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Cat. No. 42- 4039 OWNER’S MANUAL Please re ad befor e using this equi pment. Electronic Keyboard MD-1150 A 42-4039.fm Page 1 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM ...
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2 We recomm end yo u record your key- board’s serial n umber he re. The numbe r is in th e battery compartme nt of the key- board. Serial Num ber __ _________ _______ __ THE FCC W ANTS YOU TO KNO W This keybo ard comp lies with the lim its for a Cl ass B d igital devic e as spec ified in Part 15 o f FCC Rules . These lim its provide r easonabl e ...
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3 FEA TURES Your O ptimus M D-1150 E lectron ic Key - board is a state-of- the-art ke yboard wi th many ex citi ng fe atur es. You can set the keyboar d to sou nd like 100 di ffer en t mu- sical in st rument s or sound eff ects. To accompa ny yo ur music , the ke yboar d has 100 rhyt hms, as well as auto ac - compan iments a nd perc ussion s ounds. ...
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4 Tempo Control — lets yo u spe ed u p or slow down the te mpo of any selec ted music patte rn. Tune Control — lets you adju st the pitch of your keybo ard so you can play in tune wi th other i nstrume nts. Fill-In Rhyt hm — le ts y ou i nse rt a shor t variati on int o any auto-rhyt hm. Auto Accompaniment — lets you auto - matical ly play ...
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5 CONTENTS Preparation ....... ............. ............ .................... ............. ............. ............. ................... 7 Connectin g Power ................ ............. ............. .................... ............. ............ ....... 7 Using Ba tteries .............. ............. ............. ............. ............ ...
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6 Using MIDI .... .................... ............ ............. .................... ............. ............. .............. 2 5 About MIDI ...... ...... ............. ...... ....... ...... ............. ....... ...... ....... ...... ............. ...... .. 25 Making t he MIDI Conne ctions ........ ............. ................... ........... ...
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7 PREPARATION Note: To conn ect a M IDI devi ce, see “Mak ing the MIDI Co nnecti ons” on Page 25. To con nect a s ustain p edal, see “Usi ng a Sus tain Peda l” on Page 2 4. CONNECTING POWER You ca n power your MD-1150 fro m ei- ther: • internal bat terie s (see “Usi ng Batter - ies” ) • standard AC powe r using an option al AC adapt ...
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8 Using AC Power You can power yo ur MD-1150 from standa rd AC power us ing a 9-vol t AC adapter ( not su pplied) and a Siz e M Adapta plug ® . Cautions: Y ou must use an AC adapt er that s upplies 9 volts and del ivers at least 800 mil liamp s. Its c en ter tip mus t be set to nega tive, and i ts plug mu st correctly fit the MD-1 150’s DC 9V ja ...
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9 • Once you s et the vol ume, do not increa se it . Over time, your e ars adapt t o the vol ume le vel, so a vol - ume level that doe s not caus e dis- comf ort migh t st ill dam age yo ur hearing . CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL AMPLIFIER To ampl ify you r MD-11 50’s sound , you can conn ect it to an exter nal ampli fier (not supp lied) usin g an aud ...
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10 OPERATION BASIC O PERA TION 1. T o tu rn o n the k eyb oard , set POWER/MODE to NORMAL . The POWER/ MODE indic ator and the display light. Note: T o sa ve power wh en operat - ing on b atteries, the key board a uto- matically turns off after abo ut 6 minutes i f you do no t press a key . T o turn on the key board agai n, set POWER/MODE to OF F t ...
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11 4. T o turn off the k eyboard , set POWER/MODE to OFF . The P OWER/ MODE ind icator and the display tur n off. Cancelling Auto Power Off To have the keyboar d not autom atica lly turn off du ring a se ssion, tu rn on the keyb oard whil e hold ing do wn TON E . The next tim e you turn the ke yboar d off then back on again, i t will a utomatica ll ...
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12 Note: Eac h tune play s a dif feren t preset tone for the melod y , but y ou can chan ge to anoth er tone ev en while the tune i s playing. Follow the steps u nder “ Selecti ng/Playing a Preset T one” o n Page 14 to sel ect a different tone. 4. Use MAIN VOLUME to adju st the overall v olume as desi red. T o a djust only th e acco mpanim ent ...
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13 Playing Along with a Prerecorded T une Follow the se steps to hav e the keyboar d not pla y th e me lod y of a pr er ecor ded tune, so you can! 1. Se lect a nd ente r the numb er of the tune you w ant to pl ay . 2. Press ON/O FF RIG HT to turn off the melo dy . Press ON/O FF LEF T to turn off the accomp animent. Notes: • Tunes 70 to 99 are pia ...
