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When the metronome is on, repeatedly press 

BEAT

 until you hear the desired beat to adjust 

it. 9 beats (00, 02

09) are available and can 

be selected cyclically. The beat number you 
selected appears. 

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You can record a sequence of notes up to 37 
notes in length.

1. Press 

RECORD

 to start recording. 

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appears. 

2. Play the notes you want to record.

3. Press 

PLAY

 to play the notes you 

recorded. 

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FB7O

FB7O

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 appears. 

4. To turn off recording, press 

RHYTHM

TONE

, or 

SONG

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Your keyboard’s One-Touch Setting (O.T.S.) 
feature lets you automatically play a preset 
tone to match a selected auto-rhythm you 
changed.

1. Press 

RHYTHM

.

2. Enter a two-digit auto-rhythm number.

3. Press 

O.T.S.

.

 

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4. Press 

TONE

. The preset tone that 

matches the selected auto-rhythm 
appears.

To exit One-Touch Setting, press 

O.T.S.

.

 

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disappears.

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For added flexibility and control as you make 
music, you can set the keyboard so it 
sustains sound.

1. Press 

SUSTAIN

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 appears. The 

keyboard sustains the notes you play. 

2. Press 

SUSTAIN

 again to turn off sustain.

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Your keyboard’s percussion pads put the 
sound of 5 different percussion instruments 
(bass drum, snare drum, hi-hat open, high 
tom-tom, and hi-hat close) at your fingertips. 

To play a percussion pad sound, simply 
press the desired pad at any time. The 
keyboard plays the selected percussion 
sound once each time you press the pad.

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You can record any of the available 
percussion sounds onto any of the 
percussion pads. This lets you quickly select 
and play any percussion sound that the 
keyboard can make. 

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1. Press 

TONE

 then enter 

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 on the 

keyboard. 

2. Select the tone you want by pressing 

any of the 16 white keys in the middle of 
the keyboard until you hear the sound 
you want.

3. When you hear the tone you want to 

record, hold down the percussion pad 
you want to assign the sound to and 
press the white key.

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The keyboard automatically selects the key 
of middle C each time you turn it on. For 
added flexibility, you can transpose (change) 
the keyboard’s key using as many as 12 
steps (+6 to

 

-6). You can adjust the 

transposition freely by pressing the 

TRANSPOSE

 buttons. 

To transpose the keyboard’s key, press 

TRANSPOSE

 

+

 to raise a chromatic scale or 

TRANSPOSE

 

 to decrease a chromatic. 

To reset the keyboard’s key to its default, 
press 

TRANSPOSE

 

+

 and 

TRANSPOSE

 

 at 

the same time.

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Using BEAT

The higher the beat number, the faster the 
beat.

Recording

If the keyboard loses power, recording is 
turned off and any recording you made is 
erased.

Recording/Playing a Percussion Pad 
Sound

The keyboard clears any sound you assign to 
a percussion pad each time you turn it off.

Summary of Contents for MD501

Page 1: ...w down the tempo of any selected music pattern 106 065 Introduction 2 Connecting Power 2 Using Batteries 2 Using AC or DC Power 2 Connecting Headphones 2 Listening Safely 2 Connecting an External Ampl...

Page 2: ...g follow these guidelines when you use headphones Set the volume to the lowest setting before you begin listening After you begin listening adjust the volume to a comfortable level Do not listen at ex...

Page 3: ...3 37 11 6 174 1 4 Speaker Speaker POWER...

Page 4: ...30 preset auto rhythms that provide a steady beat for your music The name and two digit number of each preset auto rhythm is listed on the RHYTHMS list on the keyboard s top panel You can play a prese...

Page 5: ...tions see Single Fingering FINGERED Standard Fingering mode This mode lets you play chords on the accompaniment keys using chord formations of from three or more notes The chord name appears on the di...

Page 6: ...til black dots appear next to ONE KEY on the left side of the display 2 Select a tone from the SONGS list and enter its two digit number on the keypad Or you can press or to move to the next higher or...

Page 7: ...m hi hat open high tom tom and hi hat close at your fingertips To play a percussion pad sound simply press the desired pad at any time The keyboard plays the selected percussion sound once each time y...

Page 8: ...ions then produces or records the sound as it was played on the first device 0 6 100 6 105 To connect your keyboard to another MIDI equipped device you must use a MIDI cable available at your local Ra...

Page 9: ...measures reorient or relocate the receiving antenna increase the distance between the equipment and the radio or TV use outlets on different electrical circuits for the keyboard and the radio or TV Co...

Page 10: ...10 14 465 These tables show the fingering for the chords you play most often Suspended Diminished...

Page 11: ...ply DC 9V Jack PHONE Jack 1 8 Inches 3 5 mm MIDI OUT Jack OUT Power Sources DC 6 C batteries AC 120V 60Hz with AC adapter Vehicle Battery 9V with DC adapter Dimensions HWD 2 15 16 26 15 16 10 9 16 Inc...

Page 12: ...e 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 otherwi...

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