Page 1 KETRON EVM User Manual 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 What is a Stem? 01 Getting started Playing a Stem project Creating a Stem project An Introduction to EVM EVM Sound Module 07 Registration, Playbox, Performance Panel Description Central area of the panel (Home) Registration...
Page 6 Scale Registration Setup Sound Banks Key Tune Theme Colors 14 Inputs and Outputs Connection Mode for EVM Control Connect an external video monitor Connect a pedal Connecting a MIDI device Connecting to speakers Connecting stereo headphones Connecting a microphone (MICRO)
Page 7 An Introduction to EVM | 2 PART ONE: PLAYING AND SINGING WITH EVM...
Page 8: Getting Started
Please read it carefully, at least the parts that interest you the most, to get the best performance from EVM in live sessions, recording studios, or in any other context you want to use this musical instrument.
Page 9: Evm Sound Module
Try it yourself. ‘Hearing’ is believing. Morphing is also available with EVM, 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: Panel Description
In this chapter, we illustrate the panel that appears on the screen when you power on the device: it is a fundamental page for using EVM, as it facilitates access to all primary functions. The EVM panel is composed of:...
Page 11 Further down, there are sliders available to mix the volume of the different tracks. If you are looking for the master volume, you will find it on the panel of the EVM sound module. At the bottom, the interactive buttons of EVM are lined up to enable you to control the accompaniment styles and tempo.
Page 12 01 Getting started | 7 • PLAYER 1, PLAYER 2: Here you enter the environment dedicated to playing music and video tracks. • JUKEBOX: Here you can control the tracks playing via JUKEBOX. • STEM: With this functionality, you can play on multitrack audio bases.
Page 13 This area corresponds to the HOME page in the touch screen known so far in the other KETRON EVENT models; see the complete description in the dedicated paragraph. When you power on the instrument, EVM displays the HOME page at start.
Page 14 01 Getting started | 9 3. Control area to the right of the screen From left to right and top to bottom: • VOICE 1: Switch on or off VOICE 1’s sound. • VOICE 2: Switch on or off VOICE 2’s sound. •...
Page 15 10 | 01 Getting started The UP/DOWN button icons (or if you prefer, two triangles, one pointing up and the other down, or two UP/DOWN cursors) allow you to: • Move between the elements of a list (styles, voices, audio and MIDI tracks, etc.).
Page 16 01 Getting started | 11 • The general MASTER VOLUME is not here: it is a physical knob on the EVM sound module, as described above. • Also note that the 9 digital drawbars are available on the touch screen in the DRAWBAR VIEW page (press DRAWB.
Page 17: Central Area Of The Panel (Home)
12 | 01 Getting started Central area of the panel (Home) Description: • The top left frame displays and is where you can control the accompaniment style in action. Find out more here: Controlling the style. • The top center frame displays and controls the VOICE 1. Find out more in the Description of the selected voice paragraph.
Page 18: Power On The Instrument
Audio/Video Outputs and Inputs. Once all the connections are completed, including the power supply to the DC 9V socket on the rear panel of the EVM sound module, you can start the device: Make sure the MASTER volume slider is set to the minimum position.
Page 19 Switch off all connected external units first to avoid power damages to the equipment or sever popping sounds. Make sure the MASTER VOLUME knob on the front of the EVM sound module is set to the minimum position. Switch off the instrument by pressing the POWER button on the front of the EVM...
Page 20: Playing The Voices
02 Playing the voices Playback of sounds EVM 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 21: Lead Voices: Voice 1 And Voice 2
When you turn on EVM, 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 22 02 Playing the voices | 17 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 23 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 24: Drawbar
Multi. Drawbar The 24 Drawbar voices transform EVM 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 25 20 | 02 Playing the voices Step by step: Press the DRAWBAR button on the panel to activate the drawbars. Touch the Drawbar icon on the screen to activate its management on the screen. Press the UP/DOWN or ENTER button to scroll through the 24 Drawbar organ sounds.
Page 26 02 Playing the voices | 21 Drawbar View After enabling the Drawbar voice, you can exploit its potential as follows: Press the DRAWBAR VIEW button on the panel. The display is shown as above. More on the referral page. Use the nine digital faders on the screen as real Drawbars to edit the current DRAWBAR Sound as needed.
Page 27: How To Use The Transpose To Change The Key
