CONNECTIONS ON THE REAR

MICRO 1 OUTPUT: Monophonic 1/4 jack direct audio output of the input signal of Micro 1 processed by the Vocalizer but not by the
internal effects like Reverb or chorus.
OUTPUT LEFT/MONO, RIGHT: Monophonic 1/4 jack audio outputs where the Left out can work as the summed monophonic output
for the whole instrument. When the Left and Right outputs are used the XD9 works in stereo.
PEDAL FOOTSWITCH: This is a multipolar socket used to connect optional pedals with six or thirteen switches, to control many functions including automatic accompaniment commands etc. SUSTAIN PEDAL: This is the socket for the Sustain On/Off type pedal. VOLUME PEDAL: This is the socket for the continuous Volume control pedal. It is advisable to use pedals produced by Ketron to avoid
dangerous short circuits or abnormal conditions in general.
MIDI In (GM): Midi Input Port used just to control the General MIDI sound generator of the XD9 with sixteen MIDI parts. MIDI In 2 (Keyboard): MIDI port for connecting an external MIDI keyboard or accordion which can operate the XD9 in a similar way

to its own keyboard.

MIDI Out: MIDI port used to send the data generated by the XD9, including automatic accompaniment and lead part(s). MIDI Thru: MIDI port that allows all data from the MIDI IN1 to pass through unaltered.
COMPUTER INTERFACE: The XD9 can be directly connected to a PC or to a Mac via this port. VIDEO INTERFACE: This optional device is used to display the words of a Midi file and other information provided by the musician on
a monitor for the audience.
AC: Socket for the power supply cable. MAIN SWITCH: This push button turns the XD9 on & off. FRONT CONNECTIONS
HEADPHONES: Allows you to connect stereo headphones.
GAIN: Controls the gain of the microphone audio inputs. MICRO INPUT: Unbalanced 1/4 mono audio jack input for two microphones, (if a stereo-mono adapter is used). The Micro Input signal can be processed by the inner Vocalizer of the XD9 and by the global effects. Without the adapter, only one microphone can be used. FURTHER ELEMENTS OF THE XD9
HARD DISK The optional hard disk allows you to store Midi files, Patterns and any other files processed by the XD9. DISK DRIVE Supplied as standard, it is used to read and write 720 KB and 1.4 MB of data on floppy disks in DOS format. Floppy disks formatted on any PC can also be used. MODULATION WHEEL This wheel is used to control the sound modulation (usually created by the Pitch and Amplitude LFOs with programmable parameters) but, with the Rotor effect enabled, it can also control the Rotor speed Fast / Slow. PITCH BEND WHEEL This is used to raise or lower the pitch of the voice. VELOCITY The key dynamics is used to control some timbre parameters such as the volume of the note or the filter. GENERAL VOLUME The volume cursor seen on the front panel controls the general volume of the audio outputs Left & Right of the whole keyboard, including the microphone signals. The cursor does not send a Volume data to the MIDI Out port.

HOW TO USE A MIDI ACCORDION
Ketron has reserved a dedicated menu for the connection of accordions equipped with MIDI interface, which must exploit the MIDI In 2 input. To reach the parameters required, from the main page shown on the display, access F3 UTILITY and from this page select F1 ACCORDION. Various parameters to be modified are offered here. The most important however is the enabling of the MIDI accordion that is achieved by pressing F10 that switches from Inactive to Active. If you already own a MIDI accordion you most probably already know most of the parameters provided. In any event the default settings should work efficiently with almost all types of MIDI accordions. It is important to remember that if your MIDI accordion seems not to work you most probably have to work on the matching of the MIDI channels, which are accessed using the F6 MIDI menu. When the Accordion mode is enabled, the XD9 does indeed automatically modify the MIDI settings that can be re-programmed at any time. 16 XD9-XD3

