Ketron – XD8

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Non capita spesso di vedere uno strumento di questo tipo.

E’ una tastiera elettronica cromatica, in due parole una fisarmonica spalmata su una superficie .

A tal proposito sarei curioso di sentire il parere di un fisarmonicista.

Mi sembra una posizione scomoda per chi è abituato a suonare in altre posizioni, ma probabilmente mi sbaglio.

Queste le sue caratteristiche tecniche (fornite direttamente dal produttore):

• Keyboard: Right 52 keys . Left : 120 Basses. Systems : International ( French ), Belgique.Key Velocity with 6 Velocity curves. Left and Right separate Velocity range controls.
• Polyphony: 64 notes. 32 Multitimbral.
• Sounds: 24 MB PCM ROM. 290 Presets Sounds Up to 1000 GM and Percussion sounds.
• Flash Sounds: (optional board) 8 MB or 4 MB Preset Voices – Disk rewritable.
• User Voices: 110 User Voices. Editing: A,D,S,R, Cut Off, Resonance, Effects.
• One Touch: 60 programmable One 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.
• Registrations: 198 panel settings Registrations. Single & Block mode.
• 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 Style parameters. 4 Arrangers, 3 Intro/Endings, 4 Fill Ins (1 Break).Interactive Accompaniment & Brass. Manual Bass. Jump. Tap Tempo. Accelerando-Ritardando. Tempo control. Pedalboard. Rootless & Standard Chord recognition. Pianist and Bassist functions. Automatic MS Style Conversion. Pattern up to 50 internal Pattern locations. Edit functions: Record, Clear, Copy, Remap. Flash Expansion (optional).
• Song Record: 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: 20 Arabic setups – 13 footswitch assignable. Tune +/- 99 cents per note.
• Accordion: Mode International, Belgique. Velocity control to Left & Right. 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.
• Midi file 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 MIDI ?le and Style playing. Song and Style select.
• Midi: In 1, In 2 , Out, Thru. 32 Midi Channels. GM standard.
• Floppy Disk: 3.5 2DD/HD.
• Hard Disk: (optional unit) Type ATA IDE 2.5. 6 GB.
• Display: 240 x 128 pixel backlit graphic TCF.
• Outputs: Left/Mono, Right. Sustain and Volume Pedal. Footswitch (6 – 13 switches). Micro out.
• Inputs: 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.
• Amplification: 2 x 22W RMS Stereo with enhanced Bass.
• Optionals: Video Interface, Vocalizer, Hard Disk, Flash Pattern expansion (2 MB), Flash Sound expansionMemory (8 or 4 MB), Hard Case ( wheels available) , Footswitch 6 or 13, Sustain pedal, Sustain pedal Piano type, Volume pedal, Midi Pedalboard.
• Dimensions: L x W x H = (117 x 40.5 x 15.5 cm) (46.8 x 16.2 x 6.2 inches).
• Weight: 16 Kg (35.2 lbs)

Al momento non conosco il prezzo.