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Radio Shack MD500 - Using Preset Tones; Using Preset Auto-Rhythms

Radio Shack MD500
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7
Operation
USING THE PRESET TONES
Your keyboard can sound like 50 different
musical instruments. The name and two-digit
number for each preset tone is listed on the
TONES list on the keyboard’s top panel.
Note:
The keyboard has 8-note (maximum)
polyphonic sound. This means that you can
play up to 8 different notes at the same time
with most of the keyboard’s preset tones.
Selectin
g
/Playin
g
a Preset Tone
1. Press
TONE
.
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and the current tone’s
number appears.
Note:
Each time you turn the keyboard
on, it automatically selects the tone
Grand PIANO (No. 01).
2. To play a different tone, choose a preset
tone from the TONES list and enter its
two-digit number on the keypad. As you
press the keys, the selected digits
appear.
Or, you can use
+
or
to move to the
next higher or lower numbered tone.
Note:
Precede a single-digit number
with a 0. For example, to select VIBRA-
PHONE (No. 06), press
0 6
.
3. Play the keyboard to hear the selected
tone and adjust
VOLUME UP
or
VOLUME
DOWN
to the desired level.
4. To select a different tone, repeat Steps 1
and 2.
USING THE PRESET AUTO-
RHYTHMS
Your keyboard has 30 preset auto-rhythms
that provide a steady beat for your music.
The name and two-digit number of each pre-
set auto-rhythm is listed on the RHYTHMS
list on the keyboard’s top panel.
You can play a preset auto-rhythm on the
keyboard in any of the following ways:
select and play a rhythm (see “Select-
ing/Playing an Auto-Rhythm” )
synchronize the start of a rhythm with
your music (see “Using SYNC” on
Page 8)
briefly vary the pattern of a rhythm (see
“Using FILL-IN” on Page 8)
Selecting/Playing
an Auto-Rhythm
1. Press
RHYTHM
.
Note:
Each time you turn on the key-
board, it automatically selects the
rhythm Disco 1 (No. 01).
2. To select a different rhythm, choose an
auto-rhythm from the RHYTHMS list and
enter its two-digit number on the key-
pad. Or, repeatedly press
+
or
to move
to the next higher or lower numbered
rhythm.
Note
: Precede a single-digit number
with a 0. For example, press
0
5
to select
POP WALTZ (No. 05).
3. Press
START/STOP
to start the selected
auto-rhythm.
4. Adjust
VOLUME
to the desired level.
5. To change the tempo, repeatedly press
TEMPO UP
or
TEMPO DOWN
. The current
tempo setting appears.
Notes
:
You can adjust the tempo
to play an
auto-rhythm from 40 to 240 beats per
minute.

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