Selecting Styles/Beats For One Man Band Performances; Style Information Display - KETRON SD9 Manual

4.A - SELECTING STYLES/BEATS FOR ONE MAN BAND PERFORMANCES
The SD9 PRO powers on in the STYLE mode (default page with a split point on the keyboard) as shown below in
Fig. 43. If you are in a different setting, simply press the STYLE/HOME button on the right side of the panel to get
back to the STYLE Mode/Page (STYLE button turns on).
First of it kind, the SD9 Pro offers styles with 8, yes eight variations (while most arrangers offer only 4), but this
will be elaborated upon in detail below.
How do we interpret all this information displayed on the screen at once? Remember that one of the strengths of the
Operating System of the SD9 PRO is to give the user the current status of the keyboard at any given time. To
accomplish this, KETRON has implemented a system that shows you what the current status of the keyboard is
(style and voice selected, tempo, ... etc) at any given moment on the top section of the screen, particularly useful for
live situations.
Here is a general interpretation of the main screen (shown in Fig. 43 above) while in STYLE mode (default screen
of the SD9 PRO as of OS 1.0)
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The top left box of the screen shows :-
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The group the current style resides in (Ballad),
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The variation of the style currently selected [A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2, C-1, C-2, D-1, & D-2].
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The overall volume of the style (63 max)
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The name of the current style selected (16BALLAD_2) – in capital letters.
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The individual volume levels of the Drum(Dr), Bass (Bs), Chords (Ch) and Lower parts
(Lw) of the style (Dr 63, Bs 63, Ch 61 Lw 0)
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You can touch this box to quickly access the Style selection page
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The top center box shows:-
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The time signature of the style (4/4, 3/4, etc)
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The bar counter [----]
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The tempo /BPM (110, 80 ... etc)
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The Octave setting for the Right/Lead voices (Oct:-)
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The Keyboard transposition value (T:-)
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The keyboard split point (Split: F#2)
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The chords played on the keyboard [F#
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Fig. 43. Style information display
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