22 | 02 Playing the voices How to use the Transpose to change the key EVM 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 28 02 Playing the voices | 23 PIANIST: • Auto: The chord is recognized within a Note Range with a default value of 12. At least three notes are needed to adapt the chord. After setting the chord, playing the notes to the left of the chord, it is adjusted according to the notes added.
Page 29: Playing With The Styles
EVM 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 30 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 EVM styles can be changed. The settings for this mode are in the MIDI chapter.
Page 31: The Accompaniment Styles - Details
26 | 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 32 03 Playing with the styles | 27 When you power on EVM, 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 33: Leading The Virtual Band In Real Time
28 | 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 34 03 Playing with the styles | 29 • Each variation must be enabled by pressing one of the four buttons on the panel: A, B, C and D.. • VARI: for some styles, there is an alternative variant of the rhythm or chord track for each of the four patterns: it can be turned on/off in real-time by pressing the variation button that is currently active once again to toggle between the variations.
Page 35: Playing Lead Parts During A Style In Real Time
30 | 03 Playing with the styles The EVM 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 36 03 Playing with the styles | 31 Normally, EVM 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 37: Tempo In Accompaniment Styles
32 | 03 Playing with the styles The page where the voices associated with each ABCD variation are highlighted is now displayed. Press and hold the voice of a variation on the screen to open the voice selection page. Touch a new voice from the list and press the EXIT button to confirm your selection.
Page 38: Harmony With Sounds
UP/DOWN buttons, simply by entering the numerical value of the BPM. EVM allows you to set the Tempo in beats per minute (BPM), from 65 to 250. Harmony with Sounds...
Page 39 34 | 03 Playing with the styles Parameters: • BALANCE: represents the volume of the arranger section, which is a value between 16 (low) and 63 (high) and relates to the position of the style volume slider on the panel. •...
Page 40 03 Playing with the styles | 35 fast one. You can choose whether to activate Morphing by using AFTERTOUCH, using the optional SUSTAIN pedal or whether to disable it all together. • INTRO MODE: This determines what interuptions can be applied to the INTRO of styles when playing.
Page 41 LIVE 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 EVM. • BASS RETRIGGER: If active, the bass restarts with the root note with each new chord recognized.
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, EVM features a set of standard style control icons. Pressing the USER TAB button on the panel brings up a second set of buttons as shown below.
Page 43 38 | 03 Playing with the styles Assign a function to USER TAB buttons: Enable the USER button on the screen. Touch for 2 seconds any of the icons at the bottom of the screen. After a few seconds, the list of possible assignable functions appears on the screen.
Page 44: Playing The Bass Part
03 Playing with the styles | 39 TO END PDF PAGE DOWN WAH TO PEDAL VOICE LOCK BASS PDF PAGE UP FREE BASS MONO/POLY PDF SCROLL DOWN OVERDRIVE TO PEDAL LOW. HOLD STRT PDF SCROLL UP TALK ON/OFF LOW. HOLD STP ARR.
Page 45: Playing Percussion With Drum Set
40 | 03 Playing with the styles Options explained below: • MANUAL (VIEW): Set the Bass to manual mode in orde to manually play the bass notes individually with the left hand, while playing the style. • LOWEST: Assign the bass the lowest note of the chord regardless of the fundamental.
Page 46: Playing With Chord Progressions: Phrase
03 Playing with the styles | 41 Options Press the MANUAL button to turn the external keyboard of EVM into a percussion controller. Press the UP/DOWN buttons to scroll through the list of Drum Kits (factory and USER) up two columns.
Page 47: Playing With Key Tunes
42 | 03 Playing with the styles and press START to start recording, or start recording with the KEY START on. The word PHRASE REC appears with the red box. o If the style is running, press the PHRASE REC. This turns red and the writing changes to PHRASE REC Wait.
Page 48 | 43 From the main page Press the KEY TUNE button in the bottom bar of the main page to activate/deactivate the Key Tune player. The Player will load the Global Key Tune or Style Key Tune (if this is saved in the style file). Press the white button in the middle of the screen to load a different melody than the ones saved in the KEYTUNE folder.
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 EVM as a control console, avoiding the expense of a mixer or an additional vocal effects unit. Bring EVM 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 • ON/OFF: enables or disables microphone input (corresponds to pressing the MICRO button on the 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 Reverb settings 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 frequencies (HIGH) and by two bell filters, one for medium-low frequencies (MID-LOW) and one for medium-high frequencies (MID-HIGH). 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.
