Radio Shack MD-1600 owner manual Special Features, Changing Keys, Tuning the Keyboard

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SPECIAL FEATURES

TRANSPOSE/

TUNE/MIDI

TOUCH

RESPONSE

CHORD/1

CHANGING KEYS

The MD-1600 automatically selects the key of middle C each time you turn it on. For added flexibility as you play, the MD-1600 lets you change (transpose) the musical key.

Follow these steps to change keys.

1.Repeatedly press TRANSPOSE/ TUNE/MIDI until 00 Trans appears on the display.

Note: The number on the display is the number of semitones to which the keyboard is set, compared to its default key. You can transpose the key up or down 12 semitones (one octave).

2.Within 5 seconds, press + or – to raise or lower the key. Each time you press the key, the number on the display increases or decreases by 1 (semitone).

Notes:

•The MD-1600 automatically resets the key to the default value of 0

(middle C) each time you turn off the keyboard.

•The transpose setting also affects memory playback (see “Playing Back from Memory” on Page 34) and auto accompaniment.

TUNING THE KEYBOARD

Although your MD-1600 never goes out of tune, it does let you adjust its pitch to match other instruments or musical re- cordings.

Note: You cannot adjust the pitch while the demonstration songs are playing.

1.Repeatedly press TRANSPOSE/ TUNE/MIDI until 00 Trans appears.

2.Press or so 00 Tune appears.

Note: The number on the display is the number of cents to which the keyboard is currently tuned, com- pared to its default pitch. A cent is one hundredth of a semitone. You can tune the keyboard up or down 50 cents (a half semitone).

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