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  • Page 1 KETRON EVENT-X User Guide M A D E I N I T A L Y...
  • Page 2 01 Getting started | i SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS RISK OF FIRE, ELECTRIC SHOCK, OR INJURY TO PEOPLE CAUTION: to reduce the risk of fire or electric shock, do not expose this instrument to rain or humidity. IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS FOR SAFETY AND INSTALLATION CAUTION a) When using an electrical device, it is important to take precautions such as the following.
  • Page 3 The instrument should never be subjected to strong shocks. CURRENT ADAPTERS When connecting this instrument to the mains socket, use only the KETRON current adapter supplied with the instrument. The use of different current adapters may damage the power supply circuits of the instrument. It is therefore of fundamental importance to use only an original adapter, requesting the correct model when ordering a new adapter.
  • Page 4 The content of this entire manual and the software to which it refers are the property of the company KETRON srl based in Via Giuseppe Talierco, 7 - 60131Ancona (ITALY). All materials are protected by copyright as well as intellectual property rights.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    | 01 Getting started Contents Settings of the PLAYER 01 Getting started 06 Stem An introduction to EVENT-X Panel Description What is a Stem? Large high resolution Touch screen Playing a Stem project Power on the instrument Creating a Stem project...
  • Page 6 01 Getting started | 1 Play Mode MIDI Audio Sampler Preferences Controls Footswitch Video Scale Registration Setup Sound Banks Key Tune Theme Colors 14 Inputs and Outputs Connect a pedal Connecting a MIDI device Connecting to speakers Connecting stereo headphones Connecting a microphone (MICRO 1) Connecting a guitar or bass or a 2 microphone...
  • Page 7 An introduction to EVENT-X | 2 PART ONE: PLAYING AND SINGING WITH EVENT...

  • Page 8: Getting Started

    While preserving the ability to interact with MIDI, with EVENT-X it is possible to be accompanied by a multitrack arrangement under total audio control. In the past, KETRON...

  • Page 9: Panel Description

    4 | 01 Getting started Morphing is also available with EVENT-X, a simple feature to make your music always sound original and give more depth to your live performances: this powerful feature helps the dynamic transition from one sound to another without taking your hands off the keyboard.
  • Page 10 01 Getting started | 5 The 7" touch-sensitive screen sits in the middle of the panel. It displays the instrument's current operating status. Below you may find the 5 primary keys to control the usability and the Dial knob. On the right side, you can access the various voice types played on the instrument. On the down, you can find the interactive buttons to control styles, tempo, and access the bank of styles and voices.
  • Page 11 6 | 01 Getting started • LOCK CHORD: This freezes the current CHORD being played to obtain the typical Ostinato found in some musical genres, such as Disco Funk. This feature has to be activated in the Mode Page before this button is used to turn it on/off during style play.
  • Page 12 01 Getting started | 7 The in-depth description of the touch screen is in another dedicated section. As for the front panel keys (from left to right and from top to bottom): • EXIT: Press this button to go back to the previous screen. Most of the time you’ll be redirect to the HOME page.
  • Page 13 8 | 01 Getting started • PORTAM.: Press this button to enable “Portamento” already assigned within the Voice. • DSP: Press this button to open DSP Effect Control, here you can control EQ effects, you can assign it on GLOBAL or to single keyboard-played parts. •...

  • Page 14: Large High Resolution Touch Screen

    (sometimes even twice to go back up steps) to return to the HOME page. Then try again. Large high resolution Touch screen It is easy to work with EVENT-X thanks to the large, graphic, and intuitive 7” colour screen. After turning on the instrument, the HOME page appears which facilitates access to the primary functions for the main use of the instrument as an arranger.

  • Page 15: Power On The Instrument

    OUT port on the external device to the MIDI IN2 (KEYBOARD) port on the EVENT- X via a cable with 5-pin DIN standard MIDI connectors. Connect to EVENT-X a pair of stereo headphones (optional) to the HEADPHONE output, alternatively you can connect the instrument to an external PA speaker system (optional) using the OUT RIGHT/LEFT.

  • Page 16: Power Off The Instrument

    01 Getting started | 11 Switch on EVENT-X by pressing the POWER button: you can find it on the back of the instrument on the far right. As you power it on, the LED lights up in the upper right corner of the front panel.

  • Page 17: Playing The Voices

    02 Playing the voices Playback of sounds EVENT-X features a wide selection of musical instrument voices. You can play in a wide variety of situations: an acoustic or electric piano, a vintage organ with Drawbar controls, a whole collection of orchestral sounds, a multi-timbral synth with multiple layered and split voices.

  • Page 18: Lead Voices: Voice 1 And Voice 2

    On the right, there is a similar frame where you can see VOICE 2 and its corresponding voice name and volume. When you turn on EVENT-X, the instrument is ready to be played with the lead voice - VOICE 1 set to the GRAND_PIANO program that includes the Classic Grand sample, and to the left of the split point with the LOWER 1 and 2 voice parts set by the default style (default is set to Softpad and El Piano 1).
  • Page 19 14 | 02 Playing the voices The MASTER volume slider must be up. The VOICE 1 button must be on: if not, press this button to enable it. The VOICE 1 corresponding volume slider must be up. Choosing voices to play How does one get access to all the other sounds? How to change voices, drawbar organ voices or program: Touch on the screen the section of Voice 1 at the top.
  • Page 20 In this case, Ketron spared no resources: the PCM sample is more extended, and this choice makes it possible to achieve the greatest possible naturalness including articulation of the actual voice.

  • Page 21: Drawbar

    Multi. Drawbar The 24 Drawbar voices transform EVENT-X into a vintage electric organ, thanks to the availability of authentic sounds and all the classic controls of the original instruments. These voices are managed by a dedicated sound generator which allows them to be customized to the maximum level of detail.
  • Page 22 02 Playing the voices | 17 Step by step: Press the DRAWBAR button on the front panel to activate the drawbars. Touch the Drawbar icon on the screen to activate its management on the screen. Rotate the main data knob and select one of the 24 Drawbar organ sounds by touching it.
  • Page 23 18 | 02 Playing the voices Drawbar View After enabling the Drawbar voice, you can exploit its potential as follows: Press the DRAWBAR VIEW button on the front panel. The display is shown as above. More on the referral page. Use the nine digital faders on the screen or alternatively the seven physical faders on the panel as real Drawbars to edit the current DRAWBAR Sound as needed (the last two drawbars on the right can only be edited on the screen or via the VOICE 1...

  • Page 24: How To Use The Transpose To Change The Key

    02 Playing the voices | 19 How to use the Transpose to change the key EVENT-X allows you to transpose the instrument's pitch by ±24 notes, semitone by semitone. The value of any key transposition is visible in the VOICE 2 frame of the display.

  • Page 25: How To Set The Mode Pianist And Bassist

    20 | 02 Playing the voices You can save transpose metadata in the MIDI file. How to set the mode PIANIST and BASSIST The front panel PIANIST button allows to leave the SPLIT mode and assign the active voices to the entire extension of the external keyboard, while the BASSIST button allows to play the free bass notes of a chord played with the right hand.
  • Page 26 02 Playing the voices | 21 right of the chord outside the Note Range does not change the chord even if more than three notes are played. • Advanced: The chord is recognized on the entire extension of the keyboard; it takes at least three notes to adjust the chord.

