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Cat. No. 42-4039 A
OWNER’S MANUAL
Please read before using this equipment.
Electronic Keyboard
MD-1150
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42-4039.fm Page 2 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM THE FCC WANTS YOU TO WARNING: To reduce the risk of fire or shock hazard, do not expose this product to rain KNOW or moisture. This keyboard complies with the limits CAUTION for a Class B digital device as specified RISK OF ELEC- in Part 15 of FCC Rules. These limits ! TRIC SHOCK. DO provide reasonable protection against NOT OPEN. radio and TV interference in a residential CAUTION: TO REDUCE THE RISK OF area. However, your keyboard might ELEC
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42-4039.fm Page 3 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM FEATURES Your Optimus MD-1150 Electronic Key- Backlit Liquid Crystal Display — board is a state-of-the-art keyboard with shows the notes and chords as you play many exciting features. You can set the them, along with the current tone, keyboard to sound like 100 different mu- rhythm, and tempo. The built-in back- sical instruments or sound effects. To light makes it easy to read the display accompany your music, the keyboard even in darkness. has
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42-4039.fm Page 4 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM Tempo Control — lets you speed up or • This Owner’s Manual explains how slow down the tempo of any selected to use this electronic keyboard. It music pattern. does not teach music. Tune Control — lets you adjust the pitch of your keyboard so you can play in tune with other instruments. Fill-In Rhythm — lets you insert a short variation into any auto-rhythm. Auto Accompaniment — lets you auto- matically play a preset harmonic pattern to match the
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42-4039.fm Page 5 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM CONTENTS Preparation .............................................................................................................. 7 Connecting Power .............................................................................................. 7 Using Batteries ............................................................................................ 7 Using AC Power ...........................................................................
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42-4039.fm Page 6 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM Using MIDI ............................................................................................................. 25 About MIDI ........................................................................................................ 25 Making the MIDI Connections .......................................................................... 25 MIDI Data ..........................................................................................
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42-4039.fm Page 7 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM PREPARATION Note: To connect a MIDI device, see • If you do not plan to use the MD- “Making the MIDI Connections” on 1150 with batteries for a week or Page 25. To connect a sustain pedal, more, or if you will be using only AC see “Using a Sustain Pedal” on power, remove the batteries. Page24. • Do not mix old and new batteries, different types of batteries (stan- dard, alkaline, or rechargeable), or CONNECTING POWER rechargeable batteries of dif
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42-4039.fm Page 8 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM Using AC Power CONNECTING HEADPHONES You can power your MD-1150 from standard AC power using a 9-volt AC To listen to your MD-1150 without dis- adapter (not supplied) and a Size M ® turbing others, you can connect a pair of Adaptaplug . 1 /4-inch (6.35-mm) plug stereo head- phones (not supplied). Your local Ra- Cautions: dioShack store sells a wide selection of You must use an AC headphones. adapter that supplies 9 ! volts and delivers at least
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42-4039.fm Page 9 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM • Once you set the volume, do not increase it. Over time, your ears adapt to the volume level, so a vol- ume level that does not cause dis- comfort might still damage your hearing. CONNECTING AN EXTERNAL AMPLIFIER To amplify your MD-1150’s sound, you can connect it to an external amplifier (not supplied) using an audio cable (not 1 supplied) with a /4-inch (6.35-mm) plug. To connect an external amplifier to your 1 keyboard, insert the cable’s
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42-4039.fm Page 10 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM OPERATION SONG (Partial Control View) P MAIN VOLUME POWER/MODE PLAY/PAUSE • To select an auto-rhythm, see BASIC OPERATION “Using the Preset Auto-Rhythms” on Page 15. 1.To turn on the keyboard, set POWER/MODE to NORMAL. The • To play auto accompaniment, see POWER/MODE indicator and the “Using Auto Accompaniment” on display light. Page 17. Note: To save power when operat- 3. Repeatedly press MAIN VOLUME ing on batteries, the keyboard auto- or t
