Operation Manual
Arranger
The Arranger is the heart of the automatic accompaniment of the XD9. It allows you to create a dynamic and versatile arrangement using the
Styles and their controls. A Style is a group of short sequences relevant to major, minor and seventh tonalities or different tonalities combined
with each other. The Arranger has the task to suitably modify those basic sequences, according to the chord played, to create continuous har-
monies that may also be based on more complex chords like the thirteenths and the diminished ones.
The sequences a Style is made up of are called Parts and refer to single moments of the arrangement, like the introduction, the ending and the
fill ins, i.e. the small detachments between the single parts of a piece of music.
Each Section is made up of a number of tracks for the single instruments that make up a musical arrangement.
The XD9 has available the following parts for each Style:
Intro 1: one or more introduction bars
Intro 2: one or more introduction bars that are more complex than those of Intro 1
Intro 3: one or more introduction bars that are more complex than those of Intro 2
Fill 1: one detachment bar
Fill 2: one detachment bar that is more complex than the one of Fill In 1
Fill 3: one detachment bar that is more complex than the one of Fill In 2
Break (Fill 4): one percussion detachment bar
Ending 1: one or more ending bars
Ending 2: one or more ending bars that are more complex than those of Ending 1
Ending 3: one or more ending bars that are more complex than those of Ending 2
Arrange A: a simple accompaniment variation
Arrange B: an accompaniment variation that is more complex than the one of Arrange A
Arrange C: an accompaniment variation that is more complex than the one of Arrange B
Arrange D: an accompaniment variation that is more complex than the one of Arrange C
Each part of the Arranger is made up of a maximum of eight tracks divided into:
Drum 1: track for the drums and percussion instruments of the Drum Set
Drum 2: track where the Live Drums are employed.
Bass: bass line track
Chord 1, 2, 3, 4, 5: melodic accompaniment tracks
Lowers 1, 2:real-time background for the left hand
Editing, modifying and copying accompaniment tracks and sections is achieved with Edit Pattern, which is accessed from the Left Control
menu on the second page. For each Style, the XD9 allows you to modify the voices that are assigned to the tracks, as well as the volumes, the
pan value and the amount of the effects sent. The Arranger is controlled through the XD9 keyboard, pedals and buttons, or via MIDI. This last
feature is particularly useful for those who use a MIDI accordion.
PANEL COMMANDS
KEY START: When the relative LED is lit and the Arranger is in Stop status (not playing), the automatic accompaniment is started
as soon as you play a chord on the left to the split point of the keyboard. If an INTRO is selected, as soon as you play
a chord the introduction will be started. If you wish to control the behaviour of the Lower section, i.e. the voices pro-
viding the background for the left hand, go to the ARRANGE MODE menu from the main display page, where you can
disable the Lower sound if the Arranger is not On. In this way you avoid the lower notes being played before the
arranger starts. If the HOLD LED is lit, the Arranger remembers the chord played even after you stopped pressing the
keys associated with the current chord to the left of the split point.
KEY STOP: If this LED is on, playing a chord or a note of short duration interrupts the Arranger performance. It is restarted as
soon as you play the same or another chord all together. If the note or the chord is pressed for more than a given
value that can be programmed in Arrange Mode, the Arranger continues playing. If the Arranger is Off, KEY STOP
restarts it if you play a chord over a longer time than the one foreseen. If you have selected a FILL or an INTRO, the
Arranger is Off and you play a chord over a longer time than the one foreseen, the complete FILL or INTRO will be
performed. If instead you play a very short chord, the Arranger is immediately stopped after you lift your left hand
off the keyboard. If the KEY START LED is also lit, as soon as you remove your hand from the section on the left from
the split point, the Arranger is stopped and will be restarted as soon as you play a note or a chord to the left of the
splint point. The time elapsing before the Key Stop becomes active can by programmed in Sync Time in the Arrange
Mode menu.
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Arranger