Deleting Specific Notes; Deleting A Part; Global Menu Items; Element Menu Items - Radio Shack MD-1700 Owner's Manual

Deleting Specific Notes

To delete notes, play the accompaniment
pattern in the REC mode. Then, while hold-
ing down and at the same time, press the
+ –
keyboard key(s) for the note(s) you want to
delete. Press the key(s) just before the
note(s) sound(s).

Deleting a Part

To delete the part, select the desired part
during record standby and press
the same time. dEL Sure?
to delete; otherwise, press
YES

Global Menu Items

Metronome: turns the metronome sound on
or off. Rec (default setting) turns the metro-
nome on only when recording,
metronome on during recording and play-
back, Off turns it off entirely.
Octave shift: sets the tone an octave higher
or lower. –1 sets octave lower,
sets octave higher.
1
Work Area Delete: clears data in the work
area. Use this to create your own pattern
from scratch. Select Work Del
then press and at the same time.
+ –
appears. Press to delete.
YES
plete appears. Otherwise, press
Beat: specifies beat (or meter) of the pattern.
Default is 4/4. Select 2/4
6/4 , 7/4 , 3/8 , 5/8 , 6/8
Note: The display shows ---- when you se-
lect a meter other than those listed above.
Tempo: sets the default tempo of the pat-
tern. Use + or – to select the tempo desired.
The initial value of this sub-menu is the de-
fault one set for the pattern you use as the
base.
Note: If the pattern is playing, its tempo does
not change immediately after you set the
menu. Repeatedly press
set the pattern to have the newly set default
tempo.

Element Menu Items

Measure: specifies the number of measures
for each element (except fill-in). You can set
this value only in these two cases:
and at
+ –
appears. Press
.
NO
Original Key: sets the key when played
back. This setting overrides the chord con-
version sub-menu under the
R&P turns the
You can set this only in these two cases:
0 is original,

Part Menu Items

sub-menu,
The settings are to be made for each part
Sure?
separately.
dEL Com-
.
NO
You can play back the auto accompaniment
pattern by pressing
set the part menu parameters. This allows
, 3/4 , 4/4 , 5/4 ,
you to specify chords using any of the chord
, 7/8 , or 9/8 .
playing method (CONCERT CHORD, FIN-
GERED, or FULL RANGE), then listen to the
effect of the new setting.
Chord Conversion Table: selects the chord
conversion setting. Normally, the accompani-
ment pattern is recorded in C. When you se-
lect a key with the accompaniment keyboard,
the pattern is automatically transposed to the
specified key. This might result in unnatural-
sounding patterns. To compensate this, the
Recording
TEMPO
• immediately after clearing the work area
using the Work Del sub-menu
• after all the parts of the element have
been deleted in the pattern create mode
• immediately after clearing the work area
using the Work Del sub-menu
• after all the parts of the element have
been deleted in the pattern create mode
START/STOP
or to
Part menu.
while you
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