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Mac, I agree. The sounds are great. Question: Do you know if there is a way to change the octave settings? Since I am using a guitar, some of the instruments play an octave too low for a melody line, like the piano, for example. I play in a high fret position, and I run out of guitar neck, so I need to raise the piano sound an octave. Do you know if this can be done? Thanks.



I have found the same thing.

This is because the SD2/SD4 engines are the same as in their respective Accompaniment Keyboards, where the C4 "middle C" placement -- and thus all others -- is moved an octave on many patches for the sake of the way an Accompaniment Keyboard works with that LH being used in lower octaves to define chords for the accompaniment.

However, the SD4 responds to standard MIDI "transpose" command from your MIDI controller. For example, my M-Audio Keystation Pro 88 has two Octave transpose buttons right on the front panel, + and - such that hitting either will bump the entire keyboard up or down one octave. This can be stored in memory such that when playing, the whole thing is invisible to the player.

Depending upon your guitar synth or controller, you may be able to do the same thing, check your manual carefully. Also check the SD4 manual for the MIDI commands needed to tell the unit where C4 should be or where you want it to be.

--Mac

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