THE REGISTRATIONS

All the parameters dealt with up to this point, and many more can be saved and called up instantly thanks to the 198 Registrations. The handiness of the Registration function becomes clearer as you go along and are crucial when playing live as they are used to call up all the settings B of an automatic accompaniment or a Midi file with words and audio files. There are two types of Registrations: those on board in memory (Block Registration) and those stored on disk (Single Registration). The XD9 can hold one Block Registration at any given time. There are 198 registers S within each Block Registration which are called up by enabling the Registration push button and then entering the number of the Register using S the numeric keypad (STYLES push buttons). The XD9 comes with 198 pre-set default Registers. The Single Registrations on the other hand are loaded one at a time from hard disk or floppy disk. There may be up to 999 Single Registrations for each folder of the disk and are called up by first enabling the REGISTRATION push button after having modified the selection mode for Registrations in the Utility menu using F7 Regis. Mode S and then entering the 3-digits number using the numeric keypad (STYLES push buttons). The real secret of the Registration however is yet to follow. On most electronic keyboards, to load a Midi file, a pattern and a text file, you have to go through at least three procedures to access the disk, which is maybe not appreciated by the audience who have to sit waiting due to access time. The XD9 does all this just by simply calling up a Registration. If indeed the name of the Registration is the same as that of the Midi file, the text file and the pattern, when it is called up the XD9 will automatically load all these files, without having to access the DISK functions. Added to this the fact that you can pre-program the Registrations at home in comfort and youll realise quickly how incredibly fast and handy the XD9 is when playing live! For the time being we will end on how to simply save a Registration for later recall. Once you have set the Sounds, the Style, the Arranger options E and any other parameter as desired, as well as all the other control panel settings on the XD9 (as they currently are), press the SAVE/ENTER push button; select F1 Registration and enter the name to be assigned using the keys of the keyboard. To change the destination in memory, enter the number of the target Registration using the STYLE push buttons. Once the name has been entered and the position in the list chosen, all you have to do is confirm everything using F10 Save, or exit without saving anything using F5 Escape or EXIT. The calling up of a Registration overrides all the other functions in use at the time. The elements a change in Registration should or should not affect can be determined and will be discussed in further detail.

CALLING UP THE VOICES

The two rows of six push buttons called VOICES are used to call up the voices according to the family in which they belong. When a family is selected using the push button, the display shows five Voices to the left and five Voices to the right, which can be selected by pressing the function button associated to that voice. The last Bank of Voices is dedicated to the Drawbar voices if you press the USER VOICE push button. When the XD9 reaches the last page of Voices available, if you press the same push button for that family of voices again you will return to the group of voices of the first page. This last move (unlike the others) cannot be made using the PAGE + and PAGE push buttons. The VOICES push buttons do not call up the preset voices alone. If the LED of the USER VOICE push button is lit, you get the bank of user editable voices. The 110 voices in this bank can be called up using the VOICES push buttons in groups of eight at a time. If the LED of the DRAWBAR push button is lit, the last bank of Voices calls up a single Organ voice only. If the LED of the PROGRAM push button is lit, then the VOICE push buttons call up the Program memories. If the LED of the ONE TOUCH push button it lit, then the first row of VOICE push buttons calls up one of the six pages that make up the One Touch memories (where your favourite voices are stored).

SECOND VOICE

The XD9 offers the facility to create a layer using two voices for the section to the right of the keyboard split point. The display shows the name of another Voice called the Second Voice in small letters under the selected main Voices name. To activate the Second Voice press the 2ND VOICE push button (the LED lights up). As a default setting, the XD9 already has a Second Voice assigned to each lead voice, but this voice can be modified. This editing procedure can be carried out once the Second Voice is switched on. From the main page press Play Control and then PAGE +. From the menu displayed, select F4 2nd Voice Edit Select the group to which the new voice for the Second Voice belongs using the VOICES push buttons. Only the name of the first Voice of that group will appear. Use the equivalent function buttons (F1-F10) to select the other Voices that follow the first one in the group selected. To modify the octave of the Second Voice, use the CURSOR +/- push buttons that will act as TRANSPOSER push buttons while the Voice is selected. To modify the volume of the Second Voice, use the VALUE + e VALUE - push buttons for the volume while the voice is selected. This editing procedure can be repeated for each voice assigned as the Second Voice. Remember to save the modifications made (which would otherwise be lost when the XD9 is turned off and default to those set by Ketron) by proceeding as follows: Press SAVE/ENTER Select F6 2nd Voice Confirm the procedure using F10 Save, thus the modifications are saved permanently in Flash RAM. To restore the original settings of the Second Voice preset by Ketron, use function push button F9 Default instead of confirming the procedure. 18 XD9-XD3

