[QUOTE]Originally posted by justforfun000:
Thanks everybody for the help.

One of you was wrong about the Korg though. It plays gm midi files fine. It's from 1994 I believe, and was also upgraded later on with new OS info.

So you were saying that it will play different tracks with the same channel without sounding screwy? It didn't work that way for me. I had a song that had two seperate tracks with two separate drum kits, and I changed them both to channel 10 on the Korg before trying it again on the SD1. It didn't work. Even worse, it seemingly screwed up my main drum track. It definitely didn't play the timpani from the percussion kit either. :-(


SD1 drum tracks are assigned to track 9 + 10 on the SD1 . A timpani sound would occupy a different midi channel .

Another thing I don't understand is that when you are playing the midi file and you press start again (there being no stop button), it won't start playing again when you press start.

This doesn't make sense . The whole Idea of having a hard drive is to store your midi sequences onto it . Copy everything you have on a disk , onto the hard drive . Midi files are automatically designated for folder 91 !

After you complete this .......try to play the midi sequence and press F1 for GM or F10 for 16 track . YOu will than see all 16 parts of the midi sequence at one time . USe the FUnction buttons to select the desired tracks you wish to edit .
YOU MUST PLAY THE SEQUENCE IN ORDER TO EDIT !
Once you make appropriate changes , press save enter button . RENAME the sequence .

What's also harder to follow is that on my Korg, it would always have on the computer screen the measure it was currently on. I could stop it, use the dial to go any number of measures back or forward, and play again. I don't see how you do it with this one.

Yoo would have to load the song into the internal sequencer to have this effect .

NO PRELOADING or copying INTO SEQUENCER ( I-2 does not have direct from disk play back ..I could be wrong) WITH THE SD1 or other KEtron . Ketron keyboards are all about storing info on the hard drive and having direct access .

Can you also edit the same way? For any song I'd move up a few screens and enter into the song data and it would show you each measure along with the notes and their velocity, length, etc.

Something like this:

1/1 C#4 127(vel) 34(sec)
1/2 f#6 124 18

etc

So I could easily locate each note in a measure and alter the main parameters.

Apparently I'm also going to have to change some drum notes.

First key on the keyboards (E1), is the best kick on my Korg. I think it's something different on the SD1.

Same with my drum kit 2 (power kit). F1 was the best snare. What a drag all the drums between keyboards were not standard.


PLEASE remember that you will always have to make adjustments with any new keyboard .

THE DRUMS on the SD1 are one of its greatest strength's . I would just be patient and learn a little more .

You may also investigate a different midi sequence . Fore instance ......If I have a midi file that is the same as the one your having trouble with ....I'll send it to you ! Gotta Go ........ dano

PIANO MAN in Catonsville Maryland or ketronguy@yahoo.com