Ketron SD1000 Sound Module

huge range of soundsThe Ketron SD1000 is an interesting addition to the world of sound modules, compact and rich in musical performance. It offers all the timbre sounds required to perfectly play back musical files in General MIDI standard and Kar, the SD1000 also has other additional sound banks with an incredible variety of Orchestral Voices: Grand Piano Stereo over 88 notes, Acoustic and electric Guitars, Brass and Saxophones of unique quality, Sample Organs, Accordions, Bass instruments, Strings, acoustic and electronic Drum Sets etc.

The SD1000 offers an incredible number of audio Loops of Drums and Percussions, split up into the widest variety of musical genres, which certainly make the SD1000 stand out from other similar modules. The module’s top application is when it is combined with a MIDI player (such as KETRON MIDJAY for example), or with a sequencer on computer (Logic®, Cubase®, Cakewalk® and others), but it can also be connected to Master keyboards or multi-purpose Keyboards (Arranger, Synth, Digital pianos, etc.).

At a glance • 512 new orchestral sounds
• 47 new acoustic and electronic drum sets
• 248 Audio drum loops
• 32-Part multi timbral
• 128-Voice polyphony
• Multi DSP effects
• 292 GM sounds
• MIDI in/thru
• 32 MIDI channels

improved audio qualityThanks to its integrated USB port, it can be easily connected to a laptop and used in the world of musical entertainment to play back Midifiles or to improve the poor sound quality of the integrated audio boards in personal computers. The two separate MIDI ports (2x16 channels), allow the SD1000 to play back 2 different midifiles simultaneously, so that it is possible to mix two different songs directly or switch gradually from one to another. It has never been so easy to create a top quality yet inexpensive entertainment station so quickly, reliably and safely!

full potentialThe SD1000 can be connected to a computer (PC or Mac) via USB, via the MIDI cable (if you already have a board with MIDI interface), or via the MIDI to USB cable supplied as an optional accessory by KETRON. Using sequencer programs such as Cubase®, Logic®, Cakewalk® or similar, you can add the SD1000 successfully to musical elaborations (MIDI files, Jingles, Mix Audio, etc.), fully exploiting its impressive sound versatility.

To make it easier to integrate the instrument in the most popular musical production software platforms, KETRON offers a number of templates (which you can download free of charge from the website) thanks to which you can easily and instantly control all the instrument’s resources (sounds, effects, drum sets) directly from your preferred sequencer.

The SD1000 can be used as a supplementary module to enrich the timbre range of your keyboard. It is also just as suitable to be coupled with Master keyboards that do not have any sounds or with the modern mini remote keyboards (multimedia keyboards), which have become more and more popular in the live set. This powerful yet compact sound module can certainly become a part of every musical set up.

ultimate characterIn addition to the well-known timbres of the reference standard (GM), the SD1000 comprises other Sound Banks with lots of characteristic sounds of the conventional families (Pianos, Strings, Sax, and Brass etc).

The top feature of the SD1000 compared with other sound modules is definitely the presence of so many audio Loops (Drum Loops, which can be downloaded free of charge from our website). You can add these Loops to your musical creations to enrich, if not even replace, the rhythms of the songs and to make the difference with everything that has already been enhanced within the MIDI files.

For example: a MIDI file of Caribbean music, where the Latin percussion parts are not always convincing. You can add some Patterns from the database of the Loops in addition to or, even better, to replace the existent Drum track (Copy & Paste). In just a few moves, you can replace the MIDI rhythmic structure with audio Loops with stunning results. Once the musical file is complete, you can save it in whichever format you prefer and play it back with any sequencer or MIDI player (e.g. MIDJAY or similar) by connecting it to your SD1000.

incredibly versatileThe SD1000 has a powerful and flexible DSP, which is incredibly versatile and programmable. In addition to the two Reverb and Chorus sections, there will also be a Rotary and Wah Wah effect and a Hi Quality Distortion. Two Insert effects with Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Tremolo, 4 Band Parametric EQ, Compressor and Delay can be connected to the tracks of the MIDI files played back to offer further realism and vitality to the sounds of the SD1000.