Page 53 48 | 04 Singing PART TWO: PLAYING MUSIC WITH EVM...
Page 54: Player
(or let someone else sing) over backing tracks; or you can just play music and even videos too. While playing the songs EVM can show on the screen the lyrics of the songs, the score or even just a series of images. You can also play songs played from an external player wirelessly, thanks to the built- in Bluetooth module.
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 playback a file in PLAYER mode: Use the UP/DOWN buttons 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 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 EVM). • 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
To increase or decrease the number of the BPM in a song, simply press one of the TEMPO – /+ buttons on the panel. EVM 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).
Page 64: Markers In Songs
Markers of a MIDI file allow you to quickly switch from one point to another of a piece of music (verse, chorus, ending). They can also be used to repeat a step multiple times in a loop. EVM displays markers under two conditions: • You have activated the AUTO SHOW on the MARKER page of the SETTINGS function.
Page 65: Playlist
60 | 05 Player PLAYLIST PLAYLISTS are memory areas where you can arrange your music set lists for live performances. In the PLAYLISTS the songs are placed in a sequential order that represents your set list for the event. You can manage up to 100 lists stored in the instrument. And each list can contain an unlimited number of music tracks.
Page 66 05 Player | 61 To create a new list, select an empty item on the PLAYLIST selection page. The screen displays a pop-up window. Touch the YES icon to confirm. The next page appears as shown in the following example. Next steps: Touch INSERT ITEM.
Page 67 62 | 05 Player Options available are as follows: • ERASE PLAYLIST: Press this button to clear the entire list. • INSERT ITEM: This button allows you to add new songs to the list. o Use the UP/DOWN, EXIT and ENTER buttons on the panel to navigate through folders.
Page 68: Jukebox
05 Player | 63 When you have finished editing, press EDIT again to save your changes and return to PLAYLIST mode. JUKEBOX JUKEBOX mode provides an alternative way to access files and songs. You can set as many songs as you want and have them at your fingertips for quick and easy access that allows you to quickly navigate through song collections.
Page 69: Crossfading Volumes Between Player 1 And 2
Crossfading volumes between PLAYER 1 and 2 EVM 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 70 05 Player | 65 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 panel. Make sure the STYLE slider on the panel is down to the bottom/zero. While the first song is playing, press PLAYER 2 and select a second song.
Page 71: Settings Of The Player
66 | 05 Player Settings of the PLAYER The basic settings of the PLAYER are managed in the SETTINGS pages that can be called up via the SETTINGS button on the screen of the main page of the PLAYER. Here is a rundown of the various icons found on this page: GENERAL Options:...
Page 72 05 Player | 67 FILE VIEW This page allows you to customize how songs and files are listed on your screen. Such settings affect the displaying of REGISTRATIONS. Options: • ORDER: sorting can be alphabetical or numeric by index of the file in folder. •...
Page 73 68 | 05 Player 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 74 05 Player | 69 • 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 75 70 | 05 Player • 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 76: 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 EVM.
Page 77: Playing A Stem Project
72 | 06 Stem 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 78: Creating A Stem Project
06 Stem | 73 REAL DRUMS: when an audio file is loaded with the information about Tempo in the name, the Tempo of the Stem is set to the one of those tracks. Press the TRANSPOSE +/- buttons on the panel to change the pitch of the audio tracks (fixed tracks will not be affected by transposition).
Page 79 74 | 06 Stem Repeat this step for the other scenes. Touch SCENE 1, SCENE 2, SCENE3, and SCENE 4 buttons to switch scenes. At the end, press the SAVE button on the panel. Touch SAVE AS button to name your Stem project.
Page 80 06 Stem | 75 PART THREE: PRODUCING YOUR OWN MUSIC WITH EVM...
Page 81: Registration, Playbox, Performance
Performance Storing your favourite settings Registration memories allow you to store and quickly recall global EVM 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 82: Recalling A Registration
07 Registration, Playbox, Performance | 77 Recalling a Registration Press the REGS. button on the 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. The sorting of the Registration list follows the same Alphabetic/Numeric and Dir Position (On Top/On Bottom) settings stored in the PLAYER’s File...
Page 83: Setting Up Registration Data
