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  • Page 1 VEGA VEGA VEGA Owner’s Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    INDEX PAGE Welcome to the VEGA Connections Control panel and push button functions Parameter management guide on how to start playing Voices and User Voice Program and One Touch Drawbars Drum Set Arranger Using a MIDI pedal for the bass...
  • Page 4 Styles and new functions for live music, offered for the first time ever on keyboards with arrangers of such categories. There is the Remix function, being the most simple and enjoyable way of changing the rhythm track of a Midifile using the Styles of the VEGA instru- ment.

  • Page 5: Connections

    Connections The VEGA is provided with all the audio and MIDI connections as required by current standards including the sockets for the pedals needed for its optimum use. The only optional extras are the video interface and the two pedals.
  • Page 6 Unbalanced _’’ mono audio jack input for two microphones, (if a stereo-mono adapter is used). The Micro Input signal can be processed by the inner Vocalizer of the VEGA and by the global effects. Without the adapter, only one microphone can be used.
  • Page 7 In the main page the CURSOR + and CURSOR – push buttons are used to Transpose all the VEGA sound sections globally in steps of one semitone. To reset the transposition, simply press the two push buttons together at the same time.
  • Page 8 EFFECT/MICRO-VOCALIZER: This is used to quickly modify the Reverbs and to enable the modulation effects and also to access the indi- vidual parameters of the single effects. UTILITY: This controls the overall parameters of the keyboard and the physical controllers. ARRANGE MODE: This is used to gain access to the parameters dedicated to the Arranger when playing live. VEGA...
  • Page 9 Voices per family, the user can move onto the next pages either using the PAGE + or PAGE – push buttons or by repeatedly pressing the push button of that family of Voices in use. When the VEGA reaches the last page of Voices available, the user can return to the first page of Voices by pressing the same push button for that family of Voices again rather than the PAGE + or PAGE - push buttons.
  • Page 10 Lower voices can be disabled when the Arranger is not running. This also allows the user to prevent the Lower voice(s) from sounding prior to the arranger starting. When in Song Play mode, this push button is used to select the drum track of the Song being played, for the Remix function. VEGA...
  • Page 11 This is used to add a Break beat at the end of which the Arranger will start to play again. If you tap on this button with a set frequency two times, the VEGA determines the tempo value automatically (based on how quickly or slowly you were tapping on this button) and uses this new tempo for the arranger or sequence to be played.

