The Registrations - KETRON SD1 User Manual

menu and by selecting F2 ACCORD. When the Accordion mode is enabled, the SD1 does indeed automatically modify the MIDI settings that can
be re-programmed at any time. Further details are provided in the following sections:
- MIDI
- MIDI accordion

THE REGISTRATIONS

All the parameters dealt with up to here, and many more again, can be saved and called up instantly thanks to the 198 Registrations. The hand-
iness of the Registration function is discovered as you go along and are crucial when playing live as they are used to call up all the components
of an automatic accompaniment or a Midi file with words and audio files. There are two types of Registrations: those in the memory (Block
Registration) and those stored on disk (Single Registration). The first are always 198 and are called up by enabling the Block Registration push
button and then entering the number of the Registration using the numeric keypad (STYLES push buttons). The SD1 comes with 198 pre-set
default Registrations, ready to use. The Single Registrations on the other hand are loaded time after time from hard disk or floppy disk. There
may be up to 999 Single Registrations for each folder of the disk and are called up using the SINGLE REGISTRATION push button enabled and
then by entering the 3-digits number using the numeric keypad (STYLES push buttons).
The real secret of the Registration however is another. On any electronic keyboard, to load a Midi file, a pattern and a sample, you have to go
through at least three procedures to access the disk, which is maybe not appreciated by the public who have to sit waiting. The SD1 does all
this just by simply calling up the Registration. If indeed the name of the Registration is the same as that of the Midi file, of the text file, of the
pattern and of the audio file, when it is called up the SD1 will automatically load all these files, without having to access the DISK functions.
Then add the fact that you can build up the Registration at home in comfort and you will realise that the SD1 is really fast and handy when play-
ing live!
For the time being we will end on how to simply save a Registration. Once you have set the timbres, the Style, the Arranger options and any
other parameter as desired, to save the current state of the SD1 once and for all, press the SINGLE REGISTRATION push button if you wish to
create a Registration on disk, or the BLOCK REGISTRATION push button if you wish to leave the Registration in the memory even after the key-
board has been turned off. At this stage press the SAVE/ENTER push button, select F1 Registration and enter the name to be assigned using
the notes of the keyboard.
The position in Block Registration that will be taken over in the list can be modified using the F2 and F3 push buttons that will move one posi-
tion back or forward. Once the name has been entered and the position in the list chosen, all you have to do is confirm everything using F10
Save, or exit without saving anything using F5 Escape or EXIT.
The call up of a Registration overrides all the other functions in use at the time: for example if Single RAM Style is in use to load a Style, the
next entry of a number with BLOCK REGISTRATION or SINGLE REGISTRATION enabled will relate to the Registration and not the Style.
Further details are provided in the following sections:
Registration
Disk
Text Files
Sound Load
Style & Sound
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