78 | 07 Registration, Playbox, Performance You can search for songs using the search function: press the ALPHA button in the SEARCH area of the screen, type the text (even partial) and press Enter on the screen to search. If you activate the Lock button, the EXIT button goes up one level in the Directory, unless you are already in the Root.
Page 84: Creating/Saving A Registration
07 Registration, Playbox, Performance | 79 The Voice button in Registration is useful for having up to four voices to play on the keyboard to accompany a song or style (any resource you have associated with that Registration memory. If you activate LOCK, the eight on-screen items are not affected when you change Registration.
Page 85: Saving More Resources Within A Registration
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 EVM via Registration Setup determine which parameters are to be restored automatically from the stored Registration and which are not (to remain global settings for example).
Page 86: Preparing Your Set Lists With The Playbox
07 Registration, Playbox, Performance | 81 Preparing your set lists with the PLAYBOX PLAYBOX is a distinctive feature of EVM 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
– double-touch the file. Performance Performance is a feature of EVM that allows you to organize your favourite resources, including accompaniment styles and Registration. It is a helpful feature for many EVM users, especially for musicians who are used to playing live and need quick access to accompaniments during live shows.
Page 88 07 Registration, Playbox, Performance | 83 remove the numbering using the REMOVE button of the NUMBER ASSIGNin the Disk Edit page). o Touch a virtual Pad to immediately open the associated style or Registration (does not require the START button on the start panel). o The same goes for Registration associated with songs.
Page 89: Gm And Drum Restyle
After opening a MIDI file in the PLAYER, press the GM button on the left area of the panel to open the EVM 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 90 08 GM and Drum Restyle | 85 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: • VOL.: Display the volume for each of the 16 tracks. Touch a track on the screen and then use the UP/DOWN buttons to change the value from 0 to 127.
Page 91 86 | 08 GM and Drum Restyle 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. Press UP/DOWN or ENTER buttons on the panel, to display the complete list of available items within the selected GM bench (there may be multiple pages).
Page 92 • MODE: Assigns a category to the track among the following values o 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 93 88 | 08 GM and Drum Restyle DRUM MIXER If the selected track is of the DRUM category, the PART VIEW page displays the additional DRUM MIXER button. If you press that button, the page appears where all the individual drum sounds are displayed, with the volume and reverb levels.
Page 94 MIDI file, else choose the next option below - • NO: the original file is not modified, and EVM asks you to name the new MIDI file, as follows (meaning the origial untouched file AND the new modified file will both...
Page 95: Drum Restyle (Out With The Old, In With The New)
90 | 08 GM and Drum Restyle 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 96 08 GM and Drum Restyle | 91 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 panel to close the rhythm selection page, abandoning any changes.
Page 97 92 | 08 GM and Drum Restyle PART FOUR: CREATE VOICES, STYLES, AND MUSIC WITH EVM...
Page 98: Creating Your Own Voices
09 Creating your own voices Programming and creating your own sounds When you purchase EVM, 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 99 94 | 09 Creating your own voices 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 100 09 Creating your own voices | 95 o to the entire keyboard in PIANIST mode. • MASTER VOL: Touch UP/DOWN buttons to change the master volume as an alternative to the physical sliders on the panel. • INSERT GAIN: It allows to reduce the level of the EFX Insert. •...
Page 101 96 | 09 Creating your own voices 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 102 09 Creating your own voices | 97 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 103 98 | 09 Creating your own voices 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: • MORPH/ROTOR: o The Voice set as First will be the starting sound of the Morph effect. o The Voice set as Second will be the target sound, that is, the sound that will enter completely when the control acting on the Morphing is at maximum value.
Page 104 09 Creating your own voices | 99 o Art: as Art. Toggle, with the difference that, holding down the FAST button activate the Second voice; when it is released, the First voice plays. The second group of options concerns the control of the WAH-WAH effect: •...
Page 105 100 | 09 Creating your own voices 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 106: Effects Editor
