The text ne
xt
to
the message KEYBOARD indicates the
way the keyboard
will
be
Interpreted. For example,
whether a note
will decay,
or
will
be
continuous for as
long as a key is held down, etc.
The five
lines across the screen are the musical staff. If,
for example, you now press the note 'C' (the a key) on the
the screen.
If you now press the
'0'
(the W
key),
you'll see
playing keyboard,
you'
ll
see that the note is displayed
on
f
that the musical staff moves over, and the note Is also
·
displayed.
CHANGING OCTAVE
When your computer is first turned on with the MUSIC
MACHINE
cartridge installed, the OCTAVE indicator will
show "4". This means that the playing keyboard will start
at
'C' in octave 4 and go up through 'A' in octave 5.
If you play note 'C' for exampl
e,
then press 'OCTAVE
DOWN'
(the
CRSR
down key), and play 'C' again, you
should hear the note is now one octave
lower. Also, the
OCTAVE indicator should show
"3".
The octave can
be
adjusted from 1 (the lowest)
to
6 (the highest).
TIP:
Often It is possible to change the octave while play-
Ing, rather than moving your hand rapidly up and down the
playing keyboard.
Experiment-
with practice you should
see this Is often easier than rapidly moving from the lower
part of the playing keyboard to the upper part, and vice
versa.
CHANGING WAVEFORM
When
your computer is first turned on
with
the M
US
IC
MACHINE
cartridge installed, the WAVEFORM Indicator
will
show"
_l\_
" indicating that the type
of
sound that
will
be
played at that point Is the sawtooth waveform,
which has a brassy
quality.
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