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14 Notes: • The keyb oard has 16 -note (max i- mum) pol yphon ic sound . This mean s th at yo u ca n pl ay u p to 16 different notes a t the same time with most of the keyboar d’s preset tones. Some of th e keybo ard’s preset tones, however , are ca pable of onl y 8-note po lyphony . • Most tones on thi s keyb oard have been rec orded an d ...
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15 Percussion Sounds PERCUSSION (No. 99) lets you play th e 39 diffe rent percussio n sounds s hown he re. The symbo l for each sou nd appe ars abo ve the correspo nding k ey on the keyb oard. Layered T ones The preset ton es number ed 80 through 89 on yo ur keyb oard let y ou autom ati- cally pl ay two differ ent lay ered tones at the same ti me w ...
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16 Selecting/Pl aying an Aut o-R hy thm 1. Press RHYTHM . An indicator appears to the right of RHY TH M an d the num ber o f t he cu rre nt auto- rhythm a ppear s. Note: Each ti me y ou turn on the keyb oard, it automa tical ly selec ts the rhyt hm Fu nky Pop 1 (No. 00). 2. T o select a different rhythm , choos e an auto-rhyt hm from th e 100 RHYTH ...
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17 8. T o stop th e auto- rhythm, press ST ART/STOP again. Using SYNCHRO Thi s fea tur e let s you sy nchr oni ze th e start of a n auto- rhythm with the begin- ning of y our musi c. After yo u sele ct and en ter an a uto- rhy thm, pres s SYNCHRO/FILL-IN . The bars o f the metr onome fl ash on the dis- play to s how the ke yboard i s in a st and- b ...
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18 Adjustin g the Ac com pani m ent Vo l u m e The MD-1 150 l ets you adjus t the volume of your a ccompan iment sep arately from the over all volume of the k eyboar d. 1. Press ACCOMP VOLUME . The cur- rent acco mpanim ent volume s etting appears on the display next to Acomp Vol . 2. Wi thin 5 second s, en ter a nu mber from 0 (no so und) to 9 (lo ...
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19 Follow th ese steps to start concert c hord auto acc ompanimen t. 1. Set POWER/MODE to CONCERT CHORD . 2. En ter a two-di git auto-rhy thm num- ber . 3. T o star t th e aut o-r hyt hm be for e th e auto a ccompan iment, press ST ART/ STOP . Or , to synchroni ze the s tart of the sel ected au to- rhyt hm wi th your accompa niment , press SYNCHRO/ ...
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20 Standard Fingering The sta ndard fingeri ng method use s standard for mations of thr ee or four not es, and lets the e xper ienced m usicia n play a w ider variety of acco mpanim ent chor ds. Thi s char t sho ws th e 15 c hord types you ca n pl ay on your keyboa rd by us ing s tan- dard finger in g. Notes: • Y ou do not have to pres s the key ...
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21 • When you play an aug , 7–5, or dim7 chord, th e lowes t note you play determin es th e ro o t o f th e cho r d. B e sure that your fing ering correctl y defines t he root y ou want. Note: See “Stan dard Finger ing Chord Char ts” on Pa ge 31 for a l is t of all the chords you ca n play on y our ke yboar d using s tandard fi ngering acco ...
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22 • the fin gers you need to use to play the chord (on the cente r “hands” ) • the note s that make up the chord (on the s taff display) 5. Use – or + to scroll throug h the chords associat ed with the root chord y ou entere d in Step 3. Or , press a different root ke y to see the chords based on that ke y . Notes: • If the c hord is n ...
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23 SPECIAL FEATURES CHANGING KEYS The keyboa rd auto maticall y selec ts the key of m iddle C each tim e you turn it on . For added flexi bility as you p lay, the keyb oard lets yo u change (transpo se) the m usica l key i n whic h it p lay s. Note: You c annot cha nge the key while a prerecor ded tune i s selec ted or pl ay- ing. 1. Repe at edl y ...
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24 Note: You canno t tune the keyboard while a prerec orded tune is disp layed or playing . Follow these steps to t une th e keybo ard. 1. Repe at edl y pres s TRANSPOSE/ TUNE/MIDI until th e dis play sho ws Tune and the curren t pitch s etting. Note: The number on the displ ay is the number of “cen ts” to whi ch the keyb oard is current ly tu ...
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25 USING MIDI Your MD- 1150 in cludes a feature called MIDI (Musical Instru ment Digi tal Inter - face). MIDI is the universal stan dard for sending and re ceiving p erforma nce d ata between all type s of e lectron ic musi cal instrum ents, regardl ess of t he manuf ac- turer. Using MIDI, you can pl ay music on you r MD-1150 an d another in strume ...
