Balancing And Playing The Timbres Assigned To The Keyboard; Midi Files And Ram Sounds; Searching A Midi File - KETRON SD1 User Manual

BALANCING AND PLAYING THE TIMBRES ASSIGNED TO THE KEYBOARD

One of the prerogatives of the SD1 is the availability of timbres to be played on the keyboard while the Midi file is being reproduced. In fact the
two parts Lower and Bass as well as Right and Manual Drum remain in use, separated by the split point that can be programmed even while the
Midi file is being reproduced.
The timbres of the Lower parts can be modified, before enabling Song Play, in Arrange View whereas the Manual Bass is controlled directly by
the track of the Midi file to which the bass is assigned.
The Right section can use the following timbres:
Voices
User Voices
RAM Sound
Drawbar
They can be selected in the usual manner.
Furthermore, the Programs are also enabled, therefore the musician can avail of a potential of four timbres arranged over the whole keyboard.
To play the bass timbre manually, disabling that of the Midi file track, enable the MANUAL BASS push button.
To play the Drum Set on the keyboard, enable the MANUAL DRUM push button. In this case the drum track will not be muted as it can overlap
that programmed.
The Volume of the Lower, Right, Manual Bass and Manual Drum parts is controlled using the relative VOLUME push buttons.
The global volume of the Midi file and that of all the timbres associated with the keyboard is on the other hand controlled by the VALUE +/-
push buttons (Balance). By pressing them together at the same time the whole Midi file is muted compared to the keyboard. The muting of
the volume using this procedure however only relates to the built-in generator of the SD1, therefore there will be no changes if the Midi file is
reproduced by an external module controlled via MIDI by the SD1. For the latter the general volume can be controlled using PAGE +/- (GM
Remote Level) only when the Midi file is being reproduced. Otherwise PAGE +/- push buttons select the disk.
If the Midi file is reproduced by an external module via MIDI and is reproducing, the PAGE +/- push buttons pressed together at the same time
mute the volume of the external module and not that of the built-in generator of the SD1.

MIDI FILES AND RAM SOUNDS

With the SD1 you are now capable of fully exploiting the audio samples to be assigned and reproduced with a Midi file. In this way drum loops,
special effects, chorus or even only one timbre perfected for that specific Midi file can be used. The use of a sample in RAM is explained in the
appendix. What we're interested in for the time being is to know how to control Midi files and audio files on disk so that when a Midi file is loaded
the correlated audio files are also loaded. There are different situations, namely:
MIDI FILES WITH SINGLE AUDIO FILE
If the Midi file should use only one audio file with the Master Folder disabled, simply put the Midi file and its audio file in the same folder, giv-
ing both the same name, with the original extension.
With Master Folder enabled, the audio file with the same name as the Midi file will be put in Folder 94 "Sounds".
MIDI FILES WITH A NUMBER OF AUDIO FILES
When a Midi file uses more than one audio files, all the audio files relating to the Midi file must be saved in one block, namely a Sound Block
with .BLK extension, with the same name as the Midi file. A Sound Block can bear audio files in .WAV, .MSP and .INS format or a loop to be syn-
chronized with the rhythm.
With Master Folder disabled, simply put the Sound Block in the same folder.
With Master Folder enabled, the Sound Block will be stored in Folder 94 "Sounds".

SEARCHING A MIDI FILE

If hundreds of Midi files are grouped in a Folder they will be displayed in alphabetical order and with their own number assigned according to
the time order in which they were copied or created in the Folder. One of these Midi files can be called up at any time from Song Play by enter-
ing the number using the numeric keypad, but it may prove more handy to search a Midi file according to its title.
Proceed as follows:
Display the list of Midi files using F5 Dir.
Enter the first letters of the title using the keyboard keys, which will be shown in the dedicated box under the disk in use.
The display will show the first 20 Midi files found with these letters. To see the next use the VALUE +/- push buttons.
The search function becomes more accurate by adding more letters.
If a title is entered incorrectly, press F5 again to start the procedure again.
If there is only one Midi file with that title, be it partial or complete, press SAVE/ENTER to immediately load the Midi file.
If you have found the Midi file within the list given, load it by entering its number using the numeric keypad.
Once the Midi file has been loaded, press START to reproduce it.
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