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CONTENTS Features .................................................................................................................................. 2 The FCC Wants You to Know ........................................................................................... 2 Preparation ............................................................................................................................. Connecting Power ......................................................................................
Features Your RadioShack MIDI Keyboard is a stateof-the-art keyboard with many exciting features. You can set the keyboard to sound like 50 different musical instruments. To accompany your music, the keyboard has 30 rhythms, as well as auto accompaniments and percussion sounds. Your keyboard also includes a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) OUT feature, which lets you connect it to other MIDIequipped musical instruments or devices — even your personal computer.
Preparation To connect a MIDI device to your keyboard, see “Making the MIDI Connections” on Page 12. 2. Press the tabs on the battery compartment cover on the bottom of the keyboard and pull up the cover to remove it. CONNECTING POWER 3. Place the batteries in the compartment as indicated by the polarity symbols (+ and –) marked inside the compartment. You can power your keyboard in any of these ways: 4. Replace the cover.
before you disconnect it from the keyboard. To protect your hearing, follow these guidelines when you use headphones. 1. Slide POWER to OFF. 2. Set the AC or DC adapter’s voltage switch to 9V. 3. Insert the Adaptaplug adapter into the adapter’s cord so it reads + TIP. 4. Connect the AC or DC adapter’s barrel plug to the DC 9V jack on the back of the keyboard. DC 9V 5. Plug the AC or DC adapter’s other end into a standard AC outlet or your vehicle’s cigarette-lighter socket.
A Quick Look at Your Keyboard SYNC/ FILL-IN VOLUME Speaker POWER START/ STOP RHYTHMS List TONES TEMPO List METRO BEAT DEMO PLAY RECORD LEARNING CHORD Number Keys RHYTHM TONE SONGS List O.T.S. SUSTAIN Speaker PERCUSSION Keys MIDI TRANSPOSE SONG Operation BASIC OPERATION on Page 6). To make your own music, simply begin playing the keyboard. 1. To turn on the keyboard, set POWER to ON. The POWER indicator lights.
• If you enter an incorrect first digit, repeatedly press + or – to move to the next higher or lower numbered tune. 3. Repeatedly press VOLUME UP or VOLUME DOWN to increase or decrease the volume. Notes: 3. Press START/STOP to start playing the tune. • The keyboard’s volume ranges from 0 (no sound) to 10 (maximum), and the current volume level appears on the display. Each time you turn on the keyboard, the volume is set to 6. You can change the tune by repeating Step 2 even while a tune is playing.
USING THE PRESET TONES You can play a preset auto-rhythm on the keyboard in any of the following ways: Your keyboard can sound like 50 different musical instruments. The name and two-digit number for each preset tone is listed on the TONES list on the keyboard’s top panel. • select and play a rhythm (see “Selecting/Playing an Auto-Rhythm” ) • synchronize the start of a rhythm with your music (see “Using SYNC” on Page 8) Note: The keyboard has 8-note (maximum) polyphonic sound.
• To reset the tempo to its default (original) speed, press TEMPO UP and TEMPO DOWN at the same time. 6. Play the keyboard along with the autorhythm. keys you press determine the type of chord that plays. You can set the keyboard to play with no accompaniment or two different types of auto accompaniment using the accompaniment keys. 7. To select a different rhythm, repeat Steps 1 and 2. • Normal — normal mode. Chords are turned off in this mode (but you can select tone and rhythm). 8.
Or, to synchronize the start of the selected auto-rhythm with your accompaniment, press SYNC/FILL-IN. 4. To start the auto-rhythm before your auto accompaniment, press START/ STOP. 6. Begin the accompaniment at the desired interval by pressing the desired accompaniment key(s). Or, to synchronize the start of the selected auto-rhythm with your accompaniment, press SYNC/FILL-IN. To play a melody along with the accompaniment, press any key(s) to the right of the accompaniment keys. 5.
1. Press SONG, then repeatedly press LEARNING until black dots appear next to 21( .(< on the left side of the display. 2. Select a tone from the SONGS list and enter its two-digit number on the keypad. Or, you can press – or + to move to the next higher or lower numbered tune. 3. Press START/STOP. The keyboard plays the first note of the tune you selected and the note appears. Press the corresponding key on the keyboard to continue learning. The next note you need to press appears.
4. Press TONE. The preset tone that matches the selected auto-rhythm appears. Recording/Playing a Percussion Pad Sound USING SUSTAIN You can record any of the available percussion sounds onto any of the percussion pads. This lets you quickly select and play any percussion sound that the keyboard can make. For added flexibility and control as you make music, you can set the keyboard so it sustains sound. Note: The keyboard clears any sound you assign to a percussion pad each time you turn it off.
Using MIDI Your keyboard includes a feature called MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface). MIDI is the universal standard for sending and receiving performance data between all types of electronic musical instruments, regardless of the manufacturer. Using MIDI, you can play music on your keyboard and another instrument at the same time while pressing the keys on only one, record your music to a sequencer, acquire a wider selection of preset tones from a sound module, and much more.
exchange data. As in a TV broadcast, different channels send different data. 1. Use a MIDI cable to connect MIDI OUT on the back of the keyboard to the other device’s MIDI IN terminal. 3. To transmit to the MIDI device, play the melody using the keyboard’s black and white keys. 2. Repeatedly press MIDI to select a MIDI channel. MIDI uses up to 16 channels to Troubleshooting If your keyboard is not performing as it should, these suggestions might help.
Chord Charts Suspended Diminished These tables show the fingering for the chords you play most often.
Diminished Chord Charts 15
Specifications Number of Keys ................................................................................................................................................................ 49 Polyphonic Sound ........................................................................................................................................... 8-note (Max.) Preset Tones ....................................................................................................................................
