Optimus MD-1600 manual

Cat. No. 42 -4043 OWNER’S MANUAL Please re ad before using thi s equipm ent. Electronic Keyboard MD-1600 42-4043.fm P age 1 Tuesday, Augus t 3, 1999 6:51 A M[...]

2 We rec ommend y ou wri te your MD - 1600’s s erial number here. The nu mber is on the bottom of th e MD-1600 . Serial Num ber _____ __________ __ THE FCC W ANTS YOU TO KNO W This keyboar d compli es with the lim its for a Cl ass B d igital de vice as s pecifie d in Part 15 of FCC Rules . These limits provide r easonabl e protect ion agains t ra[...]

3 FEA TURES Your O ptimus MD -1600 Elec tronic K ey- board is a state-of-th e-art mus ical inst ru- ment that offers you a vas t array of sound s, with 2 -way ba ss ref lex speak ers for stun ning sou nd reprodu ction. Y ou can choo se from 20 0 diffe rent music al instrum ents or sound e ffects an d 100 rhythms , as we ll as accompa niments and pe[...]

4 100 Free Sessions — let you s et the MD-1600 to aut omatical ly play an ac- com panim ent c onsisti ng of a pr erec ord- ed chord prog ressio n with a matchi ng rhyt hm. Synthesizer Function — lets yo u cre- ate up to 32 of your own original tones. Tune Functi on — lets you adjust the pitch of your keyboar d so you can pla y in tune wi th o[...]

5 CONTENTS Preparation ....... ............. ................... ................... ............. .................... ................... 7 Connectin g Power ................ ............. .................... ................... ............. ............. 7 Using Ba tteries .............. ............. .................... ................... .[...]

6 Special Features .............. ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ............ .. 29 Changing K eys ............ ............ .................... ................... .................... ............ .. 29 T uning the K eyboard ............... .................... ................... ............. [...]

7 PREPARATION Note: To conn ect a M IDI device , see “Mak ing the MIDI Co nnections” on Page 41. To con nect a sus tain peda l, see “Usi ng a Sustai n Pedal” on Page 3 1. CONNECTING POWER You ca n power your MD -1600 from ei - ther: • internal batterie s (see “Usi ng Batter - ies” ) • standar d AC power using an option al AC adapter[...]

8 Using AC Power You can power yo ur MD-1600 from standa rd AC power us ing a 12-vol t AC adapter ( not suppl ied) and a Size M Adaptapl ug. Cautions: Y ou mus t use an AC adapt er that suppli es 12 volts and deliv ers at le ast 1.5 amps. Its center tip m ust be set to negative , and its pl ug must cor- rectly fi t th e M D-1 600 ’s DC 12V jack. [...]

9 • Once you s et the volume , do not increa se it . Over ti me, your ears adapt t o the vol ume leve l, so a v ol- ume level that doe s not caus e dis- comf ort migh t sti ll da mage your hearing . CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL AMPLIFIER To ampl ify you r MD-1600’ s sound , you can conn ect it to an e xternal amplifie r (not supp lied) usin g an audi[...]

10 OPERATION BASIC O PERA TION 1. Sli de VOLUME to MI N (min imum). Important: T o pr event h eari ng d am- age, alwa ys set the MD- 1600’s vol- ume to MI N before y ou turn it on . 2. T o turn on the MD-1600, press POWER . The POWER ind icator lights a nd the d isplay tur ns on. Note: T o s ave power , the keyboar d automa tically turn s off aft[...]

11 The tone number and na me appear at the top of the dis play. The mi ddle row shows the chor d sym bol , the tempo in beats per minute, the number of the meas ure playin g and the beat coun t in each measu re. The treble and b ass clefs to the right of th e display show the notes as they play. The b ar grap h shows the sound le vel on each of the[...]

12 Notes: • Y ou can select th e next hig hest o r lowest n umbered tone by sim ply pressi ng + or – on the key pad. • The nam es of to ne number s 000– 127 are marked to the right of the MD-160 0’ s display . The names for tone nu mbers 128–1 67 appear in the tab le below . Mem- ory locat ions 168–199 are reser ved for c ustom to nes[...]