09 Creating your own voices | 101 • 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 panel, press this button to open a window in which you can confirm the desire to save the original factory Voice preset.
Page 107 102 | 09 Creating your own voices 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 108: Adsr Filter
09 Creating your own voices | 103 ADSR Filter Press the ADSR Filter button on the panel to open the screen page dedicated to the transformation of voices over time, customizing the envelope generators: attack, decay, sustain and release. The 9 virtual sliders on the screen allows you to assign values to each parameter: 1.
Page 109: Editing Drawbar Voices
104 | 09 Creating your own voices • 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 Drawbar voices After selecting a Drawbar item and activating the Drawbar View, the video page appears on the screen.
Page 110: Drum Set Remapping
09 Creating your own voices | 105 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 111 106 | 09 Creating your own voices 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 112: Customizing/Using The Drum Mixer
09 Creating your own voices | 107 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 panel to access the function that allows you to customize the DRUM SET that is playing in the active style.
Page 113: Scale
108 | 09 Creating your own voices 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 114 09 Creating your own voices | 109 • 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 115: Creating Your Own Styles
In the style home page, touch the VIEW & MODELLING icon to display the relevant page of the Arranger section of EVM. 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 116 10 Creating your own styles | 111 Press the START button on the 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 117 112 | 10 Creating your own styles 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 118 10 Creating your own styles | 113 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 119 114 | 10 Creating your own styles 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 120 10 Creating your own styles | 115 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 121 116 | 10 Creating your own styles 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 programmed.
Page 122 10 Creating your own styles | 117 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 move the UP/DOWN buttons to open the search page among the many available patterns in each category.
Page 123: Style Editor: Creating Your Styles From Scratch
118 | 10 Creating your own styles To associate a Key Tune file (with all associated audio files) with a style: Press the VIEW & MODELING button. Then press KEY TUNE. Select the Key Tune file from the list. Press the SAVE button on the panel to save the style as a USER STYLE. Press REMOVE to remove the hue from the USER STYLE.
Page 124 10 Creating your own styles | 119 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 125 120 | 10 Creating your own styles 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 126 10 Creating your own styles | 121 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 127 122 | 10 Creating your own styles 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 128 10 Creating your own styles | 123 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 129 124 | 10 Creating your own styles 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 130 10 Creating your own styles | 125 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 131 126 | 10 Creating your own styles • 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 132: User Audio Drum
In any case, if you try to exit the STYLE EDIT mode with changes made and not yet saved, EVM reminds you that – if you do not confirm the saving – all changes will be lost.
Page 133: Recording
Recording Modes – AUDIO or MIDI Press the red REC button on the panel to display the RECORDING page. EVM will ask you to choose the recording format you wish to record in: •...
Page 134: Recording In Midi Format
11 Recording | 129 Recording in MIDI format To record a MIDI file: • Press the REC button on the panel to open the on-screen recording page. • Enable MIDI mode by tapping the MIDI button on the screen. • Enable or not the METRONOME, adjust its volume (VOL) and Tempo (BPM). All via the three buttons on the screen.
Page 135: Recording In Audio Format (Wave)
130 | 11 Recording Recording in AUDIO format (Wave) To record an AUDIO file: • After pressing the RECORD button on the 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 136: Style Song Recording
11 Recording | 131 At the end, press the SAVE button on the 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 137 132 | 11 Recording • 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 panel and confirm the request to save the USER STYLE (Song Mode) file.
Page 138: Effects
