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Special Features
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Heavy — requires very heavy key
pressure to produce a sound
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USING PITCH BEND
Your keyboard has a pitch bend feature that
lets you bend a note by altering its pitch.
Pitch bend lets you create realistic effects for
sounds such as a saxophone, other reed in-
struments, and guitar tones.
To use pitch bend, select a tone, then rotate
and hold
PITCH BEND
while holding down a
key. The pitch of the key you pressed slides
smoothly up and down. Release
PITCH BEND
to stop the effect.
Adjusting the Pitch Bend Range
You can adjust the bend range of pitch con-
trols from 1 to 12 semitones.
Note:
The keyboard automatically selects a
bend range of 2 semitones the very first time
you turn it on. Each time you turn it on after
that, it recalls the last selected bend range.
1. Press
MIDI
, then repeatedly press
until a number and
Bend
appear.
2. Within 5 seconds, repeatedly press
+
or
–
until the pitch bend range you want
appears, or enter a number from
00
to
12
.
USING THE MODULATION
WHEEL
Your keyboard’s modulation wheel lets you
apply a vibrato effect to notes by modulating
their pitch. Modulation works best with sus-
tained notes, like those from a bowed violin.
To use the modulation wheel, play a tone,
then rotate
MODULATION
while holding down
a key. The vibrato slides smoothly up and
down. Release
MODULATION
to stop the ef-
fect.
USING A SUSTAIN PEDAL
For added flexibility and control as you make
music, you can connect a sustain pedal (not
supplied), available through your local Ra-
dioShack store. A sustain pedal lets you sus-
tain or soften the keyboard’s sound, and
even start or stop an auto-rhythm.
To connect a sustain pedal to your keyboard,
insert the pedal’s plug into
SUSTAIN
/
ASSIGN-
ABLE
JACK
on the back of the keyboard.
You can adjust the keyboard to these set-
tings when you use a sustain pedal.
1. Press
MIDI
, then repeatedly press
until
Jack
and the current setting
appear.
• Within 5 seconds, repeatedly press
+
or
–
until the desired setting (
SUS
,
SoS
,
SFt
, or
rHy
) appears.
Press the sustain pedal as you play to hear
the desired sound or to start/stop the select-
ed auto-rhythm.
Setting Description
SUS
(Sustain) Causes one or more
notes to linger after
they are played.
SoS
(Sostenuto) Similar to SUS, but only
sustains one note just
played.
SFt
(Soft) Softens the sound.
rHy
(Rhythm) Starts or stops the
selected auto-rhythm.
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