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Radio Shack MD501 manual

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  • Page 1

    © 2002 Rad ioShack C orporatio n. All Rights Reserved. RadioSha ck and Rad ioShack.c om are tr ademarks used by RadioShack Corporat ion. /& 723" /+&+ " -G[DQCTF YKVJ " /KPK / 5KG " -G[U 42-4059 # " +/2146#06 " # If an icon appear s at the end of a paragraph, go t o the box on t hat page with the corres pondin[...]

  • Page 2

    2 +064 1&7%6+10 Thank yo u for purchas ing a RadioShac k MIDI Keyboard . Your keyb oard is state-of-t he-art with man y exciti ng features . You can set the keyboa rd to soun d like 50 differe nt musical inst rument s. To acc ompan y your m usic, the keyboa rd has 30 rhythms, as well as auto accom pan im ent s and percus si on sou nd s. Your ke[...]

  • Page 3

    3 # " 37+%- " .11- " #6 " ;174 " -';$1#4& Spea ker Speaker POWER[...]

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    4 12'4#6+10 $ #5+% " 1 2'4# 6+1 0 1. T o turn on the key board, se t POWER to ON . The POWER i ndica tor lights. #" ± 2. T o hear a sample of the keybo ard’s many s ounds, pl ay a prere corded tune (see “Play ing the Prerecorded T unes” on Page 4). T o ma ke your own m usic, simply begin pl aying th e keyboa rd. ± 3. Rep[...]

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    5 5. T o change the tempo, re peatedl y press TEMP O UP or TEMPO DOWN . T he current tempo s etting appears. ± 6. Play the keyb oard along with the auto- rhythm. 7. T o select a dif ferent rh ythm, rep eat Step s 1 and 2 . 8. T o stop the auto-rh ythm, press ST ART/ STOP again. 7UKPI " 5;0% This f eatu re l et s you syn c h roniz e th e star [...]

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    6 5VCPFCTF " (KPIGTKPI The stan dard fi ngering m ethod u ses standard formation s of th ree or more notes, and lets the expe rience d music ian play a wider vari ety of accomp anime nt chords . ý± 1. Set POWER to ON . 2. Repea t edl y pres s CHO RD until a blac k dot appe ars next t o FINGERED o n the left sid e of the display . 3. Select a[...]

  • Page 7

    7 7 5+0) " $'#6 When the met rono me i s on, repeat edly pre ss BEA T unt il you he ar the desi red be at to ad just it. 9 bea ts (00, 02 – 09) ar e availa ble an d can be sele cted c yclically . The b eat numb er you select ed app ears. ± 52'%+#. " ('#674'5 4 '%14& +0) You can rec ord a se quenc e of notes[...]

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    8 75+0) " /+&+ Your keybo ard include s a feature ca lled MIDI (Music al Instrum ent Digital Int erface). MIDI i s the un ive r sal s tanda rd fo r sendi ng an d receivi ng performanc e data betw een all ty pes of elec tronic musical instru ments, re gardless of th e manuf actu rer. Using MIDI, y ou can pl ay mu sic on y our keyboa rd and [...]

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    9 6417$.'5* 116+0) If yo ur keyboa rd is not performing as it should, t hese sug gestio ns migh t help. If you sti ll canno t solve the proble m, tak e the key board to y our local RadioSha ck store for assis tance . %#4' Keep the keybo ard dry; if it gets w et, wip e it dry i mm ed ia tely . U s e and st ore the ke yboard only in norma l[...]

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    10 %*14& " %*#46 5 These ta bles show th e fingering for the ch ords you play most often . Susp ended D i m i ni shed[...]

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    11 52'%+( +%#6+ 105 Number of Key s ... ...... .... ..... .. .... .... .. .... ... .... .... .. .... ....... .... .... .. .... ....... .... .... .. .... .... ... .... .. .... .... .. ..... .... .. .... ...... ..... .... .. .... .... .. ..... .. .... .... .. .... ....... .... .... .. .... ..... .. .... .. .... .... .. 49 Polyphonic Sound . ....[...]

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    42-4059 04A02 Printed in China Radio Shack Corporati on Fort Worth , Texas 7 6102 Limi ted One-Year Warran ty This prod uct is warranted by R adioShack aga i nst ma nufacturing def ects in material an d workman- ship under norm al use for on e (1) year from th e date of purchas e from Radio Shack compa ny-owned stores and authoriz ed RadioS hack fr[...]