  • Page 12: Parameter Management

    CALLING UP THE MENUS The parameters of the VEGA are grouped in menus that are always called up from the main page of the display which can be accessed using the EXIT push button (apart from some exceptions which we will see later).
  • Page 13 You will certainly want to instantly know how to use some functions of the VEGA such as how to call up Styles and Voices, reproduce Midi files, how to use the Arranger, how to use a MIDI accordion and the Vocalizer with a microphone. If this is the case then this section is just up your street.
  • Page 14 Whatever the case Ketron has developed some Styles that will never smother the lead vocal or voices being played, but will enhance it. When the VEGA is turned on it is always pre-set to use the Arranger with a piano sound for the lead (Right section) to be played with the right hand, a background for the left hand (Lower section), a keyboard split point to keep the right hand separate from the left (set to note C3).
  • Page 15 Style for the Arranger. The VEGA stores the Styles of each kind of music in groups of ten and the number of the next groups is indicated as Pages. To call up the other groups of Styles that are not currently displayed, simply press the STYLES push button again, to which the groups belong or use the PAGE +/- push buttons.
  • Page 16 The Modulation Wheel and the Pitch Bend are immediately available as well as the Aftertouch to control additional sound or timbre parameters using key dynamics. It is worth remembering that up to four split or layered timbres can be used for the lead section, which is programmable as explained later in the ‘PROGRAMS’ chapter. VEGA...
  • Page 17 At this stage you can use effects like reverb on the voice signal from the mic, which can be modified as desired. The versatility of the Vocalizer of the VEGA is such that it can be used in various ways. First and foremost the VEGA is capable of identifying the pitch of the note that you are singing so that it can be harmonized correctly and naturally.
  • Page 18 The VEGA does all this just by simply calling up a Registration. If indeed the name of the Registration is the same as that of the Midi file, the text file and the pattern, when it is called up the VEGA will automatically load all these files, without having to access the DISK func- tions.
  • Page 19 The VEGA is capable of loading new samples using an optional Internal Flash Card. The VEGA also has a bank of factory ‘Preset Voices’, a General MIDI bank (used again for the Styles) and a bank of 110 User Voices. The latter is where you store your own voices using the General MIDI or other voices as your starting point.
  • Page 20 Access the programming menu using F7 Edit Voice. Together with the User Voices the VEGA allows the user to also edit the voices in the General MIDI bank. To call up a voice for editing from this bank, proceed as follows: Enable the User Voice bank (LED lit).
  • Page 21 This controls the Wha Wha effect via the use of the Modulation Wheel. Portamento: enables the use of the Portamento for the voice. Legato: enables the Legato mode for the amplitude envelope. Wha To Pedal: assigns the Wha-Wha control to the pedal. Mono: sets the Voice to mono. VEGA...
  • Page 22 FLASH MEMORY CARD In the VEGA an 8MB optional Flash RAM can be inserted, to load new samples (Voices, Drum Sets and Live Drums). The Flash RAM is available either pre-programmed by Ketron with a number of Sound Banks (files having .SND extension) or blank which can be used to load new SND files from a floppy disk or from the hard disk.
  • Page 23 MIDI pedal. Using the Programs the player can create Harmony effects such as Duet, Trio and Steel. The VEGA provides the musician with 120 Programs that are distributed over twelve pages of ten Programs each. To call up a Program simply enable the PROGRAM push button and select one of the Programs displayed using the function push buttons.
  • Page 24 These control the signal entity to be sent to the delay or the chorus, when an appropriate algorithm has been selected. Compared to all seen up to here, the parameters within the horizontal lines are only called up using the function push button F5/F10, as there is no function push button available for the last line. VEGA...
  • Page 25 Voice 1 and 2. When the Modulation Wheel is set at minimum only the first Voice will be heard; when it is at maximum only the second Voice will be heard. In this way it is possible to obtain a morphing between the two Voices in real time controlled by the musician. VEGA...
  • Page 26 Select F2 Single Program or F7 Program to load a complete bank. Type in the number of the folder in which the Single Programs to be loaded are stored using the numeric keypad (STYLES push buttons). Select the Program using the VALUE +/- push buttons. Press F2 Load. VEGA...
  • Page 27 With all these voices on board, you will soon notice that you do have some voices that you use more often than others. These ‘favourite’ voic- es can be stored in a special location in memory (One Touch) which renders quick access and recall during live performances. The VEGA already contains Ketron’s favourite voices within the current One Touch locations as default but you can later edit and replace these with your favourite...

  • Page 28: Drawbars

    The VEGA allows you to control a number of particular features relevant to the original organ timbre, to be called up with the function buttons and the CURSOR +/- buttons and modified with the VALUE +/- buttons. These parameters are described in detail in the following: Drawbar: use the CURSOR +/- push buttons to select the drawbar, and use the VALUE +/- buttons to modify its level.

  • Page 29: Drum Set

    All this is the result of extensive musical research and complex processing of sampled drum loops (grooves). With the VEGA, in fact, the groove is not a simple audio file combined within the rhythm, but an actual Live Drum Set where the single instru- ments have been separated for each single key of the keyboard.
  • Page 30 GM format, but you would like to establish on the VEGA to create compatibility. The VEGA allows for creation and programming of a Drum Set which can be stored among the User Drum Sets (replacing the pre-set ones) and can be used within the styles.

