Ketron SD3 Module

KETRON SD3V Details

SD3 Sound Module w/ built in Vocalizer.

Multi-function buttons:
1-16 multifunction buttons.

Mode Select:
Drum On/Off, SFX, GM Part access, Free Assignable,
Registration Groups, Arabic scale.

Display:
240 x 128 pixel backlit graphic TCF.

Floppy Disk:
3.5 2DD/HD.

Hard Disk:
(optional unit) Type ATA IDE 2.5. 6Gbyte (max).

Sound Generation:
290 Orchestral Presets Sounds. 292 GM Voices. More than 1000 Percussive sounds. 32 parts Multitimbral.

User Voices:
110 User Voices.

Editing capabilities:
A,D,S,R, Cut Off, Resonance, Effects.

1 Touch:
60 programmable 1 Touch/Favourite Sounds, assignable to Styles.

Drawbars:
8 Digital Drawbar effects. 10 Selections.

Programs:
Velocity switch, Duet, Trio, Morphing, Steel, Slide, Harmony and 2nd voice assign. Single & Global Program loading.

2nd Voice:
292 Preset & programmable Second Voices. 2nd Voice Edit.

Registrations:
198 panel/song settings. Single & Block modes. Registration Groups 1-16 Assignable buttons.

Drum 1:
24 New Drum sets. 24 User Drum Sets. 10 Drum sections. Drum Mixer. Manual Drums.

Drum 2:
62 Live Drum sets. New Acoustic and Latin audio Loops.

Arranger:
202 Internal Styles, featuring new Unplugged, Real Latin, Ballroom and Pop Styles. Riff section. Arranger part Mute. After Fill. Smart 7th. Alternate Bass. Swing Bass. Professional Guitar templates. Rewritable parameters. 4 Arrangers: A, B, C, D. 3 Intro/Endings, Fill In, Break Interactive Accompaniment. Manual Bass. Jump. Tap Tempo. Accelerando-Ritardando. Tempo control. Pedalboard funcions. Rootless & Standard Chord recognition.

Pattern:
internal 2 Mbyte Flash ( up to 50 Patterns ).

Edit functions:
Record, Clear, Copy , Remap. Pattern Expansion memory (optional).

Song Recording:
Real time MIDI Song Recording to Disk (HD or FD).

Pianist:
Standard & Auto Piano-style arranger playing modes. Sustain On/Off.

Octave:
1 octave Up/Down.

Double:
Lower octave coupling.

Harmony:
Full, Jazz, Double, Bluegrass, Trill, Repeat, Folk 1, Folk 2.

Transposer:
+/- 24 half tones.

Arabic Scale:
13 arabic setups (footswitch assignable). Tune + / - 99 cents per note.

Accordion Mode:
International, Belgique. Velocity control to Left&Right. Bass&Lower octave. Left Drum to Bass&Chord.

Effects:
Multieffect DSP. 60 different effects. Reverberation, Chorus, Flanger, Delay, Tap Delay 4 / 8, Wha Wha, Distortion, Overdrive, Rotor Slow/Fast , Bass Boost. Portamento. Mono – Legato function.

Micro:
Input with Gain control. Echo, Reverb., Pan/Pot, Pitch Shift, Talk mode (with no effects).

Vocalizer:
Harmonizer, Vocoder, Melody types, Midi Vocalizer track, Vocalizer to Arranger, Vocal effects. Left & Right Harmonies.

Midi file Player:
SMF Song playback with karaoke and Text files. Converts. kar & Midi type 0 files to 1. Juke box. Intelligent Transposer. Song Chain. Drum & Bass. Lead On/Off. Saves Song’s new setup.

Drum Remix:
Real time interactive Midifile and Style playing. Song and Style select.

COMPARING KETRON SD3 vs XD3

1. SOUNDS:- Most of the sounds of the SD3 are new and in some cases even better than the sounds of the flagship SD1Plus (such as guitars, violin, piano, strings, sax). More realism has been added especially to guitars which now have fret noise, strumming … etc. When used with the styles, they are even more realistic than before.

2. STYLES:- The new styles take use of the new voices. You now have a lot of bass slides and guitar strums and noises within a style making them more realistic. Most styles are now 16 or (as in the case of some RIFFs) 32 measures long, making them less redundant and more realistic.

3. FEATURES:- A lot of new features have been included with the SD2 making music performance and creation more fun such as

a. Multi-tab buttons. Can be assigned to various functions OR used to call up registrations (whose names can now be displayed at the center of the screen).

b. Fill to Arranger. A user can now press any of the Arrangement tabs, and the SD3 will automatically insert a fill before going to the next arrangement.

c. RIFF. Unit now plays back complex chord progressions based on the style selected and the style of play.

d. After Fill. This feature allows you to trigger the Fill in by pressing harder on the keys – frees your hand so you focus on playing.

e. Hard Drive upgradeable. Upgrade HD to 80GB

4. MIDIJAY LINK – Control the Midijay functions directly via Midi from the SD2. Use the Midijay to increase library with Grooves, drum loops, audio (wave and Mp3 files) … etc.

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