Ketron SD-9 Synthesizer Information, Specifications and Resources
Author: Andy Merrett / Data Driven
Overview
The Ketron SD-9 is a digital piano and synthesizer released in 2017. The instrument offers a high quality piano experience together with synth functionality.
The SD-9 has 76 semi-weighted full sized keys with touch sensitivity and aftertouch. It has 128 notes of polyphony. It has hundreds of on board sounds including pianos and real world sounds, accompaniments and rhythms, and a sustain/damper pedal. It has the ability to record and play back user performances. It has built-in MIDI capabilities. It has no built-in learning system. It has no built-in speakers which means you will have to connect it to external amplification and speakers in order to hear it. It runs from AC power.
Specifications
Form
Number of Keys: 76
Key Weight: Semi-weighted
Key Size: Full
Touch Sensitive: yes
Aftertouch: yes
Sound
Number of Voices: 670
Polyphony: 128
Sound Generation: unknown
Piano Sounds: yes
Real World Sounds: yes
Sounds Editable: yes
Accompaniments: yes
Extra Features
Recorder/Sequencer: yes
Tutorials: no
Communication
MIDI: yes
USB: no
Tablet Connectivity: no
Power
AC Power: yes
Batteries: no
Audio
Speakers: no
Audio Out: yes
Audio In: yes
Pedals
Sustain Pedal: yes
Soft Pedal: no
Expression Pedal: yes
Release Info
Year: 2017
RRP: Unknown
Description
- KEYBOARD: 76 semi-weighted keys. 4 velocity curves. Aftertouch. Portamento. Wheels: Pitch. Modulation. Transposer: +/- 24. Octave: +/- 2.
- POLIPHONY: 128 note. Multitimbral 48 parts.
- DISPLAY: Led color. Tit 7". Touch screen capacitive 800 x 480 dots. Brightness control.
- SOUND: 670 sounds. 6 sound banks. Voice list. 48 drum sets + stereo special kit. Live drum modeling.
- USER MEMORY: Up to 700 Mb flash free User programmable.
- VOICES: 368 preset voices and user voice. 2nd voice. V-tone. Double up/down. Harmony. EFX insert. Voice editing.
- AUDIO DRUMS: more than 600 internal drum loops. Audio drum with wav streaming and time stretching. 450 latin percussion grooves.
- LIVE GUITARS: over 100 audio live guitars templates.
- ARRANGER: 300 styles with audio drum and grooves. New live band styles. User style section. Midi drum mixer & Remap. 4 arranger ABCD. 4 fill. 4 break. 3 intro. 3 ending. Drum, groove, bass, chords 1-5, live Guitar, lower 1-2. Auto fill. Fill to arrange. To end. Reintro. Key start. Key stop. Restart. Pause. Count in. Drum boost. 4 voice set. Voice to ABCD. Voice & vari. 5 user tabs. V-tone.
- ARRANGER MODES: Pianist, bassist, manual bass. Bass to lowest, bass to root.
- STYLE MODELING: Interactive modeling library with audio drums, live guitars, bass, latin groove, piano, guitar and orchestral templates.
- LAUNCHPAD: Song Mode. Chord sequence. Audio & Midi files import. Up to 2048 launchpad projects. 12 pads with 6 scenes.
- PLAYER: Double player. Files recognized: Wav, Midi, Mp3, Mp4, Avi, Mov, Flv, Cdg, Jpg, Txt, Pdf.
- PLAYER FUNCTIONS: Marker. Sync/Next. Autoplay. Lead mute. GM part. Lyric off. Cross fade. File search. Play list. My folder. transposer. Time stretching. Metronome click. Midi multimix. Song drum restyle. Audio and midi synchronize.
- AUDIO MULTITRACK PLAYER: 5+1 audio tracks with separate slider control. Metronome click out.
- DJ: Double audio and midi player with tempo & pitch stretching, pfi, sync, tap tempo, cue, fx pad, backspin, brake.
- JUKE BOX: Play list, my folders, SFX special effects.
- PIC& MOVIE: Jpg & Mp4, Avi, Mov, Flv, karaoke background, movie/PDF to RGB, pic list, autoshow.
- DVI: Video monitor out, karaoke lyric/mirror.
- MENU: Disk, Midi, play modes, audio edit, language, footswitch, preferences, controls, video, reg. Set up, arabic mode.
- MEDIA: Internal storage: SSD card 16Gb. USB: 3 host + 1 device. External storage: removable HD SATA 2/3 2,5 ".
- SAMPLE EDITOR: Internal multisample creation and storing functions.
- STYLE MODELING: Interactive modeling library with massive audio drums, live guitars, bass, latin groove, piano, guitar and orchestral templates.
- PLAY MODES: Master keyboard. Accordion style and classic. Organ (with pedalboard). Guitar mode with efx (thru input).
- REGISTRATIONS: 4 bank x 1024 regs. Full panel and function programming.
- DSP Type: chorus, reverb, flanger, phaser, tremolo, rotary, echo delay, tap delay, equalizer, distorsion, amp simulator, compressor, filter. EFX insert
- (54 types). 10 programmable insert chains.
- FILTER: Filter and resonance live controls.
- RECORDING: HD recording: 1 stereo track. Loop. Audio edit with cut, normalize. Midi recording with phrase and song.
- MICRO: XLR input. Gain control. Volume. Reverb. Micro On/off edit. Talk.
- VOICETRON: 3 voice vocalizer. 10 voicetron presets + 10 user.
- INSTRUCTION MANUAL: Html on board.
- MIDI: In1 (Gm), In2 (Keyb). Out. Thru. Midi set up: standard, computer & sequencer, keyboard right, accordion, player, style.
- OUT: Left/right stereo, pedal volume, sustain pedal, micro out.
- INPUT: Guitar (Instrument) / Micro2.
- HEADPHONE: Stereo headphone. Aux separate out assign (to drums, right, bass, click).
- OPTIONAL: Footswitch 6 or 13, volume pedal, sustain pedal, hard case, bag.
- POWER SUPPLY: External 9V-4A.
- DIMENSIONS: 108,5 × 14,5 x 40 cm (42,5 x 5,7 x 15,7 inches).
- WEIGHT: 16 Kg. (35 Ibs.)
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