  • Page 27: Playing With The Styles

    Database of rhythms and harmonies to ensure endless hours of pure enjoyment playing your repertoire. EVENT-X comes standard with over 600 professional accompaniment styles. You can easily customize them, create new ones, or import them from outside for an unlimited number of KETRON styles to be saved in the USER STYLE memory.
  • Page 28 Part MIDI Channel GROOVE1 1 GROOVE3 2 LOWER 1 LOWER 2 LOWER 3 CHORD1 CHORD2 CHORD3 GROOVE2 9 DRUM CHORD4 CHORD5 All MIDI settings of the EVENT-X styles can be changed. The settings for this mode are in MIDI chapter.

  • Page 29: The Accompaniment Styles - Details

    24 | 03 Playing with the styles The accompaniment styles – details On the HOME page, the main screen shows the accompanying style: The frame of the style is always the first in the upper left corner. Style family. The pattern being played (ABCD, IN for Intro, END for Ending, BRK for BREAK, FIL for FILL), the rhythmic variation (1 or 2 –...
  • Page 30 03 Playing with the styles | 25 When you power on EVENT-X, the instrument is ready to be played with accompaniment styles. How to select an accompaniment style To choose the style you want to play: Touch the style control frame, in the top left corner of the screen.

  • Page 31: Leading The Virtual Band In Real Time

    26 | 03 Playing with the styles Leading the virtual band in real time The arranger section is a virtual band at your disposal, always ready to play with you. When you activate the accompaniment style, the band will start playing along with you, according to your rhythm and harmony.
  • Page 32 03 Playing with the styles | 27 (dot next to them), you will enable the REAL DRUM LOCK of the current arrangement – meaning if you now press another Arranger (e.g. Arranger B, the Live drums from A will be used through out/locked. To unlock the Real Drums, press and hold down Arranger A once more, or press and hold down another Arranger to lock it’s Real Drums through the performance.
  • Page 33 Controlling the style as it is playing in real time The EVENT-X screen offers you a load of real-time information: do not hesitate to keep an eye on it to have total mastery of the arranger section during your performances. See the example at the beginning of this chapter.

  • Page 34: Playing Lead Parts During A Style In Real Time

    STYLE: each part has its own volume control slider for real time adjustment during your performance. Normally, EVENT-X allows you to play the GRAND PIANO sound for all variations, however you have the option to associate different voices with VOICE 1 for ABCD variations. When you change the active variation, the instrument calls up the voice you have configured when this feature is turned on.
  • Page 35 30 | 03 Playing with the styles You can set which voices to assign to which variations as follows: Select the desired style. Touch the VOICE TO ABCD button at the bottom of the screen. It turns yellow. The page where the voices associated with each ABCD variation are highlighted is now displayed.

  • Page 36: Tempo In Accompaniment Styles

    03 Playing with the styles | 31 Global, the keys are reassigned to each context. (Settings can be saved in CUSTOM STARTUP). You can also customize all the other interactive parts of the style (VOICE 2, LOWERS) but, to do this, you need to enter the View &...

  • Page 37: Harmony With Sounds

    32 | 03 Playing with the styles EVENT-X allows you to set the Tempo in beats per minute (BPM), from 65 to 250. • POPUP FIX: If not used, the window disappears after five seconds: if you want to keep it opened longer, press POPUP FIX.

  • Page 38: Customizing How Styles Are Used: Mode Page

    03 Playing with the styles | 33 Customizing how styles are used: Mode page In the bar at the bottom of the screen, the MODE command opens the configuration page of the current style. The changes you make are effective immediately, but you must save them in the style if these settings need to be used in the future associated with the style.
  • Page 39 34 | 03 Playing with the styles drum and groove variations and drum riffs). Variations can also be applied to chords 3, 4 and 5, and configuring this is possible on the Settings page. The Variation for Grooves 1 and 2 is displayed on the first DRUMS (Groove Variation On/Off) page. •...
  • Page 40 03 Playing with the styles | 35 is useful when you want to end a style immediately, without going through the normal ENDINGS 1, 2 or 3. • FILL/BREAK: Enables or disables the ability to switch voices when in AUTOREPEAT. It is obtained by holding down the button (or the Footswitch assigned to FILL/BREAK).
  • Page 41 DRUMS, LIVE GUITARS and REAL CHORDS (in other words, only the audio elements of the style). The other parts of the arranger, such as MIDI chords, use standard reverb generated by EVENT-X. • BASS RETRIGGER: If active, the bass restarts with the root note with each new •...

  • Page 42: Customizing The Use Of Styles: User Tab

    Customizing the use of styles: USER TAB In the bar at the bottom of the screen, EVENT-X features a set of standard style control icons. Pressing the USER TAB button on the front panel brings up a second set of buttons as shown below.
  • Page 43 38 | 03 Playing with the styles After a few seconds, the list of possible assignable functions appears on the screen. Turn the main data knob until you find the desired function to assign to this icon. Touch the affected function on the list to confirm. The number of assignable functions is extended and allows you to customize all the parameters of the arranger while playing a style.

  • Page 44: Playing The Bass Part

    03 Playing with the styles | 39 Playing the bass part You can play the bass part in many ways. Options explained below: • MANUAL: Set the Bass to manual mode in orde to manually play the bass notes individually with the left hand, while playing the style. •...

  • Page 45: Playing Chord Progressions: Phrase

    40 | 03 Playing with the styles Options Press the MANUAL button to turn the external keyboard of EVENT-X into a percussion controller. Turn the main data knob to scroll through the Drum Kit list (factory and USER) in two columns.
  • Page 46 03 Playing with the styles | 41 How Phrases works: • PHRASE REC: How to create a new chord progression. o If the style is not running, press the PHRASE REC. This turns red and PHRASE REC (Wait for Start) appears. You can now set the initial chord and press START to start recording, or start recording with the KEY START on.

  • Page 47: Playing With Key Tunes

    42 | 03 Playing with the styles o After selection, the running style is stopped and the Phrase is loaded. o If you have loaded a Phrase independently of the style, when you change the style, it is not deleted: you must run PHASE CLEAR. Playing with Key Tunes Key Tune is a feature that allows you to play audio files at the touch of a button on the keyboard with minimal latency.
  • Page 48 03 Playing with the styles | 43 Press INFO to open the page that displays the locations of the audio files associated with individual keys on your keyboard. Whether the style is running or not, with the KEY TUNE button active, you can start audio tracks in real time by pressing the key on the keyboard associated with the individual audio files.

  • Page 49: Singing

    Singing with a microphone If you perform as a singer or play backing tracks for one or two singers, you can use EVENT-X as a control console, avoiding the expense of a mixer or an additional vocal effects unit. Take EVENT-X with you on stage, connect the microphone and an audio system, you have everything you need to make your vocal performances excellent and exciting.
  • Page 50 04 Singing | 45 The MICRO1 input signal passes through an effect chain set up as follows: • ON/OFF: enables or disables microphone input (corresponds to pressing the MICRO button on the front panel). • Preset: touch this part of the screen to select a preset microphone setting from STANDARD, MELLOW, SMALL, LARGE, GATED, LIVE, ECHO ONLY, SPECIAL EFX1, SPECIAL EFX2, DOUBLE VOICE and User Preset 1 to 10.
  • Page 51 46 | 04 Singing Options: • LOW PASS FREQUENCY: the low-pass filter, which allows the passage of frequenciesbelow the cut-off frequency andblocks high frequencies, is adjustable between 500Hz and 20000Hz. • HIGH PASS FREQUENCY: the high-pass filter, which allows the passage of frequencies above the cut-off frequency and blocks low frequencies, is adjustable between 20Hz and 1000Hz.
  • Page 52 04 Singing | 47 Options: • Select one of the buttons on the left to call up one of the eight settings (four defaults and four USERS): Standard, Flat, Hi-Fi, Studio, User Eq. 1/2/3/4. • Gain (dB): Adjust the cut or increase below/above the centre frequency. The range is from -12 to +12 dB.
  • Page 53 48 | 04 Singing PART TWO: PLAYING MUSIC AND BACKING TRACKS OR VIDEOS/MULTIMEDIA WITH EVENT...

