Radio Shack 42-4035 User Manual

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Note: You cannot play the keyboard
while the demonstration tune is play-
ing.
USING THE PRESET 
SOUNDS
Your Concertmate 690 can sound like
100 different musical instruments or
sound effects. The name and two-digit
number of each preset sound is listed
on the Concertmate 690’s top panel.
Selecting/Playing a Preset 
Sound
1. Set 
VOLUME
 to 
MIN
.
2. Set 
MODE
 to 
NORMAL
.
Note: The Fingered and Concert
Chord modes are described in
“Using Auto Accompaniment” on
Page 13.
3. Press 
SOUND POLY/TEXTURE
.
4. Select a sound from the 100
SOUNDS list and enter the two-
digit number on the 
SOUND/
RHYTHM SELECT
 keypad. For ex-
ample, to select OBOE (No. 47),
press 4, then 7.
100 SOUNDS List
5. Play the keyboard to hear the se-
lected sound.
6. Adjust 
VOLUME
 to the desired
level.
7. To select a different sound, repeat
Step 4. Or, if the second digit of
the current sound is the same as
the first digit of the new sound,
simply enter the second digit of
the new sound on the 
SOUND/
RHYTHM SELECT
 keypad.
For example:
Notes:
• Some preset sounds, such as IN-
SECT (No. 82) and MOTORCY-
CLE (No. 89), do not follow the
musical scale when played, but
produce varying sounds with each
key you press.
Current 
Sound
New 
Sound
You 
Press
50
00
0
00
02
2
02
25
5
SOUND/RHYTHYM
SELECT Keypad
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