The Ketron SD8 Chromatic Keyboard

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Here’s something different: The Ketron SD8 Chromatic Keyboard leaves behind traditional piano keyboards, using instead a layout similar to that of an accordion.

The Ketron SD8 offers 290 orchestral presets, 292 GM voices and more than a thousand percussive sounds. It’s 32-part multitimbral and has support for an optional vocoder.

Here’s an example of the Ketron SD8 in action:

Detailed specs below.

If you’ve used the Ketron SD8 Chromatic Keyboard, leave a comment with your thoughts on it!

SD8 Chromatic / Specs

Keyboards: Right: 52. Left: 120 Basses. Left and Right saparate velocity range controls. 6 Velocity curves. Pitch & Modulation joystick. Aftertouch.
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 fi les .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.
Amplifi cation: 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).
Weight: 18 Kg. Approx. (36,2 lbs)
MIDJAY The SD8 is provided with special utilities to dialogue fl uently with the Midjay, the top-professional KETRON player . In combination with Midjay the SD8 is able to perform high-professional capabilities such as interactive live controls for Wave, Mp3 and double Midi fi le player, Specal FX, DJ Loops, Play List and Autoplay.The directories of the Midjay can be scrolled out and started directly from the keyboard screen thus allowing an easy remote control of the player. Furthermore, as the Midjay is fully equipped with Styles and Voices too, the SD8 has the access to an additional top quality soundand Arranger module.

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