Radio Shack MD500 - Special Features; Recording and Playback

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Special Features
1. Press
SONG
, then repeatedly press
LEARNING
until black dots appear next
to
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on the left side of the display.
2. Select a tone from the SONGS list and
enter its two-digit number on the key-
pad.
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 corre-
sponding key on the keyboard to con-
tinue learning. The next note you need
to press appears. The tune will continue
to play even if you press the wrong key.
4. To stop learning, press
START/STOP
again or press
LEARNING
. If you
pressed
LEARNING
, a black dot appears
next to
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and
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a note appears.
Press the correct key to continue learn-
ing. The tune doesn’t play until you
press the correct key.
If you want to play the tune with accompani-
ment in the learning mode, repeatedly press
LEARNING
until a black dot appears next to
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.
If you want to quit the learning mode, repeat-
edly press
LEARNING
until the black dot ap-
pears next to
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.
USING THE METRONOME
To turn on the keyboard’s metronome, press
TONE
or
RHYTHM
, then press
METRO
. The
metronome’s bar swings along with the tem-
po you selected, and the corresponding beat
appears. Press
METRO
again to turn the met-
ronome off.
USING BEAT
When the metronome is on, repeatedly press
BEAT
until you hear the desired beat to ad-
just it. 9 beats (00, 02
–
09) are available and
can be selected cyclically. The beat number
you selected appears.
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Special Features
RECORDING
You can record a sequence of notes up to 37
notes in length.
1. Press
RECORD
to start recording.
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appears.
2. Play the notes you want to record.
3. Press
PLAY
to play the notes you
recorded.
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appears.
4. To turn off recording, press
RHYTHM
,
TONE
, or
SONG
.
Note:
If the keyboard loses power,
recording is turned off and any recording
you made is erased.
USING ONE-TOUCH
SETTING
Your keyboard’s one-touch setting feature
lets you automatically play a preset tone to
match a selected auto-rhythm you changed.
1. Press
RHYTHM
.
2. Enter a two-digit auto-rhythm number.
3. Press
O.T.S
.
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appears.