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Features

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Features

Your RadioShack MIDI Keyboard is a
state-of-the-art keyboard with many ex-
citing features. You can set the key-
board to sound like 100 different musical
instruments or sound effects. To accom-
pany your music, the keyboard has 100
rhythms, as well as auto accompani-
ments and percussion sounds.

Your keyboard also includes a MIDI
(Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
feature, which lets you connect it to oth-
er MIDI-equipped musical instruments
or devices, even your personal comput-
er. 

This versatile keyboard can provide
hours of fun and is ideal for anyone who
wants to make music, from the beginner
to the experienced musician.

Note:  The keyboard conforms to most,
but not all, General MIDI specifications.
Because of this, you might experience
some incompatibility when using the
keyboard with another General MIDI de-
vice. For more information, see “Using
MIDI” on Page 21.

Your keyboard’s features include:

Touch Response — the keyboard’s
volume varies in response to the force of
your touch, just like an acoustic piano or
organ, so you can add emotion to your
music.

Pitch Bender Wheel — lets you bend
notes by altering their pitch, creating re-
alistic effects for tones such as reed in-
struments or guitar tones.

Large LCD Music Information Display

— shows you the notes and chords as

you play them, along with the current
tone, rhythm, and tempo. The display’s
built-in backlight makes it easy to read it
even in dim light.

16-Note Polyphonic Sound — lets you
play and hear up to 16 notes at the
same time so you can play or create al-
most any type of music.

61 Full-Sized Keys — provide the feel
of a fine musical instrument.

Transpose Function — lets you in-
stantly change the key of the music,
even while you are playing.

Tune Control — lets you adjust the
pitch of your keyboard so you can play
in tune with other instruments.

Sustain Jack —  lets you connect a
sustain pedal (not supplied) to the key-
board so you can hold notes that you
play on your keyboard.

Headphones/Output Jack — lets you
connect headphones so you can play
without disturbing others, or an external
amplifier so you can play for a crowd.

100 Tones — you can set your key-
board to sound like anything from a
harpsichord to a honky-tonk piano.

100 Prerecorded Tunes — let you hear
a sample of what you and the keyboard
can do. You can play the tunes either
one at a time or consecutively, and you
can turn off the melody or accompani-

Summary of Contents for MD-1160

Page 1: ...Owner s Manual Please read before using this equipment MD 1160 MIDI Keyboard ...

Page 2: ...aying Along with a Prerecorded Tune 11 Turning Applause Off On 12 Consecutively Playing Back the Tunes 12 Using the Preset Tones 12 Selecting Playing a Preset Tone 12 Keyboard Split Tones 13 Layered Tones 13 Percussion Sounds 13 Using the Preset Auto Rhythms 14 Selecting Playing an Auto Rhythm 14 Using SYNCHRO 15 Using FILL IN 15 Using Auto Accompaniment 15 Adjusting the Accompaniment Volume 15 Co...

Page 3: ...itch Bend 20 Using a Sustain Pedal 21 Using MIDI 21 About MIDI 21 Making the MIDI Connections 22 MIDI Data 22 Changing MIDI Settings 23 Notes About the MIDI Implementation Chart 23 Troubleshooting 25 Care 26 Standard Fingering Chord Charts 27 Note Table 29 MIDI Implementation Chart 30 Specifications 31 ...

Page 4: ...el lets you bend notes by altering their pitch creating re alistic effects for tones such as reed in struments or guitar tones Large LCD Music Information Display shows you the notes and chords as you play them along with the current tone rhythm and tempo The display s built in backlight makes it easy to read it even in dim light 16 Note Polyphonic Sound lets you play and hear up to 16 notes at th...

Page 5: ...d to help make your music come alive Note This Owner s Manual explains how to use this electronic keyboard It does not teach music THE FCC WANTS YOU TO KNOW This equipment complies with the limits for a Class B digital device as specified in Part 15 of FCC Rules These limits provide reasonable protection against radio and TV interference in a residential area However your equipment might cause TV ...

Page 6: ...different capacities Follow these steps to install batteries 1 Slide POWER MODE to OFF 2 While pressing the tabs on the bat tery compartment cover on the bot tom of the keyboard pull up the cover to remove it 3 Place the batteries in the compart ment as indicated by the polarity symbols and marked below the compartment 4 Replace the cover When the keyboard stops operating properly replace the batt...

