Your Optimus MD-1200 Electronic Key- board is a state-of-the-art musical instru- ment that offers you a vast array of sounds. You can choose from 200 differ- ent musical instruments or sound effects and 100 rhythms, as well as automatic accompaniments and percussion sounds.
The MD-1200 also includes a MIDI fea- ture (Musical Instrument Digital Inter- face), which lets you connect it to other 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-1200 conforms to most, but not all, General MIDI specifications. Therefore, you might experience some incompatibility when using the MD-1200 with another General MIDI device. For more information, see “Using MIDI” on Page 41.
Your MD-1200’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.
24-Note Polyphonic Sound — lets you play and hear up to 24 notes at the same time, so you can play or create al- most any type of music.
Memory — lets you set the MD-1200 to record up to 2 songs, 6 tracks, and 5,200 notes. The recording remains stored even while the keyboard is off.
Pitch Bender Wheel — lets you bend a note by altering its pitch to create realis- tic effects for reed instrument or guitar tones.
200Tones — let you set your MD-1200 to sound like anything from a harpsi- chord to a honky-tonk piano. You can even create your own tones with the custom tone synthesizer feature.
100Auto-Rhythms— provide a steady beat for many styles of music, from rhumba to rock.
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 (neither supplied).
Assignable Jack — lets you connect a sustain pedal (not supplied) to the MD- 1200 so you can sustain or soften your keyboard’s sound, or start/stop an auto- rhythm.
100 Free Sessions — let you set the MD-1200 to automatically play an ac- companiment consisting of a prerecord- ed chord progression with a matching rhythm.