If you wish to modify the settings of the single key, first of all play the note, which will be shown in F2 Key, and then modify the following parameters to be selected with the function buttons. The values are input using the VALUE +/- buttons. F1 Live Snare: if this parameter is set to On, the snare intonation will be slightly modified during the performance to simulate what happens in reality (since a snare drum does have different intonations depending on how hard, soft or at what angle it is hit). It makes the Drum Set more expressive. Percussion group from which the sound to be assigned to the note is to be selected. This allows quicker sound assignment. Sound to be assigned to the note. Pressing the VALUE +/- buttons, further to the sounds foreseen for the specific percussion group, you scroll the complete list of sounds without having to use F3 Group. Aborts the Drum Set editing mode. Repeatedly pressing this button transposes the complete Drum Set by octaves. Transposes the sound assigned to the note by halftones. Transposes the sound assigned to the note by hundredths. selects the Drum Mixer page. Calls up the storage page, where to enter the name of the modified Drum Set using the keyboard keys and the CURSOR +/buttons. Pressing F10 Save once more you confirm the saving procedure, which will overwrite the User Drum Set. The F5 Escape button deletes storage and takes you back to the Edit Drum Set page.
F3 Group: F4 Instrument: F5 Escape: F6 Key Shift: F7 Pitch: F8 Tune: F9 Drum Mixer: F10 Save:

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 harmonies 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: Intro 2: Intro 3: Fill 1: Fill 2: Fill 3: Break (Fill 4): Ending 1: Ending 2: Ending 3: Arrange A: Arrange B: Arrange C: Arrange D: one or more introduction bars one or more introduction bars that are more complex than those of Intro 1 one or more introduction bars that are more complex than those of Intro 2 one detachment bar one detachment bar that is more complex than the one of Fill In 1 one detachment bar that is more complex than the one of Fill In 2 one percussion detachment bar one or more ending bars one or more ending bars that are more complex than those of Ending 1 one or more ending bars that are more complex than those of Ending 2 a simple accompaniment variation an accompaniment variation that is more complex than the one of Arrange A an accompaniment variation that is more complex than the one of Arrange B an accompaniment variation that is more complex than the one of Arrange C

F3 Part: F4 Tracks: F5 Escape: F6 Destination:
F8 Destination Part: When selecting a Part of which a number of variations are available, you can modify the destination Part provided that it matches the original one. Thus, for example, if the source Part is Arrange A, you could choose not only Arrange A as destination but also B, C and D. The same applies to Intro, Ending and Fill In. To select a different Part press the function push button F6 Destination Part repeatedly. F9 Destination Track: If a Chord track has been selected in F4 Tracks, you can copy it to a different Chord track than the original one, as explained for F6 Destination Part. To select a different Chord track, press function push button F7 Destination Track repeatedly. F10 Save: This is used to confirm and to save the copy procedure set with the parameters as indicated above.

F5 REMAP

This function allows you to modify the order of the Patterns within the Pattern bank. The page shows the list of the Patterns stored in RAM, to each of which a three digits position number is assigned. With F9 Select and using the CURSOR +/- push buttons you can select the Patterns according to the desired order. Next to those selected, the new position number will appear. After having terminated the selection, press F10 Save to confirm the operation.

F6 DELETE

deletes Patterns from the Flash RAM bank. F9 Select allows you to select one or a number of Patterns to delete from those stored in the bank. F10 Execute confirms and deletes the selected Pattern(s), while F5 Escape takes you back to the original page of Edit Pattern.

F7 DISK SAVE

allows you to save on the presently activated disk, one or a number of Patterns as single files having the extension.PAT. F9 Select allows you to select the Pattern to be saved among those present in the Pattern bank. F10 Execute saves the Pattern while F5 Escape takes you back to the main page of Edit Pattern. 46 XD9-XD3

