Radio Shack 580 Electronic Keyboard User Manual


 
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FEATURES
© 1996 Tandy Corporation.
All Rights Reserved.
Radio Shack and Concertmate are registered trademarks used by Tandy Corporation.
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Your Radio Shack Concertmate-580
Portable Electronic Keyboard is a
state-of-the-art musical instrument
with many exciting features. You can
set the keyboard to sound like 100 dif-
ferent musical instruments or sound ef-
fects. To accompany your music, the
keyboard has 16 different preset
rhythms, as well as auto-accompani-
ments and percussion sounds.
Your Concertmate-580’s features in-
clude:
Built-In Demonstration Tune
— lets
you hear a sample of what you and the
Concertmate-580 can do.
100 Sounds
— let you set your Con-
certmate-580 to sound like anything
from a harpsichord to a honky-tonk pi-
ano when you press a key.
16 Auto-Rhythms
— give you a
steady beat for several styles of music
from rhumba to slow rock.
Tempo Control
— lets you speed up
or slow down the tempo of any select-
ed music pattern.
Fill In Rhythm
— lets you insert a
short variation into any auto-rhythm.
Automatic Intro Rhythm
— lets you
set the Concertmate-580 to automati-
cally add a short introduction to the se-
lected auto-rhythm.
Auto Accompaniment
— lets you au-
tomatically play a preset harmonic pat-
tern to match the selected auto-
rhythm.
Transpose Function
— lets you in-
stantly change the key of the music,
even while you are playing.
Two Built-In Speakers
— provide ex-
cellent sound to help make your music
come alive.
Output Jack
— lets you connect
headphones so you can play without
disturbing others, or an external ampli-
fier so you can play for a crowd.
Three Power Options
— let you pow-
er the keyboard from internal batteries
(not supplied), standard AC power
(with an optional adapter), or your ve-
hicle’s cigarette lighter socket (with an
optional adapter) so you can make mu-
sic almost anywhere.
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