Selecting/Playing An Auto-Rhythm; Using Fill-In - Optimus CONCERTMATE 690 42-4035 Owner's Manual

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Selecting/Playing an Auto-
Rhythm
1. Set to
VOLUME MIN
2. Set to
MODE NORMAL
Note: The Fingered and Concert
Chord modes are described in
"Using Auto Accompaniment" on
Page 13.
3. Press .
RHYTHM
4. Select an auto-rhythm from the
100 RHYTHMS list and enter the
two-digit number on the
RHYTHM SELECT
ample, to select EURO BEAT (No.
24), press 2, then 4.
SOUND/RHYTHYM
SELECT Keypad
5. Press
START/STOP
mate 690 begins playing the se-
lected rhythm.
6. Adjust
VOLUME
level.
7. To speed up the rhythm, press
. To slow it down, press
TEMPO
.
TEMPO
Note: You can adjust
to play an auto-rhythm from 40 to
256 beats per minute.
8. Play the keyboard to hear the se-
lected sound along
rhythm.
12
.
.
SOUND/
keypad. For ex-
. The Concert-
to the desired
/
TEMPO
with the
9. To select a different rhythm, re-
peat Step 4. Or, if the second digit
of the current rhythm is the same
as the first digit of the new rhythm,
simply enter the second digit of
the new rhythm on the
RHYTHM SELECT
10. To stop an auto-rhythm, press
again.
START/STOP

Using FILL-IN

The Concertmate 690 lets you insert a
variation into any of its 100 preset
auto-rhythms.
While an auto-rhythm is playing, press
. The Concertmate 690 inserts
FILL-IN
a 1- to 2-measure variation, then auto-
matically resumes the original rhythm
pattern at the end of the current mea-
sure. To insert another variation, press
again.
FILL-IN
To insert a variation longer than 1–2
measures, hold down
Concertmate 690 plays the variation
until you release
FILL-IN
matically resumes the original rhythm
pattern at the end of the current mea-
sure.
SOUND/
keypad.
. The
FILL-IN
, then auto-