SONG PLAY This enables the playback of Midi files. It is also used to call up Midi file chains, to display the words and to transpose the
whole Midi file.
DISK+SONG PLAY Pressed down at the same time allow you to record on disk (as a Midi file) whatever is played on the keyboard.
PATTERN When the LED is lit, this allows you to select Styles loaded in RAM from the floppy disk or from the hard disk.
HARMONY When the LED is lit, this enables harmonization of the Right hand sound according to the Harmony settings in the Play Control
menu.
THE PUSH BUTTONS REQUIRED TO CONTROL THE ARRANGER
The bottom row of the control panel is almost entirely dedicated to controlling the Arranger in real time. From left to right you will see:
LEFT CONTROL This is used to access the menu dedicated to the arranger functions and to the Split point.
KEY START/SONG REMIX PLAY
When the LED is lit and the Arranger is stopped, this push button is used to start the accompaniment when a note
to the left of the split point on the keyboard is played. If an INTRO or a FILL is selected, as soon as a chord is played,
that Intro or Fill-In of the style will start. To control the performance of the Lower section, namely the manual voic-
es for the left hand, the player must access the ARRANGE MODE menu where these 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.
KEY STOP/STYLE REMIX PLAY
When the LED is lit it stops the Arranger performance if a very short note or chord is played. It is restarted if anoth-
er one or even the same one is played. If the note or the chord is held down for longer than a quarter note, the
Arranger continues to play. With the Arranger stopped, KEY STOP is used to restart it by playing a chord that is
longer than the time set in Sync Time in the Arrange Mode menu. If a FILL or an INTRO has been selected, with the
Arranger stopped and a chord that is longer than the above mentioned value is played, the whole FILL or the INTRO
will be played, whereas if the chord is very short, the Arranger will stop immediately. If the KEY START LED is lit, as
soon as the player takes his hand off the left part of the split point, the Arranger stops and starts again as soon as
a note or a chord is played on the part of the keyboard to the left of the split point. When in Song Play mode, this
push button is used to select the drum track of the Style for the Remix function.
FILL 1, 2, 3 If one of these three push buttons are pressed while the Arranger is in use, one or a number of Fill-Ins will be played.
If the JUMP FILL function of the Left Control menu is activated, the FILL 1 and 2 push buttons enable the next
variation of the style. The FILL 3 push button will move the style being played back to the previous variation.
BREAK This is used to add a Break beat at the end of which the Arranger will start to play again.
TAP/RIT-ACC If you tap on this button with a set frequency four times, the XD9 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. The playback of the arranger or sequence will start provided they were in stop or standby mode prior
to tapping on the TAP button. When the Arranger and Sequencer are running, the push button is used to increase
the Tempo in steps of five points each time it is pressed (Accelerando). By holding the TAP push button down, the
Accelerando is reversed (this can be seen by the direction of the arrow) thus decreasing the Tempo in steps of five
each time it is pressed (Ritardando).
COUNT/PAUSE RESTART With the Arranger stopped, COUNT adds a Count In beat where the artificial ‘drummer’ (using drum sticks) counts
in 4 beats. If an INTRO has also been pressed before COUNT with the JUMP push button enabled, the Intro chosen
will be enabled at the end of the count. With the Arranger running, pressing this push button immediately restarts
the arranger with the first beat of the first bar, regardless of which measure the arranger is currently in. This may
prove very useful when backing a singer whose timing is all over the place! When working with the Sequencer
(SEQUENCER LED lit), this push button sets the playback to stand-by until the COUNT/PAUSE RESTART push but-
ton is pressed again (used as a PAUSE).
START When pressed it starts to play the automatic accompaniment. If START is pressed while the Arranger is already play-
ing then everything is stopped, in other words it acts as a Stop push button.
HOLD When the LED is on the last chord played to the left of the Split point on the keyboard is memorised and kept active
driving the Arranger which carries on playing normally even after the left hand is taken off the keys. This chord is
held as the harmonic basis of all the Arranger parts until a new chord is actually played below the split point which
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Control panel and push button functions