  • Page 54: Player

    EVENT-X has two multimedia players (PLAYER 1 and PLAYER 2): press one of the two buttons on the panel or touch the PLAYER1 icon on the screen to enter the PLAYER mode and open the dedicated page.

  • Page 55: Searching For Songs Within The Players

    50 | 05 Player In the PLAYER screen, at the top left, all the information of the currently selected file is displayed as follows: • The name of the current song. • The volume levels. • The current measure and progression of beats, in the case of MIDI files (.mid or .kar). •...
  • Page 56 05 Player | 51 Press the SEARCH button a second time to enable the search by numerical index. Press the SEARCH button a third time enables the global search by typing any string and pressing the ENTER button on the screen. The string is found without considering uppercase and lowercase characters, so you do not need to use the Shift key.

  • Page 57: Playing A Media File (Wav, Midi, Mp3

    52 | 05 Player Playing a media file (WAV, MIDI, MP3…) To play a file in PLAYER mode: Use the data knob to scroll through the list of files and folders and select a MIDI file or audio. The currently selected file will be highlighted. Press the ENTER key on the front panel to enter a folder or EXIT to go back to the previous folder or the root folder.

  • Page 58: Playback Control Parameters

    • DRUM RESTYLE: Renew the rhythm track (replace boring midi drums of MIDI files with Live Audio Drums of EVENT-X). • SETTINGS: Customize the basic playback settings of the songs being played. Playback control parameters This page is opened by pressing the INFO button on the main page of the PLAYER and is useful when a song is playing.

  • Page 59: Viewing Lyrics And Chords In Sync With Songs

    54 | 05 Player The EXPORT SONGS button is useful to get the song list of all the songs played by the instrument since it was last turned on. The result is a text file (txt) saved on the internal disk of the instrument.

  • Page 60: Viewing Text & Pdf Files, Scores, And Images

    05 Player | 55 Expert advice The instrument recognizes chord meta events in MIDI files; in audio files with lyrics, the supported format is Winamp. Customizing the Karaoke page By pressing the KARAOKE button (visible at the bottom of the PLAYER main page), new buttons appear on the screen that allow you to customize the KARAOKE page.

  • Page 61: Synchronizing Your Own Text With Audio Files

    56 | 05 Player When displaying PDF files, you can control the view using the buttons on the right. PLEASE NOTE: You can enable/disable this feature through the SKIP FILE LINK option available in the SETTINGS | GENERAL pages. Synchronizing your own text with audio files If a text file is linked to an audio file (WAV or MP3), you can program it to scroll automatically (like MIDI files with built in lyrics), while the music is playing.

  • Page 62: Customizing The Karaoke Page

    Tap YES to confirm the next message. Warning! You can play MP3 files with synchronized text on older KETRON models (such as MIDJAY and MIDJYA PLUS) only if the MP3 file has a fixed bit rate and does not contain meta events.

  • Page 63: Setting The Tempo For Songs (Midi, Wave And Mp3)

    58 | 05 Player Other options: • POSITION: Press to left-align or centre the text KARAOKE. • KARAOKE: Press to return to the display of the main page of the PLAYER. • RESET COLOUR: Press this button to restore the colours to the factory standard. •...

  • Page 64: Showing Markers In Songs

    05 Player | 59 EVENT-X allows you to set the Tempo in BPM value ranging from 65 to 250 for MIDI files, while for audio files the value is expressed in % (-49/+49). • TEMPO: The number corresponds to the current BPM (MIDI file) or variation % (MP3).

  • Page 65: Playlist: Organize Your Songs For A Performance

    60 | 05 Player If the markers do not appear, make sure that the AUTOSHOW setting is active in Settings of the PLAYER. Start playback. Press the various Markers to immediately move the playback to that point. You can loop two marking points between them: The premise is that the LOOP option is active in the Settings of the PLAYER.
  • Page 66 05 Player | 61 Touch a playlist item to access the PLAYLIST page, which shows all the songs in the list. Press the EXIT button on the front panel to toggle between the PLAYLIST SELECTION page and the PLAYLIST page. How to create a new PLAYLIST To create a new list, select an empty item on the PLAYLIST selection page.
  • Page 67 62 | 05 Player Next steps: Touch INSERT ITEM. Navigate to the folders and select the songs (one by one or press SELECT ALL to select the entire contents of a folder). Touch ABORT to leave the current page. Otherwise continue by pressing the SAVE button on the front panel to save the list.

  • Page 68: Jukebox Functionality

    05 Player | 63 o Use the data knob and the EXIT/ENTER keys on the front panel to navigate through folders. o Select the song you want to insert. o Press INSERT ITEM on the screen to add it to the list or press ABORT to cancel the operation.
  • Page 69 64 | 05 Player The songs are listed on the screen in alphabetical order, but you are free to bring into action the various songs in the sequence you decide on the moment (if you are looking for a strict order, then the PLAYLISTS are for you).

  • Page 70: Crossfading Volumes Between Player 1 And Player 2

    Crossfading Volumes between PLAYER 1 and PLAYER 2 EVENT-X has two MIDI and two audio-based players (MP3, WAV). You can start a song on PLAYER 1 and then switch to the song playing on PLAYER 2 with crossfade times that can be interactively controlled by you, simply by moving up/down each player’s respective volume...

  • Page 71: Settings Of The Player

    66 | 05 Player Step by step: Open the first song on PLAYER 1 and start playback as we saw above in the chapter Play multimedia files.. Control the volume level via the PLAYER slider on the front panel. Make sure the STYLE slider on the front panel is down to the bottom/zero. While the first song is playing, press PLAYER 2 and select a second song.
  • Page 72 05 Player | 67 GENERAL Options: • XFADE: Change the speed of the crossfade. You can enable/disable Cross Fade and then set a value between NORMAL, SLOW 1, SLOW 2, FAST 1 and FAST 2. Cross Fade can also be done via the Fade procedure between PLAYER 1 and PLAYER •...
  • Page 73 68 | 05 Player Options: • ORDER: sorting can be alphabetical or numeric by index of the file in folder. • DIR POSITION: Depending on your choice ON TOP or ON BOTTOM, displays folders at the top or bottom of the file list. •...
  • Page 74 05 Player | 69 MARKER Options: • AUTO SHOW: Automatically shows the MARKER selection window when starting a song (MIDI file only). • MODE: determines how the PLAYER jumps to a marking position. • IMMEDIATE: immediately jumps to the selected marker point. •...
  • Page 75 70 | 05 Player • FAST PLAY: speeds up the loading process of a MIDI file, processing first measurements faster (which generally contain CC MIDI messages, program changes, sysex and so on). • SAVE MIX SLIDER: If you enable this option, in the procedure of saving a MIDI file, the system also saves the value of the volume sliders for each part within the file.
  • Page 76 05 Player | 71 • STYLE BAR ON PDF: This parameter keeps the style bar visible when a PDF file is displayed on the screen. The BLUETOOTH link replaces the PLAYER 2 with the ability to play the input streaming signal from the Bluetooth channel.

  • Page 77: Stem

    Here you will find useful the innovative Stem function that Ketron has recently introduced on its new generation of musical instruments. This allows you to use your studio projects (individual tracks) with your performance on the EVENT-X.

