Your Optimus MD-1150 Electronic Key- board is a state-of-the-art keyboard with many exciting features. You can set the keyboard to sound like 100 different mu- sical instruments or sound effects. To accompany your music, the keyboard has 100 rhythms, as well as auto ac- companiments and percussion sounds.
Your keyboard also includes a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) feature, which lets you connect it to oth- er MIDI-equipped musical instruments or devices, even your personal comput- er.
This versatile keyboard can provide hours of fun and is ideal for anyone who wants to make music, from the beginner to the experienced musician.
Note: The MD-1150 conforms to most, but not all, General MIDI specifications. Because of this, you might experience some incompatibility when using the MD-1150 with another General MIDI de- vice. For more information, see “Using MIDI” on Page 25.
Your keyboard’s features include:
61Full-Size Keys with Touch Re- sponse — the keyboard’s volume var- ies in response to the force of your touch, just like an acoustic piano or or- gan, so you can add emotion to your music.
Backlit Liquid Crystal Display — shows the notes and chords as you play them, along with the current tone, rhythm, and tempo. The built-in back- light makes it easy to read the display even in darkness.
16-Note Polyphonic Sound — lets you play and hear up to 16 notes at the same time so you can play or create al- most any type of music.
100 Tones — you can set your key- board to sound like anything from a harpsichord to a honky-tonk piano.
100 Prerecorded Tunes — let you hear a sample of what you and the keyboard can do. You can play the tunes either one at a time or consecutively, and you can turn off the melody or accompani- ment portion so you can play along with the tunes.
100Auto-Rhythms — give you a steady beat for many styles of music, from rhumba to slow rock.
Transpose Function — lets you in- stantly change the key of the music, even while you are playing.
Headphones/Output Jack — lets you connect headphones so you can play without disturbing others, or an external amplifier so you can play for a crowd.
Sustain Jack — lets you connect a sus- tain pedal (not supplied) to the MD-1150 so you can sustain your keyboard’s sound.
