Features
Your RadioShack MIDI Keyboard is a
Your keyboard also includes a MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) feature, which lets you connect it to oth- 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 keyboard conforms to most, but not all, General MIDI specifications. Because of this, you might experience some incompatibility when using the keyboard with another General MIDI de- vice. For more information, see “Using MIDI” on Page 21.
Your keyboard’s features include:
Touch Response — the keyboard’s volume varies in response to the force of your touch, just like an acoustic piano or organ, so you can add emotion to your music.
Pitch Bender Wheel — lets you bend notes by altering their pitch, creating re- alistic effects for tones such as reed in- struments or guitar tones.
Large LCD Music Information Display
—shows you the notes and chords as you play them, along with the current tone, rhythm, and tempo. The display’s
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Transpose Function — lets you in- stantly change the key of the music, even while you are playing.
Tune Control — lets you adjust the pitch of your keyboard so you can play in tune with other instruments.
Sustain Jack — lets you connect a sustain pedal (not supplied) to the key- board so you can hold notes that you play on your keyboard.
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.
100 Tones — you can set your key- board to sound like anything from a harpsichord to a
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-
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