Using The Preset Tones; Selecting/Playing A Preset Tone - Optimus Concertmate 980 Owner's Manual

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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.
• Most tones on this keyboard have
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.
• Some sound effect tones, such as
PERCUSSION (No. 99), do not fol-
Selecting/Playing a Preset
Tone
1. Press
sound. This
2. To play a different tone, choose a
3. Play the keyboard to hear the
4. To select a different tone, repeat
low the musical scale when played,
but change effect as you play them
in different octaves on the keyboard.
. TONE and the current
TONE
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.
Notes:
• Precede a single-digit number
with a 0. For example, to select
ELEC PIANO 1 (No. 04), press
.
4
• If you enter an incorrect first digit,
press to clear your entry,
TONE
then enter the correct digit.
selected tone and adjust
to the desired level.
UME
Steps 1 and 2.
to move to
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