Using .Txt Files With Song Play; Synchronizing The Page Change Using A Midi File - KETRON SD1 User Manual

Whatever the status of the Arranger (started or stopped), access can be gained to the RAM of TXT files at any time:
Press the DISK push button.
Choose between Floppy Disk or Hard Disk using the PAGE +/- push buttons.
If you choose Hard Disk you must find the Folder bearing the TXT files. With Master Folder enabled, the Folder corresponds to 97 Text files.
You can also create new Folders with Master Folder disabled, to organise your own .TXT, files, the procedure of which is described in the
Disk section.
Once you have found the .TXT file to be loaded using the VALUE +/- push buttons, enable RAM loading using F2 Load.
The words are displayed in the bottom of the display. When a number of pages are present, the next pages are scrolled using the PAGE +/-
push buttons or the optional pedals FS13 or FS6.
Press the PAGE +/- push buttons together to display the first page of the words and press them again to go to the last page of the words.
Press them a third time to return to the words page displayed initially.
To disable the display press the EXIT push button which, if pressed again, displays the words again.
The display of the words in the Arranger mode can be disabled using function push button F7 Text, set in Off, in the F3 Utility menu that is
accessed from the main page of the display.
To automate the loading procedure of a .TXT file you can use a Single Registration observing three conditions:
The Single Registration must have the same name as the .TXT file to be loaded.
With Master Folder disabled, the .TXT file and that of the Single Registration must be stored within the same Folder.
With Master Folder enabled, the .TXT file must be stored in the Folder 97 Text file and Single Registration in the Folder 93 Registration.
If you record the settings of the Arranger, including the Style, in a Single Registration with the same name as the .TXT file to be loaded, when
you call up the Single Registration the .TXT file will also be loaded. The loading speed is obviously longer when the .TXT file is read from the
Hard Disk.

USING .TXT FILES WITH SONG PLAY

Compared to the Arranger it is not possible to first load a Midi file and then the .TXT file to be displayed. The only possibility to automate the
whole process is that of giving the Midi file and the .TXT file the same name so that, when loading the Midi file, the .TXT file is automatically
found and loaded in RAM. In Song Play too the display of the .TXT file is controlled by the EXIT push button. The same conditions seen above
apply here too:
The Midi file must have the same name as the .TXT to be loaded.
With Master Folder disabled the .TXT file and the Midi file must be stored in the same Folder.
With Master Folder enabled the .TXT file must be stored in the Folder 97 Text file and the Midi file in the Folder 91 Midi file.
To automatically call up the Midi file and the .TXT file set with the above mentioned conditions use the controls already described in Song Play
(see specific section). To scroll any pages that follow, the words must be displayed and then use the PAGE +/- push buttons. Press the PAGE
+/- push buttons together to display the first page of the words, press again to go to the last page of words and press a third time to return to
the page displayed initially.
If the words display is disabled using the EXIT push button the PAGE +/- push buttons are used to switch from Hard Disk to Floppy Disk.
It is to be pointed out again that a .TXT file is not at all a Karaoke file, in other words a file with Lyrics events and therefore the functions relat-
ed to the Karaoke will not work using a .TXT file.

SYNCHRONIZING THE PAGE CHANGE USING A MIDI FILE

The SD1 can record the page change of the .TXT file displayed at any stage of a Midi file. By writing a text with empty lines you can reach results
very near to Karaoke, obviously with some graphic restrictions. The synchronization procedure is always enabled when reproducing the Midi
file and there are no functions or controls to call it up.
Load the Midi file and the .TXT file in Song Play.
Enable the Midi file reproduction mode using START.
When you wish to call up the next page press the PAGE + push button.
Repeat the procedure for the following pages.
When the reproduction of the Midi file has ended press SAVE/ENTER to record the synchronized page change.
Confirm the registration using F10 Save, or cancel the procedure using F5 Escape.
The SD1 saves the beats and the measures in which the page change occurs with some special codes within the .TXT file, whereas the Midi
file is not modified in any way whatsoever. Therefore to return to the original .TXT file use the F4 Clear function that cancels these codes
from the .TXT file.
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