  • Page 78: Playing A Stem Project

    06 Stem | 73 Options: • 5 Pads area (main Lead track and 4 other accompanying tracks): to each Pad you can associate a different audio file (.wav only) to be played in loop and synchronized with the other tracks. •...

  • Page 79: Creating A Stem Project

    74 | 06 Stem Press the TRANSPOSE +/- buttons on the front panel to change the pitch of the audio tracks (fixed tracks will not be affected by transposition). Press one of the SCENES buttons on the screen to load another scene. The scene changes at the end of the current measurement.
  • Page 80 06 Stem | 75 At the end, press the SAVE button on the front panel. Touch SAVE AS button to name your Stem project. A virtual alphanumeric keyboard will appear on the screen. Dial the new name and then press the ENTER key on the front panel. Press the CANCEL button or press EXIT to cancel the operation.
  • Page 81 76 | 06 Stem PART THREE: PRODUCING YOUR OWN MUSIC WITH EVENT-X...

  • Page 82: Registration, Playbox, Performance

    Performance Storing your favourite settings Registration memories allow you to store and quickly recall global EVENT-X settings for any music. Create thousands of Registrations on your instrument and use them to have all the settings you need instantly ready for any occasion. You can use PLAYBOX to access four folders with your favourite music at your fingertips.

  • Page 83: Recalling A Registration (E.g. On Stage)

    78 | 07 Registration, Playbox, Performance Recalling a Registration (e.g. on Stage) Press the REGISTR. Button on the front panel. On the touch screen, select one of the four available banks where your registration resides. Touch the desired Registration from the list displayed on the screen (touch the screen quickly twice to enable it).

  • Page 84: Setting Up Registration Data

    07 Registration, Playbox, Performance | 79 To return to the HOME page, press the REGISTRATION button again or the EXIT button on the front panel. Expert advice A faster way to select a registration (especially when you have many) is associated with the NUMBER button: you can type the number corresponding to the Registration.

  • Page 85: Creating/Saving A Registration At Home Or Studio

    However, if you want to exclude certain parameters from being loaded (e.g. Midi or footswitch set up which you want to be consistent throughout as you switch between registrations), you can customize EVENT-X via Registration Setup...

  • Page 86: Saving More Resources Within A Registration

    (it should be yellow). Preparing your set lists with the PLAYBOX PLAYBOX is a distinctive feature of EVENT-X that allows you to manage up to four folders in which to save your favourite songs/files/all the resources needed for a song. Once you activate a PLAYBOX folder, you will have access to four folders where you have saved your music, ready to be fed to the MIDI, MP3, and WAVE player.

  • Page 87: Performance

    – if you want to start immediately – double-touch the file. Performance Performance is a feature of EVENT-X that allows you to organize your favourite resources, including accompaniment styles and Registration. It is a helpful feature for many EVENT-X...
  • Page 88 07 Registration, Playbox, Performance | 83 users, especially for musicians who are used to playing live and need quick access to accompaniments during live shows. Performances become a quick-access list of preferred accompaniment styles and Registrations, which may have stored a piece of music, video, or text, pdf ...
  • Page 89 84 | 07 Registration, Playbox, Performance activating the Save Process (SAVE) define that the asset should be stored in a Performance location. o Touch and hold a SET button to change the path of the folder linked to that collection, as we saw done above for the JUKEBOX function. By pressing the SAVE button on the front panel, you can store a single Registration, a Multi or a User Style directly in the current SET folder.

  • Page 90: Gm And Drum Restyle

    After opening a MIDI file in the PLAYER, press the GM button on the left area of the front panel to open the EVENT-X MIDI sequencer editor. In GM mode, you can manage all 16 MIDI tracks: you can change the sound, volume level, pan, effects and reverb and chorus send of each track.
  • Page 91 86 | 08 GM and Drum Restyle At the top of the screen, you can view and modify the values of the Global Reverb and Global Chorus. The buttons at the bottom of the screen control the operations for each track: •...
  • Page 92 08 GM and Drum Restyle | 87 GM VOICE SELECT This page appears after selecting one of the 16 tracks and pressing the PCH button: Touch a sound bank in the list of buttons on the left. Turn the data knob, or press the ENTER button on the front panel, to display the complete list of available items within the selected GM bench (there may be multiple pages).
  • Page 93 VOICE: normal instrument track. o DRUM: rhythm track. o GROOVE: groove track (rhythm track in Ketron proprietary format) o VOICETRON: voice harmonization track. • GM Voice Select: The button displays the name of the assigned GM voice, its bench and the Program Change.
  • Page 94 08 GM and Drum Restyle | 89 envelope (ADR), the cut and resonance of the filter (VCF) and the frequency, depth and delay of the low frequency oscillator (LFO) used for modulation effects. DRUM MIXER If the selected track is of the DRUM category, the PART VIEW page displays the additional DRUM MIXER button.
  • Page 95 MIDI file, else choose the next option below - • NO: the original file is not modified, and EVENT-X asks you to name the new MIDI file, as follows (meaning the origial untouched file AND the new modified file will both...

  • Page 96: Drum Restyle (Out With The Old, In With The New)

    08 GM and Drum Restyle | 91 Drum Restyle (Out with the old, in with the new) This feature allows you to enhance the drums track of a MIDI file by synchronizing a new rhythm track. It is extremely useful when the drums sound weak, not effective enough or when you want to add more realism to the percussion.
  • Page 97 92 | 08 GM and Drum Restyle As the drum style and MIDI file play coordinated, press the panel keys A, B, C, D, FILL, BREAK, and IN/END: By doing so, you can control the rhythm variations in real time during playback of the musical piece. Conclusion options: o Press the EXIT button on the front panel to close the rhythm selection page, abandoning any changes.
  • Page 98 08 GM and Drum Restyle | 93 PART FOUR: CREATE VOICES, STYLES, AND MUSIC WITH EVENT-X...

  • Page 99: Creating Your Own Voices

    09 Creating your own voices Programming and creating your own sounds When you purchase EVENT-X, you find many ready-to-use and effective voices for most musical needs. However, the most demanding musicians often need to shape the sounds according to their tastes.
  • Page 100 09 Creating your own voices | 95 Options: • ON/OFF: Activate or not the oscillator to which a Voice is assigned. • VOICE: Touch button to open the search through the GM preset entries. USER entries are excluded from this feature. •...
  • Page 101 96 | 09 Creating your own voices • MASTER VOL: Touch button and turn the data knob to manage the master volume as an alternative to the physical sliders on the front panel. • INSERT GAIN: It allows to reduce the level of the EFX Insert. •...
  • Page 102 09 Creating your own voices | 97 It follows page 3 on the screen: Options: • PORTAMENTO: These buttons are activated when at least one of the layer items has enabled Posture in its configuration. For each layer, you can define effect parameters (Off/On/Poly) and Portamento speed (3 through 127).
  • Page 103 98 | 09 Creating your own voices It follows page 4 on the screen: Options: • Each of the three Voices has a check mark to activate or not control via modulation wheel, Pitch Bend and Aftertouch. • MODULATION If you enable modulation control for a voice, you can also customize the parameters.
  • Page 104 09 Creating your own voices | 99 • AUTOTAB: If there is at least one setting in the entries related to AFTERTOUCH, it turns on the button of the front panel. Page 5 follows: The first group of options concerns Morphing, a powerful feature inherent in the instrument, the possibility of managing a dynamic transition from one sound to another: •...
  • Page 105 100 | 09 Creating your own voices o Art. Toggle: The SLOW/FAST buttons on the left side of the front panel (in this case, these keys no longer control the rotor) control the articulation. Press and release the FAST button to activate the Second item: the LED button remains lit.
  • Page 106 09 Creating your own voices | 101 Page 6 follows: Options: • ATTACK: Sets the attack time of the sound envelope. • DECAY: Sets the decay time of the sound envelope. • SUSTAIN: Sets the length of stay of the resonance effect. •...