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42-4039.fm Page 11 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM 4.To turn off the keyboard, set Or, you can press + or – to move to POWER/MODE to OFF. The POWER/ the next higher or lower numbered MODE indicator and the display turn tune. off. Notes: • Precede a single-digit number Cancelling Auto Power Off with a 0. For example, to select 08 (“Killing Me Softly with His To have the keyboard not automatically Song”) press 0 8. turn off during a session, turn on the • If you enter an incorrect first digit, k
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42-4039.fm Page 12 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM TONE ACCOMP VOLUME RHYTHM START/STOP TEMPO ON/OFF REW FF Note: Each tune plays a different Prerecorded Tunes, supplied with preset tone for the melody, but you your MD-1150. Refer to this sheet to can change to another tone even count the number of measures to while the tune is playing. Follow the skip. steps under “Selecting/Playing a To change the tempo, press TEMPO Preset Tone” on Page 14 to select a or . The current tempo setting different
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42-4039.fm Page 13 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM Playing Along with a Turning Applause Off/On Prerecorded Tune When you turn off either the melody or the accompaniment and then play a Follow these steps to have the keyboard tune, applause automatically sounds at not play the melody of a prerecorded the end of the tune. To turn off the ap- tune, so you can! plause, hold down STOP and press ei- 1. Select and enter the number of the ther ON/ OFF LEFT or ON/OFF RIGHT. tune you want to play. Apls=
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42-4039.fm Page 14 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM Notes: 2. To play a different tone, choose a preset tone from the 100 TONES list • The keyboard has 16-note (maxi- and enter its two-digit number on mum) polyphonic sound. This the keypad. As you press the keys, means that you can play up to 16 the selected digits appear. different notes at the same time with most of the keyboard’s preset tones. Or, you can use + or – to move to Some of the keyboard’s preset the next higher or lower numbered to
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42-4039.fm Page 15 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM Percussion Sounds PERCUSSION (No. 99) lets you play the 39 different percussion sounds shown here. The symbol for each sound appears above the corresponding key on the keyboard. Note: When you select the Fingered or Concert 1 Chord mode, the keys in the lower 1 /2 octaves be- come the accompaniment keys and do not produce percussion sounds. See “Using Auto Accompani- ment” on Page 17. You can play a preset auto-rhythm on Layered Tones the keybo
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42-4039.fm Page 16 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM CHORD BOOK SYNCHRO/ FILL-IN START/STOP 3. Press START/STOP to start the Selecting/Playing an selected auto-rhythm. Auto-Rhythm 4. Adjust MAIN VOLUME and ACCOMP 1. Press RHYTHM. An indicator VOLUME to the desired level (see appears to the right of RHYTHM and “Adjusting the Accompaniment Vol- the number of the current auto- ume” on Page 18). rhythm appears. 5. To change the auto-rhythm speed, Note: Each time you turn on the press TEMPO . or ..
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42-4039.fm Page 17 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM 8.To stop the auto-rhythm, press USING AUTO START/STOP again. ACCOMPANIMENT The 18 keys with note labels above Using SYNCHRO them on the left side of the keyboard are called accompaniment keys. This feature lets you synchronize the start of an auto-rhythm with the begin- You can set the keyboard to play two dif- ning of your music. ferent types of auto accompaniment us- ing the accompaniment keys. After you select and enter an auto- rhythm, p
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42-4039.fm Page 18 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM two, three, or four accompaniment keys Adjusting the Accompaniment at the same time. Volume The MD-1150 lets you adjust the volume Number of Keys Chord Type of your accompaniment separately from Pressed the overall volume of the keyboard. Major 1. Press ACCOMP VOLUME. The cur- rent accompaniment volume setting appears on the display next to Acomp Vol. Minor (m) 2. Within 5 seconds, enter a number from 0 (no sound) to 9 (loudest) on the keypa
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42-4039.fm Page 19 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM Follow these steps to start concert chord auto accompaniment. 1. Set POWER/MODE to CONCERT CHORD. 2. Enter a two-digit auto-rhythm num- ber. 3. To start the auto-rhythm before the auto accompaniment, press START/ STOP. Or, to synchronize the start of the selected auto-rhythm with your accompaniment, press SYNCHRO/ FILL-IN. 4. Begin the accompaniment at the desired interval by pressing the desired accompaniment key(s). To play a melody along wi
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42-4039.fm Page 20 Friday, March 3, 2000 8:55 AM Standard Fingering The standard fingering method uses standard formations of three or four notes, and lets the experienced musician play a wider variety of accompaniment chords. This chart shows the 15 chord types you can play on your keyboard by using stan- dard fingering. Major (M) Minor (m) Augmented Suspended 4th Dominant 7th (7) (aug) (sus4) Minor 7th (m7) Major 7th (M7) Minor Half- Major Half Dominant -5 Diminished Diminished (7 ) Suspen
