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    Owner’s Manual Please re ad before u sing this equipm ent. MD-981 MIDI Keyboard 42-4042.fm P age 1 Friday, A pril 28, 20 00 11:18 AM[...]

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    2 Con ten ts ˆ Contents Features .. ................... ............. ................... ............. .................... ................... .......... 4 The FCC W ants Y ou to Know ............... ............. .................... ............. ................ 5 Preparation ... ............. ................... ............. ...............[...]

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    3 Con ten ts Special Features ................. ...... ....... ...... ....... ............. ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ...... ..... 19 Changing K eys ............... ............. ................... ............. .................... ............ ..... 19 T uning the Keybo ard ......................... .................... ............. [...]

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    4 Feat ures ˆ Features Your Ra dioShac k MIDI K eyboard is a state-of -the-ar t keybo ard with many ex- citing f eatures. You can set the key- board to so und like 100 different mu sical instrum ents o r sound effec ts. To accom - pany your music, the keyboard has 100 rhythms , as well as auto ac compa ni- ments and percus sion so unds. Your keybo[...]

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    5 Preparatio n Tempo Control — le ts yo u s pe ed u p or slow down the te mpo of any selected music patte rn. Chord Book — lets yo u easily see which keys to press and which fing ers to use to form a chor d, as well as a chor d’s name. Three Power Options — l et you po wer the ke yboard f ro m inter nal b atteries (not supplie d), stand ard[...]

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    6 Preparatio n Using Batteries Your key board c an use six AA batterie s (not suppl ied) for power. Fo r the best performanc e and lo nges t li fe, we recom - mend Radi oSha ck al kaline b atteri es. Cautions: • Use only fresh b atteries of the required si ze and reco mmended type. • Do not mix o ld and new bat teries, dif ferent typ es of batt[...]

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    7 Preparatio n 5. Pl ug the AC adapter ’s other e nd into a standar d AC outl et. Using V ehicle Battery Power You can power the ke yboard fr om a ve- hicle’ s 12V powe r source (such as a cig- arette-lig hter socke t) using a 9V, 800 - mA AC a dapter an d a siz e M Ada pta- plug adap ter (ne ither supp lied). B oth are availab le at your local[...]

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    8 A Quick Look at Your Keyboa rd CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL AMPLIFIER To ampl ify you r ke yboard’ s so und, you can co nnect it to an optiona l extern al amplifie r us ing an audio cable with a 1 / 4 - inch (6.4-mm ) plug ( not suppl ied). To connec t an external am plifier to you r keyb oard, in sert the cab le’s plug in to the PHONES/OUTPUT jack[...]

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    9 Operat ion ˆ Operation BASIC O PERA TION 1. T o tur n on t he ke yboar d, se t POWER/MODE to NORMAL . The POWER/ MODE ind icator li ghts . Note: T o save powe r when oper at- 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 th[...]

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    10 Operat ion board, o r yo u c an turn off a t une ’s me lo - dy or accom panime nt and pla y alon g on the ke yboard. Pla ying Back a Prerecor ded T une 1. Press SONG . An i ndicator a ppears next to SO NG and the number of the cu rrent tune a ppears. Note: The keybo ard alway s select s the tune “A Wh ole New World” (No. 00) the fir st ti [...]

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    11 Opera tion the desir ed volu me level us ing the number ke ys (betwe en 0 and 9 ) or press + or – within 5 s econds. 5. T o mov e to a particular section of a tune, hold down REW or FF during play . Whe n you think you have reached the s ect ion you want, releas e REW or FF t o r e s u m e n o r - mal play . 6. T o ch ange the tempo, p ress TE[...]

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    12 Operat ion T urning Applause Off/On When you turn off e ither the melody or accompa niment and then pla y a tune, applause automa tically soun ds at the end of the tune . To turn of f the applause, hold down STOP and press either ON/ OFF LEF T or ON/OFF RIG HT . Apls=O ff appears . To turn the applause on again, press the same buttons. Apls=On a[...]

