SD8

KETRON announces new and innovative products which will be presented at the Disma Music Show in Rimini from the 11th to 14th of March 2006, and also at the MusikmesseMesse in Frankfurt from the 29th of March to the 1st of April. A new arranger keyboard with professional solutions and powerful musical features normally found on expensive instruments however with the cost of intermediate keyboards. The SD5 rediscovers the pleasure of enjoying music by yourself, thanks to the best Natural Sounds and New Arrangements featured by KETRON.

Extrait audio :               Accordéon

Extrait audio :               Acoustic Guitar

Extrait audio :               Big Band

Extrait audio :               Boléro

Extrait audio :               Electric Guitar

Extrait audio :               Flute

Extrait audio :               Italian Folk

Extrait audio :               Mérengué

Extrait audio :               Orchestral

Extrait audio :               Pop Piano

Extrait audio :               Rock

Extrait audio :               Rumba Guitar

Extrait audio :               Salsa

Extrait audio :               Slow Swing

Extrait audio :               Soca

Extrait audio :               Sax Ténor

Extrait audio :               Traditional organ

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Keybed with 61 keys (half- weighted ) and Aftertouch , equipped with new amplification ( 2 x 22 Watts) , new easy to use layout , 290 Orchestral Sounds , 24 Drum sets , 62 Drum Loops and plenty of new exciting and innovative Styles.
You’ll find Styles  for any kind of  music…Slow/Swing  with astonish brush , Real Latin rhythms with incredible sound percussion  suitable  for Salsa, Merengue, Bachata, Bolero Cha Cha and else.

New powerful House and Dance styles for innovative compositions  and  New Ball Room  styles too arranged and fixed with right BPM  ( beat per minute) as request on  Contest competition .

New Guitars: Folk , Electric and Classical  sounds  with more realism and perfection  on the SD 5.
Try one of the Unplugged Styles  to get an idea!

On the SD 5 we’ve added some others exciting tools such as:
RIFF : Midi sequence linked and interactive with the Style, with the possibility to change tonality while playing .
SMART 7Th : An intelligent 7Th chord which modifies the musical interval depending on the chord  previously played  .
SMOOTH ALTERNATE : Alternate bass will play with coherence instead of the usual root repetition .
AFTER FILL : Fill In controlled with After Touch !!
ARRANGER MUTE : Feature to activate (or mute) sound parts within Arranger  sections.
1 TOUCH TO STYLE : Linking your 10 favourite sounds for each style !
MULTI TAB: 16 multipurpose direct access button on the panel for:
DRUM ON / OFF : just to mute  (or un mute)  drum tracks
GM®  : Direct access to the 16 GM ®  multi parts .
FX: 16 different special  effects
ASSIGNABLE : User’s  assignable  functions .
ARABIC SCALE / REGISTRATION : Controlling them with a single touch .

The SD5 also includes a “remote controller” for  the professional player using the MIDJAY . The SD 5 display will show all the MIDJAY  folders  and also make instantly available  most of the  player’s functions (Play Menu, Crossfade …).
In addition, SD5  synchronizes its internal Styles  with Grooves (GRV) found in the MIDJAY  for new exciting Rhythms !!
SD 5 and MIDJAY are a perfect ‘marriage’ for  a  musical entertainer whether Midi Audio or Mp3 files are played.
With both of them you ‘ll be able  to get through any kind of musical performance easily The SD 5 brings most of the XD 9 features such as Microphone, Programs, User Voices , Drawbars , 2nd Voice,  Registration , Pattern, Song Record , Pianist .

In addition it can upgraded  with optional  tools such Hard Disk , Vocalizer , Video Interface , Pattern expansion and Footswitches.

Keyboards:

Right: 52.

Multi-tab: 1-16 multifunctional tabs.

Mode Select: Drum On/Off, SFX, GM Part access, Free Assignable, Registration Groups, Arabic scale.

Display: 240 x 128 pixel backlit graphic TCF.

Floppy Disk: 3.5 2DD/HD.

Hard Disk: (optional unit) Type ATA IDE 2.5. 6Gbyte (max).

Sound

generation: 290 Orchestral Presets Sounds. 292 GM Voices. More than 1000 Percussive sounds. 32 parts Multitimbral.

