Commodore 64 - Operation

the same time, to give a richer harmonic quality to the
note. You
will notice the difference Immediately. The
number
of active voices is meaningless in this mode, so It
is reset to 1, and cannot be changed while in this mode.
RHYTHM ACCOMPANIMENT
The percussion section allows a number of different per-
cussion sequences to be played while you are playing.
Since the rhythm accompaniment uses one voice, only 1
or 2 voice modes can be selected (i.e., 3 voice mode is not
allowed), because the music synthesizer chip has only
three voices.
By pressing the 'PERCUSSION ON/OFF' key (f1), a beat
will begin. The
'TEMPO UP' (f5) and 'TEMPO DOWN' (f7)
keys allow you
to change the speed. If you have a paddle
game controller attached
In port 1, that will be your tempo
control.
There are seven different rhythms built in for you to
choose from with the 'RHYTHM
SELECT' key ( f3) .
By starting out with a slow tempo, you can help yourself
to Improve your playing by slowly increasing the tempo.
PITCH CONTROL
You may wish to play your Commodore 64 computer with
the
MUSIC MACHINE cartride along to songs on a radio,
television, record player,
or tape. A pitch control adjust·
ment was included to allow for differences between the
tuning of the cartridge, and the
music being listened to.
The
'PITCH UP ' (the C key) and 'PITCH DOWN' (the X key)
can
be used to adjust the pitch of the sound(s), and can
also be used to actually transpose the keyboard with
ex-
perimentation.
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