Ketron SD 5

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• ACCORDION
• ITALIAN FOLK
• ELECTRIC GUITAR
• TENOR SAX
• BIG BAND
• ROCK BAND
• MERENGUE
• SALSA
• SLOW SWING

 

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.
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.

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Tech Sheet

Keyboard	61 keys velocity sensitive. 6 Velocity curves. Pitch & Modulation joystick. Aftertouch.
Multi-tab	1-16 multifunction buttons. Mode Select 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.
Voices	290 Orchestral Presets Sounds. More than 1000 Percussive sounds. 32 parts Multitimbral.
User Voices	110 User Voices. Editing capabilities: A,D,S,R, Cut Off, Resonance, Effects.
1 Touch	60 programmable 1 Touch/Favourite Sounds, assignable to Styles.
Drawbars	10 Digital Drawbar effects.
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.
Registrations	198 panel/song settings. Single & Block modes. Registration Groups 1-16.
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 audio Loops.
Arranger	128 Internal Styles. New Real Latin, Unplugged, Ballroom. New features: Riff, Arranger Mute, After Fill, Smart 7th, Alternate Bass, Swing Bass, Professional Guitar templates. 4 Arrangers: A, B, C, D. 3 Intro/Endings, Fill In, Break. Manual Bass. Jump. Tap Tempo.
Pattern	2 Mbyte Flash (up to 50 Patterns approx). Edit functions: Record, Clear, Copy, Remap.
Song Recording	real time Song Recording to Disk (HD or FD).
Pianist	Standard & Auto Piano-style arranger playing modes. Sustain On/Off.
Octave	1 octave Up/Down.
Double	lower octave coupling.
Harmony	Full, Jazz, Bluegrass, Trill, Repeat, Folk 1/2.
Transposer	+/- 24 half tones.
Arabic Scale	13 arabic setups (footswitch assignable). Tune + / - 99 cents per note.
Accordion	International, Belgique. Velocity control to Left&Right. Bass&Lower octave. Left Drum to Bass&Chord.
Effects	Multieffect DSP. 60 different Reverberation, Chorus, Tap Delay 4 / 8, Wha Rotor Slow/Fast , Bass Legato function.
Micro	Input with Gain control. Echo, Reverb., Pan/Pot, Pitch Shift, Talk mode (with no effects).
Midifi le Player	SMF Song playback with karaoke and Txt fi les. Converts .kar & Midi type 0 fi les to 1. Juke box. Intelligent Transposer. Song Chain. Drum & Bass. Lead On/Off. Drum Remix.
MIDI	In 1, In2 , Out, Thru. 32 Channels. GM standard.
Outputs	Left/Mono, Right. Sustain & Volume Pedal. Micro.
Inputs	Stereo headphone. Micro jack.
Computer	PC/Mac host Interface.
Amplifi cation	New 2x22W RMS Stereo 2 ways amplifi cation. Speaker On/Off switch.
Optionals	VIDEO INTERFACE (Systems : PAL, NTSC, Super VHS. Monitor, Mirror, Zoom, Karaoke). VOCALIZER (Harmonizer, Vocoder, Melody types, Midi Vocalizer track, Vocalizer to Arranger, Vocal effects) HARD DISK (Type ATA IDE 2.5. 6G min) PATTERN EXPANSION (2 Mbyte). FOOTSWITCH (6 or 13 switches)
Dimensions	115 x 39 x 12,5 cms (46 x 15.6 x 5 inches).
Weight	17 Kg. (37.4 lbs)

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