Quick Start Guide

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SX3000

The keyboard KETRON SX3000 has the same technical and musical features as the standard version KETRON SD5.

Therefore, you can refer to the Instruction manual supplied with the SD5 unit for all the operational information and

technical tables.

The SX300 model differs compared to the SD5 version in the following features:

• 36 Typical sounds for Turk music.

• 33 Typical styles for Turk music (extra compared to the 202 standard styles)

• 9 Turk Drum Sets

• KOMA key instead of the HARMONY key, which is used to dynamically alter the setting of the scale while

playing.

SELECTING THE SOUNDS

The 36 Turk sounds can be pulled-up as follows:

• Press the USER VOICES key

• Press the PIANO key a number of times until you find the page with the required tone.

• Press function key F1-F10 corresponding to the tone.

SELECTING THE STYLES

The SX300 unit has 33 new Turk Styles saved in the PATTERN area of the instrument. Proceed as follows to pull-up

the styles:

• Press the Pattern key (LED lit).

• Select the Styles available using the 0 – 9 keypad. The Turk Styles are arranged in groups 0 ( Unplugged ), 1

( Pop ), 2 ( Dance ) and 3 ( Ballad ).

• Press function key (F1-F10) corresponding to the required style.

ORIENTAL SCALE

To change the intervals of the Arab scale:

• Press the KOMA key.

• While the LED of the key flashes, press the notes involved in the alteration of the Arab scale on the highest

octave of the keyboard (C5 – B5).

• To disable the Arab scale, play the highest note of the keyboard (C6); disable the KOMA key to maintain the

pre-selected condition.

For further information on the Arab Scale, we advise you to consult the SD5 manual, referring to the UTILITY 2/2 -

ARABIC SCALE menu.

The Arab scale can also be changed using the first 12 MULTI-TAB keys of the keyboard. Press the SELECT MODE key,

function key F4 (KOMA), and then enable or disable the relative key of the MULTI-TAB panel.

We also remind you that there are up to 20 different set-up’s for Arab tuning, which can be activated using the foot

switch (Footswitch FS 13) and saved on Registration.