Operating Notes - KETRON SD-2 Owner's Manual

able to replace the Midi rhythmic structure with audio Loops and the result will be amazing.
Once your musical file is complete and you have saved it in the format that your prefer, you
can naturally play it back with any type of sequencer or Midi player (i.e.: MIDJAY or similar) by
connecting it to your SD 2. The use of laptops has become more and more popular in the world
of musical entertainment to play back Midi files.
The advantage of having a musical board integrated in the computer is however often
penalised by the fact that such boards only avail of a few sounds and of rather modest quality.
In this case again, we think that the use of SD 2 instead of built-in boards offers a considerable
opportunity.
MIDI KEYBOARD (Master keyboard, Arranger, Accordion etc. )
SD 2 can be used as a supplementary module to enrich the sound palette of your keyboard.
Another ideal solution is that of coupling SD 2 with Master keyboards without sounds or with
current mini remote keyboards (multimedia keyboards) that are used increasingly in the live
set-up. We are sure that such a powerful and compact sound module will certainly become
part of your musical set-up.

OPERATING NOTES

As you will have already noticed, the SD 2 unit has external connections (described previously)
and one general volume control for the rear outputs and for the headphones.
Obviously everything else that may modify the Sound, the Volume, the Reverb, the Effects etc.
must be performed via MIDI messages.
For those who are already familiar with this type of Editing procedure, simply observe the
table of MIDI implementations of SD 2 to be able to manage the Sounds of the instrument in
all its potentials.
For those who are still learning, we have prepared a set of files on our Internet site www.
ketron.it (that you can download free of charge) with the configuration of the Map of sounds
that can be used to work with the most commonly used sequencer programs and musical
notes, such as Cubase®, Logic®, Cakewalk®.
HOW TO USE THE DRUM LOOPS
You can download the Drum Loops for SD 2 from our Internet site www.ketron.it .
The files appear with a set of Folders, which are catalogued per type of music (Salsa, Cha,
Merengue, Jazz etc. ).
These are actually Midi files that contain information on how to play the rhythm Patterns of
the various Loops contained in the sound generation of SD 2.
To better understand the sound possibilities that these loops offer, we suggest that you listen
to the Demo.mid files within the reference folders of the various musical rhythms.
We remind you that these patterns contain all the information necessary (program change,
volume etc.) to be played immediately without any other settings.
DRAWBARS SECTION
The sound generation of SD 2 also avails of a section of digital Drawbars, inspired by the
sounds of electro-magnetic organs: 16',8', 5'1/3, 4', 2'2/3, 2', 1'3/5, 1'. Percussion 4' and 2'2/3
The Drawbars can play on any midi channel (and also on a number of midi channels
simultaneously). Using the environment created especially for the Logic ® (which you can
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