Ketron Event 61 Pro Electronic Keyboard w/ Live Drums & Grooves

The Ketron 9TAKE5 represents the realization of KETRON’s vision to create the most innovative and musically natural arranger keyboard ever produced. Developed through extensive research, experimentation, and collaboration with leading international musicians, it is built to meet the expectations of professionals and the most demanding music enthusiasts. By combining cutting-edge technology with uncompromising sound realism, it delivers the authentic sensation of performing alongside a band of real musicians-whether recreating the warmth of a jazz trio or energizing a live dance floor with lifelike arrangements.

Advanced Styles, Drums, and Grooves

The arranger engine offers access to one of the most sophisticated style architectures ever developed, featuring over 400 Styles divided into Real, Live, and MIDI categories. Many Real Styles use full audio backing tracks for unmatched realism, while the manual Lower section provides three independent parts with Mono/Poly modes and deep editing capabilities. The rhythm section includes more than 580 Real Drums recorded by professional drummers in long, natural sequences, along with 94 stereo Drum Sets, Drum Mixer and Remap functions, Drum Lock, and an extensive Groove section with over 700 percussive patterns covering modern and world music styles.

Real Bass, Chords, and Audio Modeling

The Ketron 9TAKE5 elevates accompaniment realism with 256 Real Bass lines recorded by real bassists and synchronized perfectly with each style. These bass lines adapt naturally to chord changes and playing modes, with advanced controls such as Twin Bass, Lock Bass, Manual, and Multibass. The Real Chord section provides more than 300 audio chord sequences—including guitars and other instruments-fully synchronized with MIDI and enhanced by dedicated effects. All of this is powered by the Audio Style Modeling system, allowing users to quickly create, customize, and expand arrangements by combining audio and MIDI elements.

Premium Sounds, Performance Tools, and Connectivity

High-quality sound generation includes multiple sound families, expressive Real Solo instruments, advanced organ modeling with digital drawbars, and a powerful 2.5 GB User Sampler for custom sounds. Dual multimedia players support a wide range of formats with karaoke, jukebox, and stem playback functions for live performance flexibility. Comprehensive connectivity includes multiple audio outputs, microphone inputs with Voicetron harmonization, HDMI for external displays or touchscreen control, and wireless Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support-making the Ketron 9TAKE5 a complete, expandable arranger for both studio and stage environments.

Product Specifications:

Polyphony: 216 notes, multitimbral.

Keyboard: 61 half weighted keys. 4 Dynamic curves. Pitch and Modulation wheels. Aftertouch. Portamento. Legato Mono_Poly. Transposer -/+ 24. Octave +/- 2. Expr. Pedal with 6 curves.

Controls: 15 sliders with RGB Led indicator. Brightness and color controls. 8 potentiometers for external EFX control.

Display: 7” touch capacitive. Brightness control. 5 different skin colors.

Factory Sounds: 10 Voice groups: Piano, Strings, Organ, Brass, Sax, Pad, Synth, Guitar, Bass, Ethnic. 464 Preset Voices. Voice 1, Voice 2, each Voice with up to 3 different sounds. Drawbars. Factory Advanced Voice Editing. High quality multilayer Sounds with a vast selection of Real Solos ®. Factory overwrite and restore. Up to 1.280 User Voices available. Arabic scale and key shift programmable per Voice.

User Sounds: 2,5 GB free storage in non-volatile Flash memory (1,5 GB for additional Factory Sound Banks – 1 GB for User samples). Sample Editor: up to 8.192 samples (max 6 seconds per sample). Up to 4 layered stereo instruments (Voice or Drum Set). Advanced editor with Split, Octave, Level, Range, Tune, Cut off, Velocity, Adsr. Sample Loop utilities. User Drum kits.

Adsr/Filter: separate sound controls for Attack, Decay, Sustain, LFO, Cut Off and Resonance.

Drum Set: 62 Stereo Drums kits. 32 User Drum kits with Remap, Filter, Tune, FX controls. Drum Mixer: 9 sections with separate controls for level, pan, reverb, pitch, velocity compression. 86 Midi Drum styles (Pattern) available on Grv1_Loop section.

Drawbars: 9 digital drawbars. Slow-Fast Rotor. Overdrive, Click, Vibrato, Reverb, Percussion. Full programmability. 24 Organ Presets. Twin Organ: possibility to mix PCM and Digital organ tones for a wide stereo sound reproduction.

Arranger: Over 400 Styles. Real Styles, featuring a mix of Midi and audio parts (see below), Live Styles and Midi Styles.

10 groups: Ballad, Pop, Dance, Rock, Swing, Latin, Country, Folk, Party, Unplugged. 3 Intro, 3 Ending, Fill to End, ABCD, 4 Fills, 4 Break. Reintro, Count In, Pause, Key Start, Key Stop, Variation. User Styles with unlimited store capabilities.