13 USING THE DRUM PADS The MD-1600 has six drum pads that you ca n use to play per cussion sounds indepe ndent of the keybo ard keys. S im- ply tap on a drum pad to play the per - cussio n soun d currentl y assi gned to it. To change th e drum pad s ounds, use the mix er function to cha nge the to ne assigne d to Channel 10. Se e “Using the Mixer[...]

14 6. Pl ay both the low a nd high-e nd keys to hear th e selected s plit tone s. To select a different l ow-end tone, e nter the three -digit numb er for the new low - end tone while the SP LIT indica tor is on the d ispla y. To sele ct a differen t high-en d tone, press SPLIT to turn off its i ndicator, th en enter the three-digit numbe r for the[...]

15 2. En ter the number fo r the h igh-end base tone on the key pad. 3. Press SPLIT so the S PLIT indi cator appears . 4. En ter the num ber for the lo w-end base tone . 5. Press SPLIT so the S PLIT indi cator disappea rs. 6. Press LA YER so the LA YER indi ca- tor appea rs. 7. Ente r the num ber of the laye red tone for t he high-end keys. 8. Pres[...]

16 Note: Y ou can s elect th e next high - est or lo west nu mbe red auto- r hyt hm by simpl y press ing + or – on t h e ke y- pad. 3. Set MODE to NORMAL . Th en press ST ART/ST OP to sta rt the selec ted auto-rh ythm. 4. Adju st th e vol u me to th e de sired leve l. 5. T o change the auto -rhythm speed, press TEMPO . or . The cu rrent tempo set[...]

17 To sta rt a rhy thm with an introducti on, sele ct and enter the rhythm, then pr ess INTRO . The in troduction plays, th en the sele cted auto- rhythm a utomati cally starts. Using FILL-IN The FILL-I N feature lets yo u insert a short (1 - to 2-measure) fill-in s egment into a se lecte d auto-rhyt hm. To insert the fill-in segm ent, press and re[...]

18 Notes: • After yo u press th e auto acco mpani- ment key s when usin g concert chord or s tandard fi ngering, the MD - 1600 pla ys the same ch ord unti l y ou press ot her accompan iment key s to play a d ifferent chord or you pres s ST ART/ STOP . • Y ou can use the M D-1600’s rhyt hm control s ( INTRO , NORMAL/FILL-IN , V AR/FILL-IN , an[...]

19 The numb er of accomp animent key s you pres s determin es the type of chord that play s. This table s hows the type of chord th at plays wh en you pres s one, two, three, or fou r accompan iment key s at the sam e time. The lowest note you play de termines the key o f the chord . For examp le, if the low - est note is C, the keybo ard plays a C[...]

20 Standard Fingering The sta ndard finger ing metho d uses s tandard formations o f 3–4 n otes, and l ets the experienc ed music ian play a wider v ariety o f accompani ment chor ds. You ca n play these 15 cho rd types on your MD-16 00, in a ny key, using t he st andard f ingerin g method. Notes: • T o pr oduce a simp le variation of a 7, m7, [...]

21 Follow th ese steps to start stand ard fin- gering a uto acco mpaniment. 1. Set MODE to FINGERED . 2. Se lect and e nter an aut o-rhyth m. (See “Se lecting/ Playing an Auto - Rhythm” on Page 15 .) 3. T o sta rt the au to- rhyt hm bef ore your auto a ccompanim ent, pres s ST ART/ STOP or INT RO . T o sy nchr oni ze t he s tar t o f th e sel e[...]

22 Follow these ste ps to use the keyb oard free sess ion feature. 1. Press RHYTHM . 2. Sele ct and enter an aut o-rhyt hm. 3. Press FREE SESSION . The FREE SESSIO N indicator , the a uto- accompa niment tone n ame a nd number , and tempo appear . 4. T o sta rt the free sessio n accompa ni- ment, pres s the accomp animent ke y for the root of the f[...]

