Turning Applause Off/On; Consecutively Playing Back The Tunes; Using The Preset Tones; Selecting/Playing A Preset Tone - Radio Shack MD-981 Owner's Manual

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Turning Applause Off/On

When you turn off either the melody or
accompaniment and then play a tune,
applause automatically sounds at the
end of the tune. To turn off the applause,
hold down and press either
STOP
or
OFF LEFT ON/OFF RIGHT
appears. To turn the applause on again,
press the same buttons.
pears.
Consecutively Playing Back
the Tunes
Normally, the tune you selected plays
continuously until you press
play all 100 prerecorded tunes consecu-
tively, press either
TONE
then press
PLAY/PAUSE
plays the tunes in sequence starting with
Tune 00.
To stop consecutive playback, press
or .
STOP START/STOP
USING THE PRESET
TONES
Your keyboard can sound like 100 differ-
ent musical instruments or sound ef-
fects. The name and two-digit number
for each preset tone is listed on the 100
TONES list on the keyboard's top panel.
Notes:
• The keyboard has 12-note (maxi-
mum) polyphonic
means that you can play up to 12
different notes at the same time with
most of the keyboard's preset tones.
Some of the keyboard's preset
tones, however, are capable of only
6-note polyphony.
12
• Most tones on this keyboard have
ON/
. Apls=Off
Apls=On ap-
• Some sound effect tones, such as
STOP . To
or ,
RHYTHM
. The keyboard
Selecting/Playing a Preset
Tone
1. Press
2. To play a different tone, choose a
sound. This
Operation
been recorded and processed using
a technique called digital sampling.
To ensure a high level of tonal qual-
ity, samples are taken in the low,
mid, and high ranges and are then
combined to sound amazingly close
to the originals. You might notice
very slight differences in volume or
sound quality for some tones when
you play them at different positions
on the keyboard. This is an unavoid-
able result of multiple sampling and
is not a malfunction.
PERCUSSION (No. 99), do not fol-
low the musical scale when played,
but change effect as you play them
in different octaves on the keyboard.
. An indicator appears
TONE
next to TONE and the current tone's
number appears.
Note: Each time you turn the key-
board on, it automatically selects the
tone PIANO 1 (No. 00).
preset tone from the 100 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
+
the next higher or lower numbered
tone.
to move to
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