Quick Start Guide

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- Functions added to the Power On Set up: Autoclose (for Preset Voices), Intelligent Transposer, Text Mode, Accordion Bass
on Stop, Pattern Group, Transposer Delayed mode. (Page 58 of the Owner’s manual contains the other futures –
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The new function B
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s Off Stop has been added. When the Accordion Mode is activated the new feature, BS ACCORD [accessed
from Utility, Accordion (F6) and using F8 to toggle between Off on Stop and Normal] is automatically set to ‘Off on Stop’. This
ensures that the Bass and Chords do not sound after the arranger has been stopped. Into Accordion Mode, on F6, Bass Octave
function is shared Sustain.
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New Dynamic User Curves have been added, Left Expression controlled via Midi 2 (for Midi Accordion equipped with bellow’s
Expression).
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– There is the possibility to assign the 1 Touch voice to a Style. For each style therefore, you can assign your best 10 voi-
ces that you believe best suit the style in question for quicker operation. This function is located within the Arranger Mode - Pg. 2 under
the Retrigger&Mode screen. Using the -Value + buttons, after the Style Setting Etn/Orc4, it is possible to assign any of the 1- 8 One Touch
settings to the style in question. This way, whenever you call up that style, the associated One Touch settings will automatically be asso-
ciated with the style when you press the One Touch button (with the Style Setting LED on). Your favourite voices for a particular style will
always be available – quicker access to voices and less time searching for the right voice!
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When displaying text, 40 characters can now be viewed within each line without re-formatting. Under UTILITY, TEXT (F7), 2
modes can now be selected:
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Standard form centralized within screen – 27 characters per line will be displayed.
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New, smaller font utilizing full screen – 40 characters per line will be displayed.
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- This feature has also been added under OnLineEffect (Micro [F6]) for easier, quicker access and operation.
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- For faster operation, (when the Ram Memory gets full during sound loading), the message ‘Memory Full’ is displayed together
with the new function Clear&Load (F10) and Exit. Pressing (F10) allows the sounds that currently reside in RAM to be cleared and the cur-
rent selected sounds automatically loaded, while Exit (F5) aborts the loading operation and retains the current sounds in RAM.
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: An Editing possibility for Preset Voices exists within the SD1 Plus. When a Preset voice is selected, by pressing simultaneously
the Edit Preset buttons * and #, the Program window corresponding to the same Preset is opened.
2 new functions have been provided for Saving the voice: To Preset [F8] (overwrites the existing RAM Preset with the same name and new
edits), and To Disk [F7] (Saves all Presets to Disk with an extension .pre).
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- Under the Disk menu - Utility - Disk Control, the Style Convert feature exists. This allows the SD1 PLUS to automatically con-
vert all the Styles from the X and XD series that reside within HD into Master Styles Folder to the SD1 PLUS format.
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- The capability to instantly mute all of the accompaniment chord tracks while a selected one remains active is available. Within
the Arrange View window, if one of the 5 automatic Chords (F6 – F10) is selected and highlighted, it is possible to mute all the other unse-
lected chords, drum and bass leaving the highlighted chord active by simultaneously pressing both Chord/Solo Volume buttons. To exit from
the function and re-activate the other chords, just press one of the 2 master Chord Volumes again or a Fill In.
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- It is possible to save the 2nd Voices settings to Disk with the extension .2ND. After pressing Save/Enter, press F6 – 2nd
Voice, then F8 – Disk Save and finally F10 - Save to confirm. Any new 2nd voice setting overwrites the previous 2ndvoice file.
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- When in Song Play mode, by simultaneously pressing the two Edit Preset buttons * and #, it is possi-
ble to view and select a Style from the current HD folder that will be used next. The Style selected will automatically be loaded.
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- New Dynamic curves have been added to clearly distinguish the difference between Soft1, Soft2, Normal, Hard1, Hard2
… etc. (UTILITY, Page1/3, Vel. Curve [F10]).
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All references to the full OS4.0a information (already loaded in this unit) can be obtained from our website at www.ketron.it - under the
Software category.
SD1 Plus Quick manual
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