Optimus MD-1150 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
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Playing Along with a
Prerecorded Tune
Follow these steps to have the keyboard
not play the melody of a prerecorded
tune, so you can!
1. Select and enter the number of the
tune you want to play.
2. Press
ON/OFF RIGHT
to turn off the
melody. Press
ON/OFF LEFT
to turn
off the accompaniment.
Notes:
Tunes 70 to 99 are piano solo
tunes. You can turn off either the
right-hand or left-hand portion,
but not both.
If you select tunes 00 through 69
and turn off both the melody and
accompaniment, the keyboard
plays an obliggato (a simple
background accompaniment).
3. Press
PLAY/PAUSE
to start play.
4. Adjust the tempo and volume as
desired.
5. Play along with the tune on the key-
board.
Note: You can turn the melody on or
off by repeating Step 2 even while
the current tune is playing.
6. The tune you selected plays contin-
uously until you press
STOP
. To
temporarily stop the tune, press
PLAY/PAUSE
again. To stop the tune
completely, press
STOP
.
Turning Applause Off/On
When you turn off either the melody or
the accompaniment and then play a
tune, applause automatically sounds at
the end of the tune. To turn off the ap-
plause, hold down
STOP
and press ei-
ther
ON/ OFF LEFT
or
ON/OFF RIGHT
.
Apls=Off
appears. To turn the ap-
plause on again, press the same but-
tons.
Apls=On
appears.
Consecutively Playing Back
the Tunes
To have the keyboard play all 100 prere-
corded tunes consecutively, press either
TONE
or
RHYTHM
, then press
PLAY/
PAUSE
. The keyboard plays the tunes in
sequence starting with Tune 00.
To stop consecutive playback, press
STOP
or
START/STOP
.
USING THE PRESET
TONES
Your keyboard can sound like 100 differ-
ent musical instruments or sound ef-
fects. The name and two-digit number
for each preset tone is listed on the 100
TONES list on the keyboard’s top panel.
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