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Recording
Memory Capacity
You can store up to about 5,800 notes. If the
remaining memory is less than 100 notes,
the measure and beat numbers flash on the
display. When memory becomes full, record-
ing automatically stops.
Notes:
• You can store up to 10 rhythm patterns
in rhythm numbers 120 through 129.
Depending on the size of the patterns,
memory might become full with less
than 10 patterns.
• The keyboard comes with a built-in lith-
ium battery that supplies power to the
memory to retain the song sequencer,
pattern sequencer and other data while
the power is turned off. If the lithium bat-
tery power is low, turning off the power
can result in deletion of all data stored in
its memory.
• The normal life of the original battery is
five years from the time it is loaded at
the factory. Due to time spent in transit
and storage, the original battery proba-
bly will not provide a full five years of
service life. We recommend you have
your local RadioShack store replace the
lithium battery before it depletes.
• You can transfer memory contents to
another MIDI device. See “Dumping/
Importing Data” on Page 42.
Pattern Sequencer Settings
The Pattern Sequencer has two settings:
Pattern Create and Pattern Edit.
To create a pattern, press
PATTERN
once.
The PATTERN indicator lights, and
Ptn
Normal
appears.
To edit a pattern, while in Pattern Normal
mode, press
PATTERN
twice. The PATTERN
indicator flashes. Select
Edt
Global
,
Edt
Element
,
Edt Part
, or
Edt Escape
,
to edit your pattern.
To move from Create to Edit, press
PAT-
TERN
. To move from Edit to Create, press
ENTER
.
When you have finished editing your pattern,
press
PATTERN
.
Save?
appears. Press
YES
to select the rhythm number or assign the
name. Press
NO
to delete the pattern you
created from memory.
Creating a Pattern
1. Select the rhythm you want to use as a
base.
2. Press
PATTERN
. The PATTERN indica-
tor lights and
Ptn Normal
appears.
The rhythm you selected in Step 1 is
now in the working area.
Notes:
• If the remaining memory is too small
to store the selected rhythm,
Ptn
Mem Full
appears and the key-
board enters the pattern creation
mode with an empty working area. To
make room, you must delete a pat-
tern. See “Editing the Stored Pattern”
on Page 36.
• To create a new pattern from scratch,
you first need to clear the working
area. See “Editing the Stored Pattern”
on Page 36.
3. Select the element you want to record
by pressing the corresponding button –
NORMAL/FILL-IN
,
VARIATION/FILL-IN
,
INTRO
, or
SYNCHRO/ENDING
(for ending
element).
4. Press
RECORD
. The REC indicator
flashes.
Summary of Contents for MD-1700
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