Operation Manual

SAVING THE PARAMETERS FOR THE MIDI ACCORDION

Thanks to the Power On Set-up function, all the settings of the parameters described can be saved, which will be called up automatically when

the XD9 is turned on. To enable this procedure, press the SAVE/ENTER push button and then select F3 Power On Set-up. Press F10 Save to

save the settings in Flash RAM. Further details on Power On Set-up are given in the dedicated section.

THE MIDI PARAMETERS FOR THE ACCORDION

When the Accordion is enabled using F10 Active, the XD9 calls up the MIDI Accordion 1 set-up to attribute the MIDI channels to the keyboard

sections in MIDI reception. The MIDI Accordion 1 set-up is that most frequently used with most MIDI accordions. The attribution of the MIDI recep-

tion channels can be modified in menu F6 MIDI that is accessed from the main page of the display and then using F2 Channel Receive.

You will see that, when the Accordion mode is enabled, the MIDI Set-up in F10 is Accordion 1. To modify the settings of the single sections, move

onto one of them using the CURSOR +/- push buttons and then enter the MIDI channel using the VALUE +/- push buttons. The main sections

involved with the MIDI Accordion are:

Right Channel: This is the setting of the MIDI receiving channel for the part played with the right hand, namely the lead.

Left Channel: This is the setting of the MIDI receiving channel for the part played with the left hand, namely the left section of the XD9

dedicated to the acknowledgement of the chords for the Arranger.

Bass Channel: This is the setting of the MIDI receiving channel for the manual bass section.

Drum Channel: This is the setting of the MIDI receiving channel used to play the percussion timbres when the Left Drum mode is enabled.

To save the settings, press the SAVE/ENTER push button and then F10 Save. Further details are given in the MIDI section.

TIPS TO QUICK CONNECTION OF A MIDI ACCORDION

Connect the MIDI cable to the MIDI Out of the Accordion and the MIDI In 2 of the XD9.

Call up the F3 Utility menu from the main page of the display and then press F1 Accordion and then F10 to set the parameter on Active.

If the sections of the Accordion (Right, Lower and Chords) do not play correctly, exit using the EXIT push button, press F6 MIDI and then F2

Channel Receive to set and match the MIDI channels between the Accordion sections and those of the XD9 using the CURSOR +/- and VALUE

+/- push buttons. If the settings have been modified, save them using the SAVE/ENTER push button then F10 Save, in the Accordion 1 set-up,

which is called up each time the Accordion mode is enabled.

The Ketron XD9 is provided with two MIDI set-ups for Accordions. Accordion 1 is dedicated to the use of the Accordion with the XD9 Arranger

and Accordion 2 controls all sixteen MIDI parts of the XD9. The settings of the Accordion menu in the Utility menu can be saved in a Registration.

To enable the manual bass, press LEFT CONTROL and then the F3 Manual Bass push button.

Note: Remember that most problems relating to a MIDI Accordion depend on the settings of the MIDI transmitting channels on the MIDI

Accordion. If various MIDI instruments are used and connected to the Accordion, it is preferable to modify the MIDI set-up of the XD9 rather than

to re-program the Accordion MIDI set-up to match the MIDI set-up of the XD9.

XD9-XD3

MIDI Accordions