left split. FILL TO ARRANGE When this parameter is ON (Figure 146) each time you activate the Fill In, causes the automatic change Figure 143 to the next variation. Figure 144 Figure 145 Figure 146 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Style. Press the F10 button (Global Enabled) to enable the VOICE TO ARRANGE function globally for all the Styles. Save your choices into the current style by pressing the SAVE button on the front panel. Figure 150 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Fill In and the Break of the style. Figure 153 NOTE The AUTOCRASH works only if present within the style1 If the Autocrash is not programmed into the style its two options have no effect1 KETRON • AUDYA...
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For example, when you don’t play again the root note or the fifth that you have just played. The function works only with the styles in which the alternate root/fifth bass was programmed. Figure 157 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Normal: standard mode, with the Lower always active. Bas+Lower: only when the Arranger is stopped, the manual bass and the chord play together. Hold Stop: holds the Lower also when the Arranger is stopped, instead of being disabled in normal condition. KETRON • AUDYA...
Turn the DATA/VALUE to set the value. Figure Figure 163). selecting VOCAL ( the part is transposed by +12 semitones. Turn the button VOCALIZER on. To edit the MIDI MODE, please see VOICETRON section later in this manual. KETRON • AUDYA...
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To find one or more parts in MUTE condition, press the F1-F6, F2-F7, F3-F8 or F4-F9 buttons repeatedly1 Press F5 or F10 to disable the MUTE condition1 Press the F10 button (SOLO) twice if you want to disable quickly the MUTE condition on any part1 Figure 168 KETRON • AUDYA...
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F10–Keyb. Trans: Keyboard transposition Only for an example, in each MIDI file you can store: Tempo settings modified by the TEMPO SLOW • FAST buttons. Keyboard transposition (semitones and/or • octaves). Song transposition. • MIDI file parts transposition. • KETRON • AUDYA...
By pressing PAN POT, you can set the stero position of the single percussive parts of the drum by using the F1-F10 buttons and the DATA/VALUE Figure 175 wheel or by using the CURSOR Ó Á buttons. KETRON • AUDYA...
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Variation (A B C D)1 So, if you select the B Variation, the Drum Remap screen will be empty1 In this way, you have the possibility to remap all the Variations of the style independently1 Figure 180 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Once you are satisfied, press the SAVE button on the front panel, give a new name to the User style and press the USER 5 button (SAVE) to store the changes (Figure 184). Figure 183 Figure 184 KETRON • AUDYA...
Press F1 (KEY) to select the percussive instrument to assign to the note played on the keyboard. On our example is C1 of the KICK percussive group. If you assign another percussive instrument, press any other key on the keyboard. Figure 189 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Figure 194 the selected USER DRUM SET is “MY_DRUM”. Figure 193 NOTE Please see all the DRUM SET lists and the percussive instruments included into the drum sets in the “Sounds” Figure 194 section of this manual1 KETRON • AUDYA...
In DRAWBARS mode, if you press the USER 1 button (PedToRotor) you can activate the rotor by using the pedal connected to SUSTAIN PEDAL on the rear panel1 The PedToRotor ON/OFF parameter is not stored into the user DRAWBARS so it must be activated manually1 KETRON • AUDYA...
INS the folder called SUPERSOLO, containing high quality, voices, by using the F2 button (CLEAR SELECT) or the F6 exclusive for AUDYA, orchestral voices 1 button (CLEAR ALL)1 KETRON • AUDYA...
Press the EDIT button to exit edit mode. The VOICE LIST button will stop flashing. At this point, if you press the VOICE LIST button, you will display your custom list for each family of the VOICE section. Figure 205 KETRON • AUDYA...
F8–TRANSPOSE RX: part transpose reception. Figure 208 NOTE By pressing the cursor Ó Á buttons together you set the default value — that is no MIDI channel1 It means that the part is not transmitted via MIDI1 KETRON • AUDYA...
