effects for sounds such as a saxophone, other reed instruments, and guitar tones.

To use pitch bend, rotate and hold PITCH BEND while holding down a key. The pitch of the key you pressed slides smoothly up and down. Release PITCH BEND to stop the effect.

USING A SUSTAIN PEDAL

For added flexibility and control as you make music, you can connect an option- al sustain pedal (available through your local RadioShack store). A sustain pedal lets you sustain the keyboard’s sound.

To connect a sustain pedal to your key- board, insert the plug on the pedal’s cord into SUSTAIN on the back of the keyboard.

ˆUsing MIDI

Your keyboard includes a feature called MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Inter- face). MIDI is the universal standard for sending and receiving performance data between all types of electronic musical instruments, regardless of the manufac- turer.

Using MIDI, you can play music on your keyboard and another instrument at the same time while pressing the keys on only one, record your music to a se- quencer, acquire a wider selection of preset tones from a sound module, and much more.

ABOUT MIDI

Every MIDI-equipped instrument has MIDI OUT and IN terminals, and some also have a MIDI THRU terminal. Each of these terminals serves a different pur- pose.

MIDI OUT sends MIDI data to (“talks to”) the other MIDI instrument(s).

MIDI IN receives (“listens to”) MIDI data sent by the other MIDI instrument(s).

MIDI THRU lets you connect (“network”) additional MIDI instruments, and sends along to other MIDI devices a copy of all data it receives through its MIDI IN ter- minal.

Your keyboard has MIDI OUT and MIDI IN terminals.

The cable that connects MIDI devices does not actually carry sound between them, like a speaker wire carries sound from a receiver to a speaker. Instead, MIDI-equipped devices communicate with each other using digital codes (in- structions). One MIDI device sends digi- tal instructions representing exactly what is being played on it. The other MIDI device receives and translates those instructions, then produces (or records) the sound exactly as it was played on the first device.

Note: Connecting your keyboard to an- other MIDI device requires a MIDI cable (not supplied). See “Making the MIDI Connections” on Page 22.

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