Optimus MD-1150 - Manual (Page 13)

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Playing Along with a
Prerecorded Tune
Follow these steps to have the keyboard
not play the melody of a prerecorded
tune, so you can!
1. Select and enter the number of the
tune you want to play.
2. Press ON/OFF RIGHT to turn off the
melody. Press ON/OFF LEFT to turn
off the accompaniment.
Notes:
• Tunes 70 to 99 are piano solo
tunes. You can turn off either the
right-hand or left-hand portion,
but not both.
• If you select tunes 00 through 69
and turn off both the melody and
accompaniment, the keyboard
plays an obliggato (a simple
background accompaniment).
3. Press PLAY/PAUSE to start play.
4. Adjust the tempo and volume as
desired.
5. Play along with the tune on the key-
board.
Note: You can turn the melody on or
off by repeating Step 2 even while
the current tune is playing.
6. The tune you selected plays contin-
uously until you press STOP . To
temporarily stop the tune, press
PLAY/PAUSE again. To stop the tune
completely, press STOP .
Turning Applause Off/On
When you turn off either the melody or
the accompaniment and then play a
tune, applause automatically sounds at
the end of the tune. To turn off the ap-
plause, hold down
STOP and press ei-
ther ON/ OFF LEFT or ON/OFF RIGHT .
Apls=Off appears. To turn the ap-
plause on again, press the same but-
tons.
Apls=On appears.
Consecutively Playing Back
the Tunes
To have the keyboard play all 100 prere-
corded tunes consecutively, press either
TONE or RHYTHM , then press PLAY/
PAUSE . The keyboard plays the tunes in
sequence starting with Tune 00.
To stop consecutive playback, press
STOP or START/STOP .
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.
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