User Voices: 110 User Voices.

Editing: A,D,S,R, Cut Off, Resonance, Effects.

1 Touch: 60 programmable 1 Touch Sounds, assignable to Style.

Drawbars: 8 Digital Drawbar effects. 10 Selections.

Programs: 120 Programs. 4 Voices, 4 splits. Sustain, Portamento, Velocity switch, Duet, Trio, Morphing, Steel, Slide, Harmony and 2nd voice assign. Single & Global Program loading.

2nd Voice: 292 Preset & programmable Second Voices. 2nd Voice Edit.

Registrations: 198 panel settings. Single & Block mode. Registration Group thru 1-16 Multitab.

Drum 1: 24 New Drum sets. 24 User Drum Sets. 10 Drum sections. Drum Mixer. Manual Drums.

Drum 2: 62 Live Drum sets. New Acoustic and Latin Loops.

Arranger: 202 Internal Styles, featuring new Unplugged, Real Latin, Ballroom and Pop Styles. Riff section. Arranger Mute.

After Fill. Smart 7th. Alternate Bass. Swing Bass.

Professional Guitar templates. Rewritable parameters.

4 Arrangers: A, B, C, D. 3 Intro/Endings, Fill In, Break.

Interactive Accompaniment. Manual Bass. Jump. Tap Tempo. Accelerando-Ritardando. Tempo control.

Pedalboard funcions. Rootless & Standard Chord recognition.

Pattern: internal 2 Mbyte Flash (up to 50 Patterns).

Edit functions: Record, Clear, Copy , Remap. Pattern Expansion memory (optional).

Song Record: real time Song Recording to Disk.

Pianist: Standard & Auto Mode.Sustain On/Off.

Octave: 1 octave Up/Down.

Double: lower octave coupling.

Harmony: Full, Jazz, Double, Bluegrass, Trill, Repeat, Folk 1, Folk 2.

Transposer: +/- 24 half tones.

Arabic Scale: 13 arabic setups (footswitch assignable). Tune + / - 99 cents per note.

Accordion Mode: International, Belgique. Velocity control to Left&Right. Bass&Lower octave. Left Drum to Bass&Chord.

Effects: Multieffect DSP. 60 different effects. Reverberation, Chorus, Flanger, Delay, Tap Delay 4 / 8, Wha Wha,

Distortion, Overdrive, Rotor Slow/Fast , Bass Boost.

Portamento. Mono – Legato function.

Micro: Input with Gain control. Echo, Reverb., Pan/Pot, Pitch Shift, Talk.

Vocalizer: (optional unit) Harmonizer, Vocoder, Melody types, Midi Vocalizer track, Vocalizer to Arranger, Vocal effects.

Left & Right Harmonies.

Midifi le Player: SMF Song playback with karaoke and Txt fi les. Convert files .kar & Midi type 0 to 1. Juke box. Intelligent Transposer. Song Chain. Drum & Bass. Lead On/Off.

Save Song setup.

Drum Remix: Real time interactive Midifi le and Style playing.

Song and Style select.

MIDJAY utility: capability to view, scroll and play the Midjay directories (Wave, Mp3, Midi, Sfx/DJLoops, Play List, Autoplay) directly from the SD8’s screen. Start, Stop and Pause controls.

MIDI: In 1, In2 , Out, Thru. 32 Midi Channels. GM standard.

Outputs: Left/Mono, Right. Sustain and Volume Pedal.

Footswitch (6 or 13 switches). Micro out.

Inputs: Stereo headphone. Micro jack.

Computer: PC/Mac host Interface.

Video Interface: (optional unit)

Systems: PAL, NTSC, Super VHS. Monitor, Mirror, Zoom, Karaoke ½ page and full screen, Mark, Underlined.

Size and position controls.

Amplification: 2x22W RMS Stereo 2 ways amplifi cation.

Speaker On/Off switch.

Optionals: Video Interface, Vocalizer, Hard Disk, Pattern expansion (2 Mbyte).

Dimensions: L x W x H = (115 x 39 x 12,5 cms.) (46 x 15,6 x 5 inches).

Specifications and appearance are subject to change without notice.