  • Page 107: Effects Editor

    102 | 09 Creating your own voices • LFO TVA: Amount of LFO on the amplifier. • LFO RATE: Oscillator frequency. At the bottom of the screen of all pages are the buttons: • FACTORY OVERWRITE: Before pressing the SAVE button on the front panel, press this button to open a window in which you can confirm the desire to save the original factory Voice preset.
  • Page 108 09 Creating your own voices | 103 On this page you can activate/deactivate the different effects using the ON/OFF buttons on the screen, in the two columns. • COMPRESSOR, DISTORTION and BIT CRUSHER can be selected alternatively and, for each of them, customize the Make-Up Gain or the level through the dedicated knob on the screen.

  • Page 109: Adsr Filter

    104 | 09 Creating your own voices ADSR Filter Press the ADSR Filter button on the front panel to open the screen page dedicated to the transformation of voices over time, customizing the envelope generators: attack, decay, sustain and release. Virtual sliders on the screen allows you to assign values to each parameter: •...

  • Page 110: Editing Or Customizing Drawbar Voices

    09 Creating your own voices | 105 • A series of buttons allows you to activate/deactivate the parts to which ADSR filter changes are assigned: VOICE 1, VOICE 2, DRUM, BASS, CHORD and LOWER. Editing or customizing Drawbar voices After selecting a Drawbar item and activating the Drawbar View, the video page appears on the screen.

  • Page 111: Drum Set Remapping

    106 | 09 Creating your own voices At the bottom of the screen: • The first button allows you to switch between the 24 factory Drawbar presets. • LOW DRIVE: AMOUNT/LP: Adjust the amount of the Overdrive and the frequency of the low-pass filter that intervenes in the simulation of the rotating speaker of the woofer of the Leslie cabinet.
  • Page 112 09 Creating your own voices | 107 BASIC This page allows you to select the type of percussion and assign it within a customizable Drum Set. ADVANCE This page allows you to associate the type of percussion to each note and assign it within a customizable Drum Set.

  • Page 113: Customizing/Using The Drum Mixer

    108 | 09 Creating your own voices USER This page allows you to associate the type of percussion to each note and assign it within a customizable Drum Set that can be saved in the USER area. Customizing/Using the Drum Mixer Press the DRUM MIXER button on the front panel to access the function that allows you to customize the DRUM SET that is playing in the active style.

  • Page 114: Scale

    09 Creating your own voices | 109 o PAN: Determine the position of the instrument on the stereo panorama. At 0 it is all on the left, at 8 it is in the centre and 15 all on the right. o PITCH: Establish the pitch.
  • Page 115 110 | 09 Creating your own voices • SCALE TUNE: Activate this function, select the note to be edited on the screen, change the % value of the tuning of the note with the help of the dial (DIAL). • SHIFT NOTES: Activate this function, select the note to be edited on the screen, change the pitch with the help of the dial (DIAL).

  • Page 116: Creating Your Own Styles

    In the style home page, touch the VIEW & MODELLING icon to display the relevant page of the Arranger section of EVENT-X. In the lower part of the screen, you may find the functions which are common to all parts, while the central part of the screen varies according to the part of the style.
  • Page 117 112 | 10 Creating your own styles Press the START button on the front panel. Now you can hear the result of your chosen settings on the style. MUTE, SOLO, ORIGINAL and SINGLE/GLOBAL buttons are available to select what to listen to while evaluating the individual pattern or its impact on the overall harmony of the style.
  • Page 118 10 Creating your own styles | 113 Options: • TEMPO RANGE: Limit the range within reasonable BPM values within which the audio rhythm responds with good quality. It is well known that it is practically impossible in audio to achieve optimal stretching with Tempo values less than 40 and above 250 BPM.
  • Page 119 114 | 10 Creating your own styles BASS On this page, you can customize the BASS part of the style. • You can assign a pattern to either the MIDI Bass or the Real Live Audio Bass part. • Each part is shown with the volume level icon next to it. This is also represented by the blue line (track contains data) or grey line (track is empty) below the part name.
  • Page 120 10 Creating your own styles | 115 The AUTO base screen is as follows. The REAL BASS MODE parameter provides options: • STANDARD: plays the normal audio table (with ABCD Only alternative) • ROOT FIRST: the first note of the REAL BASS (generally the tonic) has priority at every chord change.
  • Page 121 116 | 10 Creating your own styles CHORD On this page, you can customize the CHORD part of the style: • On the left, you can assign a different MIDI pattern to each of the five tracks that make up the CHORD part. •...
  • Page 122 10 Creating your own styles | 117 o Normal: With each chord change, the active notes of the previous chord are erased, and the notes of the new chord play according to the time the chord was changed and according to the programmed sequence. o Retrigger: with each chord change, the active notes of the previous chord are deleted and then, immediately, put back according to the new chord, after which the following notes play in the times they were...
  • Page 123 118 | 10 Creating your own styles LOWER On this page you can customize the LOWER part of the style. • You can assign a different tone to each of the three LOWER parts. • Touch an option and then turn the data knob to open the search page among the many available patterns in each category.

  • Page 124: Style Editor: Creating Your Styles From Scratch

    10 Creating your own styles | 119 KEY TUNE Information on how to manage Key Tune files is in dedicated paragraph. Here we see how to associate a Key Tune file with a style. The KEY TUNE column lists the files that you have created according to the procedure described in the MENU chapter.
  • Page 125 120 | 10 Creating your own styles Press the NEW STYLE button on the screen: the system will ask you to confirm the memory clearing. Answer YES. Now press the PARAMETER button to set the main parameters of the style. PARAMETER On the PARAMETER page, you can configure: •...
  • Page 126 10 Creating your own styles | 121 The CHORD MODE button is essential for your arrangement's "musicality" success. As you can see from the image, each chord (CHORD1/5) has its selectable mode. The mode on the left selects precisely how the chord is played: •...
  • Page 127 122 | 10 Creating your own styles Step by step: Select the pattern of the style you want to record on (INTRO1, 2, 3, ABCD, BREAK, ENDING 1, 2, 3) Excluding the percussive parts, you must set the way (major, minor, seventh) with which you will play the part to be recorded.
  • Page 128 10 Creating your own styles | 123 Turn off the RECORD button on the screen. Press START once again to listen to the new recording. Other functions can come in handy during your work: • PART LISTEN: Allows you to listen to the selected sound directly from the keyboard. •...
  • Page 129 124 | 10 Creating your own styles QUANTIZE The QUANTIZE page allows you to quantize the tracks recorded by you, correct the execution according to the parameters of your choice. The quantization parameters are: • 2: Quantization for 1/2 • 4: Quantization for 1/4 •...
  • Page 130 10 Creating your own styles | 125 BASS and CHORD CONTROLS The available CONTROLS can be assigned differently on BASS and CHORDS tracks. The available parameters are as follows: • Reso: Applies Resonance (1/127) to the selected track. • Arabic Scale: Activates (ON/OFF) the reading in Arabic Scale mode of the selected track.
  • Page 131 126 | 10 Creating your own styles This screen refers to the BASS track and, in detail, we find the following commands: • VELOCITY: You can change the dynamic variations of a previously recorded event (or several). The available values are: -63/+63. •...
  • Page 132 10 Creating your own styles | 127 • TO ->: This is the style you have selected before starting such operations. It will be the destination of your copy. • SECTION: Select the pattern to be copied (ABCD: ARR, FILL and BREAK; 1-2-3: INTRO and ENDING) •...