  • Page 31: Arranger

    For each Style, the VEGA allows you to modify the voices that are assigned to the tracks, as well as the volumes, the pan value and the amount of the effects sent. The Arranger is controlled through the VEGA keyboard, pedals and buttons, or via MIDI. This last feature is particularly use- ful for those who use a MIDI accordion.
  • Page 32 ENDING: The VEGA arranger has three ending. For Arranger A ending 1 will play, for Arranger B ending 2 will play and for Arranger C and D ending 3 will play.
  • Page 33 This calls up the keyboard Split function, which can be called up also from the main page using the EXIT push button. LEFT CONTROL: SECOND PAGE F1 Pattern Edit: This calls up the Pattern editing. For further details, please refer to the special chapter ahead. VEGA...
  • Page 34 In this way, when the musician plays a solo, some sections of the accompaniment chosen by him will be muted, enhancing the solo part and avoiding over all cluttering of the music. At the end of the solo, the VEGA...
  • Page 35 The parameters available for the Right section are the following: F1 Chorus: By pressing the function push button repeatedly the Chorus effect is enabled or otherwise on the Right section. VEGA...
  • Page 36 Arranger. There are two different operating modes for Pianist: Auto and Standard. These modes can be set in the F8 Pianist Mode menu. VEGA...
  • Page 37 Activates or otherwise the Sustain function in the Pianist mode, so you can use the Sustain pedal to ‘freeze’ the last recognized chord and to freely play, right after having set the chord, along the complete keyboard. Releasing the sus- tain pedal will allow the VEGA to recognize the next valid chord played anywhere on the keyboard. F8 Pianist Mode: Enables selection of the Pianist mode.
  • Page 38 If a pedal-board is connected, activating this function with the relevant function button and with Manual Bass enabled, the pedal-board allows you to play the bass timbre of the Style, independently from the Arranger, while on the keyboard part to the left of the split point you may still play the Arranger chord. VEGA...
  • Page 39 From any of the four pages you may also modify the sound assigned to a track for the Arrange A, B, C, D, Intro 1, 2, 3, Ending 1, 2, 3 parts. Modification can affect either the currently selected Arranger part (Single mode) or all parts (Global mode), except for the Drum Sets, whose modifications affect all parts. VEGA...
  • Page 40 ARRANGE VIEW: FIRST PAGE Further to modifying the volume for the single tracks and the Lower parts, the VEGA allows you to activate the Mute function on a single track. This setting will remain stored also for the next Styles selected. In order to activate the Mute function on a track, select the track pressing the relevant function button and then press both VALUE +/- buttons at the same time.
  • Page 41 Enter the file name using the keyboard keys and the CURSOR +/- push buttons. Confirm the operation pressing F10 Exec or quit the procedure pressing F5 Escape. The file thus created contains all the Custom Styles and has the extension .STY. VEGA...

  • Page 42: Using A Midi Pedal For The Bass

    Using a MIDI pedal for the bass The VEGA enables the connection of a MIDI pedal to control the manual bass line and to set the chords. The MIDI reception channel is to be set for the bass part on the same transmission channel as the pedal, by proceeding as follows: Connect the MIDI pedal to MIDI In 2 (Keyboard).

  • Page 43: Pattern Edit

    From a purely technical point of view, Pattern Edit exploits only one RAM location to modify the Style. This means that all the modifications made must be saved each time they are made otherwise the Style will be lost when the VEGA is turned off. This RAM location is managed com- pletely automatically and is not seen by the musician, who need not worry about it.
  • Page 44 Minor chords and the arrangement differs from the previous etc.). To simplify the recording phase it is also possible to record a section only in Major leaving it up to the VEGA to extract the various versions of minor and seventh. To do this select “M.m.7th”...
  • Page 45 Pattern Edit F4 Metronome: When enabled, the VEGA will use a Stick sound to count the tempo. F5 Save: This is used to save the modifications permanently in the memory. F6 Value Quantize: In registration mode it may be handy to take the notes to a temporal grid, the value of which can be modified using the VALUE +/- push buttons.
  • Page 46 Press the START push button to start recording. After one pre-count you can start recording. Upon completion of the number of beats available the recording will stop and automatically the VEGA will switch to Play mode. Press START to play back all recorded notes and play a chord on the left part of the keyboard. The track reproduction will loop around the set number of measures until START is pressed again.
  • Page 47 Allows you to save on the presently activated disk, one or a number of Patterns as single files having the extension .PAT. F9 Select allows you to select the Pattern to be saved among those present in the Pattern bank. F10 Execute saves the Pattern while F5 Escape takes you back to the main page of Edit Pattern. VEGA...
  • Page 48 F1 Record or F9 MIDI Record page as already explained above. This method of working avoids confusion. F10 FORMAT Deletes the complete Pattern and the Flash RAM banks. F10 Execute confirms the operation, F5 Escape takes you back to the Pattern Edit page. VEGA...