5 Midi Chords and Bass. Close, Parallel, Logic mode. 3 x Lower with Mono/Poly function. Chord Variation. Varitone. Voice to ABCD. Auto Fill, Fill to Arrange, Fill to Aftertouch. Chord modes: Easy1, Easy2, Easy3, fingered 1, Fingered 2. Orch. Variation Morphing. Rootless mode. Manual Bass, To Lowest, To Root. Bassist and Pianist mode (Standard/Expert). Bass and Chord Lock.

Live Drums: 580 Live Drums with a complete Arranger structure (3 Intros, 3 Endings, ABCD, 4 Fills, 4 Breaks). Reverb and 3 band Parametric Equalizer with 10 presets, programmable on each style. Drum Boost. Possibility to load external User Live Drums. Drum Lock.

Grooves: 3 x independent Groove sections. Huge library of more than 780 Latin percussions, Electro and Acoustic Drum loops, Single percussion hits. Groove to Variation. Separate volume and controls.

Live Guitars: 216 sliced Guitar patterns including Long Chords. Separate volume and controls.

Real Chord: More than 300 Real audio accompaniments covering a full chord range (up to 13 different chords). A wide variety of electric, acoustic, and jazz guitars patterns and other orchestral sequences perfectly synchronized to Midi. Dedicated Insert EFX with full editor, programmable for each style. Possibility to load external User Real Chords.

Real Bass: 256 Real audio Basses synchronized to Midi. Twin Bass: possibility to switch Midi or Audio on the same style. Support to external User audio Basses. 3 band Parametric Equalizer with 10 Presets, programmable on each style. Possibility to load external User Real Basses.

Style Modeling: navigate and choose Drums, Grooves, Bass and Chords from the massive Midi and Audio Library. Multichord and Multibass templates.

Style Edit: advanced pattern recording and editing. Copy, Quantize, Velocity, Octave functions. Special quantize available for oriental styles (7/8, 9/8, 13/8, etc.).

Registrations: 4 Banks with unlimited Registrations controlling the global set up of the keyboard.

Performance: provides fast access to Styles, Registrations with Style, Mp3, Wav or Midi files. 7 Sets with unlimited file storage.

Play Mode: Master, Accord/Style, Accord/Classic, Organist.

Phrase: real time recording and play for Style chord sequences.

Custom Slider: 2 x Custom slider (alternative to Lower 2 And 3) assignable to Micro, Arranger sections, Drum filter and other functions.

Footswitch: 4 programmable Set. Assignable to the most relevant machine functions and features.

Arabic Scale: 16 sets. 6 scale memories.

Dsp: Reverb, Chorus, Phaser, Flanger, Overdrive, Distortion, Tremolo, Autopan, Equalizer. 2 stereo EFX Insert assigned to Voice and Voice 2, 1 Insert to Arranger chords, 1 Insert to Real Chord. External panel controls: Overdrive, Brilliance, Chorus/Wah Depth and Rate, Delay Feedback and Level, Reverb Time, and Level. 64 Single Presets and 64 Chain Effects. Deep editing.

Stem: 4 Scenes. 5 audio tracks per scene to be played simultaneously. Lead track, Transpose, Time Stretching, Loop, Solo, Mute, Autoplay. Fixed pitch for Drum section. Support for external User Stems.

Player: 2 separate Player units feat. Transpose, Audio Time stretching, GM, Jukebox, Playlists, Drum Remix, Markers, Lyrics, Cross Fade, Search, PFL, Midi Mix, Karaoke Backgrounds. Support for wav, midi, mp3, mp4, avi, mov, flv, cdg, jpg, png, txt and pdf files.

HD Recording: 1 stereo audio track. Midi and Song Style recording.

Audio Multitrack: 5+1 audio tracks with separate slider control.

Micro: 2 x Micro inputs. Micro 1 (XLR) with gain control. Effect with Reverb, Delay, Equalizer, Pitch shift. Micro 2 (jack) with volume and reverb control.

Voicetron: 3 voice vocalizers. Assignable to Arranger or Midi file with Presets, Equalizer, Mode functions.

Video: HDMI connection for displaying lyrics, pictures, and videos. Mirror mode. Up to Full HD Resolution. Support for external touchscreen displays.

Bluetooth: Streaming audio input (ad2p profile).

Wi_Fi: Networked remote control via KETRON app.

Storage: 240 GB internal SSD disk (80 GB reserved for System). Optional external SD Card (up to 512 GB).

Side Connections: 2 x USB device. USB Host. HDMI.

Rear Connections: Main Out Left / Right. Aux 1 & Aux 2 (Left/Right). Headphone. Sustain pedal. Volume pedal. Footswitch. Midi In1, Midi In2, Out, Thru. Line In L/R. Micro 1, Micro 2.

Product Weight: 28.66 lbs / 13.0 Kg

Product Dimensions (L x W x H): 36.4 x 14.3 x 5 in / 92.5 x 36.5 x 12.5 cm