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26 Cautions: • Always turn o ff power to your MD - 1 15 0 and th e other M IDI devic e before y ou con nect or disco nnect MIDI ca bles. • As you ma ke th e cabl e co nne ction s, be sure to align the MIDI cable pin s with the mat chi ng ho les on yo ur keyb oard’s MIDI OUT a nd MIDI IN te r- minals. If yo u have t r ouble p lugging in the ca ...
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27 Here is the data that can be receiv ed with thi s keyb oard and th e corr espo nd- ing contr ol numbe r. The MD-1 150 ca n send Hold 1 Contr ol Change data on ly when you connec t a sust ain ped al and pr ess it. CHANGING MIDI SETTIN GS The MD-115 0 lets you change two MIDI paramete rs, Tone Map and Keyb oard Channel. Keyboard Channel — sets t ...
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28 NOTES ABOUT THE MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHART The “MIDI Implemen tation Cha rt” on Page 34 il lust rates the d etails of th e key- board’s MIDI function. A n O in the char t mean s th at t he keyboa rd h as t his fea- ture; an X mean s it does not ha ve this feature. T he foll owing n otes exp lain what the keyb oard can do. Basic Channel — ...
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29 T ROUBLESHOOTING If your MD- 1150 is not per formin g as it should , these sugg estions might hel p. If you still c annot solve the problem, ta ke the keyboa rd to your l ocal Rad i oShack store for assist ance. T rouble P o ssi ble Ca use Rem edy No so und, e ven if k eys are press ed. The ke yboard has turned off automatic ally . Set POWER/MOD ...
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30 Sounds s ent to an other MIDI de vice b y the k eyb oard do not so und co rrec t. The other d e vice’ s MIDI THR U function is tu rned on. T ur n off the MIDI THR U function o n the o ther de vice. T rouble P o ssi ble Ca use Rem edy 42-4039.fm P age 30 Friday, March 3, 2 000 8:55 AM ...
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31 STANDARD FINGERING CHORD C HARTS These t ables sh ow the left- hand fing ering fo r the cho rds you play most o ften. 42-4039.fm P age 31 Friday, March 3, 2 000 8:55 AM ...
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32 Note: You cannot play chords marked with an asterisk (*) in the fingered mode on thi s keyboard. This illustration shows which fingers on your left hand match the numbers on the chord charts. The illustra- tion also appears on your keyboard’s display. 42-4039.fm P age 32 Friday, March 3, 2 000 8:55 AM ...
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33 NOTE T ABLE Lege nd: 1. T one number 2. Maximum polyphony 3. Range type (see “Note T able” on Page 33) 4. Corresponding general M IDI number (see “MIDI Data” on Page 26) 42-4039.fm P age 33 Friday, March 3, 2 000 8:55 AM ...
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34 MIDI IMPLEMENTATION CHAR T FUNCTION TRANSMITTED RECOGNIZED REMARKS Basic Channel Def ault Changed 1 1–16 1–4, 10 1–4, 10 Mode Def ault Messages Alter ed Mode 3 X ❊❊❊❊❊❊ ❊❊❊❊ ❊❊❊❊ ❊❊ Mode 3 X ❊❊❊❊❊❊ ❊❊❊❊ ❊❊❊❊❊ Note Number: T rue voice 36–96 ❊❊❊❊❊❊ ❊❊❊❊ ❊? ...
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35 Mode 1: OMNI ON, POLY Mode 3: OMNI OFF, POLY O: Yes Mode 2: OMNI ON, MONO Mode 4: OMNI OFF, MONO X: No 42-4039.fm P age 35 Friday, March 3, 2 000 8:55 AM ...
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36 CARE AND MAINTENAN CE Your Opt imus MD-1 150 Electron ic Keybo ard is an examp le of sup erior desi gn and craftsm anship. T he fo llowing s uggestio ns wil l help you care for your k eyboa rd so you can enjoy it for year s. Keep the k eyboa rd dry. If it gets wet , wipe i t dry imm ediately. Liquids might con tain mine rals tha t can cor rode t ...
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37 SPECIFICA TIONS Number of Keys .................... ............. ............. ................... ............. ............. ........... 61 Polypho nic Soun d ........... ............ ............. ............. .................... ........... 16-note (Max.) Preset T ones ...... ...... ....... ...... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... .... ...
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38 NOTES 42-4039.fm P age 38 Friday, March 3, 2 000 8:55 AM ...
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39 42-4039.fm P age 39 Friday, March 3, 2 000 8:55 AM ...
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RadioShack A Division of T andy Corporation Fort Worth, T ex as 7610 2 10A9 9 Pri nted i n Mal ays ia MD1 150E-1 MA9906-A Limited O ne-Y ear Wa rranty This pro duct is warrante d by RadioShack aga inst manufac turing defects in mate rial and workma n- ship unde r normal use for one (1) year from the da te of purchase fro m RadioS hack comp any-own ...
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