Radio Shack MD-981 Manuel D’Utilisation

12

Operation

When you turn off either the melody or
accompaniment and then play a tune,
applause automatically sounds at the
end of the tune. To turn off the applause,
hold down 

 and press either 

 or 

. 

appears. To turn the applause on again,
press the same buttons. 

 ap-

pears.

Normally, the tune you selected plays
continuously until you press 

. To

play all 100 prerecorded tunes consecu-
tively, press either 

 or 

,

then press 

. The keyboard

plays the tunes in sequence starting with
Tune 00.

To stop consecutive playback, press

 or 

.

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.

• The keyboard has 12-note (maxi-

mum) polyphonic sound. This
means that you can play up to 12
different notes at the same time with
most of the keyboard’s preset tones.
Some of the keyboard’s preset
tones, however, are capable of only
6-note polyphony. 

• Most tones on this keyboard have

been recorded and processed using
a technique called digital sampling.
To ensure a high level of tonal qual-
ity, samples are taken in the low,
mid, and high ranges and are then
combined to sound amazingly close
to the originals. You might notice
very slight differences in volume or
sound quality for some tones when
you play them at different positions
on the keyboard. This is an unavoid-
able result of multiple sampling and
is not a malfunction.

• Some sound effect tones, such as

PERCUSSION (No. 99), do not fol-
low the musical scale when played,
but change effect as you play them
in different octaves on the keyboard.

1. Press 

. An indicator appears

next to TONE and the current tone’s
number appears.

Note:  Each time you turn the key-
board on, it automatically selects the
tone PIANO 1 (No. 00).

2. To play a different tone, choose a

preset tone from the 100 TONES list
and enter its two-digit number on
the keypad. As you press the keys,
the selected digits appear.

Or, you can use 

 or 

 to move to

the next higher or lower numbered
tone.

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