12 Effects Spice up your music with new musical effects EVM 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 139 134 | 12 Effects 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 140 12 Effects | 135 Options: • Type: Tap this button and move the UP/DOWN buttons 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 141 • FACTORY RESTORE: Restores previously saved changes to their original factory values. EVM also provides more simplified management of Insert effects within Edit. We described it in the chapter Voice Edit. Keep an eye on the writing at the top right of the effects pages on the screen: you will see VOICE or CHAIN.
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 EVM chains. Touch this file in the Player to install the effects when needed.
Page 143 138 | 12 Effects 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 144 12 Effects | 139 • 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 145 140 | 12 Effects 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 146 12 Effects | 141 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 147 142 | 12 Effects 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 148: Vocal Harmonizer And Voicetron Edit
12 Effects | 143 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 149 144 | 12 Effects • Voicetron To Arrange: Touch check box to enable the feature that allows you to assign a different Voicetron preset for each of the Arranger ABCD arrangements. Pressing the specific button opens the ABCD variation selection window ; the STOP option allows you to stop the harmonizer when the accompanying style is not running.
Page 150 12 Effects | 145 Unison Folk 2 Down MIDI Mode Folk 2 Up Duet Down Trio Standard Duet Up Trio Standard 2 Duet Down 2 Trio Down Duet Up 2 Trio Up Duet 3rd Down Octave Down Duet 6th Up Octave Up Bluegrass Down Down –...
Page 151 146 | 12 Effects PART FIVE: CUSTOMIZING EVM FOR YOU...
Page 152: 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 EVM in full functionality, press the MENU button again.
Page 153 ACCORDION STYLE You can control the Arranger section with the automatic bass of the accordion via MIDI connections. EVM can read the standard channels of MIDI accordions. You can customize the assignment of these channels on the MIDI Arranger Keyboard page.
Page 154 13 Global menus and settings | 149 lowest note remains in 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 155 150 | 13 Global menus and settings 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 156 13 Global menus and settings | 151 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 157: Midi
152 | 13 Global menus and settings 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. To choose the sound, simply touch the specific frame, thus opening a dedicated pop-up window and choose the desired sound.
Page 158 (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 EVM voices from a MIDI accordion. Accordion mode automatically sets a specific MIDI channel on the following sections: Right Ch.
Page 159 PLAYER (MIDI FILE): This configuration can be useful when you want to run a MIDI file from the PLAYER to an external sound module connected via the MIDI OUT port of EVM. GUITARIST: This configuration prepares the instrument to connect with a MIDI guitar.
Page 160 13 Global menus and settings | 155 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 EVM with a single MIDI channel using an external master keyboard.
Page 161 156 | 13 Global menus and settings Options: • On the left side of the screen (PART SELECT), use to select which individual parts you want to activate a filter on. • On the right part of the screen (MIDI CONTROL), activate/turn on the specific filters for the different MIDI controls.
Page 162 • MIDI IN TRANSP: Enables the receipt of pitch transposition commands from an external MIDI device. • MIDI PIANIST: Allows you to control EVM from a digital piano (or similar). It will be possible to play the piano-style arranger section from the digital piano,...
Page 163: Audio Sampler
This page allows you to customize MIDI port routing of the instrument. On the left side of the screen, you can change the standard behaviour of EVM 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 164 13 Global menus and settings | 159 AUDIO EDIT Step by step procedure on how to use the AUDIO EDITOR: Press the PLAYER button on the panel. Select an MP3 or WAV file, as we saw in the PLAYER chapter. Make sure the song is not playing (if it is started, press the START button to stop it).
Page 165 • APPLY EQ: Once you have set the previous values, press APPLY EQ to confirm the changes. When you leave the sampler, by pressing the EXIT button on the panel, EVM asks you whether you want to save the changes applied to the audio sample.
Page 166 13 Global menus and settings | 161 • The workbook where the user should save WAV samples in bulk or organized into subfolders for editing is \SAMPLE. SAMPLER home page Select a swatch on the left box or use the UP/DOWN buttons to scroll through all the swatches loaded in the current LAYER.
Page 167 162 | 13 Global menus and settings • ONE SHOT/LOOPED: o ONE SHOT: Play the sample without recycling between loop points. o LOOPED: The sample is played in a continuous loop between the LOOP START point and the LOOP END point. •...