23 This char t show s the par ts assi gned to each cha nnel. Notes: • Normall y , ke yboard pl ay is assigned to Channel 1 and th e drum pads ar e assigne d to Channe l 10. Wh en you use auto accompa niment, ea ch part is assign ed to Chann els 7–10. • When you use the MD-1600 as the sound s ource for anot her MIDI devic e, all 16 c hannels a[...]

24 5. T o edit ot her chan nels, pr ess or to return to the channel se lection screen and repe at Steps 2 –4. To exit th e edit m ode, pres s MIXER . The display shows the perfor mance stat us of the ch annels as e dited. Editing the Parameter You ca n change the setting s of six pa - rameter s such as tone, v olume, a nd pan (relativ e position [...]

25 Notes: • Y ou can not use tone s 160–1 67 (drum set tones) a s base to nes. • The pres et tone y ou use as the basis f or a user tone is not chang ed. • The tone locati ons 168–199 are not empty (b efore yo u store use r tones there). They initi ally c ontain dup li- cate ve rsions of tone numbers 128– 159. The user tone you store i [...]

26 Notes: • A new or re vise d user tone repla ce s the exis ting user t one. • Layer , split, au to accom paniment, demo tune pla y , an d MIDI function s are all d isabled w hile the ke yboard is in the C ustom T one Synthes izer mode. 1. Se lect the preset ton e (any of the preset tone s except 160 –167) you want to use as a basis f or you[...]

27 Touch Sensitivity ( TchSense ) (–64 to +6 3) — Con trols chang es in the volu me of th e tone depe nding on ho w hard you strike the keys . Y ou ca n speci fy more v olume fo r stro nger str iking an d less volume fo r lighter striking , or yo u can specif y 00 to set the sa me volume regardles s of how h ard you str ike the keys. Pan ( Pan [...]

28 • Determin e the most i mportant paramete r . The PCM Set a nd Amp Enve lope Set par ameters are the major fa ctors that deter mine the overall ton e charac teristic . Start out by settin g these two paramete rs to get the ge neral soun d you wan t, and then set the other parameters to add the finis hing touc hes. • Experime nt with differen[...]

29 SPECIAL FEATURES CHANGING KEYS The MD-1 600 automati cally selec ts the key of m iddle C each ti me you turn it on. For ad ded flexi bility as you play , the MD-1600 le ts you change (transpo se) the m u sica l ke y. Follow thes e ste ps to cha nge ke ys . 1. Repe ated ly pr ess TRANSPO SE/ TUNE/MIDI unti l 00 Trans appear s on the display . Not[...]

30 3. With in 5 se conds , pr ess + or – to raise or lowe r the keyboar d's pitch. Each ti me you press th e key , the number o n the d isplay increases or decreases by 1 (cen t). Notes: • The MD-1 600 automat ically resets the tu ning pit ch to th e defa ult val ue of 00 (cents) each tim e you turn off the ke yboard. • Memory playback u[...]

31 Setting the Pitch Bend Range You can adj ust the bend range of pitc h control s from 1 to 12 semiton es. Note: The keyboa rd autom atica lly se - lects a bend rang e of 2 semi tones the first t ime you tu rn it o n after connecting power. Each time you turn it on after that, it r ecalls the last selecte d bend range. Follow these st eps to adjus[...]

32 USING THE MEMORY The MD-1600 lets you record up to two separat e songs in memo ry for l ater play - back. You can use eit her of two meth - ods to recor d a song — real-t ime reco rdin g (you re cord as you pl ay) or step re cord ing (you enter notes and chords one-by-o ne). You ca n record on eac h of the M D- 1600’s si x tracks separatel y[...]

33 • T o s tart auto ac companim ent duri ng a recordi ng, press SYNCHRO/END- ING instea d of ST ART/STOP in Step 5. Play th e melody keys to s tart recor ding. When you reac h the point where you want a ccompanim ent to start, p lay a c hord on the accompa- niment k eys. • T o record while u sing fre e sess ion, between Step 4 and 5 of “Real[...]

