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Here are a few ideas on a method of song tweaking that I consider essential. Let's say that you bought some really good sequences from Tune 1000 or Trycho or one of the other companies that does a good job of sequencing. Or you may have downloaded some really pooly voiced Standard Midi Files from the internet.
Still for your taste you may want to hear orchestral strings where they have put a Hammond organ sound etc. This will be especially true if you own an SD1. Most prepared sequences are done using Roland, Yamaha or Korg gear and they simply do not have available to the programmers, the great sounds of the SD1. So song tweaking becomes a way of life as you get more acquainted with the sounds of the Ketron gear.
There are two ways (at least) to accomplish this. On instruments with sequencers, I prefer to bring the song into the sequencer and set the program change information there. If you use the Sequencer the procedure is this.
Press the Sequencer button
Press F4 "Function"
Press F6 "Load Save"
If you happen to be in the wrong folder on the Hard Drive you can use the numerical key pad to change to the folder you need.
Use the value +/- keys to highlight the song you wish to change and
Press F1 "Load"
If all the information is on one track you can make the editing process easier if you separate the channels to tracks.
To do this
Press F4 "Function"
Press F7 "Demix"
This will place all the information from each channel on its respective track. i.e. channel 10 will be on track 10 etc.
Then go to back to the previous page by pressing F5 "Escape"
Now highlight the part you want to edit by using the cursor keys.
Press F5 "Edit"
Using the F2 button "View" you can choose the things you want to look at.
Press F5 several time until you see P. CHN.
Then move the highlighted bar to the portion you want to change.
Press F6 "Modify"
Using the cursor keys, move through the things you can edit. At program change the program using the value keys to the GM part you want. Then Press F10 "Execute".
Then press F5 to get back to the previous page.
Press F4 "Function"
Press F6 "Load Save"
Press F6 "Save"
Press F10 "Execute"
Press F10 "Overwrite"
Now the song will come up with the changes because you actually changed the MIDI file.
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The other way to accomplish this does not change the MIDI file itself, but acts like a registration.
It is Song Setup and it works like this:
Load the song to be changed into Song Play.
Play the song a few times while deciding what you would like to change.
While the song is playing
Press F1 "GM"
You will then see part 1 and be able to make a lot of changes on that part.
Press the Page buttons to get to parts 2-16.
While in this page you can use the function buttons to change Volume, Reverb, Chorus, Pan, MIDI filter, Key Shift (transpose), Channel transmit and receive, Part mode, Mute and 16 parts. There is also a track volume display at the bottom of this screen that can help you figure which instrument is being played on which track.
You can do the quick change by pressing F10 "16 parts" and using the Function on the new screen to highlight the part you wish to change and then using the regular instrument selection keys you can set the instrument to a different instrument. Once you have found the instrument you want and the volume it should be played at, write it down. This is very important.
Here is the trick to getting it to save for you.
Load the song but do not start to play it.
Go immediately to F1 "GM" and make the change you wish.
Do NOT play the song.
Press Save/Enter and then you will get a screen that says "Save New Song Setup"
Press F10 "Execute"
The song will be saved with your changes and the next time you load that song, even days later, the changes will be there.
The down side to this is if you copy that song from the hard drive to a floppy to transfer to a different machine, the changes will not copy.
If you use the Sequencer method the changes will copy.

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