Adjusting The Accompaniment Volume; Concert Chord - Radio Shack MD-1600 Owner's Manual

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Notes:
• After you press the auto accompani-
ment keys when using concert
chord or standard fingering, the MD-
1600 plays the same chord until you
press other accompaniment keys to
play a different chord or you press
.
START/ STOP
• You can use the MD-1600's rhythm
controls ( ,
INTRO
, and
VAR/FILL-IN
) with all three types of auto
ING
accompaniment.
Adjusting the Accompaniment
Volume
The MD-1600 lets you adjust the volume
of your accompaniment separately from
the overall volume of the keyboard.
1. Press
ACCOMP VOLUME
digit number of the last selected
accompaniment volume appears on
the display.
2. Within 5 seconds, enter a number
from (softest) to
0 0 0
on the keypad. The numbers appear
18
ACCOMP VOLUME
,
NORMAL/FILL-IN
SYNCHRO/END-
To reset the accompaniment volume to
its default value of 87, press
VOLUME
time.
Note: The auto-accompaniment pat-
terns consist of four parts: chord 1,
chord 2, bass, and rhythm. You can de-
lete any of the parts by using the mixer
function. See "Using the Mixer" on
Page 22.
. The three-

Concert Chord

The concert chord method lets begin-
ning keyboard players easily select and
(loudest)
1 2 7
play a chord.
on the display as you press the
keys.
To select the next highest or lowest
accompaniment volume
you can also press
pressing
ACCOMP VOLUME
down or to quickly increase or
+ –
decrease the accompaniment vol-
ume.
then press and
+
number,
or after
+ –
. Hold
ACCOMP
at the same
–