Optimus MD-1150 Owner's Manual page 3

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FEATURES
Your Optimus MD-1150 Electronic Key-
board is a state-of-the-art keyboard with
many exciting features. You can set the
keyboard to sound like 100 different mu-
sical instruments or sound effects. To
accompany your music, the keyboard
has 100 rhythms, as well as auto ac-
companiments and percussion sounds.
Your keyboard also includes a MIDI
(Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
feature, which lets you connect it to oth-
er MIDI-equipped musical instruments
or devices, even your personal comput-
er.
This versatile keyboard can provide
hours of fun and is ideal for anyone who
wants to make music, from the beginner
to the experienced musician.
Note: The MD-1150 conforms to most,
but not all, General MIDI specifications.
Because of this, you might experience
some incompatibility when using the
MD-1150 with another General MIDI de-
vice. For more information, see "Using
MIDI" on Page 25.
Your keyboard's features include:
61 Full-Size Keys with Touch Re-
sponse — the keyboard's volume var-
ies in response to the force of your
touch, just like an acoustic piano or or-
gan, so you can add emotion to your
music.
Backlit Liquid Crystal Display —
shows the notes and chords as you play
them, along with the current tone,
rhythm, and tempo. The built-in back-
light makes it easy to read the display
even in darkness.
16-Note Polyphonic Sound — lets you
play and hear up to 16 notes at the
same time so you can play or create al-
most any type of music.
100 Tones — you can set your key-
board to sound like anything from a
harpsichord to a honky-tonk piano.
100 Prerecorded Tunes — let you hear
a sample of what you and the keyboard
can do. You can play the tunes either
one at a time or consecutively, and you
can turn off the melody or accompani-
ment portion so you can play along with
the tunes.
100 Auto-Rhythms — give you a
steady beat for many styles of music,
from rhumba to slow rock.
Transpose Function — lets you in-
stantly change the key of the music,
even while you are playing.
Headphones/Output Jack — lets you
connect headphones so you can play
without disturbing others, or an external
amplifier so you can play for a crowd.
Sustain Jack — lets you connect a sus-
tain pedal (not supplied) to the MD-1150
so you can sustain your keyboard's
sound.
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