Page 7: ...tereo headphones with a 1 4 inch 6 35 mm plug Your local Ra dioShack store sells a wide selection of headphones Insert the headphones plug into the PHONES OUTPUT jack on the back of the keyboard Note Connecting headphones discon nects the keyboard s built in speakers Listening Safely To protect your hearing follow these guidelines when you use headphones Set the volume to the lowest setting before...

Page 8: ...mplifiers speakers and connec tion cables USING THE SHEET MUSIC STAND To easily view sheet music while playing your keyboard insert the supplied sheet music stand into the slot on the top back panel A Quick Look at Your Keyboard PITCH BEND Speaker Number Keys POWER SYNCHRO Speaker TEMPO MAIN VOLUME 100 TONES List TRANSPOSE CHORD BOOK TUNE MIDI ACCOMP VOLUME STOP REW TONE PLAY SONG PAUSE FF RHYTHM ...

Page 9: ...ccompaniment on Page 15 3 Repeatedly press MAIN VOLUME or to increase or decrease the volume The current setting ap pears Notes The keyboard s volume ranges from 0 no sound to 9 maxi mum Each time you turn on the keyboard the volume is set to 7 To quickly change the volume set ting hold down MAIN VOLUME or To quickly return to the default volume setting of 7 press both MAIN VOLUME buttons at the s...

Page 10: ...ng Step 2 even while a tune is play ing The new tune immediately begins to play As a tune plays the display shows a score to show you the notes that are playing right side of the display a keyboard to show you the fin gering and which keys are pressed bottom of the display a metronome to show you the selected tempo the metro nome s bar swings along with the tempo you selected and the black dots ab...

Page 11: ...er than the default tempo those tunes play in the newest tempo 7 To temporarily stop playing the tune press PLAY PAUSE To restart press PLAY PAUSE again Playing Along with a Prerecorded Tune Follow these steps to have the keyboard not play the melody of a prerecorded tune so you can Note You can find the scores for most of the prerecorded tunes in the Play Guide for the Prerecorded Tunes sup plied...

Page 12: ...u can play up to 16 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 8 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 a...

Page 13: ...e sides of the keyboard The instrument listed first in the tone s name plays on the left half of the key board below middle C The instrument listed next plays on the right half of the keyboard above middle C For exam ple BS PNO No 90 plays a bass tone on the left half of the keyboard and a pi ano tone on the right Layered Tones The preset tones numbered 80 through 89 on your keyboard let you autom...

Page 14: ...automatically selects the rhythm Funky Pop 1 No 00 2 To select a different rhythm choose an auto rhythm from the 100 RHYTHMS list and enter its two digit number on the keypad Or repeatedly press or to move to the next higher or lower numbered rhythm Notes Precede a single digit number with a 0 For example press 0 9 to select POP BALLAD No 09 If you incorrectly enter the first digit of the rhythm p...

Page 15: ...y two dif ferent types of auto accompaniment us ing the accompaniment keys Concert Chord lets you play chords on the accompaniment keys using chord formations of from one to four notes The number of keys you press determines the type of chord that plays see Concert Chord on Page 16 Standard Fingering lets you play chords on the accompaniment keys using standard chord formations of three or four no...

Page 16: ...minor seventh chord 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 des...

Page 17: ...on the keyboard in the preceding chart to produce a 7 m7 M7 mM7 add9 or madd9 chord This chart shows only one possible fingering position for each chord It is possi ble to play a chord using several different positions For example the following three fingering positions produce the same C chord Major M Minor m Augmented aug Suspended 4th SUS4 Dominant 7th 7 Minor 7th m7 Major 7th M7 Minor Half Dim...

Page 18: ...he rhythm simply press the auto accompaniment keys required to form the new chord 7 To stop auto accompaniment and the auto rhythm press START STOP USING THE CHORD BOOK You can use your keyboard s chord book display feature to see which keys to press and which fingers to use to form a chord You can also display the name of a chord you play Follow these steps to use the chord book feature 1 Press C...

Page 19: ...ou change transpose the musical key in which it plays Note You cannot change the key while a prerecorded tune is selected or play ing 1 Repeatedly press TRANSPOSE TUNE MIDI until Trans and the cur rent key setting appear Note The number on the display is the number of semitones to which the keyboard is set compared to its default key A semitone is a mea surement that represents the acous tical int...

