Optimus CONCERTMATE 690 42-4035 - Manual (Page 10)

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Note: You cannot play the keyboard
while the demonstration tune is play-
ing.
USING THE PRESET
SOUNDS
Your Concertmate 690 can sound like
100 different musical instruments or
sound effects. The name and two-digit
number of each preset sound is listed
on the Concertmate 690’s top panel.
Selecting/Playing a Preset
Sound
1. Set VOLUME to MIN .
2. Set MODE to NORMAL .
Note: The Fingered and Concert
Chord modes are described in
“Using Auto Accompaniment” on
Page 13.
3. Press SOUND POLY/TEXTURE .
4. Select a sound from the 100
SOUNDS list and enter the two-
digit number on the
SOUND/
RHYTHM SELECT keypad. For ex-
ample, to select OBOE (No. 47),
press 4, then 7.
100 SOUNDS List
5. Play the keyboard to hear the se-
lected sound.
6. Adjust VOLUME to the desired
level.
7. To select a different sound, repeat
Step 4. Or, if the second digit of
the current sound is the same as
the first digit of the new sound,
simply enter the second digit of
the new sound on the
SOUND/
RHYTHM SELECT keypad.
For example:
Notes:
• Some preset sounds, such as IN-
SECT (No. 82) and MOTORCY-
CLE (No. 89), do not follow the
musical scale when played, but
produce varying sounds with each
key you press.
Current
Sound
New
Sound
You
Press
50 00 0
00 02 2
02 25 5
SOUND/RHYTHYM
SELECT Keypad
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