Radio Shack MD-1210 Video Game Keyboard User Manual


 
9Operation
(No. 000) when you turn the
power on. Each time you turn it
on after that, it selects the last
selected tone. To select a differ-
ent tone, see “Using the Preset
Tones”.
• To select an auto-rhythm, see
“Using the Preset Auto-Rhythms”
on Page 13.
To play auto accompaniment, see
“Using Auto Accompaniment” on
Page 15.
5. Slide
VOLUME
toward
MAX
to
increase the sound level or toward
MIN
to decrease it.
6. To turn off the keyboard, press
POWER
. The POWER indicator and
the keyboard’s display turn off.
Cancelling Auto Power Off
To have the keyboard not automatically
turn off during a session, turn on the
keyboard while holding down
TONE
.
The next time you turn the keyboard off
then back on again, it will automatically
turn off after about 6 minutes.
PLAYING THE
DEMONSTRATION TUNES
To showcase its sounds, your keyboard
can play two preprogrammed demon-
stration tunes. To start the demonstra-
tion, press
DEMO
. The keyboard plays
the first demonstration tune (No. 0). To
select the other tune, press
or
+
on the
keypad. The selected tune’s number ap-
pears and the tune plays.
The
demo tune number and
Demo
ap-
pear at the top of the display. The mid-
dle row shows the
tempo
in beats per
minute, the
number of the measure play-
ing
and the
beat count
in each measure.
The
treble and bass clefs
to the right of
the display show the notes as they play.
The bar graph shows the
sound level
on
each of the 16 channels (see “Using the
Mixer” on Page 18). The
keyboard
at the
bottom of the display shows the location
of the keys being pressed.
USING THE PRESET
TONES
Your keyboard can sound like 200 differ-
ent musical instruments or sound ef-
fects. The name and three-digit number
for each preset tone is listed on the 200
TONES list on the keyboard’s top panel.
Notes:
The keyboard has 24-note (maxi-
mum) polyphonic sound. This
means that you can play up to 24
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
12-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.