Firstly, a happy new year to everybody and hope that you all had a good christmas.

Regarding song playback on the X1, i was wondering if there was ever a fix so that the keyboard could play and display lyrics of .kar files. Perhaps in an OP system upgrade? If there is such a think that is..

Thanks as always,
Danny

GN Midi program will convert KAR to Midi easily no prob.

hi, thanks for the reply..

i already have a kar 2 midi program, but i was wondering if there was ever a fix for the kb itself....

Send a request to Prince AJ at Ketron and maybe in a future update it will happen?

thanks i will do that!

ps, the kar 2 midi program i have is a few years old now and does not convert lyrics too well, eg, not in a straight line.. can you recommend a decent program and perhaps point me to where i can obtain it from?

thanks,
danny

Hi Guys.

Try renaming the extension “KAR” to “MID” using your PC.

That’s what most people do anyway.

Regards.
James.

James, I was just about to suggest the same thing. Good job!

Danny - You will just need to keep the pressure on Ketron to introduce this improvement to the X1 - The XD range already have this feature so they know how to achieve this. You can't read the .KAR file direct but the XD will convert and then allow you to save as an SMF.

The other good thing is that you can save a registration with the same name as the songfile and then when you load that registration it will automatically load the midifile (or .txt file if you just want the words but not the mididata). If you are switching from pure arranger playing to accompanying an SMF this is invaluable as it saves time setting up all the parameters such as full keyboard name and selected voices etc.

I believe that Ketron listen to their customers, look at the terrific upgrade the SD1 had and the X1 was sold with the promise that it is upgradeable.

Happy New Year (belatedly) from the UK to all.

KF

GNMIDI, newest version handles the old lyric problems..