KETRON EVENT-X Instruction Manual page 2

ARRANGER
EVENT-X is designed to provide easy access
to the most sophisticated style architecture
ever developed on an arranger module.
It comes with over 500 Styles, divided into
Real Styles, Live Styles or MIDI Styles.
The Real Styles, with their impressive
authenticity, stand out thanks to the backing
tracks in full audio format.
EVENT-X features a rich manual Lower
section, with three independent parts and
Mono / Poly modes.
You can use the new advanced Style Edit
to program your new styles and save
any customized configuration in the User
memory.
DRUMS
The rhythm section features over 580 Real
Drums and complete drum patterns with
Intro, Ending, 4 Variations, Fill and Break,
covering a wide variety of musical genres.
Unlike other musical instruments, where
the rhythmic sequences are mostly short
loops controlled via MIDI, EVENT-X has real
studio recordings of professional drummers
available in eight or more measures, without
any cuts or editing. The result is incredibly
smooth and natural.
EVENT-X provides Real
equalization, as well as the Drum Lock
mode which loops the rhythmic pattern that
is being played.
Furthermore, there are 94 new stereo Drum
Sets: with Drum Mixer and Remap, you can
reassign the individual percussion sounds
and save them in one of the 32 available
User Drum locations.
The Groove section is outstanding, with
over 700 percussive sequences, three
independent Groove parts that control
House, Hip Hop and Latin loops, as well as
an amazing variety of Afro-Cuban, Brazilian
or Latin percussion instruments, including
Conga, Shaker, Maracas, Cowbell, Cajon,
Tambourine and many more.
BASS
EVENT-X's bass section provides a wonderful
library of 256 Real Bass: bass lines that are
recorded in the studio by real bass players
on various tones and perfectly synchronized
with the rhythm of the style.
It is impossible to not be carried away by the
energy of these bass lines, from traditional
Ballads, Soul rhythms, to Disco Funk.
The tone color, the various keys correct
positions on the neck and all the natural
vibes of the performer give the sensation of
playing with a real bassist next to you!
Drum track
Real Bass adapts naturally to chord changes,
as if it were a normal MIDI bass, even playing
To Lowest mode with the bass upside down
on the lowest note!
It is very easy to switch between MIDI and
Audio bass in real time (Twin Bass), modify
the voice of the Real Bass using a parametric
equalizer or lock the current set using the
Lock Bass mode.
The series of functions available for Bass
such as Manual, To Lowest, To Root and
Bassist are particularly refined: for example,
the latter recognizes the chord by combining
the notes played both on the right part and on
the Manual bass part. Finally, the Multibass
supports custom Bass progressions for
various chords.
CHORDS
Real Chord is at the same time the most
elaborate and entertaining feature of EVENT-X.
You can control many guitar tracks or other
instruments in real time: everything can be
performed on several tonalities, including all
chords on the scale.
More than 300 Real Chords, including a wide
variety of recordings such as Folk, Jazz,
Nylon, Electric guitar, and other instruments
too like sax, harmonica, violin, trumpet and
so on, all perfectly synchronized with MIDI
into the arranger architecture.
The Real Chord features a dedicated EFX
Insert with Chorus, Eq, Overdrive, Phaser,
Wah and other effects.