Radio Shack MD-1600 owner manual Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume, Concert Chord

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ACCOMP VOLUME

Notes:

•After you press the auto accompani- ment keys when using concert chord or standard fingering, the MD- 1600 plays the same chord until you press other accompaniment keys to play a different chord or you press

START/ STOP.

•You can use the MD-1600’s rhythm controls (INTRO, NORMAL/FILL-IN,VAR/FILL-IN, and SYNCHRO/END- ING) with all three types of auto accompaniment.

Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume

The MD-1600 lets you adjust the volume of your accompaniment separately from the overall volume of the keyboard.

1.Press ACCOMP VOLUME. The three- digit number of the last selected accompaniment volume appears on the display.

2.Within 5 seconds, enter a number from 0 0 0 (softest) to 1 2 7 (loudest) on the keypad. The numbers appear

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on the display as you press the keys.

To select the next highest or lowest accompaniment volume number, you can also press + or – after pressing ACCOMP VOLUME. Hold down + or – to quickly increase or decrease the accompaniment vol- ume.

To reset the accompaniment volume to its default value of 87, press ACCOMP VOLUME then press + and – at the same time.

Note: The auto-accompaniment pat-

terns consist of four parts: chord 1, chord 2, bass, and rhythm. You can de- lete any of the parts by using the mixer function. See “Using the Mixer” on Page 22.

Concert Chord

The concert chord method lets begin- ning keyboard players easily select and play a chord.