  • Page 133: User Audio Drum

    In any case, if you try to exit the STYLE EDIT mode with changes made and not yet saved, EVENT-X reminds you that – if you do not confirm the saving – all changes will be lost.

  • Page 134: Recording

    The Record feature allows you to record your keyboard performances and saving them to internal or external memory devices. EVENT-X can record everything on the keyboard in either MIDI or AUDIO format. You can record music in any musical form or style arrangements too: from piano solos to symphonic performances, from rock to jazz, from Afro Pop and dance music to classical music, from avant-garde music to blues, and from children's songs to the most sophisticated soundtracks.

  • Page 135: Recording In Midi Format

    130 | 11 Recording Recording in MIDI format To record a MIDI file: • Press the RECORD button on the front panel to open the on-screen recording page. • Enable MIDI mode by tapping the MIDI button on the screen. •...

  • Page 136: Recording In Audio Format (Wave)

    11 Recording | 131 Recording in AUDIO format (Wave) To record an AUDIO file: • After pressing the RECORD button on the front panel, touch AUDIO button on the screen. • The management of METRONOME, VOL, BPM, COUNT IN, SIGNATURE and START MODE corresponds exactly to what we saw above for MIDI recording, except for the following.

  • Page 137: Style Song Recording

    132 | 11 Recording At the end, press the SAVE button on the front panel and confirm the request to save the WAV file. A request to name the audio file appears on the screen. The saved WAV file can be used in the PLAYER or Stem. STYLE SONG recording To record a STYLE SONG: •...
  • Page 138 11 Recording | 133 • As seen above, to re-record, you need to start over. To erase the previous recording and redo it, touch the REC icon on the screen again. At the end, press the SAVE button on the front panel and confirm the request to save the USER STYLE (Song Mode) file.

  • Page 139: Effects

    12 Effects Spice up your music with new musical effects EVENT-X has several easily accessible effects units, allowing you to colour your music with expressive intensity. The most common effects can be assigned to voices played keyboard, to the accompaniment tracks of the arranger, to the backing tracks or, in general, to the bottom of the sound generation chain before the stereo outputs.
  • Page 140 12 Effects | 135 On the left, in the column, six buttons on the screen manage the activation (ON/OFF) of the effects to which each part is assigned, otherwise select an effect preset and then touch EDIT button next to it to change its parameters. Options: •...
  • Page 141 136 | 12 Effects Options: • Type: Tap this button and turn the data knob to locate the reverb type (Room 1, Room 2, Room 3, Hall 1, Hall 2, Hall 3, Plate, Delay, or Pan Delay). • For all the following parameters, turn the knob to set the delivery level of the effect, which can be a value between 0 and 127.
  • Page 142 • EXPORT: This on-screen button allows you to export effects to a file called effects.kfa in the /USER_DSP folder. This file contains all the effects of the EVENT-X chains. Touch this file in the Player to install the effects when needed.
  • Page 143 138 | 12 Effects • RESTORE: This button restores USER effects for Insert chains. • EDIT: If you edit an effect, the EDIT button activates, allowing you to further customize the selected effect on the screen. The pages that appear are specific to each type of effect and guide you to the best configuration.
  • Page 144 12 Effects | 139 OVERDRIVE parameters: • ON/OFF: Enable or disable. • DIST MODE: Activate or not the Distorter mode. • TYPE: The effect type of Overdrive. Options: Distortion1, Distortion2, Distortion3, Fuzz1, Fuzz2, Tube1, Tube2, Rectifier, Asymmetrical, Flat, Overdrive1, Overdrive2. •...
  • Page 145 140 | 12 Effects • Drive: Sets the intensity of the distortion effect. Higher values will increase the level of distortion. • LP: Low Pass filter (value between 0 and 127). • Level: Sets the output level of the distorted sound. Higher values will increase distortion.
  • Page 146 12 Effects | 141 CHORUS parameters: • ON/OFF: Enable or disable. • Mod. Type: in addition to CHORUS, VIBRATO, PHASER, FLANGER are available. • Depth: Amplitude of the modulating wave. • Rate: Modulating wave frequency. • Mix Dry/Wet: Percentage 0-100. •...
  • Page 147 142 | 12 Effects TREMOLO parameters: • ON/OFF: Enable or disable. • Type: TREMOLO (Mono), AUTOPAN (Stereo). • Shape: TRIANGLE, SQUARE. • Depth: Intensity of modulation. • Rate: Frequency. WAH WAH parameters: • ON/OFF: Enable or disable. • Mode: VELO UP, VELO DOWN, VELO SHARP, AUTO. •...
  • Page 148 12 Effects | 143 DELAY parameters: • ON/OFF: Enable or disable. • Time: Delay time of the replicated signal. • Pre LP Filter: Low Pass filter intensity. • Mode: Mono or Stereo. • Level: Intensity level. • Feedback: Number of repetitions. •...

  • Page 149: Vocal Harmonizer And Voicetron Edit

    144 | 12 Effects Vocal Harmonizer and Voicetron Edit The Voicetron is a vocal effect that harmonizes the input audio and replicates the signal with intonation that does not overlap with the original signal: in this way, they can create new chords and vocal effects if combined with the melody.
  • Page 150 12 Effects | 145 o MIDI MODE • MIDI Octave: This button changes the octave of harmonization (only works with MIDI preset). • LOCK: If you enable this button, you prevent MIDI files from changing the preset values of Voicetron. Press the buttons that follow: •...
  • Page 151 146 | 12 Effects • Voice 1, Voice 2, Voice 3: You can apply the Voicetron Mode effect selected above. You may acton the individual generated voices of the harmonizer and customize the intensity level (from 0 to 127): volume, Pan control, resonance frequency (Formant), Detune, Human., Vibrato and octave.
  • Page 152 12 Effects | 147 PART FIVE: CUSTOMIZING EVENT-X FOR YOU...

  • Page 153: Global Menus And Settings

    Each icon on the screen refers to a configuration page let us see them together. Warning! When MENU mode is active, the instrument is dedicated to configurations only and other features are disabled. To return to using EVENT-X in full functionality, press the MENU button again.
  • Page 154 ACCORDION STYLE You can control the Arranger section with the automatic bass of the accordion via MIDI connections. EVENT-X can read the standard channels of MIDI accordions. You can customize the assignment of these channels on the MIDI Arranger Keyboard page.
  • Page 155 150 | 13 Global menus and settings the bass allowing the chord to be played inverted. See also the paragraph: Chords recognition_ACCORDION_STYLE • MANUAL BASS: You can activate the manual bass function in two different modes: Bass Only (removes the basstrack from the automatic accompaniment allowing manual execution) or Bass + Chord (also removes the chords leaving only the drums playing, thus allowing you to perform a manual bass solo with only rhythmic support of the drums).
  • Page 156 13 Global menus and settings | 151 ACCORDION CLASSIC The mode sets the instrument to be connected to an accordion via MIDI connections WITHOUT controlling the Arranger section. Touch ACCORD. CLASSIC icon again opens a dedicated page as follows.
  • Page 157 152 | 13 Global menus and settings The functions RIGHT VELOCITY, LEFT VELOCITY, LEFT DRUM and SUSTAIN are identical to the functions described above in reference to the Accordion Style mode. • BASS/VOL and CHORD/VOL: These pairs of buttons allow you to assign bass and Chord sounds (parts 3-4-5) of the accompaniment style and its volume.