  • Page 49: Power On Set Up

    Power On Set Up It will soon become clear to you that each time you power on the VEGA, there are some features that always default to values set by Ketron (which you almost always have to change or modify prior to using the keyboard). Some of the most important settings programmed for the use of your VEGA can be stored in such a way that they are automatically called up when turning the instrument on, thus avoiding loss of time involved during re-programming.
  • Page 50 As an addition to the Drum Remix feature as well in Song Play, the Drum Mixer is able to mute percussion groups in real time, and Drums & Bass to instantly reproduce only the drums and the bass of a Midi file. No matter how you use the Midi files, the VEGA allows you...
  • Page 51 BALANCING AND PLAYING THE SOUNDS ASSIGNED TO THE KEYBOARD One of the prerogatives of the VEGA is the availability of sounds that can be played on the keyboard while the Midi file is playing. In fact, the two parts (Lower and Bass) as well as Right and Manual Drum remain in use, separated by the split point that can be programmed even while the Midi file is being reproduced.
  • Page 52 MODIFYING AND SAVING THE PARAMETERS OF THE TRACKS OF A MIDI FILE The VEGA can modify the Volume, Reverb, Chorus and Pan parameters for each single track (Part) of a Midi file. It can also always filter out unde- sired MIDI events, transpose the track, enable the Mute and define the MIDI receiving and transmitting channels for each track. To go beyond the General MIDI standard Level 1, it is also possible to convert the track into one dedicated to the use of a Drum Set or the Vocalizer.
  • Page 53 Part to which the MIDI filter is to be applied has been found, select which MIDI message is not to be carried during playback using the VALUE +/- push buttons and enable the filter using the F10 On/Off push button. The filter is enabled when “ON” appears next the MIDI message to be filtered. VEGA...
  • Page 54 Vocal Sets must be selected using the VALUE +/- push buttons. Note: The modification of the operational mode of a track can make the song incompatible with modules using the General MIDI format, but it offers the best possible conditions for creating Midi files on the VEGA. F9 Mute: If this function is enabled , the selected track will not be heard during playback.
  • Page 55 F7 Chain Edit: This creates chains of Midi files of no more than 32 Midi files, to be reproduced in sequence without having therefore to call up each file individually. It only works for the Midi files stored in the same Folder or on the same floppy disk. Once F7 Chain Edit is pressed, the VEGA displays the Midi files stored in the Folder that can be selected using the VALUE +/- and CURSOR +/- push buttons.

  • Page 56: Drum Remix

    When the user changes the drum track, he also often modifies the bal- ance of the individual percussion instruments too, with a crescendo in the number of instruments that make up a rhythm track. The VEGA instru- ment enables the realisation of similar results, utilising the percussion tracks of the Styles instead of that of the drums of a Midi file, enabling the muting of single percussion groups of the rhythm track.

  • Page 57: Video Out And Karaoke

    Off: means that only the Midi file words appear on the screen despite the VEGA display. The Mirror Off status may prove useful to read the words on the screen when the words displayed on the VEGA is set on off via Lyric Off, and can only be set with Song Play stopped.

  • Page 58: Recording A Midi File

    General MIDI, it is also possible to quickly create some arrangements which will also be compatible with other GM modules. Some of the properties of the VEGA may however be lost if reproduced on GM modules, especially the use of the Live Drum tracks (Drum 2), the response to the modulation of the voices for the Right section of the keyboard that are not com- patible with the General MIDI Standard, and the use of the Drawbars.
  • Page 59 Generally, all there is in a .KAR file is a normal Midi file in format 1 and therefore it is to be converted into format 0 for it to be reproduced direct- ly. The VEGA not only reads Midi files with Lyrics in format 0 and 1, but can also convert a .KAR Midi file into a new .MID Midi file in format 0 with text meta events.
  • Page 60 SYNCHRONIZING THE CHANGES TO THE LYRICS/TEXT PAGE WITH A MIDI FILE The VEGA can record the page change of the .TXT file displayed at any stage of a Midi file. By writing a text with black lines, you can achieve results very close to Karaoke, obviously with some graphic restrictions.