Page 168 13 Global menus and settings | 163 • EXPORT INS ON SAVE: Saves a copy of the MS3 INSTRUMENT in the INSTRUMENT folder, when you save an INSTRUMENT. • EXPORT WAVES ON IMPORT: Allows you to export wave files when loading an MS3 file.
Page 169 164 | 13 Global menus and settings Processing of individual samples (EDIT) This page can be reached by pressing EDIT after loading an INSTRUMENT as we have seen above. Frame on the left Options: • ONE SHOOT/LOOP: Define whether the sample should be run once or cyclically. •...
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 EVM.
Page 171 166 | 13 Global menus and settings It also allows you to customize the parameters: • DATE/TIME: Opens the time zone and date/time of day setting page, as follows. Use the UP/DOWN buttons to scroll through the months and then touch date of the day.
Page 172 13 Global menus and settings | 167 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 • 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 EVM.
Page 174: Controls
SAVE RESTART Press this button to immediately shut down and restart it: it can be a necessary operation to apply the changes made to the EVM configuration. However, be careful to press this button: the shutdown is immediate. Expert advice...
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 • PEDAL SPEED: It allows you to set the decimation of volume pedal events. • Polarity: Reverse the polarity in the pedal. • Threshold: Value between 0 and 32 (factory setting is 8). •...
Page 177 172 | 13 Global menus and settings Simply touch any of the switches: The screen displays a list of available functions (check the table with the full list below). Touch the UP/DOWN buttons. Touch the function needed to assign the function to the switch. Press the EXIT button on the panel to close the pop up.
Page 178: Video
CURSOR: This button activates the display of the mouse cursor (when connected to USB port) on the screen. You must restart the EVM 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 179: Scale
174 | 13 Global menus and settings • SELECT: This feature is disabled on EVM. • REFRESH: Pressing this button refreshes the list of connected Touch Screens. • CALIBRATE: Press this button to start calibration on the currently selected screen.
Page 180: Registration Setup
13 Global menus and settings | 175 pitch, this value can be adjusted by acting with the UP/DOWN buttons. Play the key of the same note again to remove the change. • GLOBAL: When selected, the scale is no longer depending on how it is set in the Edit Voice pages.
Page 181 176 | 13 Global menus and settings contained in the Registration. In contrast, all other values - which are still saved with the Registration - will be ignored. For example, if an Arabic scale was selected before calling the Registration, it will remain unchanged when you choose a new Registration because the SCALE parameter is inactive.
Page 182 13 Global menus and settings | 177 Registration Setup | MIDI Registration Setup | VOICE Registration Setup | MICRO1 e VOICETRON...
Page 183 178 | 13 Global menus and settings Registration Setup | PLAYMODE INPUT and GUITAR The MICRO2 button controls the parameters of the INPUT to which a second microphone or line instrument (such as a guitar) can be connected.
Page 184: Sound Banks
13 Global menus and settings | 179 Sound Banks Press the MENU button on the panel and the SOUND BANK button to access the USER SOUND BANK management page and the reset of sounds and factory parameters. Options: • USER SOUND: Select this button and then touch the USER sounds on the left side of the screen to load the sound bank.
Page 185: Key Tune
180 | 13 Global menus and settings Key Tune Press the MENU button on the panel and then tap KEY TUNE to access the Key Tune Management page. You can use Key Tunes to recall audio files from keyboard keys, as we saw in the Key Tune paragraph.
Page 186 13 Global menus and settings | 181 Key Tune Settings You may get this page 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 187: Theme Colors
Key Tune with that style. Theme Colors Press the MENU button and then tap THEME COLORS to customize the EVM video interface by changing the colors of the buttons on the screen. There are four distinct types of buttons that can be customized: •...
Page 188 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 EVM. Please note: all changes can be saved by pressing SAVE on the panel and selecting CUSTOM STARTUP.
Page 189: 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 EVM. You have everything you need to make EVM the machine with which to control your studio or your live setup.
Page 190 14 Inputs and Outputs | 185 instrument (Keyboard or Expander), guitar or second dynamic microphone. • INPUT GAIN: Potentiometer for adjusting the gain of the input signal INPUT. • MICRO OUTPUT: Standard mono jack input that replicates the same output signal as the input to the MICRO input. •...
Page 191: Connection Mode For Evm Control
