Chord Mode; Harmony Type (Midi Only) - KETRON SD9 Manual

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Control #2
touched.
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Control #3
(off) other pads once it is turned on. Think of this function as "LINK PADS". There may
be instances when you may want more than one pad to be activated at the touch of a
button, or want to turn off multiple pads when a particular pad is turned on, but it is
physically impossible to touch all of them together on the screen to turn them on or off.
In this case, Pad Ctrl (Pad Control) offers you the option to be able to touch one pad and
turn on multiple pads (ON) or touch one pad and turn multiple pads (OFF). Touch Pad
Ctrl to open a separate screen that shows the following layout –
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Touch the icon corresponding to the pads you want turned on together or turned off
together. "--"denotes this pad will not be impacted by this function.
CHORD MODE. This determines if a pad should or should not respond to chord changes made
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on the keyboard in real time, the characteristics of the chord changes and if the chord should be
retrigger able or not. This is available to Pads with Midi data only!
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KETRON SD9 Manual & Tutorial
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Key Mode:- Once the LaunchPad has been started (by pressing the
START/STOP button), this pad will only be heard when you touch it. Once you
let go of the pad, it will stop playing.
- Determine when a pad should start playing when
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Beat:- Regardless of when you touch the Pad, it will start playing at the
beginning of the next beat. The top center part of the screen shows the counter
so it will start playing at the next beat.
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Bar:- Regardless of when you touch the Pad, it will start playing only at the
beginning of the measure (red box when using the counter). This is useful when
you want to make sure that the track is activated only at the beginning of the
measure since you may not touch it at exactly the right 'time'. Very useful for
pads that contain drums, bass or other rhythmic parts!

- HARMONY TYPE (MIDI only)

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Harmon:- Pad will respond to chord changes made on the keyboard in real
time. Use this option when the recording in the pad was performed in a single
key (e.g. C) and you want to use the SD9 Pro to control the chord changes as
you perform live .. usually for simple straight forward arrangements.
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Melodic:- Pad will not respond to chord changes made on the keyboard in real
time. Use this option when the recording in the pad already has a riff (chord
progression) which you want to maintain and not alter with the chords being
played live on the keyboard ... usually for complex RIFF or melody lines like
those in Jazz. In this mode, the next icon automatically switches to 'Trnsp' to
allow you be able to transpose the melody in any key you want. If you touch the
-Determine if a pad should activate (on) or deactivate
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