  • Page 61: Using The Microphone

    Using the microphone The VEGA can use two separate microphones if an optional adapter is utilised to divide the stereo input into two microphone inputs. Input Mic 1 is the only one that can exploit the built-in Vocalizer plus it is provided with a separate audio output to allow the lead voice signal be processed with an external mixer.
  • Page 62 If Dry On Stop is selected, the effects will be applied on the microphone signal only when the Arranger or a Midi file is being played. After the Arranger and the Midi file have stopped playing, the VEGA disables the effects on the microphone and re-enables them as soon as the Arranger or the Midi file starts playing again.

  • Page 63: Vocalizer

    It is dedicated to the human voice, and adds two or three notes to the single note sung into the microphone, thus creating a vocal duo or trio utilising the sound of the voice on the microphone input. The VEGA applies the Vocalizer to the signal coming from the Micro input and uses (for harmonisation information) the chords played on the keyboard or those on the MIDI In 2 input.
  • Page 64 Mid Band Direct, Vocalizer: Mid band level of the equalizer for the direct voice and for those generated by the Vocalizer High Band Direct, Vocalizer: High band level of the equalizer for the direct voice and for those generated by the Vocalizer. Volume 1, 2, 3: Volume of the single voices added by the Vocalizer. VEGA...
  • Page 65 Arranger, and not via MIDI and not via the sequencer. “None” completely deactivates the VEGA Vocalizer but still transmits the information for the Vocalizer control to the MIDI Out, to be able to control a sim- ilar external unit.
  • Page 66 In this operating mode the note sung does not influence the harmonisation, which depends only on the chord played. The complete keyboard of the VEGA is enabled to recognise the chord and the single inversions, producing different harmonisation. The algorithms available for Keyboard Harmony are:...
  • Page 67 Once you have modified any of the Vocal Set parameters, you need to store it in one of the twelve memories available to avoid losing them when you exit from the Vocalizer mode or switch the VEGA off. To activate the saving operation, press the SAVE/ENTER push button before exiting Vocalizer.
  • Page 68 AUTOMATIC VOCAL SET LOADING USING THE VEGA'S POWER ON SETUP Thanks to the Power On Setup function described in this manual, you may load the desired Vocal set on turning on the VEGA. For this purpose, select the desired Vocal Set from the Vocalizer page and then go back to the main display page pressing the EXIT push button.

  • Page 69: Effects

    Effects The DSPs of the VEGA are capable of producing Reverb, Chorus, Delay and Modulation effects that can be applied to the Upper and Lower parts, to the accompaniment tracks and to external audio signals. The VEGA employs up to three DSPs to generate the global Reverb; and for the Upper parts, an additional three groups of Chorus, Delay and Distorsor effects that can work both in parallel and in series in Programs and in parallel for the automatic accompaniment tracks and the Lower parts.
  • Page 70 EDITING AN EFFECT The VEGA does not only choose the algorithm to be assigned to the DSPs but it also allows its substantial modification and saving in dedicated memories. To modify an algorithm - first of all, it must be selected among Chorus, Delay and Distorsion, simply by pressing the function push button and choosing the algorithm.

  • Page 71: Registrations

    Registrations This is one exiting feature of the VEGA that captures the over-all settings of the keyboard at any one time and thanks to these special memo- ry locations, all the control panel settings and the main parameters that control the VEGA can be called up instantly. Once the Registrations have been programmed they make it easy to quickly change the Style, the Voice variations, the settings of the effects and above all the auto- matic call-up of the TXT files.
  • Page 72 AUTOMATICALLY LOADING THE TEXT FILE AND MIDI FILE USING REGISTRATIONS This function is one of the most powerful and useful functions of the VEGA. It is used to avoid lots of procedures to load the file required when playing live. There is no operational difference between a Registration of the Block Registrations and a Single Registration.
  • Page 73 Register to another. This is where the above feature becomes useful permitting the ability to ‘freeze’ certain features that need not change as you change from one Register to anther! VEGA...

