Radio Shack LK-1500 Turning the Key Light System On and Off, Polyphony, Digital Sampling

Basic Operations

Polyphony

The term polyphony refers to the maximum number of notes you can play at the same time. The keyboard has 32-note polyphony, which includes the notes you play as well as the rhythms and auto-accompaniment patterns that are played by the keyboard. This means that when a rhythm or auto- accompaniment pattern is being played by the keyboard, the number of notes (polyphony) available for keyboard play is reduced. Also note that some of the tones offer only 16-note polyphony.

•When rhythm or auto accompaniment is playing, the number of sounds simultaneously played is reduced.

Digital Sampling

A number of the tones that are available with this keyboard have been recorded and processed using a technique called digital sampling. To ensure a high level of tonal quality, samples are taken in the low, mid, and high ranges and then combined to provide you with sounds that are amazingly close to the originals. You may notice very slight differences in volume or sound quality for some tones when you play them at different positions on the keyboard. This is an unavoidable result of multiple sampling, and it is not a sign of malfunction.

Turning the Key Light System On and Off

Use the following procedure when you want to turn the key light system on or off.

To turn the key light system on and off

1Press the KEY LIGHT button to toggle the key light system on and off.

•The KEY LIGHT indicator disappears when the key light system is turned off.

NOTE

•The key light system is turned on automatically whenever you turn on keyboard power.

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