HDMI cable or via a VNC (Virtual Network Computing) connection. To access EVM via VNC, you need to install special software, called VNC client, on the device (PC, Mac, iPad) with which you want to control the tool. On the net there are various software, both free and paid, for all the most popular operating systems.
Page 192 14 Inputs and Outputs | 187 Turn on the instrument. Note: If the instrument does not start up or if the touch screen does not work, turn off the instrument, try changing the USB port or USB cable, and restart the system. Method 2: Touch screen via HDMI + mouse It is the same as method 1, with only the addition of a USB mouse.
Page 193 188 | 14 Inputs and Outputs Method 4: VNC via router Step by step: Connect one end of the ETHERNET cable to the ETHERNET port on the instrument and the other end to a router. Set the VNC/HDMI switch to VNC and the WIFI/LAN switch to WIFI. Turn on the instrument.
Page 194: Connect An External Video Monitor
Supported resolutions are 720p (1280x720) and Full HD (1920x1080). Connect a pedal EVM has three inputs for the pedals, each of these has different purposes. • Connect a switch pedal to the Sustain input to allow the sound to continue to spread after releasing the note keys.
Page 195: Connecting To Speakers
190 | 14 Inputs and Outputs • The MIDI IN1 (GM) socket receives data from the outside and sends it to the GMgenerator which has 16 channels with canonical mapping of sounds and Program Changes compliant with General MIDI. This is the typical input of a MIDI base player and a DAW.
Page 196: Connecting A Guitar Or Bass (Input)
14 Inputs and Outputs | 191 • Always lower the volume before connecting a microphone. • Keep the microphone away from the speakers to avoid feedback (Larsen effect). • When choosing a microphone, consider that cardioid polar pattern models minimize the chances of feedback. •...
Page 197: Connect A Bluetooth Device
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 EVM the configuration of a remote device no longer used.
Page 198 14 Inputs and Outputs | 193 • CONNECT: starts the connection process with the chosen device. Please note: you must have successfully paired your device before connecting. In other words, you can connect a device only when the PAIRED property is YES. If the connection was successful, a green check will appear.
Page 199: Media
15 Media Organizing your data EVM is a musical instrument based on digital technology. Like all computers, EVM 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 200: 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 EVM to browse folders and files and for creation, copy or delete operations.
Page 201: Connecting To Pc/Mac
PLAYERS are inhibited on the instrument. You can browse EVM 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 202: 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, EVM 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 203 198 | 15 Media Touch MEDIA button on the 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 204 15 Media | 199 • 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 and music. Now let us see in detail each of these buttons. Create a new folder Operational steps: Touch the NEW FOLDER button on the screen to create a new folder.
Page 205 200 | 15 Media 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 206 Number assign Usually, EVM 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.
Page 207: Internal Disk Information
202 | 15 Media 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 208: Refresh
Any unrecognized devices will finally be detected and listed on the screen. If not, disconnect the devices in a controlled manner and restart EVM. 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 209: Final Notes
204 | 16 Final notes 16 Final notes Technical specs Polyphony 216 notes, multitimbral. Controls 4 Dynamic curves. Aftertouch. Portamento. Legato Mono_Poly. Transposer -/+ 24. Octave +/- 2. Expr. Pedal with six curves. 10 Voice groups: Piano, Strings, Organ, Brass, Sax, Pad, Synth, Guitar, Bass, Ethnic. 464 Preset Voices.
Page 210 16 Final notes | 205 More than 300 Real audio accompaniments covering a full chord range (up to 13 different chords). A wide variety of electric, acoustic, and jazz guitars patterns and other orchestral sequences perfectly synchronized to Midi. Dedicated Insert EFX with full editor, programmable for each style. Real Chord Possibility to load external User Real Chords.
Page 211: Support
206 | 16 Final notes Support The list of KETRON product sales and service centers is available here: Resellers & Service – KETRON and is always up to date. Write to us: KETRON srl Via Giuseppe Taliercio, 7 60131 Ancona AN...
Page 212 16 Final notes | 207 KETRON s.r.l. Via Giuseppe Taliercio n. 7 60131 Ancona (Italy) Phone +39 071 285771 +39 071 2857748 ketron@ketron.it www.ketron.it...

KETRON EVM User Manual

1 Getting Started

2 Playing the Voices

3 Playing with the Styles

4 Singing

5 Player

6 Stem

7 Registration, Playbox, Performance

8 GM and Drum Restyle

9 Creating Your Own Voices

Creating Your Own Styles

Recording

Effects

Global Menus and Settings

Inputs and Outputs

Media

Final Notes

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