  • Page 74: Utility

    The Utility menus are used to control the physical controllers, the MIDI accordions, the pedals and a group of parameters that modify the general performance of the VEGA. From the main page of the display, press F3 Utility to access the first page indicated as 1/2 at the top right part of the display. To select the other page use the PAGE +/- push buttons.
  • Page 75 F1 Tune: The value indicated in Hertz, that can be modified +/- 100 Cents using the VALUE +/- push buttons, establishes the fine tuning of the whole sound generator of the VEGA. By pressing the two VALUE +/- push but- tons together at the same time the standard tuning of 440 Hz is reset.
  • Page 76 F6 Footswitch: If set as Note Mapping, the Arabic scale is also applied to the notes played using the pedal. If set as Arabic Set, the thirteen Arabic scales to be called up instantly are assigned to the pedal switches. VEGA...
  • Page 77 The value entered using the VALUE +/- push buttons establishes the time that the page in use remains displayed, at the end of which the VEGA returns to the main page of the display. Set as Off, the page in use remains displayed until another page is manually accessed or cancelled.

  • Page 78: Midi Accordions

    MIDI Accordions The VEGA can be managed by an Accordion connected via MIDI, thanks to the fact that the attribution of the MIDI channels to the single parts of the keyboard, the bass transposition, the velocity and also the use of the bass voices can be controlled. The controls directly depend on the MIDI implementation of the Accordion therefore, for very simple MIDI accordions some of the functions described hereafter may not be available.
  • Page 79 Accordion mode is enabled. The Ketron VEGA is provided with two MIDI set-ups for Accordions. Accordion 1 is dedicated to the use of the Accordion with the VEGA Arranger and Accordion 2 controls all sixteen MIDI parts of the VEGA. The settings of the Accordion menu in the Utility menu can be saved in a Registration.

  • Page 80: Midi

    (thanks to the polyphony) offers 32 independent MIDI parts. Sixteen parts are dedicated to using the keyboard when playing live, with separate parts for the Arranger and the lead. The other sixteen are reached using the MIDI In 1 input that exploits the tone generator of the VEGA as a module in independent General MIDI standard.
  • Page 81 Drum2: track dedicated to the use of Live Drumsets Vocalize: track dedicated to the control of the Vocalizer Based on the choice made, Drumset, Live Drum, Voice and Vocal Set can be called up or otherwise. Whereas in the case VEGA...
  • Page 82 THE MIDI PARAMETERS OF THE VEGA SECTIONS From the main page of the display press F6 MIDI to call up the menus dedicated to the VEGA sections. For each single function the single sec- tions involved are displayed together with relative value. To move around between the sections use the CURSOR +/- push buttons and use the VALUE +/- push buttons to modify the value.
  • Page 83 F5 Escape: This returns to the initial page of the MIDI menu. F10 MIDI Setup: This calls up the settings already put in order and saved to use the VEGA via MIDI. The MIDI Set-up currently selected is also that where the settings will be saved using the SAVE/ENTER push button.
  • Page 84 CURSOR +/- push buttons and are enabled using F10 Select. They are: Clock Out: When this function is enabled, the VEGA sends the MIDI Clock to MIDI Out and therefore it can con- trol the tempo values during reproduction in external sequencers.
  • Page 85 F6 Computer: This selects the type of computer to which the VEGA is connected. F7 Local On/Off: This is a MIDI condition for which, when set as Off, all the VEGA sections are no longer con- trolled by the keyboard but only by the MIDI In input.