F9 MIDI RECORD

From the main Edit Pattern display screen, you can have access to Midi Record F6. Thanks to this function, you can record the Pattern directly from a complete sequence transmitted by an external Computer or Sequencer. To record a Pattern from a Sequencer/Computer: Connect the Midi In 2 of the instrument to the Midi Out of the Computer and the Midi Out of the instrument to the Midi In of the computer. Activate the Midi Clock In of the Computer (deactivate the Thru if inserted). Activate Midi Clock Out on the instrument. Prepare the sequence to be transmitted from the Computer/sequencer. The channel of each track of the sequence must correspond to that of the various sections of the style as currently selected in the Midi RX of the instrument. Press the Edit Pattern button. Select the MIDI RECORD function using F9. Make sure that the Time Signature of the Pattern on the PARAMETER section corresponds to that of the sequence to be transmitted. Choose the part to record (Arrange A, B,C, D, Intro, Fill etc.) Set the Value Quantize function to the desired value. (In the event of very complex sequences, we recommend you select the REAL value). Choose the number of Beats to record using the BAR function Press F8 to select REC. Press the Start button. The recording will automatically stop at the end of the set number of beats. All the tracks will be recorded at once. To listen to it again, press Start and play the Pattern normally. In this phase, you can give different Quantizations for the acquired sequence before saving it. To save the Pattern, press F5 Save. The biggest difference compared to the traditional recording method lies in the possibility to record all the tracks via MIDI in one go. In fact, each track corresponds to a specific MIDI channel and by creating, for example, four beats of Arrange A on the external sequencer using all the tracks containing the Parts, the whole contents of the Part can be sent from the sequencer to be reproduced. In any event it is always possible to send a single track from the external sequencer using the internal functions of the sequencer such as the equivalent Mute and Solo functions. It is advisable not to use Program Changes in the sequence that will be controlled by the external sequencer. They can be modified at a later date by selecting the most appropriate voices for each track, from the F1 Record or F9 MIDI Record page as already explained above. This method of working avoids confusion.

F3 Transpose:

F4 Global Transposition: This allows you to transpose the complete Midi file by semitones using the VALUE +/- push buttons, except for track 10 dedicated to the drums. F5 Dir: F6 Jukebox: This is used to display the list of Midi files stored in the Folder or in the disk in use. Its function has already been described in the sections on how to load a Midi file. The creation of chains of Midi files has already been illustrated in the dedicated section, to which you may refer. You will find the explanations of the single detailed parameters. F7 Go Next: This indicates the next Midi file to be played back or loaded. F8 Lead: If set to On, the lead track will be reproduced. If pressed again the track of the Midi file indicated as Lead Channel will be disabled. F10 Lyric: If there are Lyric events in the Midi file and if the function is set to On, the display shows the words set in syllables. In this status, if F10 is pressed again, the function will be disabled. This is used to control the optional video interface. Further details are provided in the Video Out and Karaoke section. This is used to quickly enable or disable the track of the lead established with Lead Channel in page F3 Transposer. Press the function push button to switch On and Off. If the MIDI channel does not correspond to that of the lead, there is the risk of disabling a different track such as that of the bass or of another instrument. The F8 Lead status is valid for all Midi files. This allows you to enable the Remix function of the drums track. For further information, please refer to the Drum Remix chapter. The display choice applies to all Midi files. Its default setting is Off. Press the function push button F10 again if the Midi file has Lyrics events and they will be set in syllables on the display. From the lyrics display page, exit using the F10 function push button.

F7 Video: F8 Lead:

F9 Drum Remix: F10 Lyric:
MODIFYING AND SAVING THE PARAMETERS OF THE TRACKS OF A MIDI FILE
The XD9 can modify the Volume, Reverb, Chorus and Pan parameters for each single track (Part) of a Midi file. It can also always filter out undesired MIDI events, transpose the track, enable the Mute and define the MIDI receiving and transmitting channels for each track. To go beyond the General MIDI standard Level 1, it is also possible to convert the track into one dedicated to the use of a Drum Set or the Vocalizer. These parameters can be edited only after having started the Midi file for some measures - just enough to load the single track parameter information that is always defined at the beginning of each Midi file.