  • Page 158: Midi

    13 Global menus and settings | 153 Options: • LEFT DRUM: This function button allows you to activate the DRUM part via the bass pedalboard and shows on the right a field where you can choose the sounds to be assigned to the two layers.
  • Page 159 (through the MIDI IN2 socket) mainly to play the accompanying styles and voices of the sound module dedicated to the Arranger. • ACCORDION MANUAL: This is the way to drive EVENT-X voices from a MIDI accordion. Accordion mode automatically sets a specific MIDI channel on the following sections: Right Ch.
  • Page 160 The initial condition in reception is with the Global section activated on channel 01. This condition allows you to control both the accompaniment styles and the Voice of EVENT-X with a single MIDI channel using an external master keyboard.
  • Page 161 • Routing: With the ROUTING button you can set the individual parts in o LOCAL ONLY, MIDI OUT: What you play from the keyboard is sent to the internal sound generator of EVENT-X and, at the same time, to the MIDI OUT port.
  • Page 162 PART 1 i.e., the first track. However, if the changes are present in the MIDI file playing on an EVENT-X PLAYER, these will affectthe MIDI file track and can be transmitted to a sound module connected to the MIDI OUT port of the instrument.
  • Page 163 • MIDI IN TRANSP: Enables the receipt of pitch transposition commands from an external MIDI device. • MIDI PIANIST: Allows you to control EVENT-X from a digital piano (or similar). It will be possible to play the piano-style arranger section from the digital piano, freezethe chord played through the Sustain pedal and freely phrase over the entire range of the 88 notes.

  • Page 164: Audio Sampler

    13 Global menus and settings | 159 On the left side of the screen, you can change the standard behaviour of EVENT-X and assign the two MIDI ports either the GM or KEYBOARD sound generator separately. The port IN2 (KEYBOARD) is more efficient in the case of a high MIDI data stream.
  • Page 165 160 | 13 Global menus and settings Once loaded, the AUDIO TOOLS functions are available: • A horizontal scroll bar allows you to move along the audio sample from start to finish. • ZOOM +/ZOOM-: Touch these two buttons to zoom in or out of the graphic representation of the sample.
  • Page 166 13 Global menus and settings | 161 When you leave the sampler, by pressing the EXIT button on the front panel, EVENT-X asks you whether you want to save the changes applied to the audio sample. SAMPLER This page allows you to load new samples into the FLASH memory and create new INSTRUMENTS to be used as GM entries.
  • Page 167 162 | 13 Global menus and settings Select a swatch on the left box or use the DIAL knob to scroll through all the swatches loaded in the current LAYER. Options: • Enable the SAMPLE button on the screen to be able to act on the parameters ROOT, RANGE of notes on the keyboard START/END, TUNE (COARSE/FINE), VELOCITY (MIN/MAX), VOLUME, CUTOFF, TRACKING/FIXED, MONO/STERO and ONE SHOOT/LOOP.
  • Page 168 13 Global menus and settings | 163 The next page shows disk space occupancy data and available instruments. Options: • CENTER SPLIT: Allows you to split an audio sample into two equal parts, placing the split point exactly in the center of the sample. This is useful for isolating and manipulating specific sections of the sound more precisely, making editing easier.
  • Page 169 164 | 13 Global menus and settings • DELETE: Press this button on the screen to delete the data one of the INSTRUMENTS saved in the SAMPLER. The operation is irreversible. • DEEP ERASE: completely erases the memory area of the sampler. It can take several minutes.

  • Page 170: Preferences

    If the AUTO EXPORT option is enabled, you will find a .MS3 file in the /INSTRUMENT folder. The saving can take some time, the duration is proportional to the number of splits. Preferences This page displays the operating system version of EVENT-X.
  • Page 171 166 | 13 Global menus and settings It also allows you to customize the parameters: • BUZZER OFF/ON: Enables/Disables the beep when any button on the screen is pressed. • DATE/TIME: Opens the time zone and date/time of day setting page, as follows. Use the dial to rotate the months and then touch date of the day.
  • Page 172 13 Global menus and settings | 167 o CLASSIC o SMOOTH o AQUAMARINE o FLAT • VOICE MODE: o SELECT 1:When you select a different voice family, the tone also changes to select a tone from the target family. o SELECT2: When you select a different family, the tone does not change this time.
  • Page 173 168 | 13 Global menus and settings Options: • TIME SIGNATURE: Set the unit of measurement of time by selecting each button before changing its value with the data knob. • LINK/RUN MODE: This button can be set using the data knob, under three different conditions: o FREE RUN:enables the metronome independently of MIDI files and accompaniment styles, as if it were an external metronome.

  • Page 174: Controls

    • EXPORT PLAYLIST: You can export a PLAYLIST to a file to reload it later on this or another Ketron model.The system asks you where to save. • IMPORT PLAYLIST: After exporting a PLAYLIST, use this button to upload it to EVENT-X.
  • Page 175 170 | 13 Global menus and settings Global options: • Global Tune: allows to fine-tune the unit in hundredths of semitones (100 cents include a semitone). The range is from -100 cents to +100 cents. The factory value of this parameter is 0. •...

  • Page 176: Footswitch

    13 Global menus and settings | 171 Headphone Volume level options: • HEADPHONE LEVEL: Control the output volume to stereo headphones. Factory value is 90. • MUTE: The headphone audio output can be muted. EXPR. PEDAL options: • LEFT/STYLE: Enable or disable volume control with the volume expression pedal for the LEFT parts of the keyboard and accompaniment styles.
  • Page 177 172 | 13 Global menus and settings Touch the FOOTSWITCH icon on the MENU page to display the FOOTSWITCH page. Programming the Footswitch - How to assign function to the switches Simply touch any of the switches: The screen displays a list of available functions (check the table with the full list below).

  • Page 178: Video

    13 Global menus and settings | 173 Programmable Footswitch functions Sustain Dial Down Voicetr. Down Latin 3/Tamb. Off FREE Overdrive To Pedal STEM Scene A Soft Dial Up Voicetr. Up Clap Fx/Off FREE Drum Mute STEM Scene B Sostenuto Auto Fill Micro2 On/Off Voice Down FREE...
  • Page 179 Disable it to display only the LYRICS in the video output. o CURSOR: This button activates the display of the mouse cursor (when connected to USB port) on the screen. You must restart the EVENT-X to apply the change. It can be saved as a CUSTOM STARTUP. If you connect a mouse when the instrument is off, the mouse cursor is automatically displayed on the screen after power on.

  • Page 180: Scale

    13 Global menus and settings | 175 available through key combinations. This rare occasion is necessary sometimes if getting to the MENU screens is impossible. Scale This function allows you to configure alternative Arabic scales to the factory one (tempered scale).

  • Page 181: Registration Setup

    176 | 13 Global menus and settings • GLOBAL: When selected, the scale is no longer depending on how it is set in the Edit Voice pages. Such setting is stored in the CUSTOM STARTUP. • VOICE 2: It enables the Arabic scale to VOICE 2, otherwise applied to VOICE 1 only. •...
  • Page 182 13 Global menus and settings | 177 with Registration, activate the button for the function by highlighting it in yellow. The next time you tap, the key turns blue again, and the function will be inactive again. At the bottom, there are four buttons common to all pages in the Registration Setup environment: •...
  • Page 183 178 | 13 Global menus and settings Registration Setup | MIDI Registration Setup | VOICE Registration Setup | MICRO1 e VOICETRON...

  • Page 184: Sound Banks

    13 Global menus and settings | 179 Registration Setup | PLAYMODE MICRO2 and GUITAR Sound Banks Press the MENU button on the front panel and the SOUND BANK button to access the USER SOUND BANK management page and the reset of sounds and factory parameters.