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F2–Voice2 F3–Voice3 F4–2ndVoice1 F5–2ndVoice2 F6–GM/RAM Voices NOTE F7–Drawbar To return to the previous MENU page, press the EXIT F8–Click button on the front panel1 To exit the MENU window F9–Percussion without saving changes, press the MENU button1 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Exclusive Msg Pan Pot Tabs Exc. Msg EXPRESSION Program Change Sust./Soft/Sost. Figure 215 AFTERTOUCH PORTAMENTO PITCH BEND All Controls Mono/Poly All RPN ADSR All NRPN CUTOFF MODULATION RESONANCE VOLUME GM/GS Reset REVERB Reset All Controls Chorus/Effect Arabic Scale KETRON • AUDYA...
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F2–Voice2 F7–Lower2 F3–Voice3 F8–Live Chord L (Mono) F4–2ndVoice1 F5–2ndVoice2 F9–Live Chord R F6–GM/RAM Voices VOICE/DRAWBAR F7–Drawbar Press the F10 button to open a window like Figure F8–Click 219. By pressing the F1-F10 buttons or the CURSOR F9–Percussion KETRON • AUDYA...
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+/- 36 semitones transposition value in 1 semitone steps. By pressing the CURSOR Ó Á together you Figure 223 set the default value “—”, that is no transposition. F1–Right F2–Left F3–Bass F4–Lower1 F5–Lower2 F6–Chord1 F7–Chord2 F8–Chord3 F9–Chord4 F10–Chord5 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Left: MIDI channel 2, both TX and RX track of the sequencer can be output directly Bass: MIDI channel 3, both TX and RX by using the Audya sound module. Chord1: MIDI channel 5, both TX and RX Drum1: MIDI channel 10, both TX and RX ...
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EXIT button or directly by pressing the MENU button. User1, User2, User3, User4 and User5 (see details To store the reverb type at start-up press the later) SAVE button on the front panel and F6 (CUSTOM STARTUP). KETRON • AUDYA...
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GM parts (opens another Figure 233 window). F6– Right Level: settings of the Chorus level for the right hand (values 0-63). F7– Left/GM Level: settings of the Chorus level for the left hand and the GM parts (values 0-63). KETRON • AUDYA...
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01 After you set the parameters you can to store the custom Echo by pressing the USER 5 button (SAVE) or the SAVE button on the front panel. A brief SAVE DATA TO DISK message will appear. KETRON • AUDYA...
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01 After you set the parameters you can to store the custom Distortion by pressing the USER 5 button (SAVE) or the SAVE button on the front panel. A brief message SAVE DATA TO DISK will appear. KETRON • AUDYA...
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After you set the parameters you can to store the custom Overdrive by pressing the USER 5 button (SAVE) or the SAVE button on the front panel. A brief message SAVE DATA TO DISK will appear. KETRON • AUDYA...
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(SAVE) or the SAVE button on the front panel. A brief message SAVE DATA TO DISK will appear. NOTE By pressing the CURSOR Ó Á buttons together you set the default frequency value of the EQ band or the Gain value of the EQ band to 01 KETRON • AUDYA...
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After you set the parameters you can to store the custom Wave Equalizer by pressing the USER 5 button (SAVE) or the SAVE button on the front panel. A brief message SAVE DATA TO DISK will appear. KETRON • AUDYA...
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Right Boost Level parameter. MODULATION By pressing the F1 button on the KEYBOARD CONTROL page you can access the MODULATION settings (Figure 254). Here you can control the SENSITIVITY parameter for the Modulation Wheel (values 0–48). KETRON • AUDYA...
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F7– Arabic Set: selection of one Arabic set, from 1 to Figure 261 F8– Koma Tab (Harmony): activation of the Koma function, which replaces the HARMONY button in order to alter dynamically the pitch of the scale while you are playing. KETRON • AUDYA...
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Values ON/OFF. F4– Fast Song: eliminates measures at the beginning of the Midi file, usually Count In or Setup Measure. Values ON/OFF. F5– Show File Icon: enables/disables the icons display for the file types. Values ON/OFF. KETRON • AUDYA...
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MP3 by changing and DJ LOOP faders, as you like. the tempo of the style. F2– WAV DJ MIX: enables/disables (ON/OFF) the DJ MIX function between the WAVE and DJ LOOP Players (see procedure below). KETRON • AUDYA...
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Wave 1/2, A.Drum By using the button USER 5 (SAVE) you can store up MP3-2 (SFX) to 5 outputs Presets. Select a Preset with the F6-F10 MP3-1 buttons and press the USER 5 button (SAVE). Voicetron Drawbars BASS KETRON • AUDYA...
