Using Touch Response; Using A Sustain Pedal; Adjusting The Display Contrast; Resetting The Keyboard - Radio Shack 42-4058 Owner's Manual

Midi keyboard
Table of Contents

Advertisement

the display is the number of "cents" to
which the keyboard is currently tuned,
compared to its default pitch.
2. Within 5 seconds, repeatedly press
to lower or raise the keyboard's pitch.
+
Each time you press the key, the
number decreases or increases by 1
cent.
Your keyboard's touch response feature lets
you adjust the volume of your music's tone
based on how hard you strike the key(s), so
you can add emotion to your music.
1. Press
TOUCH/TRANSPOSE/SETTING
and the current setting (default:
) appear.
2. Within 5 seconds, repeatedly press
to select the touch response level,
+
,
,
, or
At the
setting, light key pressure
results in a loud sound, and very heavy
key pressure results in a more powerful
sound. When you select
indicator next to TOUCH RESPONSE
disappears and the tone does not
change regardless of how you press
the key. ±
For added flexibility and control as you
make music, you can connect an optional
sustain pedal, available through your local
RadioShack store or online at
www.radioshack.com . A sustain pedal lets
you sustain or soften the keyboard's sound,
or even start and stop an auto-rhythm.
To connect a sustain pedal to your
keyboard, insert the pedal's plug into
SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE JACK
the keyboard.
You can adjust the keyboard to these
settings when you use a sustain pedal.
(Sustain)—Causes one or more
notes to linger after they are played.
(Sostenuto)—Similar to sustain, but
only sustains the key that was pressed
when you press the pedal.
(Soft)—Softens the sound.
— Starts or stops the selected
rhythm.
Follow these steps to change the setting for
SUSTAIN/ASSIGNABLE JACK
1. Press
TOUCH/TRANSPOSE/SETTING
then repeatedly press I or J (
until
appears.
2. Repeatedly press G (
ENTER
repeatedly press I or J (
and the current setting (default:
) appear.
3. Within 5 seconds, repeatedly press + or
– until the desired setting (
or
or
Press the sustain pedal as you play to
hear the desired sound or to start/stop
the selected auto-rhythm.
1. Press
then repeatedly press I or J (
until
2. Press G (
.
3. Within 5 seconds, repeatedly press
until you can view the display clearly.
The number changes from 0 to 12.
or
.
The keyboard retains various settings even
when you turn the power off, so long as you
do not disconnect power. You can, however,
delete or initialize some settings without
deleting others.
, the
1. Press
then repeatedly press I or J (
until
2. Press G (
3. Within 5 seconds, repeatedly press
I or J (
to reset appears.
parameters you assigned by the mixer
function or by input from an external
sequencer.
except for the display contrast setting.
on the back of
user rhythm number nnn . See "Using
the Data Download Service" on
Page 21.
area.
4. Press
you to confirm the initialization/deletion.
Press
completes initialization/deletion and
exits the menu setting mode.
.
,
)
CURSOR
) then
) until
CURSOR
,
) appears.
TOUCH/TRANSPOSE/SETTING
CURSOR
appears.
).
appears.
ENTER
TOUCH/TRANSPOSE/SETTING
CURSOR
appears.
).
appears.
ENTER
) until the item you want
CURSOR
— Initializes the mixer
— Initializes all parameters,
— Deletes the data of the
— Deletes all data in the user
.
appears, prompting
YES
again. The keyboard
YES
±
,
,
• The touch response setting does not affect
memory playback, auto accompaniment, or
received MIDI data.
• The MIDI data sent out from the keyboard is
affected by the touch response setting.
,
)
or
+
,
)
±
15

Hide quick links:

Advertisement

Table of Contents
loading

This manual is also suitable for:

Md-1211

Table of Contents