On this page, use the PAGE +/- push buttons to select the destination disk as well. Once the Midi file has been created, the display will show the F10 Start function. By pressing the relative function push button, Recording appears under the Tempo bar and the recording of the Midi file starts, even with the Arranger disabled, thus enabling all the basic settings to be recorded that will then go into the fist measure of the Midi file. The Tempo starts only if the Arranger is enabled. Recording is not stopped by pressing the START push button once again but only if both the DISK and SONG PLAY push buttons are pressed at the same time. Once Song Record is disabled, the XD9 resets itself automatically, ready to playback everything recorded within the current session in Song Play.
.KAR,.MID (Midi files) &.TXT (text) files
The karaoke function is used to show the words (Lyrics) of a Midi file being reproduced on the display, aligning the text in syllables via some graphic solutions. The words of a Midi file are handled as meta events and therefore there are Midi files + Lyrics with.MID and.KAR. extensions. Generally, all there is in a.KAR file is a normal Midi file in format 1 and therefore it is to be converted into format 0 for it to be reproduced directly. The XD9 not only reads Midi files with Lyrics in format 0 and 1, but can also convert a.KAR Midi file into a new.MID Midi file in format 0 with text meta events. The solution of the Midi file with words has been designed to read the words of the song, often set in syllables and synchronized with the tempo directly on the display. Thus you can do away with music stands, booklets and piles of sheets, as displaying the lyrics is handier for the musician and also looks less clumsy and more professional. It is also possible to display the words of a song on an external monitor using an optional video card thus additionally involving the audience when needed. The XD9 does not just display the words of a Midi file. The text files generated on any word processor, both for PC and for MAC, with.TXT extension can be displayed even when the Arranger is being used or for Midi files that do not already originally have Lyrics. For the latter the XD9 offers a tempo synchronization function. The.TXT files do not depend on a Midi file (unlike with Midi files with lyrics, whereas the Lyrics events are entered in the MIDI Standard). Both may have the same function but they are handled differently. The best results for the Midi files with Lyrics are obtained exploiting the Midi files of the Ketron Song Word & Music library, where the words of the song are handled so that the colour of the words syllables changes in time with the lead.

The display of the words in the Arranger mode can be disabled using function push button F7 Text, set in Off, in the F3 Utility menu that is accessed from the main page of the display. To automate the loading procedure of a.TXT file you can use a Registration keeping in mind two conditions: The Single Registration must have the same name as the.TXT file to be loaded. The.TXT file and that of the Single Registration must be stored within the same Folder (if using the HD) or same floppy disk. If you record the settings of the Arranger, including the Style, in a Registration with the same name as the.TXT file to be loaded; when you call up the Registration, the.TXT file will also be automatically loaded. The loading speed is obviously longer when the.TXT file is read from the floppy disk rather than the hard disk USING.TXT FILES WITH SONG PLAY Compared to the Arranger it is not possible to first load a Midi file and then the.TXT file to be displayed. The method to automate the whole process is that of giving the Midi file and its associated.TXT file the same name so that, when loading the Midi file, the.TXT file is automatically found and loaded too. In Song Play as well, the display of the.TXT file is controlled by the EXIT push button. The same conditions mentioned above apply here too: The Midi file must have the same name as the.TXT to be loaded. The.TXT file and the Midi file must be stored in the same Folder (if on HD) or floppy disk. To automatically call up the Midi file and the.TXT file set with the above mentioned conditions use the controls already described in Song Play (see specific section). To scroll any pages that follow, the words must be displayed and then use the PAGE +/- push buttons. Press the PAGE +/- push buttons together to display the first page of the words, press again to go to the last page of words and press a third time to return to the page displayed initially. SYNCHRONIZING THE CHANGES TO THE LYRICS/TEXT PAGE WITH A MIDI FILE The XD9 can record the page change of the.TXT file displayed at any stage of a Midi file. By writing a text with black lines, you can achieve results very close to Karaoke, obviously with some graphic restrictions. The synchronization procedure is always enabled when reproducing the Midi file and there are no direct functions or controls to call it up. To achieve this however;
Load the Midi file and the.TXT file in Song Play. Enable the Midi file playback mode using START. When you wish to call up the next page press the PAGE + push button (just as you would performing live). Repeat the procedure for the following pages until the entire song is completed. Press SAVE/ENTER to record the synchronized page change. Confirm the registration using F10 Save, or cancel the procedure using F5 Escape. The XD9 associates the page changes with the beats and the measures in which the page change occurred using some special codes within the.TXT file. The Midi file itself is not modified in any way whatsoever. Therefore to return to the original.TXT file use the F4 Clear function and this will cancels these codes from the.TXT file.