  • Page 185: Key Tune

    180 | 13 Global menus and settings Options: • USER SOUND: Select this button and then touch the USER sounds on the left side of the screen to load the sound bank. A window appears on the screen to which you can answer EXIT to leave or YES to confirm the upload.
  • Page 186 13 Global menus and settings | 181 Options: • WAVE: Press this button to select the .wav file you want to associate with a button on your keyboard. • RESET: Restores the current effect to its default values. • GLOBAL: If enabled, adjustments are made for all effects on the list. •...
  • Page 187 182 | 13 Global menus and settings Key Tune Settings This page is available by pressing SETTINGS on the previous page and is useful for tuning the keys. Options: • STARTUP (GLOBAL) KEY TUNE: Select the Key Tune to upload to the tool's startup •...

  • Page 188: Theme Colors

    Key Tune with that style. Theme Colors Press the MENU button and then tap THEME COLORS to customize the EVENT-X video interface by changing the colors of the buttons on the screen. There are four distinct types of buttons that you can customize: •...
  • Page 189 Modify the three R, G, and B buttons to adjust the RGB components of the selected color. Press APPLY to keep the changes. You need to restart the EVENT-X. Please note you can save all changes by pressing the SAVE button on the panel and selecting CUSTOM STARTUP.

  • Page 190: Inputs And Outputs

    Connecting your instrument to the outside world The connections required to communicate with other devices are on the back and side of EVENT-X. You have everything you need to make EVENT-X the machine with which to control your studio or your live setup.

  • Page 191: Connecting A Midi Device

    • Connect a switch pedal to the Sustain input to allow the sound to continue to spread after releasing the note keys. If you don't have an original Ketron pedal, make sure it has the ability to reverse polarity if it is otherwise.

  • Page 192: Connecting Stereo Headphones

    14 Inputs and Outputs | 187 Connecting stereo headphones Connect a standard stereo jack cable for a stereo headset into the HEADPHONE (AUX) port. You can control the headphone volume in the section MENU > CONTROLS. Connecting a microphone (MICRO 1) Connect a dynamic microphone to the MICRO 1 input.

  • Page 193: Connecting Audio Inputs

    188 | 14 Inputs and Outputs Connecting audio inputs Connect an external sound source via a monophonic jack. As with the microphone input, a GAIN MICRO knob is also available here to adjust the gain of the input signal. Connecting an external video monitor Connect an external monitor to the instrument via the HDMI port (on the right side of the instrument) to animate the evenings by showing the LYRICS of the songs with Karaoke shows or to play videos.
  • Page 194 PIN configured on the SETTINGS page of the PLAYER on the remote device. The pairing procedure can take several seconds to complete. • REMOVE: useful to deletefrom EVENT-X the configuration of a remote device no longer used.
  • Page 195 190 | 14 Inputs and Outputs ATTENTION! You can only manage the connection of devices from the instrument, NOT from the devices (for example, you can NOT select CONNECT from your smartphone or tablet).

  • Page 196: Media

    15 Media Organizing your data EVENT-X is a musical instrument based on digital technology. Like all computers, EVENT-X is also able to interact with memory or storage devices in which to manage your data: the operating system allows you to upload, copy and manage files in the internal memory device (240GB SSD disk) and external devices (USB flash memories, MicroSD card or PC connected via USB cable).

  • Page 197: Eject: Safely Remove A Device

    • PC-CONNECT: this function allows you to connect the instrument to a computer. From a PC you can easily manage the internal SSD disk of EVENT-X to browse folders and files and for creation, copy or delete operations.

  • Page 198: Connecting To Pc/Mac

    PLAYERS are inhibited on the instrument. You can browse EVENT-X folders from your PC/Mac, copy, create, rename, and delete files and folders. This is what the root and internal disk folders on a PC look like, as an example.

  • Page 199: Disk Edit

    The system has an information window advising you to safely disconnect external devices from your PC/Mac. Press OK and, after a few moments of waiting, EVENT-X returns to the fullness of its functionality. If you want, you can disconnect the USB cable. Otherwise leave it plugged in while waiting for future connection sessions.
  • Page 200 15 Media | 195 Touch MEDIA button on the front panel. Touch the DISK EDIT button on the screen. The instrument enters DISK EDIT mode: this requires the dedicated system and, therefore, all other features will be temporarily disabled. At the end of all operations, remember to come back here and press DISK EDIT again to return to using the instrument in full functionality.
  • Page 201 196 | 15 Media • NUMBER ASSIGN: assigns or removes file indexes, which are useful for sorting resource lists on the screen. More details in the paragraph dedicated to Finding files music. Now let us see in detail each of these buttons. Create a new folder Step by step: Touch the NEW FOLDER button on the screen to create a new folder.
  • Page 202 15 Media | 197 Press the OK button on the screen to close the message window. The COPY button will be replaced by the PASTE button. Navigate to the destination folder (the folder where you want to copy the files). Touch the PASTE icon.
  • Page 203 Number assign Usually, EVENT-X lists the files on the screen in alphabetical order. An index next to the file name indicates the file location of the current file in the folder. Each time a new file is added to the folder, the index table is updated, and the file indexes may change. For example,...

  • Page 204: Internal Disk Information

    15 Media | 199 Remove the index lock: Press the ASSIGN NUMBER button on the screen. Then press the REMOVE NUMBER button. Finally, confirm the operation. All files in the current folders will be listed alphabetically again. Please Note! You can search for a file by its index, read the paragraph Search for songs.

  • Page 205: Refresh

    Touch REFRESH on the screen. Any unrecognized devices will finally be detected and listed on the screen. If not, disconnect the devices in a controlled manner and restart EVENT-X. When the power is complete, try connecting the devices again. If they do not appear, change devices or switch to the FORMAT function on the INFO page (see the paragraph just before this).

  • Page 206: Final Notes

    16 Final notes Panel shortcuts All the features of EVENT-X are easily accessible through the software features of the touchscreen; however, you may reach some useful features even more quickly, via shortcuts on the front panel. Some of these are available through combinations of two keys, others by pressing a single key longer (at least two second) –...

  • Page 207: Technical Specs

    202 | 16 Final notes Technical specs Feature Description Polyphony 216 notes, multitimbral. Keyboard 4 Dynamic curves. Aftertouch, Portamento. Legato Mono_Poly. Transposer -/+ 24 semitones, Octave +/- 2. Expression Pedal with 6 curves. Controls 12 sliders with RGB Led indicator. Brightness and colour controls.
  • Page 208 16 Final notes | 203 Orch. Variation Morphing. Rootless mode. Manual Bass, To Lowest, To Root. Bassist and Pianist mode (Standard/Expert). Bass and Chord Lock. Live Drums 580 Live Drums with a complete Arranger structure (3 Intros, 3 Endings, ABCD, 4 Fills, 4 Breaks).
  • Page 209 Resolution. Support for external touch screen displays. Bluetooth Streaming audio input (ad2p profile). Wi-Fi Networked remote control via KETRON app. Storage 240 GB internal SSD disk (80 GB reserved for System). Optional external SD Card (up to 512 GB). Side 2 x USB device 2.0.

  • Page 210: Support

    16 Final notes | 205 Support The list of KETRON product sales and service centers for Italy is available here: Resellers & Service – KETRON and is always up to date. Write to us: KETRON SRL Via Giuseppe Taliercio, 7...
  • Page 211 206 | 16 Final notes KETRON s.r.l. Via Giuseppe Taliercio n. 7 60131 Ancona (Italy) Tel. +39 071 285771 Tel. +39 071 2857748 ketron@ketron.it www.ketron.it...

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