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Hello to all the wonderful Ketron users and welcome
to issue number 27 of Ketron News and Tips (KNAT).
This issue is targeted for August 1, 2003. The first thing I
need to do is apologize for being late. I have been out of town
for the past week, just arriving back today and while I did
do research (I took my X1 with me) I was not able to put together
the entire newsletter. Therefore, you are getting it a few days
late, but better late than never, eh? Also I have literally
hundreds of emails to work through so if I don't get to you
immediately I'll will as soon as I can.
If you have a question to ask or a tip to submit, please let
me know at jay@ketronus.com. Also I love your comments so don't
hesitate to let me have a response.
New BAND-IN-A-BOX dealer
This is the first 2 weeks that Ketron U.S. has been a dealer
and the response has been 100% positive. BIAB works so well
with Ketron. My web site is devoted to Ketron and all the
highest quality things I can find that work with Ketron products
and this is definitely one of those.
The other software that is also from PG Music (the BIAB people)
and works perfectly with Ketron products is Power Tracks Pro.
This is a sequencing program and as such is perfect for tweaking
your MIDI files. Even more BIAB is the perfect companion to
Style Works 2000.
So much so that I am offering a software special.
I have several older, yet brand new and fully functional,
BIAB versions that I will give FREE, while supplies last,
to anyone purchasing any version of Style Works. Once supplies
run out I will make a different offer. I do not believe that
one can have too many styles.
If you order Style Works Universal, you will receive your
choice of the latest BIAB or 50% off of the BIAB MegaPAK.
Within the next couple of days this will appear on my Accessories
page in my web site.
I will also be offering BIAB at a better discount on the "Secret"
page, described above.
All supplies are in stock at the moment.
For my loyal customers who have already purchased Style Works,
if you contact me by email regarding the offer I have a special
for you as well.
Second Voice
One of the most interesting thing you can do in terms of getting
unique sounds is to layer voices. The Ketron units offer two
ways to do this after the MS series and one way on the MS
. On the MS the way to layer is by way of Programs and on
the later series starting with the X1 you can still use programs,
but you also have a feature called "Second Voice".
Second voice gives you a way to layer without going to programs.
There are default settings which are totally unimaginative
and for the most part, useless. However, editing is simple
and quick on both the X and SD series. I will be describing
the way to do it on the X series and adapting to your particular
unit should be fairly easy. One note: this is not as useful
to owners of units that do not have the "Right"
being driven. Accordion players and guitar players or others
who MIDI into the "Right" will still get benefit
from this article.
When you have set up the "Second Voice" properly
you will see that you can usually free up a lot of the "Programs"
because they are simple layers. This gives you a chance to
use the "Programs" section for more elaborate settings
such as triple or quadruple layers and splits and morphing
and on and on.
When setting up your "Second Voice" settings be
sure to save often. Otherwise you will lose the settings you
worked hard to get. To save, press Save/Enter and then 2nd
Voice and then F10 to confirm. Be careful not to hit F9 by
accident and reset everything to default.
When you enter the "Second Voice" and press "Edit
Second Voice" you should have three things you can do.
You can choose which voice to use; you can choose a range
of octaves the "Second Voice" will be in; and you
can choose the volume the "Second Voice" will sound
at.
To choose the voice, simple press the voice selections as
normal and if you are properly in the Edit Second Voice mode
your selection will be for "Second Voice" and not
Main Voice.
To change the octave the "Second Voice" is in use
the Cursor or Transpose keys for setting the range you desire.
To set the volume of the "Second Voice" simply use
the Value +- keys to change the volume.
Here is an instance where you can use the "Second Voice"
to replace a Program. If you notice that the default 5th program
is PianoStrings2 you can get almost the exact effect by;
Go to Bank A
Turn on "Second Voice"
Turn on Edit
Select Slow Strings
Set the Volume to 28
Set the Transpose to --
Now you can use that Program slot for something more interesting
besides being able to get to the "Second Voice"
much faster during performances than you can a Program. This
technique will give you two settings for each sound on the
Ketron unit.
You can do this for Banks A, B and User.
You can use any sound for "Second Voice" from Banks
A, B or User.
If you choose "User" be careful since editing that
voice will then change your "Second Voice" as well.
It is a good idea to get all your "User Voice" settings
in place before using them as "Second Voice" choices
in your settings.
With that warning you are free to do any mixing and matching
you like. Sometimes you may want to add the same instrument
with just a little volume and an octave up to add brightness
to the sound. You may wish to add a lush sound to a piano
setting with Damp Vibes.
You have 384 sounds to play with and you can use any of those
sounds to mix with any of the 384 other sounds.
The possibilities are too high to count.
Also when you use the regular "Octave" key, you
will affect the octave of the main instrument but not the
octave of the "Second Voice" which gives you additional
possibilities for live performance.
"Second Voice" is an extremely powerful tool if
you take time to work on the settings and you can get some
marvelous textures with this tool.
As you may know, I put out this newsletter free of charge
and I hope to continue to do so. However I am not independently
wealthy and I am forced to derive an income from somewhere.
I am a Ketron dealer and I hope to be able to sell to you,
my Ketron friends, the products and accessories that you need.
I can promise you that no one will beat my price and still
maintain the level of service and support that I try to give.
To this end you will be my sponsors in what I hope will be
a informative and fruitful endeavor for many years to come.
QUOTE SECTION
(Sometimes funny, sometimes thought provoking, but always
worth the time)
"Every tribe has its customs and what is moral in one
place is immoral somewhere else." --Robert Heinlein
"When I was born I was so surprised that I couldn't
talk for a year and a half." -- Gracie Allen
"When I was kidnapped my parents snapped into action.
They rented out my room." --Woody Allen
"Lots of people think the legislature has taken your
liberties away. It ain't done nothin' of the sort. It's only
passed laws providin' that you go to jail if they catch you
exercising those liberties. Hell, it's still a free country!"
-- Erle Stanley Gardner 1943