SELECTING KEYBOARD
MODE
When your computer is first turned on with the MUSIC
MACHINE
cartridge installed, the KEYBOARD indicator
will show "DECAY", indicating that each note decays
when played,
as
on a piano.
By pressing the
'KEYBOARD
SELECr
key (the
C=
key),
the KEYBOARD indicator will change to "SUSTAIN". If
you now play a note, you'll see that the note remains
on
for
as
long
as
you press the key. This allows you to play
your computer more like
an
organ.
By pressing the
'KEYBOARD SELECT' key again, the
KEYBOARD indicator will change
to
"HOLD".
If
you
now
play a note, you'll see that the note remains
on
con·
tinuously. Dependent
on
the number of playing voices,
you can
hold one, two,
or
three notes simultaneously.
SELECTING KEYBOARD
EFFE
CT
When your computer is first turned on with the MUSIC
MACJ:liNE
cartridge installed will show "NONE", in·
dicallng
the notes will be played without special effects.
By pressing the 'EFFECT
SELECr
key (the
left
SHIFT),
the EFFECT will change to "GLIDE".
If
you now play a few
notes, you'll see that the tone
glides from one note to the
next.
In "SUSTAIN"
or
"HOLD" KEYBOARD mode, you'll
see the
"GLIDE" effect more clearly.
By
pressing the 'EFFECT
SELECr
key again, the EFFECT
indicator will change
to
"VIBRATO".
If
you now play a
note, you'll see that the tone is played with vibrato
(rapidly
changing frequency, going up, then down, and up again,
continuously). This
Is best used
in
"SUSTAI
N"
or
"HOLD"
mode.
By pressing the 'EFFECT
SELECT' key once more, the
EFFECT indicator
will change to "SPECIAL". This is
where each note played
Is
sounded through two voices at
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