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This little tip is in regard to the action of the "Lower" voices.
For the most part, I just don't like "Lower" in the styles. As far as I am concerned those sounds just don't allow the music to "breathe". I like air around the notes and consider the air as important as the notes themselves. So I like to turn off the "Lower" voices.
On the X1, X4 and SD1 it is fairly simple.
There are two volume buttons for each major part group on the extreme left side of your keyboard or module. These buttons help you balance the various parts to each other depending on your taste.
One of those button pairs is for the "Lower" voices on the SD1 and on the X1 you can control each of the two "Lower" voices independently.
Pressing both buttons at the same time brings the value to "0" which means that no sound is heard.
The System is much better on the Vega and XD9/3. If you press F4 "Arranger Mode" when you are in the Split Screen you will get selections that allow you to control the way the arranger reacts to Styles.
Press F4 again for "Low. Mute" and the lower stops. The great advantage here is that you can then press "Save/Enter" and then F3 "Power On Setup" and then F10 to save. Then when you turn on your XD or Vega unit the setting will still be there.
The Power On Setup trick does not seem to work on the SD1 or the X series of instruments.
For those of you who like and use the "Lower" voices remember you can change the voice and volume on the style itself if you press F5 "Arrange View" and then F4 for Lower1 and F5 for Lower2.
After pressing F4 or F5 you can then change the instrument by choosing a different instrument from your regular set of instruments just like you choose an instrument for your right hand. You can also change the volume of the instrument by using the "Value +/-" keys. After you have gotten the sound you want for lower remember to save your style changes using "Save/Enter" and then F2 "Styles".
At this point the different Ketron instruments have different ways of handling the Style. Read your manual to see what to do for your instrument. I always like to save the style variation to the hard drive--just in case. For those of you who don't have a hard drive, save to floppy.

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