34 If you mak e a mis take, pres s ST ART/ STOP to stop recording a nd begin aga in from Step 1, or you can edit the con - tents. See “ Editing Memor y Contents” on Page 39. Note: Press af ter you select Track 1 in S tep 3 t o us e the d rum p ads . You ca n start r ecording b y playing a drum pad . Thi s d at a is stor ed on Trac k 1 al on g w[...]

35 Notes: • Y ou can u se layer and /or split duri ng memo ry play back. • Y ou can cha nge the rhythm duri ng playbac k. • Pressi ng ST ART/ST OP during the song re sets it fr om the be ginnin g. • Y ou can set the volume a nd pan posit io n o f th e pl ayback tra cks us ing the mixer . This setting da ta is out put through MIDI OU T . •[...]

36 • When MODE is set to NORMAL , specify the chor d using th e root keys an d chord- type ke ys. See “Sp ecif yin g Ch ords in th e Norma l Mode.” 7. Us e the number bu ttons to speci fy the length of the chord. Se e “Speci- fying the L ength of a Not e” on Page 36. 8. F or each additiona l chord you want to enter , pl ay the chord and u[...]

37 To enter a rest, press 0 then use num- bers 1 through 9 to specify the le ngth of the rest . Correcting Mist akes Before fi nishing your step recordi ng en- try, you ca n move the entry poi nt back to correct the data you entere d. However, this oper ation delete s all data after the point wher e you ma ke correc tions. 1. Befo re you pres s MEM[...]

38 5. Press ST ART/STOP to start reco rd- ing. T he conten ts of a ny trac ks already r ecorded st art to pla y . 6. Pl ay on the k eyboard what y ou want to record on the sel ected track . 7. Press ST ART/STOP to end reco rd- ing. This data is stored on the sel ected track in ad ditio n to the notes you played: • tone numbe r • option al ped a[...]

39 Changing Navigation T rack After yo u record, the display shows th e contents of the last r ecorded or edited track. To di splay a dif ferent track , re- peatedly press TRANSPOSE/TUNE/MIDI until Bend appear s, then press unti l Navi. Tr. appears. The n p re ss + or – until the track you want appear s on the display . EDITING MEMORY CONTENTS Yo[...]

40 Editing T echniques and Display Content s Key Pressu re (Velo city) — Use the keyb oard, numb er butt ons, or + and – to adjust the key pre ssure. To cha nge the key p ressure u sing the key board, be sure to turn on tou ch respons e. Pitch — Enter a ne w note on the key- board or us e + or – to cha nge to the ne xt higher or lowe r note[...]

41 USING MIDI Your MD- 1600 incl udes a feat ure called MIDI (Musical Instrumen t Digital Inter- face) — the univer sal stan dar d for send - ing a nd rece iving p erforma nce d ata between electroni c musi cal in stru - ments, r egardless of manufactur er. Using MIDI, you can pl ay music on you r MD-1600 an d another in strument at the same time[...]

42 To sen d MIDI data from y our keybo ard, use a M IDI cable to conne ct the MD- 1600’s MIDI OUT termina l to the o ther device’s MIDI IN term inal. To recei ve MIDI data on you r keyboar d, use a M IDI cable to conne ct the MD- 1600’s MIDI IN term inal to the other de- vice’s MIDI OUT te rminal. Note: You do not nee d to mak e both conne [...]

43 Use the Ban k Select settin g to select the MD-1600’ s tone gr oups to be chang ed by the Pr ogram Numbe r message . • Bank 0 — 0 to 127 (General MIDI tones) • Bank 1 — 128 to 15 9 (synth esized tones) • Bank 2 — 160 to 167 (dr um sets) • Bank 3 — 168 to 199 (us er tones) Just before sending a Progra m Change message , send two[...]