HOW TO ACTIVATE THE VOCALIZER
Before using the Vocalizer, you need to connect a microphone of high quality to the audio input Micro 1 and regulate the amplification acting on the Gain cursor. From the main page of the display, press F2 Effect and then F5 Vocalize to access the dedicated menu. Set parameter F10 to Active in order to enable the Vocalizer.

THE VOCALIZER MODES

The Vocalizer performs differently according to which of the five different harmonisation modes (Automatic Chord 1, Automatic Chord 2, Keyboard Harmony, Fixed Interval and Vocal Effects) has been selected. Each one of these modes includes different algorithms that will be displayed in the centre of the display. Automatic Chord 1 and Automatic Chord 2 produce the additional notes in accordance with the chord played and in association with the note that was sung into the microphone input. Keyboard Harmony adds the notes according to the chord played but independently from the recognition of the note sung. A particular aspect of Keyboard Harmony is the MIDI Mode drawing the notes to be added to the human voice from a MIDI track of a Midi file. This opportunity is included by a number of commercial Midi files and the XD9 is compatible with most of these files. Fixed Interval transforms the Vocalizer into a common Pitch Shifter, i.e. it adds the voices according to fixed intervals and not based on the chord recognition. Vocal Effects offers special effects algorithms that totally transform the character of the original voice. THE VOCALIZER PARAMETERS The Vocalizer page indicates the presently selected Vocal Set to be edited and, in the centre, the list of algorithms available according to the selected harmonisation mode. To its side, associated to the function buttons, you will find a number of directly accessible parameters, or functions over which you may access other parameters that will be shown at the centre of the display. F1 Direct: F2 Vocalize: F3 Modes: allows you to define the quantity of audio signal to be drawn from the Micro 1 input and to be used together with the Vocalizer effect. This can be modified with the VALUE +/- buttons. controls the quantity of Vocalizer processed signal present on the audio output. This can be modified by acting on the VALUE +/- buttons. pressing repeatedly the F3 function button modifies the harmonisation mode and, as a consequence, the available algorithms displayed at the centre of the display that can be selected with the CURSOR +/- buttons.

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F4 Octave: F5 Hold: F6 Effects: transposes the voices that have been added to the lead by +/- two octaves. When set on Automatic, the voices will remain within the octave of the note that has been sung. Can be modified with the VALUE +/- buttons. this will be present only if the harmonisation mode is set on Keyboard Harmony; if activated, this function allows you to store the notes recognised by the Vocalizer as you change from one chord to another.

The single parameters to be modified are shown in the middle of the display that are selected using the CURSOR +/- push buttons and are modified using the VALUE +/- push buttons.
PARAMETERS FOR CHORUS ALGORITHMS
Level: Delay: Feedback: Rate: Depth: This is the level of the signal. This is the length of the delay. This is the repetition degree of the Delay. This is the modulation speed. This is the modulation intensity.
PARAMETERS FOR DELAY ALGORITHMS Volume Center: Volume Left: Volume Right: Delay Center: Delay Left: Delay Right: Feedback: Filter: This is the level of the signal repeated in the centre. This is the level of the signal repeated to the left. This is the level of the signal repeated to the right. This is the delay speed for repeating the signal in the centre. As above but for the signal to the left. As above but for the signal to the right. This is the signal regeneration degree. This is the LPF filter to cut out the higher frequencies.
PARAMETERS FOR DISTORSOR ALGORITHMS Level: Tone: Resonance: This is the level of the signal. This is the timbre variation degree. This is the accentuation of the frequencies of the distorted timbre.