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    13 Opera tion Notes: • Preced e a single -digit nu mber with a 0. For example , to sele ct ELEC PI ANO 1 (No . 04) , press 0 4 . • If you enter an inc orrect firs t digit, press TO N E to clear your en try , then enter the corre ct digit. 3. Pl ay the key board to he ar the sele cted tone and a djust MAI N VOL- UME to the desired l evel. 4. T o[...]

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    14 Operat ion panim ent keys and do not prod uce per- cussio n soun ds. See “U sing A uto Accomp animent” on Page 15. USING THE PRESE T AUTO-RHYTHMS Your keyboard has 10 0 pres et aut o- rhythms that prov ide a stead y beat fo r your mus ic. The name and two-dig it number of eac h preset auto- rhythm is listed o n the k eyboard ’s top pan el.[...]

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    15 Opera tion Using SYNCHR O Thi s fea ture l ets you sy nchr oni ze th e start of a n auto-r hythm wit h the beg in- ning of y our musi c. After yo u sele ct and en ter an auto - rhy thm, pres s SYNCHRO/FILL-IN . The bars of the metronom e flash to show the keyb oard is in a stan dby mode. Begin playin g the ke yboar d. The key- board auto matical[...]

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    16 Operat ion Or , pr ess – or + to sele ct the ne xt lowest o r high est acc ompanim ent volu me setting . To re set the a ccompan iment volume to its d efaul t valu e of 7 , pr ess – and + at the same t ime. Note: You can adjus t the accompa ni- ment vo lume se parate ly for yo ur key- board p lay an d prerec orded tu ne playbac k. Concer t C[...]

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    17 Opera tion Standar d Fingering The sta ndard fingeri ng method use s standard for mations of thr ee or four not es, and lets the e xperie nced mu sician pl ay a wide r vari ety of acco mpanim ent ch ords. Thi s char t show s the 1 5 chor d typ es yo u can pl ay on your keyb oard b y us ing s tan- dard finger in g. Notes: • Y ou do not have to [...]

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    18 Operat ion • When you play an aug, 7 – 5 , o r dim7 chord, the lowest note you pla y deter mines th e root of the c hord. B e sure tha t your finger ing correctl y defines t he root you want. Note : See “Standar d Fingerin g Chord Char ts” on P age 26 for a l is t of a ll th e chords you ca n play on you r ke yboard using s tandard fi ng[...]

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    19 Special Fe atures 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 chor d is no t recogniz ed by the k eyb oard , onl y a da sh a p- pears. • Sin ce the keyboard auto matic ally chang es s ome c hor ds[...]

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    20 Special Fe atures Notes : • Y ou can als o use the numbe r key- pad t o quic kly ra ise th e key . Simply press the semito ne change va lue (1 to 5). • The keyboa rd auto maticall y rese ts the key to the default valu e of 0 (mi dd l e C ) ea ch ti me yo u pl ay a pr e- record ed tune . • E ach pr es et to ne pl ays with in a specifi ed ra[...]

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    21 Using MIDI ˆ Using MIDI Your ke yboard includ es a feat ure call ed MIDI (Mus ical Inst rument Di gital Int er- face). MIDI is the universal standar d for sending and rec eiving p erforma nce data between all type s of ele ctronic music al instrum ents, regardl ess of the m anufac- turer. Using MIDI, you can pl ay music on you r keyb oard an d [...]

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    22 Using MIDI To recei ve MIDI data on y our keyboar d, use a MIDI cable to co nnect the key - board’s MI DI IN termin al to the other de- vice’s M IDI OUT termina l. Note: You do not need to m ake both conne ctions if you a re on ly eith er send - ing or r eceiving. MIDI DATA Your ke yboar d can s end and receive seve ral d iffe re nt ty pe s [...]

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    23 Using MIDI MIDI da ta on cha nnels 1 th rough 4 an d 10 only . The data received on oth er channel s are igno red. For tran smission of MIDI da- ta, you can use an y of 16 channels. 1. Repe ated ly pr ess TRANSPOSE/ TUNE/MIDI until Keybd Ch appea rs. 2. Wit hin 5 s eco nds , pre ss – or + to sele ct the cha nnel you want. Tone Map —sets the [...]