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By pressing the USER 1 button you can toggle the 1&2 Press the USER 1 button (ACTIVE/INACTIVE) to Stereo and the 1&2 Mono output, as shown by the enable/disable the METRONOME CLICK function, as arrow on Figure 2691 shown from the arrow in Figure 272. KETRON • AUDYA...
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F7 - NORMAL TEXT: sets the normal text colour. F8 - HIGHLIGHT FORE: sets the highlighted text fore colour. F9 - HIGHLIGHT BACK: sets the highlighted text background colour. F10 - LYRIC UPPERCASE: sets upper/lower case for lyric text (karaoke). KETRON • AUDYA...
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(START) to start playback of the recorded file. To browse and select any recorded audio WAV file, press the WAVE button in the Player section. NOTE The recording volume is set by the WAVE slider on the PLAYER section1 KETRON • AUDYA...
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2 WAV tracks playing. NOTE Once the files are “merged”, a single audio file will be created, by using the lower number of the two files, and two 1bak files (backup files of the two original wav files)1 KETRON • AUDYA...
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(MIDI RECORDING) to enter the MIDI recording environment. You will be prompted to give a name to the file. Digit the name for the MIDI file, directly from the keyboard (Figure 282). In the example, the file is “MIDI_01”. KETRON • AUDYA...
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If you make a MIDI recording using an Audio Drum part for the drum, the drum sounds (AUDIO) will not be recorded into the MIDI recording1 If you want to record an Audio Drum please use the audio recording method1 KETRON • AUDYA...
MIDI Remix MIDI Remix Audya offers a MIDI REMIX function to replace the drum track in any MIDI file with the drum part of an internal Style of Audya, even one with AUDIO DRUM part. Making a MIDI Remix ▀...
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Just activate the REMIX by using the current MIDI file playing and select a style. • Now you can change the style during the REMIX. This operation can be useful to find the right style to combine with the MIDI file. KETRON • AUDYA...
By using the F1-F10 buttons you can select the By selecting the F2 button (MICRO2), you can choose following options: one of the following options: F1–MICRO1 F3–REVERB F2–MICRO2 F4–ECHO F3–REVERB F4–ECHO F5–TRANSFORM F6–COMPRESSOR F7–LIMITER F8–EQUALIZER F9–VIBRATO F10–PITCH KETRON • AUDYA...
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CURSOR § ¶ bu t tons or the DATA/VALUE Figure 297 wheel: -21 dB 7:1 -18 dB 2:1 -24 dB 12:1 -15 dB 3:1 User -18 dB 5:1 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Ó Á or the DATA/VALUE wheel (values +/- 24 semitones). Select the PITCH CORRECTION parameter by using the CURSOR § ¶ buttons and change the value by using the CURSOR Ó Á or the DATA/VALUE wheel Figure 301 (Off, Slight, Slow, Medium, Fast). KETRON • AUDYA...
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MIDI file. In this mode, the harmonization is automatically controlled by the melody track of the MIDI file. Please see “Setting the VOCAL Figure 305 mode” on the GM Parts section in this manual. KETRON • AUDYA...
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CURSOR § ¶ buttons or the DATA/VALUE wheel: Standard Jazz Down Open Jazz Up Octave Down Block Chord Down Jazz Block Chord Up Figure 309 KETRON • AUDYA...
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5 voices (VOICES from 1 to 5) by using the DATA/VALUE wheel: VOLUME (values 0–63) PAN (values 64R >|< 63L) FORMANT (values 0–63) DETUNE (values 0–63) CUTOFF (values 0–38) RESONANCE (values 0–7) Figure 313 KETRON • AUDYA...
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Useful when you must recall a particular equalization for different gigs (Figure 318). The User Preset is stored together the Voicetron Figure 317 Preset, as explained on the next page. Figure 318 KETRON • AUDYA...
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A dialogue will appear to give a name ( Figure 321). Digit the name by using the keyboard and press the USER 5 button (SAVE) Once saved, you can recall the custom effect from the second page of the VOCALIZER window (Figure 322). KETRON • AUDYA...
