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Hello to all the wonderful Ketron users and welcome
to issue number 29 of Ketron News and Tips (KNAT).
This issue is targeted for September 1, 2003.
I also have some more things to put up on the Secret page, but
have still not done so. I plead that I have been very busy.
This will be done soon.
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.
In this Issue:
Band-In-A-Box offer still on
Style Works 2000 Upgrade
Sound Company Great offer
Tips: Use BIAB to drive your Ketron
Quotes: Just for fun
Style Works Upgrade
For every one who has purchased the Style Works 2000, either
Universal or Solton/Ketron the upgrade to allow XD9/3 styles
is posted. This is soon to be followed by an upgrade that
allows import/export function. Here is a description from
the EMC web site.
In the new version (V 1.87, 30.06.03) the efficiency of the
Style Editor has once again been improved, part length changes
are now available. Further the formats of Ketron XD9 and Kawai
CP have been added, the delay occurring during playback start
with Windows XP has also been removed (resp. there is workaround
for this problem). We are currently working on the Tyros Update
and on the implementation of the automatic part recognition
in the Song To Style Converter. The next new module will be
the import/export function.
More Style Works Upgrades
According to Klaus at EMC software, more upgrades should be
available within the week.
First the newest versions will be able to register from any
drive on your computer and not just the floppy.
For Universal version users the Tyros mapping is included.
And here is an upgrade I a very enthused about. Directly from
Klaus:
You can create a reference map for volumes, velocity etc.
for a certain style or a general one. This map should be created
from internal styles (save to disk and then load into the
new Reference Map Editor). Style Works then creates a min/max/avg
value for velocity, volume, expression, reverb and chorus
for each sound and min/max/avg for each drum note.
Now when converting styles the new data will be corrected
in such a way that
it matches the values in the reference map. Doing so the overall
mix should go
well together with the internal styles and also the mix within
a style should
give very reasonable results without a manual correction.
I am not yet sure
how much improvement this will be, but I am very optimistic.
If this does what I envision you should be able to convert
from one machine type to another and do the rebalancing on
the fly. One of the biggest time consumers is that the various
brands and models of instruments do not have the same volume
on certain instruments. This is very noticeable between bass
and drums. I am really anxious to try this out.
You can get to the downloads page of the web site at the following
address:
Super Sound Company Offer
Another great company is Sound Company. They have a super
offer of 8 XD9/3 Styles for download to anyone who registers.
Registration is free. Once you have registered, you will be
sent to your email, the download link. Go to:
http://www.soundcompany.net/xd/
Sound company also offers Mastering Studio for Ketron products
and I think the software is really useful. I am working with
them to see if I can become an importer for them.
They have just come out with version 1.5 for the SD1 that
includes 4.0 mapping and if you want to tweak your SD1 files
to the max and tailor your sound to your sound system Mastering
Studio is a swell way to do it.
They also have a version that works for all the XD, Vega models
which is really terrific.
You can download a 10 day free trial for the SD at:
http://www.soundcompany.net/sd1/mastering_studio/
Don't download it until you have time to learn it and really
try it. You will really like it.
BAND-IN-A-BOX dealer
Ketron U.S. has been a dealer for a while now 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.
Driving the Ketron With BIAB
Load any song set of chords into Band-In-A-Box. Go to Opt.
and Click Preferences.
Set Channel# to 16
Set Velocity to a low number (I use 12)
Set note range to 36-60
Leave # ticks before chord change to output on the default
which is 40
Leave the Chord Types set to Complex Chords
Click OK
Set the Ketron to receive MIDI time clock. (Highlight Clock
in and select)
Go to F6 MIDI and move F10 until you get to User1
Clear everything except set Left to 16
Plug the MIDI output of the computer to the KEYBOARD in of
the Ketron. This is different.
Be sure under MIDI Utility F10 that F6 is set to NO and IN/2
Comp is set to Keyboard
Put on KeyStart
Choose a style and pick a BIAB song.
Turn off all the instruments in BIAB except leave Soloist
on.
Pick the style you would like to try.
You can pick out different styles on the Ketron while the
song is playing to see what you would like.
You can sit and play fills at the correct time.
Set your song chords so that you can use the intro and endings
of the Ketron if you like. This takes a bit of planning but
it is worth it.
This entire setup takes a bit of time and trouble, but if
you learn to do it, you can do several songs at once and the
tracks should be awesome. You can change variations and even
styles in the middle of the song and the Ketron will respond
at the tempo that the computer is sending.
Plan you fills etc and plan to have a few days where you don't
need to break down your setup. You can generate a lot of cool
arrangements for use if you are well prepared.
Have fun and let me know what you come up with.
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)
"Another great thing about the new 'Reality TV' is that
it gives me time to do a lot of things I couldn't do before
because I was watching TV."-- Clerd Farnsworth
"The ornament of a house are the friends who frequent
it." -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"There is no crisis to which academics will not respond
with a seminar." -- Anonymous
"I couldn't wait for success. . . so I went ahead without
it." -- Jonathan Winters