Radio Shack MD-1700, Owner'S Manual

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Recording
Deleting Specific Notes
To delete notes, play the accompaniment
pattern in the REC mode. Then, while hold-
ing down
+
and
–
at the same time, press the
keyboard key(s) for the note(s) you want to
delete. Press the key(s) just before the
note(s) sound(s).
Deleting a Part
To delete the part, select the desired part
during record standby and press
+
and
–
at
the same time.
dEL Sure?
appears. Press
YES
to delete; otherwise, press
NO
.
Global Menu Items
Metronome: turns the metronome sound on
or off.
Rec (default setting) turns the metro-
nome on only when recording,
R&P
turns the
metronome on during recording and play-
back,
Off
turns it off entirely.
Octave shift: sets the tone an octave higher
or lower.
–1 sets octave lower, 0 is original,
1
sets octave higher.
Work Area Delete: clears data in the work
area. Use this to create your own pattern
from scratch. Select
Work Del
sub-menu,
then press
+
and
–
at the same time. Sure?
appears. Press
YES
to delete. dEL Com-
plete appears. Otherwise, press
NO
.
Beat: specifies beat (or meter) of the pattern.
Default is 4/4. Select
2/4 , 3/4 , 4/4 , 5/4 ,
6/4 , 7/4 , 3/8 , 5/8 , 6/8 , 7/8 , or 9/8 .
Note: The display shows ---- when you se-
lect a meter other than those listed above.
Tempo: sets the default tempo of the pat-
tern. Use + or – to select the tempo desired.
The initial value of this sub-menu is the de-
fault one set for the pattern you use as the
base.
Note: If the pattern is playing, its tempo does
not change immediately after you set the
menu. Repeatedly press
TEMPO
▼
or
▲
to
set the pattern to have the newly set default
tempo.
Element Menu Items
Measure: specifies the number of measures
for each element (except fill-in). You can set
this value
only in these two cases:
• immediately after clearing the work area
using the Work Del sub-menu
• after all the parts of the element have
been deleted in the pattern create mode
Original Key: sets the key when played
back. This setting overrides the chord con-
version sub-menu under the
Part
menu.
You can set this only in these two cases:
• immediately after clearing the work area
using the
Work Del
sub-menu
• after all the parts of the element have
been deleted in the pattern create mode
Part Menu Items
The settings are to be made for each part
separately.
You can play back the auto accompaniment
pattern by pressing
START/STOP
while you
set the part menu parameters. This allows
you to specify chords using any of the chord
playing method (CONCERT CHORD, FIN-
GERED, or FULL RANGE), then listen to the
effect of the new setting.
Chord Conversion Table: selects the chord
conversion setting. Normally, the accompani-
ment pattern is recorded in C. When you se-
lect a key with the accompaniment keyboard,
the pattern is automatically transposed to the
specified key. This might result in unnatural-
sounding patterns. To compensate this, the