Controlling Reproduction; Transposition; How To Create A Chain Of Midi Files - KETRON SD1 User Manual

Generally speaking there is no need to store Midi files in format 1 or .KAR files on hard disk. It is always better to save them after they have
been converted so that they are loaded rapidly.

CONTROLLING REPRODUCTION

Sia che abbiate caricato una base da floppy che da hard disk, sono disponibili alcuni comandi da pannello per intervenire in tempo reale su alcu-
ni parametri di riproduzione
To reproduce the song press the START push button
To stop the procedure press the START push button
To set the reproduction procedure in stand-by press the CONT/PAUSE push button
To start reproducing from stand-by press the CONT/PAUSE push button
To transpose the entire song press the TRANSPOSER (CURSOR +/-) push buttons
To cut-out the lead of the song (OFF) press: F8 Lead (Off)
To reproduce just the Drum and Bass tracks alone press: F9 Drum + Bas (On)
To display the words when available on the display (Karaoke), press: F10 Lyric (On)
To increase the song volume compared to the timbre assigned to the keyboard press: BALANCE (VALUE +/-)
To select another Midi file to be reproduced, enter its number using the numeric keypad relative to the STYLES push buttons

TRANSPOSITION

As you will have noticed, when you transpose the song, the timbre assigned to the keyboard is not also transposed. To change the transposi-
tion of a song and of the timbre assigned to the keyboard simultaneously you must access the menu dedicated to the transposition parame-
ters and enable the transposition of the keyboard too. The procedure is the following:
From the SONG PLAY page press F3 Transp and set the F1 Global parameter in ON. In this way, using the TRANSPOSE (CURSOR +/-) push but-
tons, you can transpose both the keyboard and the Midi file in semitones. Another extremely useful function is available in the same menu,
which relates to the musical transposition of the bass line. By enabling parameter F6 Intellig. (default setting in On), the bass line will always
play within its natural range whatever the transposition level.

HOW TO CREATE A CHAIN OF MIDI FILES

When playing live it may prove rather handy to be able to create a chain of Midi files that play one after the other to do away with dead times
between one song and another. This chain can be created at any time or even chains of 32 Midi files can be created in advance and saved on
hard disk to be called up at a later date. For the time being we will just describe the temporary chain.
From the main page of the display, enable the SONG PLAY push button
Select the Midi file source, either hard or floppy disk using the PAGE +/- push buttons
Select the F6 Juke-Box function
To display the F9 Chain Select function press the * push button
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