  • Page 86: Disk

    DISK The VEGA can be supplied with a Hard Disk and has a standard Disk drive for Floppy Disks of 720 Kb (DD) or 1,4 MB (HD). The VEGA uses the DOS format for the Floppy, therefore the same floppy disk can be used to exchange files from PC or Mac. The direct connection to a PC on the back of the control panel is used to directly control the contents of the Hard Disk via PC, by means of KetronFT, a free application that can be down- loaded from the www.ketron.it internet pages.
  • Page 87 Using the numeric keypad (STYLES push buttons) type-in the destination Folder. If you do not know the number associated with the Folder, press F8 Folder to display the list. From the page displayed, you can also create a new Folder using F1 New. The Folder selected is enhan- ced on the first line of the display. VEGA...
  • Page 88 This is used to select the file type within the Folder currently in use. The options are the same as those indicated in F3 Save. F6 Delete: This cancels one or a number of files selected using F10 Select. Before completing the procedure the VEGA displays a warning message with the following options: F5 Escape: This cancels the procedure.
  • Page 89 F5 Escape: This cancels the procedure and returns to the Disk menu. F8 Skip: This skips the copying procedure of the current file. F9 Copy All: This copies all the files without re-naming them. F10 Execute: This confirms that the single file is to be copied. VEGA...
  • Page 90 It only works for the Midi files stored in the same Folder, which is called up as already explained for the F3 Transposer. Once F7 Chain Edit has been pressed the VEGA displays the Midi files stored in the Folder that can be selected using the VALUE +/- and CURSOR +/- push but- tons.
  • Page 91 Midi file will appear. There are three ways of moving along the chain, namely: Let the Midi files come-in as they end normally and the VEGA will load the next file and reproduce it without any further input.
  • Page 92 Folder, which is called up as already explained for the F3 Transposer. Once F7 Chain Edit has been pressed the VEGA displays the Midi files stored in the Folder that can be selected using the VALUE +/- and CURSOR +/- push buttons.
  • Page 93 Thanks to the computer serial port at the back of the unit, the files and folders of the hard disk are easy to organise and manage on a PC or Mac. You can copy all files from/to your VEGA to/from the HD of your computer. Instructions on how to connect and how to use the KetronFT software are included in the file to be downloaded from the www.ketron.it internet pages.
  • Page 94 Technical Tables...

  • Page 96: Table Of Contents

    Technical Tables INDEX PAGE Specifications Preset program changes Presets GM Voices Drum Sets Live Drums (DRUMS 2) Midi Banks & Prog. Change Styles Midi implementation Vocalizer control list System exclusive Ketron VEGA Vocalizer System exclusive list VEGA...

  • Page 98: Specifications

    Case ( wheels available) , Footswitch 6 or 13, Sustain pedal, Sustain pedal Piano type, Volume pedal, Midi Pedalboard. L x W x H = (117 x 40.5 x 15.5 cm) (46.8 x 16.2 x 6.2 inches). DIMENSIONS 16 Kg (35.2 lbs) WEIGHT PECIFICATIONS AND APPEARANCE ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE VEGA...

  • Page 99: Preset Program Changes

    Pizzicato Harp Glock Strings Symphony Wiener Strings Ensemble Slowstrings Concert Synstring Digistring Corale Warmvoice Classic Uuuh Mmmh R&B Choir Synvoice Softchoir Vocals Sisters Space Voice Trumpet Cornet Slide Tbn Trombone Mexican Blare Mariachi Mutetpt Flugel Horn Dixitpt French Horn VEGA...
  • Page 100 Oud 1 Zurna Oud 2 Or - Sax Accrdion Mizmar Accord 2 Kanun 1 Saz 2 Naiy Master Kanun 2 Mijwiz Tinkle Esaz Spanish Kawala Accrd - EG Melotom Syntom Oudtrem 1 Fretslide Ends Seashore Bird Telephone Helicopter Applause Gunshot VEGA...
  • Page 101 E E T T H H N N I I C C Sitar Classica Slide Tbn Sawpad Banjo Paris Mute Tpt Echodrop Mandolin Diatonic Fall Off Oriental Kalimba Cassotto Mexican Wiring Fiddle Octafisa Dixie Tpt Atmosphere Bagpipe Fisa Octabrass Startheme Zither VEGA...

  • Page 102: Gm Voices

    Slow Strings Agogo Synstrgs1 Steeldrum Synstrgs 2 Woodblock Choir 1 Taiko Choir 2 Melotom Synvoice Syntom Hits Reverse Trumpet Fretslide Trombone Breath Euphonium Seashore Muted Tpt Bird French Hrn Telephone Brass Helicopter Synbrass 1 Applause Synbrass 2 Gun Shot VEGA...
  • Page 103 Trumpet Mute Jazztrumpet Fretslide Cornet Mute Open Tbn Breath Tuba&Bass Mute Brasslips Seashore Old trombon Mute Tbones Bird Flugel horn Mute Fall Off Telephone Brass 2 Mute Tijuana Helicopter Growlbrass1 Mute Sawbrass Applause Brass fx Mute Octabrass Gun shot VEGA...
  • Page 104 Brush Tekno 2 Orchestra Newage Latinhouse Contemporary Popdown Jazzman Hiphop MS Drum Dance 2 Dance 3 Latin 1 Jazz 1 Latin 2 Shuffle Jazz 2 Rock&Roll Tradition Samba 1 Urban Samba 2 Electro Pandero Salsa 2 Country Eurolatin R&B VEGA...

