KETRON X1 Owner's Manual

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DRUM MIXERThis section may be truly defined as a digital mixer specialized for the rhythm section of the X series.All the percussion sounds of the instrument have been grouped in 10 sections, for each of which it ispossible to control: On/Off, Volume, Reverb. and Pan Pot.1 - KICK : Bass Drum, Grancassa, Surdo.2 - SNARE: Snare Drum, Rim Shot, Brush, Roll.3 - HI HAT: Hi Hat4 - CYMBAL: Ride Cymbal, Brush Cymbal, Crash, Crashrol, Crashrev, Symphonic.5 - TOM / FX: Toms, Timbales, Clap, Scratch, Effects, Vocals.6 - TAMB: Tambourine7 - LATIN 1: Congas, Bongos, Tambora, Cajon.8 - LATIN 2: Cowbell, Sticks, Agogo, Cuica, Whistle, Guiro, Vibraslap, Castagnet,Fingersnap, Claves, Woodblock, Metronome.9 - LATIN 3: Maracas, Shaker, Triangle, Guira, Fx, Scratch.The Drum Mixer menu is sub-divided into 4 pages. The pages are selected using the PAGE < >keys. To gain access to the menu from the main display simply press the Drum Mixer – F 10 key.Drum On / Off: (Page 1) this function is used to rapidly cut out or enable the 10 percussion sections of theinstrument. The function is extremely useful when personally intervening on the rhythm while playing.Drum Volume: (Page 2) controls the volumes of the individual percussion sections. Once the part hasbeen selected the Volume value is modified using the Value+ / - keys from o to 15 .Drum Reverb: (Page 3) controls the reverberation.Use keys F 1 – F 10 to select the part and the Value + / -keys to select the value from o to 15.Drum Pan-Pot: (Page 4) controls the stereo panoramafrom 64 Left to 64 Right . The value is modified using theValue + / - keys, which if pressed together at the sametime set the Pan Pot at the central value. ( the centralvalue is identified by two dashes - - .)GROOVESSection 10 of the Drum Mixer menu controls the Grooves. The Grooves are sampled rhythms takenfrom original or recorded performances or even typical modern Dance / Tecno Loops.They may play alone or in combination with the internal Drum Set without ever falling out of stepwith the standard Tempo.The instrument contains a large number of Grooves within its internal sound memory, which areused in many of the Factory and Custom Styles stored and can also control a countless number ofGrooves using RAM and CARD (See RAM – CARD chapter).In the Handbook appendage the Styles that employ the Grooves in the Arrangement are indicatedand the complete List of Grooves with the indications concerning the Sound Bank, ProgramChanges etc. is also available.DRUM SET: The instrument is provided with 16 Drum Sets and 8 User Drum Sets:001 - STANDARD 029 - RAVE 066 - LATIN009 - FOLK 030 - HIP HOP 073 - ROCK & ROLL 1 2010 - ACOUSTIC 033 - FUSION 121 - BEAT017 - HARD ROCK 041 - BRUSH 122 - ELECTRO025 - DANCE 049 - ORCHESTRA 123 - COUNTRY026 - TECHNO 057 - CONTEMPORARY 124 - R&B028 - PROGRESSIVE 065 - LATIN 125/ 128 - USER DRUM SETS36