Page 20: ...ustical interval between two tones 1200 cents equal 1 octave You can tune the keyboard to within 50 cents 101 levels of its default pitch 2 Within 5 seconds repeatedly press or to lower or raise the key board s pitch Each time you press the key the number decreases or increases by 1 cent Notes You can use the number keypad to raise the pitch by entering the cent change value The keyboard automatic...

Page 21: ... quencer acquire a wider selection of preset tones from a sound module and much more ABOUT MIDI Every MIDI equipped instrument has MIDI OUT and IN terminals and some also have a MIDI THRU terminal Each of these terminals serves a different pur pose MIDI OUT sends MIDI data to talks to the other MIDI instrument s MIDI IN receives listens to MIDI data sent by the other MIDI instrument s MIDI THRU le...

Page 22: ...d other types of MIDI data are sent automatical ly as you play Notes The keyboard s prerecorded tunes cannot be sent as MIDI data For detailed specifications of the MIDI function see the MIDI Imple mentation Chart on Page 30 Note On Off specifies which keys are pressed Note On or released Note Off Also includes how loud a note is played as a value from 0 to 127 Notes The pitch of a note depends on...

Page 23: ... received recognized by this keyboard 1 Repeatedly press TRANSPOSE TUNE MIDI until TonMap N appears 2 Within 5 seconds press or to select the setting you want N Normal Tone Map This setting allows receipt of 0 to 99 program changes Each program change corresponds to one of the key board s prerecorded tones G General MIDI Tone Map This setting allows receipt of all 0 to 127 program changes Any data...

Page 24: ... range Velocity This number shows how fast the key was pressed or how loud the note should sound Pianissimo 1 is the lowest velocity Fortissimo 127 is the loudest A zero 0 means the key is released Your keyboard can send vol ume level 75 or 100 and receive all vol ume levels from 0 through 127 9n This means that the Note On message is 9 hexadecimal and n is the channel number Pitch Bender The keyb...

Page 25: ...u are pressing too few accompaniment keys while POWER MODE is set to FINGERED Set POWER MODE to NOR MAL or CONCERT CHORD Press 3 or 4 keys to form a chord while POWER MODE is set to FINGERED No sound when con nected to an external amplifier Volume is turned down Repeatedly press MAIN VOL UME to increase the volume Defective connection cord Replace the connection cord The key or tuning does not mat...

Page 26: ...amp cloth occasionally to keep it looking new Modifying or tampering with the keyboard s internal components can cause a malfunction and might invalidate its warranty and void your FCC authorization to operate it If your keyboard is not performing as it should take it to your local RadioShack store for assistance Sounds sent to another MIDI device by the key board do not sound cor rect The other d...

Page 27: ...Charts These tables show the left hand fingering for the chords you play most often This illustration shows which fingers on your left hand match the numbers on the charts Note You cannot play chords marked with an asterisk in the fingered mode on this keyboard ...

Page 28: ...28 Standard Fingering Chord Charts ...

Page 29: ...29 Note Table Note Table Legend 1 Tone number 2 Maximum polyphony 3 Range type 4 Corresponding general MIDI number see MIDI Data on Page 22 ...

Page 30: ... X Pitch Bender O O Control Change 1 6 38 7 10 11 64 100 101 120 121 X X X X X O X X X O X O O X O X X X Modulation Data entry Volume Pan Expression Hold1 RPN LSB MSB All sound off Reset all controller Program Change True O 0 99 O 0 127 3 3 Depends on GM Tone Map setting When set to N only the 100 normal list tones from 0 to 99 are received When set to G tone numbers 0 to 127 are received Those th...

Page 31: ...Tunes Transpose F C F half notes Tuning Adjustable A4 440 Hz 50 cents Pitch Bend 2 Semitones Up or Down Built In Speakers 43 4 Inch 12 cm 2 Output 2W 2W Terminals Power Supply DC 9V Jack PHONES OUTPUT Jack Output Impedance 50 Ohms Output Voltage 3 5V RMS MAX MIDI IN OUT SUSTAIN 1 4 Inch Standard Jack Power Sources DC 6 D batteries AC 120V 60Hz with AC adapter Power Consumption 7 7 W System Real Ti...

Page 32: ...rranty lasts or the exclusion or limita tion of incidental or consequential damages so the above limitations or exclusions may not apply to you In the event of a product defect during the warranty period take the product and the RadioShack sales receipt as proof of purchase date to any RadioShack store RadioShack will at its option un less otherwise provided by law a correct the defect by product ...

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