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Optimus Concertmate 980 Owner's Manual

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42-4038.fm Page 1 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM
Cat. No. 42-4038
OWNER'S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
Concertmate
980
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  • Page 1 42-4038.fm Page 1 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Cat. No. 42-4038 OWNER’S MANUAL Please read before using this equipment. Concertmate ®...
  • Page 2 Two Built-In Speakers — provide ex- cellent sound to help make your music come alive. © 1998 Tandy Corporation. All Rights Reserved. Concertmate, Optimus, and RadioShack are registered trademarks used by Tandy Corporation.
  • Page 3 42-4038.fm Page 3 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Headphones/Output Jack — lets you THE FCC WANTS YOU TO connect headphones so you can play KNOW without disturbing others, or an external amplifier so you can play for a crowd. This keyboard complies with the limits for a Class B digital device as specified Sustain Jack —...

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    42-4038.fm Page 4 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM CONTENTS Preparation ......................6 Connecting Power ....................6 Using Batteries ..................... 6 Using AC Power ................... 7 Using Vehicle Battery Power ................ 7 Connecting Headphones ..................8 Listening Safely .................... 8 Connecting an External Amplifier ...............
  • Page 5 42-4038.fm Page 5 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Using MIDI ......................25 About MIDI ....................... 25 Making the MIDI Connections ................25 MIDI Data ......................26 Changing MIDI Settings ................... 27 Notes About the MIDI Implementation Chart ............ 27 Troubleshooting ....................

  • Page 6: Preparation

    42-4038.fm Page 6 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM PREPARATION Note: To connect a MIDI device to your rechargeable batteries of different keyboard, see “Making the MIDI Connec- capacities. tions” on Page 25. 1. Set POWER/MODE CONNECTING POWER You can power your keyboard in any of these ways: 2.

  • Page 7: Using Ac Power

    42-4038.fm Page 7 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Using AC Power 2. Plug the AC adapter’s other end into a standard AC outlet. You can power your keyboard from standard AC power using an optional 9- Using Vehicle Battery Power volt AC adapter (such as RadioShack Cat.

  • Page 8: Connecting Headphones

    42-4038.fm Page 8 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM 1. Plug the DC adapter’s 5.5 mm outer Note: Connecting headphones discon- diameter/2.1 mm inner diameter nects the keyboard’s built-in speakers. barrel plug into the cable so it reads – TIP. Listening Safely 2.

  • Page 9: Using The Sheet Music Stand

    42-4038.fm Page 9 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Your local RadioShack store sells a full line of amplifiers, speakers, and connec- tion cables. USING THE SHEET MUSIC STAND To easily view sheet music while playing your keyboard, insert the supplied sheet music stand into the slot on the top back panel.

  • Page 10: Control Locations

    42-4038.fm Page 10 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM CONTROL LOCATIONS 100 TONES List 100 RHYTHMS List 100 SONGS List Speaker Speaker RHYTHM CHORD BOOK STOP TONE TEMPO POWER/MODE SONG _ /+ PLAY/ START/ PAUSE TRANSPOSE/ STOP MAIN VOLUME TUNE/MIDI LEFT ACCOMP ON/OFF...

  • Page 11: Operation

    42-4038.fm Page 11 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM OPERATION BASIC OPERATION 3. Repeatedly press MAIN VOLUME or t to increase or decrease the vol- ume. The current setting ap-pears. 1. To turn on the keyboard, set . The POWER/MODE NORMAL POWER/MODE indicator lights.

  • Page 12: Playing The Prerecorded Tunes

    42-4038.fm Page 12 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM The next time you turn the keyboard off then back on again, it will automatically turn off after about 6 minutes. PLAYING THE PRERECORDED TUNES Notes: You can sit back and listen to the 100 •...
  • Page 13 42-4038.fm Page 13 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM • a “keyboard” to show you the fin- tune either backward or forward (like gering which keys a cassette player does when you pressed (bottom of the display) review or cue a cassette tape). When you hear the section you want, release to resume...

  • Page 14: Playing Along With A Prerecorded Tune

    42-4038.fm Page 14 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Playing Along with a 5. Play along with the tune on the key- board. Prerecorded Tune Note: You can turn the melody on or Follow these steps to have the keyboard off by repeating Step 2 even while not play the melody of a prerecorded the current tune is playing.

  • Page 15: Using The Preset Tones

    42-4038.fm Page 15 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM USING THE PRESET low the musical scale when played, but change effect as you play them TONES in different octaves on the keyboard. Your keyboard can sound like 100 differ- ent musical instruments or sound ef- Selecting/Playing a Preset fects.

  • Page 16: Keyboard Split Tones

    42-4038.fm Page 16 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Keyboard Split Tones Electric Snare High Bongo The preset tones numbered 90 through Low Floor Tom Low Bongo 96 on your keyboard let you automati- cally play two different musical instru- Closed Hi-Hat Mute High Conga ments or sound effects independently...

  • Page 17: Using The Preset Auto-Rhythms

    42-4038.fm Page 17 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM USING THE PRESET Note: Each time you turn on the keyboard, it automatically selects AUTO-RHYTHMS the rhythm Club Pop (No. 00). Your keyboard has 100 preset auto- 2. To select a different rhythm, rhythms that provide a steady beat for choose an auto-rhythm from the your music.

  • Page 18: Using Synchro

    42-4038.fm Page 18 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM • To quickly slow down or speed up Using FILL-IN the tempo, hold down t or TEMPO This feature lets you insert a short (1- to 2-measure) variation in the beat pattern •...

  • Page 19: Adjusting The Accompaniment Volume

    Adjusting the Accompaniment Number of Keys Volume Chord Type Pressed The Concertmate 980 lets you adjust the C D E F G A B C D E F volume of your accompaniment sepa- Major rately from the overall volume of the key- board.