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    24 Troubles hootin g Control Change — This featur e sends data on various contr ollers, e ach havi ng its own number . For the details of eac h paramete r, see “MIDI Data” on P age 22 . Program Change — This featur e change s the p reset s ounds. E ach soun d number correspo nds to a prog ram num- ber b etween 0 a nd 127 . For mo re infor- [...]

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    25 Troubles hootin g No sound whe n rec eiv in g and play ing MI DI data. MI D I cabl es ar e not con- nec t ed p roper ly . Check the co nnect ion. Bass note s in Genera l MIDI da ta are s ent out one octav e lowe r . T one map parameter is set to N . Set the tone map parameter t o G (see “Changin g MIDI Se t- tings” on Pag e 22). Sounds se nt[...]

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    26 Standard F ingering C hord Chart s ˆ Standard Fin gering Ch ord Charts These t ables show th e left-ha nd finger ing for t he chord s you play most often . This illust ration s hows whic h fin gers on yo ur left hand ma tch the nu m- bers o n the ch arts. T he illus tratio n also appear s on your keyboard ’s di s- play . Note: You ca nnot pla[...]

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    27 Standard F ingering C hord Chart s 42-4042.fm P age 27 Friday, April 28, 2000 11:18 AM[...]

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    28 Standard F ingering C hord Chart s[...]

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    29 Note Table ˆ Note T able Legend: (1) Tone number (2) Maxi mum poly phony (3) Range ty pe (see P age 30) (4) Corres ponding ge neral MI DI numbe r (see “M IDI Data” on P age 22)[...]

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    30 Note Table Legend: Range o f keyboar d play Playab le range (when re ceivin g MIDI da ta) Range tran sposed t o neares t octave (when recei ving MID I data or using the keyb oard’s t ranspos e functio n) (1) The rec eived M IDI data is played o ne octave lower (2) The rec eived M IDI data is played o ne octave higher[...]

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    31 MIDI Im plement ation Ch art ˆ MIDI Implementat ion Chart FUNCTION TRANSMITTED RECOGNIZED REMARKS Basic Channe l Default Chang ed 1 1–16 1–4, 10 1–4, 10 Mode De fault Messag es Altered Mode 3 X ❊❊❊❊❊❊ ❊❊❊❊ ❊❊❊❊❊❊ Mode 3 X ❊❊❊❊❊ ❊❊❊❊❊ ❊❊❊❊❊ Note Number: T rue voice 36–96 ❊?[...]

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    32 Care and Maint enance Mode 1: OMNI ON, POLYMo de 3: OMNI OFF, POLY O: Yes Mode 2: OMNI ON, MONOMode 4: OMNI OFF, MONOX: No ˆ Care and Maintenance System Exc lusive X X System Common : Song Pos : Song Sel : T une X X X X X X System Real Ti m e : Clo ck : Comm ands X X X X Aux Mes- sage s : Local ON/ OFF : All not es OFF : Ac ti ve Sense : Rese t[...]

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    33 Specif icatio ns ˆ Specifications Number of Keys .......... ........... ................. ........... ................. ........... ................. ........... ....... .... . 61 Polypho nic Sound ....................... ........... ................. ........... ................. ........... .... 12-note (M ax.) Preset T ones .................[...]

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    34 Specif icatio ns Dimensi ons (HWD) ..................... ........... ................. ........... .......... 4 1 / 4 × 36 17 / 32 × 12 15 / 16 Inche s (108 × 929 × 329 mm) Wei ght (Wit hout Batteri es) .......... ........... ................. ........... ................. ........... ........... .. 8 lb 14 o z (4 kg) Include d Access ories [...]

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    35 Notes ˆ Notes 42-4042.fm P age 35 Friday, April 28, 2000 11:18 AM[...]

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    42-4042 MA0005-A 04A00 Printed in Ma laysia MD981E-1 RadioShack A Divis ion of T andy Cor poration Fort W orth, Te xas 7610 2 Limited O ne-Y ear W arranty 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 date of pu rchase from R adioSha ck company-o[...]