I just got news that the Ketron XD9 supports a FLASH card option chip, which allows you to customize or IMPORT your own sounds into the XD9.

Would it be possible to import SD1 or X1 sounds into the XD9 via this chip? How about 3rd party commercially available instrument sounds, or sounds sampled from a sampler? Can these be imported as well?

What sampler 'format' is required and HOW is the sound sample imported into the chip? What is the actual capacity of this chip?

Sorry for all the questions, but this new XD9 development sounds exciting. I hope AJ or another Ketron-oholic can provide MORE information as this.

MANY Thanks,

Scott

Scott,
all I know is that the XD9 can be connected to a PC via a serial cable and will respond to the Ketron file transfer program just like the SD1.
Once a flash card is installed on the XD9 you will be able to upload sounds. Now that I think of it, the XD9 can accept a HD as well, so I wonder how this would cost compared with a flash card. I seem to remember, however, that the flash card comes already loaded with sounds.

If the XD9 can actually access & read insturment voices (sounds) directly from the XD9's HD, it certainly would make better sense to go THAT route. Perhaps AJ, DanO, GeorgeK, or other Ketron XD9 user can clarify this.



I wonder if these are brand new Ketron sounds altogeher, or sounds from the X1, SD1, or? Can AJ, DanO, GeorgeK, or others provide more detail on this? Also, how much does this new FLASH card cost?

OK all: Here are the latest details regarding Ketron's new XD9 Flash Chip:




It's now clear that it's NOT POSSIBLE for us the 'end user' to import any sounds from the SD1 or X1 to the XD9.

I guess I initially misunderstood AJ in thinking (wishful thinking?) that the XD9 Flash expansion Sound chip was USER flashable, but apparently this is NOT the case, and that importing sounds to the chip can only be done by Ketron. Thus the ONLY way to have 'any' of the SD1 or X1 sounds in the XD9 is if Ketron decides to add specific sounds to the XD9 expansion sound chip themselves.

AJ, THANKS for your clarification. - Scott

Scott,
I have checked the XD3 manual and it looks like the only possibility to import new sounds is through these flash cards. At first I thought that they worked like expansion of the internal ROM, but then at the end of the manual (page 97), under "Specifications / Optionals", I have found a reference to "Flash sound expansion (8 or 4 Mb) blank or preloaded".
Maybe it's too early to ask for a clarification on this issue; I think that for now it's safer to assume that if importing new sounds is a priority then the SD1 could be a better choice.