44 • This m essage take s more time to process th an other mes sages; when you pr ogram G M Mode On in the seq uencer , leave at l east a 100 msec pau se before the ne xt message . • GM Mode Off ([F0 ][7E][7F][0 9] [02][F7]) — us ed to tur n of f the MD- 1600’s GM mode. • Reverb Change ([F0][44][0E][09][yy ] [F7]) — switches the key boa[...]

45 Local (Local Control) (De fault: On): s et to on to send d ata simu lta- neously to the k eyboard’s speak ers and as MIDI data . Set to oFF to send data only as MIDI d ata (the speaker s on the keyboard remain silent) . AcompOut (Accom paniment O ut) (Default: Off): set to on to sen d auto accompa niment as MIDI data. Se t to oFF to turn it of[...]

46 NOTES ABOUT THE MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART The “MIDI Imple mentation Cha rt” on Page 58 il lust rates the d etails of t he MD- 1600’s M IDI functio n. An O in th e chart means that the MD-1600 has this fea- ture; X mea ns it does not ha ve this fea- ture. Th is se ction ex pla in s wh at th e MD- 1600 can do. Basic Channel — MIDI us es up[...]

47 All Notes Off — This featur e is a kind of panic bu tton: it stop s the s ounds cu r- rently p laying. The MD-1600 only re- ceives this mess age. Active Sensing — This means the MD- 1600’s s ound turns off in the event the conne ction ca ble to MI DI IN ter minal is acciden tally di sconnected . 42-4043.fm Page 47 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 6[...]

48 T ROUBLESHOOTING If the MD-160 0 is not perfor ming as it should, t hese sugg estions m ight help. If you still canno t solve the problem, tak e the keybo ard to you r local Radi oShack s tore for ass is- tance. T roub le Po ssib le Cause Remed y No so und, e ven if k e ys are press ed. The k eyb oard has turned off automati cally . Tu r n POWER[...]

49 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your Op tim us MD- 1600 El ectro nic Ke yboar d is an exa mple of supe rior des ign an d craftsm anship. The foll owing sug gestions wi ll help you car e for your MD-1600 so you can enjoy it for years . Keep th e MD-1600 dry. If it gets wet, wipe i t dry imm ediately . Liquids might c ontain mi nerals that can c orrode the [...]

50 SPECIFICATIONS Number of Keys .......... ............. ................... .................... ............. ................... ........ 73 Drum Pads .................. ............. ................... .................... ................... ............. .......... 6 Polypho nic Sound ....... ................... ............. ..............[...]

51 Mixer Function Channels .................. ................... ................... ............. .................... ................. 16 Paramet ers ........ ............. ............. Progr am chang e number , volume , expression , pan coar se tuning, f ine tuning , on/off/solo MIDI ............ .................... ................... . 16 [...]

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53 Lege nd: 1. T one number 2. Maximum polyphony 3. Digital Controlled Oscillator 4. Range type 5. Recommended soun d range for General MIDI * Tones without scale * The following shows maximum polyphone for synthesized tones 128 through 159: 141 BASS SLI DE: 24 notes Other tones: 12 notes 42-4043.fm Page 53 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 6:51 AM[...]

54 FREE SESSION CHORD PROGR ESSION CHART 42-4043.fm Page 54 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 6:51 AM[...]

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56 DRUM ASSIGNMENT LIST 42-4043.fm Page 56 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 6:51 AM[...]

57 STANDARD FINGERING CHORD CHARTS 42-4043.fm Page 57 Tuesday, August 3, 1999 6:51 AM[...]

58 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHAR T Remarks *3 Modulation and af ter touc h for each ch ann el are the same ef fect. *4 Pitch bend sense , fine tune, c oarse tune sen d/receive, and RPN Null receive *5 In accordance wit h assigna ble jack sett ing *6 GM on/off GM ON :[F0][ 7E][ 7F][09 ][01][F 7] GM OFF : [F 0 ][7 E ][7 F] [09] [0 2] [F 7 ] Reverb ch ange[...]

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