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Note: You cannot play the keyboard while the demonstration tune is play- ing.

USING THE PRESET SOUNDS

Your Concertmate 690 can sound like 100 different musical instruments or sound effects. The name and two-digit number of each preset sound is listed on the Concertmate 690’s top panel.

100 SOUNDS List

Selecting/Playing a Preset Sound

1.Set VOLUME to MIN.

2.Set MODE to NORMAL.

Note: The Fingered and Concert Chord modes are described in “Using Auto Accompaniment” on Page 13.

3.Press SOUND POLY/TEXTURE.

4.Select a sound from the 100 SOUNDS list and enter the two- digit number on the SOUND/ RHYTHM SELECT keypad. For ex- ample, to select OBOE (No. 47), press 4, then 7.

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SOUND/RHYTHYM

SELECT Keypad

5.Play the keyboard to hear the se- lected sound.

6.Adjust VOLUME to the desired level.

7.To select a different sound, repeat Step 4. Or, if the second digit of the current sound is the same as the first digit of the new sound, simply enter the second digit of the new sound on the SOUND/ RHYTHM SELECT keypad.

For example:

Current

New

You

Sound

Sound

Press

 

 

 

 

 

 

50

00

0

 

 

 

00

02

2

 

 

 

02

25

5

 

 

 

Notes:

Some preset sounds, such as IN- SECT (No. 82) and MOTORCY- CLE (No. 89), do not follow the musical scale when played, but produce varying sounds with each key you press.

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Optimus 42-4035 owner manual Using the Preset Sounds, Selecting/Playing a Preset Sound, Current New You Sound Press