Registrations

This is one exiting feature of the XD9 that captures the over-all settings of the keyboard at any one time and thanks to these special memory locations, all the control panel settings and the main parameters that control the XD9 can be called up instantly. Once the Registrations have been programmed they make it easy to quickly change the Style, the Voice variations, the settings of the effects and above all the automatic call-up of the TXT files. The programming of a Registration does not entail any special menu with all the parameters and values available and therefore they are to be modified from the single menus to which they belong. It is usually better to start-off from a default setting and then set just the Style, the Voices and the other parameters without having to go through all the menus. The Registrations, once programmed, are extremely useful when playing live, however it takes some time to initially program while at home. When programming (and also when playing live), it could be necessary to establish which parameter will be recorded or otherwise in the Registrations. It could indeed be useful to leave one or a number of parameters free or to disable the call-up function of the parameter status when changing from one registration to another. Each feature controlled or managed within a Registration can be enabled or disabled via the dedicated Registration menu found in Utility. A Register can be called up from a group of 198 registration locations saved in Flash RAM (Block Registration), or from individual registers that reside on Floppy or Hard Disk (Single Registration). The Block Registration and Single Registration parameters are absolutely identical, but their management is quite different: For a Register in a Block Registration, all the 198 Registers have to be saved in one single BLOCK REGISTRATION file. You can have multiple BLOCK REGISTRATION files on disk, each one made up of 198 independent registers. The Single Registration on the other hand is individual registers always saved as single files on the floppy or on the hard disk. While it is possible to display the Single registrations stored in Hard Disk or in Floppy Disk in a list, this feature is not possible with Block Registrations, whose registers can only be called up by entering the number using the numeric keypad. It takes less time to load a register from a Block Registration than that from a Single Registration. The Block Registrations are memorized even when the instrument is turned off, as they are saved in Flash RAM.

F2 Left Velo:

F3 Right Vel: F4 Left Drum:
F5 Autochord: F6 Bas Sust: F7 Bas To Ch: F8 Bas Octav: F9 Lower Oct:
F10 Accordion Mode: This enables or disables the use of the parameters for the MIDI Accordion.
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 reception 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: Left Channel: Bass Channel: Drum Channel: This is the setting of the MIDI receiving channel for the part played with the right hand, namely the lead. 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. This is the setting of the MIDI receiving channel for the manual bass section. 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.

THE PARAMETERS OF THE MIDI MENU F1 Channel Transmit:
This is used to associate a MIDI transmitting channel on the MIDI OUT to each section. The following functions are also available: F4: this switches between the Channel Transmit page and Channel Receive page. F5 Escape: This returns to the initial page of the MIDI menu. F10 MIDI Setup: This calls up the settings already put in order and saved to use the XD9 via MIDI. The MIDI Set-up currently selected is also that where the settings will be saved using the SAVE/ENTER push button. F2 Channel Receive: This is used to associate a MIDI receiving channel on MIDI In 2 (Keyboard) to each section. The parameters are the same as F1 Channel Transmit.

F3 Transpose Transmit:

The value for each single section identifies the number of transposition semitones applied to the notes transmitted on the MIDI Out. F4 Transpose Receive: The value of each section identifies the number of transposition semitones applied to the notes received on the MIDI In 2 (Keyboard).

F5 Filter Tx:

Valid for all the sections, the MIDI filters being transmitted are used to enable or disable the transmission of some MIDI messages such as the Pitch Bend, some Control Changes and exclusive system messages. The type of message to be filtered is selected using the CURSOR +/- push buttons and is enabled or disabled using the F10 Select push button. The filter is enabled when the symbol * appears next to the MIDI message. F6 Filter RX: 82 XD9-XD3 The same as F5 Filter Tx, but dedicated to the MIDI messages received on MIDI In 2 (Keyboard).

F7 Program Change Tx:

For each section you can establish whether the Program Change message associated with the Voice in use is also to be transmitted to MIDI Out. The transmission function is enabled or disabled using the F10 Select push button. The 2nd/Prog section refers to the Second Voice and to the Program memory, processed as a Single Voice. The Voice sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 refer to the single Voices of a Program. F8 Program Change Rx: F9 Clock SoftThru: The same as F7 Program Change TX, but dedicated to the Program Changes received on MIDI In 2 (Keyboard).
The XD9 can receive and transmit the MIDI Clock that is used to synchronise the Arranger, Song Play and the Sequencer with other external units. The function of the START push button depends on these settings. The parameters available are selected using the CURSOR +/- push buttons and are enabled using F10 Select. They are: Clock Out: When this function is enabled, the XD9 sends the MIDI Clock to MIDI Out and therefore it can control the tempo values during reproduction in external sequencers. Clock In: When enabled, the reproduction controls of the XD9 (including tempo) depend on MIDI Clock inputs received on MIDI In and not on the push buttons on the control panel. Soft Thru 1: When enabled, the MIDI Clock received on MIDI In 1 GM is sent back to MIDI Out. Soft Thru 2: When enabled the MIDI Clock received on MIDI In 2 Keyboard is sent back to MIDI Out F10 Utility:

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Presets

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