  • Page 105: Midi Banks & Prog. Change

    (3*) With regard to presets, bank A is complete whereas banks B, C, D, E, F, G contain only a few sounds, as you may see from the presets table. If you call up a program change that does not exist, automatically the corresponding one of bank A is called up. VEGA...
  • Page 106 O O r r i i e e n n t t a a l l s s t t y y l l e e s s a a r r e e l l o o c c a a t t e e d d o o n n t t h h e e C C o o u u n n t t r r y y / / O O r r . . f f a a m m i i l l y y . . 120 Foxdixie 121 Swing R R O O C C K K 198 Hard Rock 122 Shuffle Ballad 199 Rock Shuffle VEGA...

  • Page 107: Midi Implementation

    06H vv Reverb send level of drum instr. note rr. vv=00h to 7FH (see note 2) NRPN 1ErrH BnH 63H 1EH 62H rr 06H vv Chorus send level of drum instr. note rr. vv=00h to 7FH (see note 2) VEGA...

  • Page 108: Vocalizer Control List

    Hi-Hat "" "" 4 "" "" Cymbal "" "" 5 "" "" Tom/Fx "" "" 6 "" "" Rim Shot "" "" 7 "" "" Latin1 "" "" 8 "" "" Latin2 "" "" 9 "" "" Latin3/Tamb "" VEGA...

  • Page 109: System Exclusive Ketron Vega

    Technical Tables System exclusive Ketron VEGA T T A A B B S S F0H 26H 7CH Code_tab Status F7H Code_tab = 00H - 7FH Tab code (see list) Status = 7FH Tab pressed Status = 00H Tab released Code_tab list:...
  • Page 110 Type: 0 = no effects 5 = Delay + Chorus 1 = Leslie 6 = Distorsor + Chorus 2 = Distorsor 7 = Distorsor + Delay 3 = Chorus 8 = Distorsor + Delay + Chorus 4 = Delay VEGA...
  • Page 111 S S C C A A L L E E T T U U N N I I N N G G ( ( A A R R A A B B I I C C ) ) F0H 26H 7BH 0AH Chan Data1...Data12 F7H Data: 00H-7FH; 40h = no detune Chan: 00H-0FH Chan: 7EH lower channels 0H right channels 7FH all channels VEGA...
  • Page 112 F0H 26H 7BH 1BH 00H Curve F7H Curve = 00H-0AH Curve: Soft1 = 00H User1 = 06H Soft2 = 01H User2 = 06H Normal= 02H User3 = 08H Hard1 = 03H User4 = 09H Hard2 = 04H User5 = 0AH Fixed = 05H VEGA...
  • Page 113 61h Voices tvf cutoff 5AH AfterTouch tvf cutoff 62h Voices amplitude 5BH AfterTouch amplitude 63h Voicse lfo pitch 5CH AfterTouch lfo pitch 64h Voices lfo tvf dpth 5DH AfterTouch lfo tvf depth 65h Voices lfo tva dpth 5EH AfterTouch lfo tva depth VEGA...
  • Page 114 Valu: 00H-7FH Drawbar: 40H = 16' 45H = 2 41H = 8' 46H = 1 3/5 42H = 5 1/3' 47H = 1 43H = 4' 4AH = percussion 4 44H = 2 2/3 4BH = percussion 2 2/3 VEGA...

  • Page 115: Vocalizer System Exclusive List

    V V o o c c a a l l i i z z e e r r M M o o d d u u l l a a t t i i o o n n o o n n / / o o f f f f F0H 26H 7BH 6CH 00H Value F7H Value: 00H Off 7fH On VEGA...
  • Page 116 V V o o c c a a l l i i z z e e r r L L e e a a d d o o n n / / o o f f f f F0H 26H 7BH 6EH 00H Value F7H Value: 00H Off 7fH On VEGA...
  • Page 117 VEGA...
  • Page 118 Notes VEGA...
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  • Page 121 Stampa: FLAMINI srl - Osimo (AN) - 12/2002 VEGA...
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