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Ketron XD3-V

Ketron XD3-V Description:

Module With built in Vocalizer

Sound Module, Drum Machine & Arranger Synth.

Live Performer with a lot of flexibility for Midi.

Perfect for the Midi Accordionist, Midi Guitarist or those wishing to expand their current line-up.

The XD3 offers all you'll need in a mid-range keyboard module with exciting features like Drum Remix, Live Drums, Midifile player and the capability to create your own styles (or load in new ones).

Add on the optional Pattern expansion memory card (for even more style space), vocalizer (to add human back-ground voices to what you sing), video card (to display lyrics or screen information onto an external computer monitor) and you're 'loaded' XD3 is now able to challenge some of the higher-end module of today's market - made in Italy with pride!

The XD3 from Ketron is a sound module arranger workstation that offers the same features as the XD9 keyboard, only the keyboard, speakers, and pitch and modulation wheels have been removed.

This makes the XD3 a great choice if you already have a MIDI accordion or keyboard for control, but need the great sounds and arranger features that Ketron provides.

Nearly 300 voices, over 1000 percussion sounds, and 172 styles are built-in so you can create music in a variety of genres and styles. Designed with the MIDI accordion user in mind, the XD3 can also be used with a MIDI keyboard controller.

Sustain and volume pedal inputs are provided, along with a footswitch connector that allows you to connect an optional 6 or 13-switch floor unit so you can control arranger functions without having to remove your hands from your accordion or keyboard.

Other connectors include a microphone input and output, 1/4" audio outputs, a computer interface, and an optional video interface that's great for karaoke. Each style has four arrangers with multiple intros, fills, and endings for quick and simple creation of accompaniment.

Several DSP effects are included, such as reverb, delay, chorus, and more. The 3.5" floppy disk drive and optional 6GB hard drive provide great data storage.

When a microphone is connected, the optional vocalizer provides controllable harmonies for your vocal performance. All this and more in a durable, ultra-portable unit make the XD3 a great choice.

Ketron XD3-V Features:

• High-Quality Sounds Ketron's sound engine provides realistic voices, percussion sounds, drum kits, and styles for music creation.
• Compact and Portable The sleek unit is ultra-portable for life on the road.
• Designed with MIDI Accordion in Mind Multiple accordion features include bellows-driven expression, left-hand-driven percussion, and more. However, the XD3 can also be controlled by your MIDI keyboard or guitar.
• Intuitive Interface The multitude of buttons have been arranged for quick and easy access, while the backlit display shows vital information.
• Arranger Each style has four arrangers with multiple intros, fills, and endings to provide accompaniment in a variety of genres.
• Arabic Scale The XD3 has 13 footswitch-assignable Arabic setups, with ±99 cent tuning per note.
• DSP Effects The 60 DSP effects include reverb, delay, chorus, and more.
• Connectivity Full MIDI connectors, 1/4" audio outputs, a mic input and output, computer interface, and optional video interface allow you to connect a variety of equipment.
• Real-Time Recording Record to disk in real time.
• Transposing The transposing feature provides ±24 half tones.
• Vocalizer The optional vocalizer provides controllable harmonies for your vocal performance.
• Storage The 3.5" floppy disk drive and optional hard drive provide great storage capabilities.

Ketron XD3-V Specifications:

• SOUND MODULE
• Velocity sensitive. 6 Velocity curves.
• POLYPHONY 64 notes. 32 Multitimbral.
• SOUND GENERATION 24Mbyte PCM ROM. 290 Presets Sounds. 292 GM Voices. More than 1000 Percussive sounds.
• FLASH SOUNDS
• (optional board) 8 Mbyte Preset Voices – Disk rewritable.
• USER VOICES 110 User Voices. Editing : A,D,S,R, Cut Off, Resonance, Effects.
• 1 TOUCH 60 programmable 1 Touch Sounds. To Style assignment.
• DRAWBARS 10 Digital Drawbar effects.
• PROGRAMS 120 Programs, 4 Voices, 4 splits. Sustain, Portamento, Velocity switch, Duet, Trio, Morphing,
• Steel, Harmony and 2nd voice assign. Single Program & Global loading.
• 2ND VOICE 292 Second Voices preset & programmable. 2nd Voice Edit .
• DRUM 1 24 Drum sets . 24 User Drum Sets. 10 Drum sections. Drum Mixer. Manual Drums.
• DRUM 2 50 Live Drum sets.
• ARRANGER 172 Internal Styles. Rewritable parameters. 4 Arrangers, 3 Intro/Endings, 4 Fill Ins.(1 break).
• Interactive Accompaniment & Brass. Manual Bass. Jump. Tap Tempo. Accelerando-Ritardando.
• Tempo control. Pedalboard
• functions. Rootless & Standard Chord recognition. Automatic MS Style Conversion.
• PATTERN up to 50 internal Pattern locations. Edit functions : Record, Clear, Copy , Remap. Expansion
• memory (optional).
• SONG RECORD real time Song Recording to Disk.
• OCTAVE 1 octave Up/Down.
• HARMONY Full, Jazz, Double, Bluegrass, Trill, Repeat, Folk 1, Folk 2.
• TRANSPOSER +/- 24 half tones.
• WHEELS Pitch & Modulation
• 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, Wha Wha, Distortion,
• Overdrive, Rotor, Bass Boost. Portamento. Mono – Legato function.
• MICRO Input with Gain control. Echo, Reverb., Pan/Pot, Pitch Shift, Dry..
• VOCALIZER (optional unit) Harmonizer, Vocoder, Melody types, Midi Vocalizer track, Vocalizer to Arranger,
• Vocal effects. Left & Right Harmonies.
• MIDIFILE PLAYER SMF Song playback with karaoke and Txt files. 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 Midifile and Style playing. Song and Style select.
• MIDI In 1, In2 , Out, Thru. 32 Midi Channels. GM standard.
• FLOPPY DISK 3.5 2DD/HD.
• HARD DISK (optional unit) Type ATA IDE 2.5. 6Gbyte (max).
• DISPLAY 240 x 128 pixel backlit graphic TCF.
• OUTPUT Left/Mono, Right. Sustain and Volume Pedal. Footswitch (6 - 13 switches). Micro out.
• INPUT Stereo headphone. Micro jack.
• COMPUTER PC/Mac Interface socket .
• VIDEO INTERFACE (optional unit) Systems - PAL, NTSC, Super VHS. Monitor, Mirror, Zoom, Karaoke 1/2 page and full
• screen, Mark, Underlined. Size and position controls.
• OPTIONALS Video Interface, Vocalizer, Hard Disk, Pattern expansion (2 Mbytes), Flash Memory (8 Mbytes)
• blank or preloaded.
• DIMENSIONS L x W x H = (55 x 25 x 12 cms.) (10 x 22 x 4,8 inches).
• WEIGHT 7 Kg. (15,4 lbs).

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