  • Page 20: Standard Fingering

    42-4038.fm Page 20 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Follow these steps to start concert chord This chart shows the 15 chord types you can play on your keyboard by using auto accompaniment. standard fingering. 1. Set POWER/MODE CONCERT CHORD 2.

  • Page 21: Using The Chord Book

    42-4038.fm Page 21 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM • When you play an aug, 7 – , or dim7 6. To change chords without interrupt- chord, the lowest note you play ing the rhythm, simply press the determines the root of the chord. Be auto accompaniment keys required to form the new chord.
  • Page 22 42-4038.fm Page 22 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM – For example, to enter a minor 7 5. Use to scroll through the – chord, press ) as chords associated with the root –5 shown below. Or, to enter 7sus4, chord you entered in Step 3.

  • Page 23: Special Features

    42-4038.fm Page 23 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM SPECIAL FEATURES CHANGING KEYS The keyboard automatically selects the key of middle C each time you turn it on. For added flexibility as you play, the keyboard lets you change (transpose) the musical key in which it plays.

  • Page 24: Tuning The Keyboard

    42-4038.fm Page 24 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM TUNING THE KEYBOARD Notes: • You can use the number keypad to Although your keyboard never goes out raise the pitch by entering the cent of tune, it does let you adjust its pitch to change value.

  • Page 25: Using Midi

    MIDI THRU terminal. Each CONNECTIONS of these terminals serves a different pur- pose. To connect your Concertmate 980 to an- other MIDI-equipped device, you must MIDI OUT sends MIDI data to (“talks use a MIDI cable, such as RSU Cat. No.

  • Page 26: Midi Data

    127 are translated to the closest tone MIDI DATA that the keyboard has. Your Concertmate 980 can send and re- Pitch Bend — supplies pitch bend infor- ceive several different types of MIDI da- mation. The keyboard’s pitch changes Concertmate 980’s...

  • Page 27: Changing Midi Settings

    : Normal Tone Map. This setting Hold1 (Sustain) allows receipt of 0 to 99 program changes. Each program change The Concertmate 980 can send Hold1 corresponds to one of the key- Control Change data only when you con- board’s prerecorded tones.
  • Page 28 42-4038.fm Page 28 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Basic Channel — MIDI uses up to 16 Control Change — This feature sends channels to exchange data. As in a TV data on various controllers, each having broadcast, different channels send dif- its own number.

  • Page 29: Troubleshooting

    42-4038.fm Page 29 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM TROUBLESHOOTING If your Concertmate 980 is not performing as it should, these suggestions might help. If you still cannot solve the problem, take the keyboard to your local RadioShack store for assistance.
  • Page 30 42-4038.fm Page 30 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Trouble Possible Cause Remedy No sound when receiv- MIDI cables are not con- Check the connection. ing and playing MIDI nected properly. data. Bass notes in General Tone map parameter is Set the tone map parameter MIDI data are sent out set to...

  • Page 31: Standard Fingering Chord Charts

    42-4038.fm Page 31 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM STANDARD FINGERING CHORD CHARTS These tables show the left-hand fingering for the chords you play most often. This illustration shows which fingers on your left hand match the num- bers on the charts. The illustration also appears on your keyboard’s dis- play.
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  • Page 34: Note Table

    42-4038.fm Page 34 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM NOTE TABLE Legend: (1) Tone number (2) Maximum polyphony (3) Range type (see Page 35) (4) Corresponding general MIDI number (see “MIDI Data” on Page 26)
  • Page 35 42-4038.fm Page 35 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Legend: Range of keyboard play Playable range (when receiving MIDI data) Range transposed to nearest octave (when receiving MIDI data or using the keyboard’s transpose function) (1) The received MIDI data is played one octave lower (2) The received MIDI data is played one octave higher...

  • Page 36: Midi Implementation Chart

    42-4038.fm Page 36 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART FUNCTION TRANSMITTED RECOGNIZED REMARKS Basic Default 1–4, 10 Channel Changed 1–16 1–4, 10 Mode Default Mode 3 Mode 3 Messages Altered jjjjjjjjjjjjjjjj jjjjjjjjjjjjjjj Note 36–96 0–127 Depends on tone 36–96 * Number: True voice...
  • Page 37 42-4038.fm Page 37 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM FUNCTION TRANSMITTED RECOGNIZED REMARKS : Local ON/OFF : All notes OFF Messages : Active Sense : Reset Mode 1: OMNI ON, POLY Mode 3: OMNI OFF, POLY O: Yes Mode 2: OMNI ON, MONO Mode 4: OMNI OFF, MONO X: No...

  • Page 38: Care And Maintenance

    42-4038.fm Page 38 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM CARE AND MAINTENANCE Your Optimus Concertmate 980 is an example of superior design and craftsmanship. The following suggestions will help you care for your keyboard so you can enjoy it for years.

  • Page 39: Specifications

    42-4038.fm Page 39 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM SPECIFICATIONS Number of Keys ...................... 61 Polyphonic Sound ................12-note (Max.) Preset Tones ......................100 Auto-Rhythms ....................... 100 Tempo ............Adjustable (20–255 Beats Per Minute) Other ................Fill-in and Synchro Start Accompaniments ..............Concert Chord, Fingered Prerecorded Tunes ..................
  • Page 40 42-4038.fm Page 40 Thursday, August 12, 1999 8:50 AM Limited One-Year Warranty This product is warranted by RadioShack against manufacturing defects in material and workman- ship under normal use for one (1) year from the date of purchase from RadioShack company-owned stores and authorized RadioShack franchisees and dealers.

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