Search Search (Main View) Audya features a useful SEARCH function in order to search files stored in the internal disk or in external USB devices. When is the MAIN VIEW is active, the search engine looks different from the normal view.
1, in order to produce a Wha-Wha effect. By pressing repeatedly the button you can set the same function to CHORD 1, CHORD 2, CHORD 3, CHORD 4, CHORD 5, BASS, ALL CHORDS, ALL STYLE and RIGHT. KETRON • AUDYA...
Audya features two style families: FACTORY STYLES and USER STYLES . The FACTORY STYLES are the built-in styles of Audya and can be accessed by using the keypad in the STYLE section and the ordinary selection of the style by using the F1-F10 buttons, as already described in the “Styles”...
MSP function Audya offers a complete Multi Sample Player editor. To access the MSP function, press the WAVE button, choose a file from the list in the WAVE folder and press the EDIT button. Creating an MSP ▀ Select a WAV format file from the WAVE folder...
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Figure 336 NOTE The MSP files created by Audya will be stores in a single file containing all the information data to work, unlike the previous versions of KETRON files which need to have the WAV files in the same folder1 Ot...
▀ or a WAVE file Make the USB connection to access the hard disk of Audya. After connecting, open the WAVE folder and copy a text file (an ordinary TXT file) Figure 337 containing the lyric of a song. The name of the...
Disk Disk Audya features a bunch of functions dedicated to the disk management. Disk Menu ▀ Press the DISK button to see the content of the internal disk (Figure 341). The disk contains a certain number of folders, that you can access by using the CURSOR §...
The same functions in the DISK MENU are available also for the files and folders of the USB Figure 345 drive. Search Audya features a useful SEARCH function in order to search files stored in the internal disk or in external USB devices. Searching a file ▀...
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RNB13_81 SHUFFLE5_160 name, while “FX” stands for RNB14_80 SHUFFLE6_128 “effects” that is the original RNB15_114 SHUFFLE7_126 version with some effects RNB16_106 SLOW1_65 applied, like compressor, RNB17_100 SLOW2_80 reverb, etc1 RNB18_96 SLOW3_90 RNB19_110 SL_ROCK1FX_65 KETRON • AUDYA...
MIDI messages to the new channel. Harmony and melody MIDI channels must be different: if you try set the melody channel at the current harmony channel value, the command will be ignored. You must change the harmony to another channel before. KETRON • AUDYA...
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12 * Minor 7th + A = 12 * 3 + 9 = 45 Note: if you’ve downloaded a custom harmony table (using a Sysex 0), calling this NRPN will overwrite it. 0, 1 Vocalizer output: 0 = Main, 1 = Aux KETRON • AUDYA...
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(see warning above). Note: enabling this mode without being in drum mode will result in muting the shifter (no beat is detected when not in drum mode, so no sound will be output) KETRON • AUDYA...
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0, 1...127 Voice 4 portamento switch 0, 1...127 Voice 5 portamento switch 0…127 Voice 1 portamento time 0…127 Voice 2 portamento time 0…127 Voice 3 portamento time 0…127 Voice 4 portamento time 0…127 Voice 5 portamento time KETRON • AUDYA...
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Echo preset: calls on echo preset. See table below for 0...8 description of the presets. Reverb input level 0...127 Echo input level 0...127 Send echo to reverb 0...127 Note: EQ band frequencies are fixed to the following values: KETRON • AUDYA...
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-lead / harmony switches (System NRPN 5 to 7) -voice transform controls (System NRPN 17) -harmony formant & tone controls (Harmony NRPN 11 to 25) -vibrato (Harmony NRPN 26 to 45) -humanization (Harmony NRPN 46 to 50) KETRON • AUDYA...
2 microphone inputs with separate gain control, 10-band equalizer, echo, reverb, pan, pitch shift, talk, voice transformation. VOICETRON Harmonizer with 5 separate voices by Ketron. Vocoder mode, auto-harmony by using the arranger, vocalizer track on MIDI file, advanced editing on all 5 voices. MIDI In 1, In 2, Out, Thru.
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Notes Due to continuing product improvement efforts, specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice. Please visit frequently our website www.ketron.it to check for software updates, user manuals, etc. KETRON • AUDYA...
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