Radio Shack MD-981 - Manual (Page 12)

12 Operation
Turning Applause Off/On
When you turn off either the melody or
accompaniment and then play a tune,
applause automatically sounds at the
end of the tune. To turn off the applause,
hold down
STOP and press either ON/
OFF LEFT or ON/OFF RIGHT . Apls=Off
appears. To turn the applause on again,
press the same buttons.
Apls=On ap-
pears.
Consecutively Playing Back
the Tunes
Normally, the tune you selected plays
continuously until you press
STOP . To
play all 100 prerecorded tunes consecu-
tively, 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.
Notes:
• The keyboard has 12-note (maxi-
mum) polyphonic sound. This
means that you can play up to 12
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
6-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.
• Some sound effect tones, such as
PERCUSSION (No. 99), do not fol-
low the musical scale when played,
but change effect as you play them
in different octaves on the keyboard.
Selecting/Playing a Preset
Tone
1. Press TONE . An indicator appears
next to TONE and the current tone’s
number appears.
Note: Each time you turn the key-
board on, it automatically selects the
tone PIANO 1 (No. 00).
2. To play a different tone, choose a
preset tone from the 100 TONES list
and enter its two-digit number on
the keypad. As you press the keys,
the selected digits appear.
Or, you can use + or – to move to
the next higher or lower numbered
tone.
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